Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600

Sale 2600 - Lot 170

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(NEW HAMPSHIRE--DARTMOUTH.) Eleazar Wheelock. Group of 3 narratives of the Indian Charity School which became Dartmouth. 8vo, various bindings and conditions. Various places, 1763, 1767, 1773
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A grouping of Wheelock's ongoing reports on the school for American Indians he founded at Lebanon, CT, including a 1763 first edition of the initial report, and one from the early years of its new incarnation as Dartmouth College. Includes:

"A Plain and Faithful Narrative of the Original Design, Rise, Progress and Present State of the Indian Charity-School at Lebanon, in Connecticut." 55 pages; modern plain calf; staining to first and final leaves. First edition of Wheelock's first work on the school. Boston: Richard and Samuel Draper, 1763.

"A Brief Narrative of the Indian Charity-School at Lebanon." Second edition, second issue including the "Appendix to the Former Narrative." 63 pages. Disbound, moderate dampstaining, tape repair to final leaf. London: J. & W. Oliver, 1767.

"A Continuation of the Narrative of the Indian Charity-School begun in Lebanon . . . Now Incorporated with Dartmouth-College." 40 pages. Stitched; minor wear and foxing; uncut. Second edition; includes, as a 3-page appendix, "a short account of the success of Mr. Ripley's mission to Canada." [Portsmouth] New Hampshire: [Daniel & Robert Fowle], 1773.

Bristol B3675; Evans 9537; Howes W334 ("aa"), W327, W330; Sabin 103205, 103203, 103210.