1840 INDIANS Parker Journal Native American Oregon

1840 INDIANS Parker Journal Native American Oregon Mormons Voyages RARE

Samuel Parker was an American preacher who was a missionary to remote Native American Indian tribes. Parker led an exploration voyage with the intent of discovering the views of native tribes, specifically their views toward Christianity. He kept a journal detailing the events of the expedition which was later published.

The book includes vocabulary of various Indian languages, geology and geography of the American west, as well as notes on Mormons, natural history, and a description of Honolulu and Hawaii.

This example was owned by Rev Harvey Freeman Johnson Scribner, a notably Wesleyan abolitionist in 19th-century New Hampshire.

Item number: #7700

Price: $499

PARKER, Samuel

Journal of an exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains under the direction of the American Board of Commissions [sic] for Foreign Missions, in the years 1835, '36, and '37 : containing a description of the geography, geology, climate, productions of the country, and the number, manners, and customs of the natives

Ithaca, N.Y. : Published for the author, 1840.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

408

Lacking map

References: Sabin 58729; Field 1175; Howes P 89; Wagner-Camp 70.3; Graff 3193

Provenance: see above

Language: English

Binding: Cloth; tight and secure

Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent.