Treatise on the Indians of North America : written in the year 1764, 1764.

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Treatise on the Indians of North America : written in the year 1764, 1764.

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Contemporary copy of a treatise by Capt. Gavin Cochrane, tracing the history of British relations with the Indians of the Great Lakes region from 1760 to 1763, and offering suggestions as to how they might be improved. Also copies of cover letters addressed to the Earl of Halifax, then a minister in Grenville's cabinet, and to George III, for whom the essay was intended.

1 v. (22 p.) ; 37 cm.

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