The memoir and writings of James Handasyd Perkins.

The memoir and writings of James Handasyd Perkins.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Perkins, James H. (James Handasyd), 1810-1849.
Imprint:	Cincinnati, Trueman & Spofford; Boston, W. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1851.
Description:	2 v. front. (port.) 20 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Making of America.
Subject:	Ohio River Valley Ohio.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5120755

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Other authors / contributors:	Channing, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1884. ed.
Notes:	Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Digital Library Initiatives, 2000. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. [Making of America] This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of Making of America IV: the American voice, 1850-1877. Mode of access: Internet.

Table of Contents:

I. Sketches of the life of J. H. Perkins. Verses. Tales
II. Historical sketches: Mohammed. Gregory the Seventh and his age. Saint Louis of France. The founder of the Jesuits. Early French travellers in the West. English discoveries in the Ohio valley. The pioneers of Kentucky. Border war of the revolution. Settlement of the Northwestern territory. Fifty years of Ohio. The French revolution. A glimpse of Australia.