Catalogue  240
Americana

|325.  BOURASSA, Henri. «L’Affaire de Providence et la crise religieuse en Nouvelle-Angleterre». Montréal, 1929. 22 p. (23 cm). Titre de la couverture. La situation religieuse des Catholiques au Rhode Island.    20 $

326.  DRAPER, Lyman Copeland (ed.). «Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Vol. II». Madison, Published by the Society, 1903. (Being a page-for-page Reprint of the Original Issue of 1856). VI,520 p. (23 cm). Original blue cloth and gilt text. Under the editorial direction of Reuben Gold Thwaites. Portrait.  Content:  "Early History and Condition of Wisconsin" (Henry S. Baird; 27 p.). Much about French Canada. / "Early Times and Events in Wisconsin" (James H. Lockwood; 99 p.) ... more as "Shaw’s Narrative" (Col. John Shaw; 36 p.) & "Memoir of Thomas Pendleton Burnett" (Alfred Brunson; 93 p.) ... & ... "Pioneer Life in Wisconsin" (Daniel M. Parkinson; 39 p.) ... & ... "Pekatonica Battle Controversy" (Charles Bracken & Peter Parkinson Jr.; 28 p.) ... & .."Advent of the New York Indians into Wisconsin" (Albert G. Ellis; 35 p.) ... also ... "Historical Sketch of Kenosha County, Wisconsin" (Jason Lothrop; 30 p.) ... others.    95 $

327.  DRAPER, Lyman Copeland (ed.). «Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Vol. III». Madison, Published by the Society, 1904. (Being a page-for-page Reprint of the Original Issue of 1857). XII,529 p. (23 cm). Original cloth with gilt text; under the editorial direction of Reuben Gold Thwaites. Portrait of Augustin Grignon (1780-1860).  Content:  "Jesuit Missionaries in the Northwest" (John Law; 38 p.) / "The Indian Tribes of Wisconsin" (John Gilmary Shea; 15 p.) / "The Cass Manuscripts, 1723-27: a) Life and Customs of Savages of Canada. B) Memoir concerning peace made by De Lignery with Foxes, Sauks and Winnebagoes. – The King to Beauharnois and Dupuy. – Beauharnois, on the expedition to Choueguen (Oswego). – The King to Vaudreuil and Begon. – Reports: of Indian council at Green Bay. – Letters: of de Longueil (sic) & Beauharnois. – Remonstrances of Cadillac to Vaudreuil & De Tonty to Dupuy. – Petition of the Inhabitants of Detrois & Replay thereto of Louis Gatineau" (40 p.) / "Seventy-two Years’ Recollections of Wisconsin" (Augustin Grignon; 101 p.).  Much more as "Reminiscences of the Northwest" (B.F.H. Whiterell; 42 p., "The Chippewas of Lake Superior" (Richard F. Morse; 33 p.) etc.    95 $

328.  DRAPER, Lyman Copeland (ed.). «Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Vol. IV». Madison, Published by the Society, 1906. (Being a page-for-page Reprint of the Original Issue of 1859). VI,495 p. (23 cm). Original gilt stamped blue cloth. Under the editorial direction of Reuben Gold Thwaites. Portrait.  Content:  "Origin of American Indians" (John Y. Smith; 37 p.) / "Recollections of Wisconsin since 1820" (Ebenezer Childs; 45 p.) / "Recollections of the Early History of Northern Wisconsin " (Henry S. Baird; (27 p.) / "Early History of Wisconsin" (Alfred Brunsun; 30 p.) / "Commercial History of Milwaukee" (Edward D. Holton et al; 39 p.) / "Sketch of the Brothertown Indians" (Thomas Commuck; 9 p.) / "Early Settlement of La Crosse and Monroe Counties" (Morris Mc Millan; 11 p.) / "Latitude and Longitude of Milwaukee, Prairie du Chien, Racine, and Madison" (J.D. Graham; 87 p.).    95 $

