Porter, Peter A. A Brief History of Old Fort Niagara; Photographs by Orrin E. Dunlap. Niagara Falls: Peter A. Porter, 1896. First Edition.
Cream wrappers, wrappers soiled, 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, small chip to wrapper fold at bottom of spine. 84 clean and unmarked pp., illustrated. Good. Paperback. [4579]
The author traces the ownership claims to the land and the development of fortifications from the mid 17th century and La Salle, through the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars, the War of 1812, to the year 1825. The bulk of the work deals with the period of the 18th century.