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THE ANCESTRY, LIFE AND TIMES OF HON. HENRY HASTINGS SIBLEY, LL.D. Ex-Member of US Congress; Member of the American Geographical Society; First Delegate from the Territory, and First Governor of the State of Minnesota...
by West, Nathaniel
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About This Item
Saint Paul, Minnesota: Pioneer Press, 1889. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: x, 596 with index, errata leaf; engraved frontispiece portrait of Brev. Major-General Sibley in uniform. Bound in black cloth, gilt spine rules and lettering; floral-pattern endpapers. 9" x 5.75" [Eberstadt 107:392--"Early days and life among the Indians in Wisconsin, 1811-1848 ... First campaign against the Sioux (1862); the battle of Birch Coolie and Wood Lake; defeat of Little Crow and release of the Captives; the trial of the marauding Indians ... Second Sioux Campaign (1863); Battle of Big Mound, Dead Buffalo Lake and Stony Lake ... post-military career." Decker 30:188].
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- Bookseller
- R & A Petrilla
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038251
- Title
- THE ANCESTRY, LIFE AND TIMES OF HON. HENRY HASTINGS SIBLEY, LL.D. Ex-Member of US Congress; Member of the American Geographical Society; First Delegate from the Territory, and First Governor of the State of Minnesota...
- Author
- West, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pioneer Press
- Place of Publication
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- western americana; minnesota territory; wisconsin; sioux indians; native americans
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R & A Petrilla
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About R & A Petrilla
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