1802 INDIANS 1st ed Memoirs & Adventures of Matthew Phelps | Natchez Louisiana

1802 INDIANS 1^st ed Memoirs & Adventures of Matthew Phelps | Natchez Louisiana

The memoirs of Captain Matthew Phelps is one of the best and most authoritative accounts of the Natchez people and the Mississippi River Valley during the Revolutionary War. Phelps, an American explorer and military officer, voyaged into the American south providing a first-hand account of, not only life in the South, but life amongst the Natchez.

His memoirs, which were collected and edited by Anthony Haswell, provide eye-witness details on the Boston Massacre, as well as his perspective on British and Native American diplomacy against the American colonies. He also describes events of the Battle of Baton Rouge and its importance to the outcome of the Revolution, albeit a lesser-known battle today.

According to Graff, the memoirs of Phelps is

“one of the most fascinating and harrowing narratives of the early nineteenth century.”

Item number: #28586

Price: $1500

PHELPS, Matthew

Memoirs and adventures of Captain Matthew Phelps

Bennington, Vermont: Anthony Haswell, 1802. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • iv, 210; 63, [3], XII
• References: Howes H 300; Clark 287; Graff 1816; Sabin 30829; Streeter 1528
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; secure
• Size: ~6.75in X 4.5in (17cm x 11cm)
• Exceedingly rare and valuable with auction records and price comparisons at $5,000

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