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Mémoires inédits de Louis-Henri de Loménie, comte de Brienne, secrétaire d’État sous Louis XIV. T. 2

June 13, 2025

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Memoire written by Louis-Henri de Loménie ...

An account of conferences held, and treaties made, between Major-General Sir William Johnson, bart., and the chief sachems and warriours of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onandagos, Cayugas, Senekas, Tuskaroras, Aughquageys, Skaniadaradighronos, Chugnuts, Mahickanders, Shawanese, Kanuskagos,Toderigbronos, and Oghquagoes ; Indian nations in North America at their meetings on different occasions at Fort Johnson, in the Colony of New York, in the years 1755 and 1756 : with a letter from the Rev. Mr. Hawley to Sir William Johnson, written at Defire of the Delaware Indians and a preface giving a short account of the Six Nations, some anecdotes of the life of Sir William, and notes illustrating the whole ; also an appendix containing an account of conferences between several Quakers in Philadelphia, and some of the heads of the Six nations, in April 1756.

June 4, 2025

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This book, titled "An Account of Conferences Held, and Treaties Made...", is a historical record of diplomatic meetings between Major-General Sir William Johnson—a key British colonial official—and the leaders of various Indigenous nations i...

Fur Trader’s Journal

May 20, 2025

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This is a journal written by an unidentified fur trader traveling in western Québec. The entries date from May to June of 1775. ...

On Commerce & the Perfect Merchant

April 22, 2025

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Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto - On Commerce and the Perfect Merchant (by Benedetto Cotrugli). Text sample from first page: TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MAGNANIMOUS M. GIACOMO RAGAZZONIIt has now been more than 110 years since M. Bened...