Item #27003 A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN. SEPTEMBER 18, 1829. PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST. Lewis Cass.

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MICHIGAN. SEPTEMBER 18, 1829. PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST.

Detroit: Geo. L. Whitney, 1830. 52pp. Disbound with scattered foxing, else Very Good. Contemporary ownership signature of L.W. Pease on the title page.

"Governor Cass was the first president of the Society" [111 Eberstadt]. "Few were better qualified to write the history of the Indians and their wars in Michigan than the man who was himself one of the leading participants in the affairs of the region during the War of 1812. His knowledge of the various tribes was gained at first hand and his history of the early times was drawn from obscure sources no longer available" [127 Eberstadt].
"The second publication of the Society. Much on early Michigan settlements" [Decker].
FIRST EDITION. Howes C221 'aa'. 111 Eberstadt 111, 127 Eberstadt 111. 41 Decker 103. Item #27003

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