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An historical description of the province and country of West-New-Jersey in America.
London: Printed for... A[bigail] Baldwin, 1698
Physical Description: 6 p. l., 34 p. ; 16.5cm. (8vo)
Call number: D698/ T456h/ [R]
Accession number: 0811A [DJS 3/00 corrects to 0811]
Notes: Contains a dialogue representing an accidental woodland encounter between an Indian hunting deer and a Christian neighbor looking for his cattle, consisting of questions and answers relating to trading, livestock, and family members in the language of the “Pensilvania Indians” with English equivalents, printed in 2 parallel columns (p. 8-12); concludes with numerical terms from 1 to 10 and 20 to 50 (p. 12). Issued as part of author’s An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania. London, 1698.
Languages: Delaware
Genre: Specimen
Region: North America
