REID, Arthur. Reminiscences Of The Revolution, Or, Le Loup's Bloody Trail From Salem To Fort Edward. (1859 - FIRST EDITION)

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AUTHOR: REID, Arthur. 

TITLE: Reminiscences Of The Revolution, Or, Le Loup's Bloody Trail From Salem To Fort Edward.

PUBLISHER: Utica: Roberts, Book & Job Printer, 1859.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8-7/8" x 5-1/2", 31pp., printed wrappers.

CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, NEAR FINE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The author describes an incident of Indian barbarity during Burgoyne's invasion of New York in 1777. He claims that his grandparents were, by a twist of fate, spared a gruesome death when a band of Iroquois Indians led Le Loop attacked and massacred the Alien family while an route from Salem, New York, to join Burgoyne's troops at Fort Edward. This narrative test appeared in the Salem press. Howes - R164.