The History Of The Five Indian Nations Of Canda Which Are Dependent on the Province of New-York in America by Colden, Cadwallader - 1747

London, England: T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn. Very Good. 1747. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition (The text block and binding). This copy has been bound in leather. Both front and rear covers are detached but included. The spine of the book has several small spots of leather rubbed off and there is some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The top spine end sewing is in solid condition. The bottom edge has lost part of the sewn strap. The text pages are clean and bright, and for the most part, is clean of foxing. This copy has the Preface, Introduction and Title page out of order. Collation: Front endpaper, Title Page, [iii-xiv], vocabulary page [Introduction: 1-19], folded map, [The History of the Five Indian Nations ...Part I: pp. 21 -90, The History of the Five Indian Nations Part II, Preface to the Second Part, [ 91-174] [157: mis-numbered page, but correct text], [176-204], Papers Relating to an Act of the Assemby of the Province of New-York.., B2, [4-44], The Treaty Held with the Inidans of the Six Nations, at Philadelphia in July 1742, [47-86], A Treaty Held at the Town of Lancaser in Pensylvania..., [90-152], A Treaty Between his Excellency the Honourable George Clinton..., [155-196], A Collection of Charters..., [199 -278], The Contents (i-iv) , Five Indian Nations, &c: [279-283], This day is published (with two advertisements). "Cadwallader Colden (7 February 1688 – 28 September 1776) was a physician, natural scientist, a lieutenant governor and acting Governor for the Province of New York....Colden entered political life in 1720, when Governor William Burnett chose him for provincial council. He served as lieutenant governor and as acting governor in 1760-1761, 1763-1765, 1769-1770, and 1774-1775. He was acting governor of New York from 1760 to 1762 (replaced by Robert Monckton in 1762) and again from 1763 to 1765, and finally from 1769 to 1771 after Henry Moore's death. He was likely one of the oldest acting British governors in New York. He was replaced by John Murray after his last term. He served as the first colonial representative to the Iroquois Confederacy, an experience that resulted in his writing The History of the Five Indian Nations (1727) , the first book on the subject." (from Wikipedia). The first British Edition included updated information, and included a sixth Indian Nation. "Cadwallader Colden’s History of the Five Indian Nations Depending on the Province of New-York in America, originally published in 1727 and revised in 1747, is one of the most important intellectual works published in eighteenth-century British America. Colden was among the most learned American men of his time, and his history of the Iroquois tribes makes fascinating reading. The author discusses the religion, manners, customs, laws, and forms of government of the confederacy of tribes composed of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas (and, later, the Tuscaroras) , and gives accounts of battles, treaties, and trade with these Indians up to 1697." (from Cornell Univ. Press edition of the book). .