Miner, Charles. History of Wyoming, in a Series of Letters, from Charles Miner, to his son William Penn Miner, Esq. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1845. First Edition. [9278]
Sometime rebound in green buckram, gilt spine titles, structure of binding is fine, some white splotches on the spine. . 9 x 6 inches, lacks the folding map frontispiece. Former owner's notes on the ffep. 2 b/w plates & 1 folding b/w map (of 2). 488, 2, 104 pp. Pages with some foxing & smudges, but generally clean. Good. Hardcover.
Howes M638.
A history of the Wyoming Valley of the Susquehanna River in middle Pennsylvania, drawn upon historical records and interviews with persons still living who remembered the Connecticut claims and the great Massacre that occurred during the Revolution. Begins with a history of the Iroquois in New York and Pennsylvania, with notice of the war-like behaviour. In-depth treatment of the Pennsylvania treaties, the land claims of Connecticut, the early settlers along the Susquehanna, the Revolutionary War transactions and battles, and the Wyoming Massacre. The history continues down to about the year 1790, with some recollections afterwards about the resettling of the Wyoming Valley after the massacre & war.
The Appendix is: The Hazleton Travellers; or, Numerous Personal and Family Sketches of the Ancient Sufferers. Together with various Incidental and Illustrative Matter, including A Description of the Monument, and a Ballad on the Terrible Massacre of 1778, written immediately after the Event.