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"The chiefs now in this city" : indians and the urban frontier in early America / Colin G. Calloway.

Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953- (author.).

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" ... A large number of Native leaders were well acquainted with city life. In fact, over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were in town often, regularly traveling to Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York and New Orleans -- primarly to conduct diplomatic or trade business, but often from a sense of curiosity and adventure. Some were even tourists. ... Based on primary accounts, Calloway's book illuminates in words and pictures what Native visitors to these cities both saw and how they were seen ..."--Inside jacket flap

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ISBN: 0197547656
ISBN: 9780197547656
Physical Description: xiv, 265 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

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Indigenous peoples of North America > Kings and rulers > Travel > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Indigenous peoples of North America > Kings and rulers > 18th century.
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > Description and travel.
City and town life > Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > History > 18th century.
Indians, Treatment of > Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > History > 18th century.

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Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library	Adults 970.2 CAL Nonfiction (Text) Bookplate: Plated 2021: In Memory of Stewart C. Shutts	34007002432875	Adult Area	Available	-
Mason-Dixon Public Library	Adults 973 CAL Nonfiction (Text) Donated: Plated 2021: Donated from the Estate of George F. Kauffman, York, Pennsylvania	34262000841334	Main Room	Available	-

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Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library

Adults 970.2 CAL Nonfiction (Text)

Bookplate: Plated 2021: In Memory of Stewart C. Shutts

34007002432875

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Available

Mason-Dixon Public Library

Adults 973 CAL Nonfiction (Text)

Donated: Plated 2021: Donated from the Estate of George F. Kauffman, York, Pennsylvania

34262000841334

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