329.  DRAPER, Lyman Copeland (ed.). «Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. VI». Madison, Published by the Society, 1908. (Being a page-for-page Reprint of the Original Issue of 1872). IX,501 p. (23 cm).Original cloth, gilt text; under the editorial direction of Reuben Gold Thwaites. Portrait of Jonathan Carver.  Content:  "Eleazer Williams and the Lost Prince" (John Y. Smith; 36 p.). Eleazer Williams was a Mohawk from St. Regis & the Lost Prince would be lost Dauhpin of France, Louis XVII. / "Jonathan Carver, and «Carver’s Grant»" (Daniel Steele Durrie; 51 p.). Carver was with General Wolfe in the taking of Quebec & the capture of Montreal; he was also at the massacre of Fort William Henry in 1757, by the French & Indians under Gen. Montaclm. / "The North-West in 1817: a Contemporary Letter" (Samuel A. Storrow; 34 p.). Much importance for French Canadians settlers. / "Journal of a Voyage from St. Louis to the Falls of St. Anthony, in 1819" (Thomas Forsyth; 32 p.). Major Thomas Forsyth was under General Wolfe at the capture of Quebec in 1759. / "Michel St. Cyr an Early Dane County Pioneer" (Lyman C. Draper; 4 p.)... much more about Madison and Wisconsin.    95 $

330.  DRAPER, Lyman Copeland (ed.). «Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. VII». Madison, Published by the Society, 1908. (Being a page-for-page Reprint of the Original Issue of 1876). VII,492 p. (23 cm).Original blue cloth and gilt text; under the editorial direction of Reuben Gold Thwaites. Portrait & illustrations.  Content:  "Memoir of Charles de Langlade" (Joseph Tassé; 66 p.) / "Discovery of the Mississipi" (John Gilmary Shea; 13 p.) / "Notice of Matchekewis, Captor of Mackinaw, 1763" (Lyman Copeland Draper; 12 p.) / "Fifty-Four Years’ Recollections of Men and Events in Wisconsin" (Albert G. Ellis; 62 p.). With much French Canadian influence / "Edward D. Beouchard’s Vindication" (9 p.). Edward D. Beouchard was from Montreal. / "Early Western Days" (John T. Kingston; 49 p.) ... much more such as ... "Fur Trade and Factory System at Green Bay 1816-1821" ... & ... "Wisconsin Necrology, 1874-75" (Lyman Copeland Draper; 14 p.).    95 $

331.  HAMELIN, Hormisdas. «Le Mariage ou la Grande Question. – Instructions Pratiques, Claires et Simples». Montréal, Arbour & Dupont Imprimeurs-Éditeurs, 1915. 350 p. (19 cm). Deuxième édition, revue et corrigée. Ouvrage d’un Franco-Américain, auteur de l’histoire de la paroisse Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs d’Adams au Massachusetts. Cachet.    35 $

332.  HERBERG, Will. «Protestants, Catholiques et Israélites. La religion dans la société aux États-Unis. Essai de sociologie religieuse». Paris, Spes, 1960. 286 p. (23 cm). Non découpé.     20 $

333.  HOUTART, François. «Aspects sociologiques du Catholicisme Américain». Paris, Éditions Ouvrières, 1957. 340 p. (23 cm). Non découpé. Tableaux et illustrations.    20 $

334.  THWAITES, Reuben Gold (editor & annotated by). «Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Vol. XV». Madison, Democrat Printing Co., 1900. IX,491 p. (23 cm). Original cloth and gilt text. Portrait and illustrations.  Content:  "Narrative of Louis B. Porlier" (10 p.). Son of Jacques Porlier of the old trading company of Jacques Porlier & Augustin Grignon. / "Narrative of Alexis Clermont" (6 p.). From French Canadian origins. / "Narrative of Peter J. Vieau" (12 p.). French Canadian originally. / "Some Wisconsin Indian Conveyences, 1793-1836" (25 p.). Mostly with French Canadians.  Much more as "Documents Relating to the Stockbridge Mission, 1825-1848" (William Ward Wight; 165 p.), "Reminiscences of Life in Territorial Wisconsin" (Elizabeth Thérèse Baird; 60 p.), "Diary of one of the Original Colonists of New Glarus, 1845" (Mathias Duerst; 46 p.), "Report on the Quality and Condition of Wisconsin Territory, 1831" (Samuel C. Stambaugh; 41 p.)... others.    95 $|

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