Campbell, Patrick

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (210 x 122mm.), [iv], iii-x, 388pp., half-title, printed folding table, 3 engraved plates, contemporary red straight-grained morocco, full gilt spine and covers, wide gilt turn-ins with matching inner joints, pale blue watered silk endpapers, chemise and red morocco-backed slipcase, gilt edges, some browning and spotting internally, stain to frontispiece

Vail 933; Howes C101; Jones 635; Staton and Tremaine 636; Sabin 10264

A very good copy despite some spotting internally. A fine binding.
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Patrick Campbell sailed from Scotland to St. John, New Brunswick, travelled on foot to Quebec, up the St. Lawrence River to Niagara, through the Genesee country and Mohawk Valley to Albany, and down the Hudson River to New York and New Jersey. His account is full of details of the people and places visited. He gives an expanded version of the events surrounding the November 1791 skirmishes between General St. Clair and the Indians. Campbell also relates the narrative of the captivity of his guide, David Ramsay, quoted from Ramsay's own words and embellished with some biographical information by Campbell.