Sylvester, N. B. Saratoga and Kay-Ad-Ros-Se-Ra: An Historical Address; by N.B. Sylvester, delivered at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July 4, 1876. Troy, N. Y.: William H. Young, 1876. First Edition. [5599]
Gray printed wrappers, 5 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches, bottom right corner of front chipped with loss, 52 clean pp., back of wrapper with advert for the author's soon-published book, Northern New York ad its Great Wilderness. Good. Pamphlet.
A history of Saratoga, New York, the Mohawk name for the area being Kay-Ad-Ros-Se-Ra. Relates the discoveries of Lake Champlain and Lake George, the wars of 1666 and 1686, 1709, 1744, the French & Indian War beginning 1755, campaign of Burgoyne in 1779, and a history of the village untill the end of the 18th century.
