A character of the province of Mary-Land, wherein is described in four distinct parts, (viz.) I. The scituation, and plenty of the province. II. The laws, customs, and natural demeanor of the inhabitants. III. The worst and best usage of a Mary-Land servant, opened in view. IV. The traffique, and vendable commodities of the countrey. Also a small treatise on the wilde and naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Mary-Land, their customs, manners, absurdities, & religion. Together with a collection of historical letters. By George Alsop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alsop, George, 1638- 17913

Contributor:

H. W., engraver.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Susquehanna Indians--Early works to 1800.

Susquehanna Indians.

Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Early works to 1800.

Local Subjects:

Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

[22], 118, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : port., map ; 8⁰.

Place of Publication:

London : printed by T[homas]. J[ohnson]. for Peter Dring, at the sign of the Sun in the Poultrey, 1666.

Notes:

With a frontispiece portrait of the author (A1v), signed: H.W.

Printer's name from Wing CD.

With two final advertisement leaves.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), A2901

ESTC R6606

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