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Show PITTMAN'S MISSISSIPPI SETTLEMENTS Pittman's Mississippi Settlements contains much valuable original ma- J I II tc"^ *° r ^ e stufy of the French and Spanish Jt Valuable Settlements of old Louisiana, West Florida, and S0UTC6 WOrk * c IU* no'* country. The author, Captain Philip Pittman, was a British military engineer, and gives an accurate general view of the Mississippi Settlements just after the English came into possession of the eastern half of the valley by the Peace of 1763. His account, written from personal observation, is rich in allusions to the political, social, and military readjustments resulting from this change of possession. tt A comprehensive account of the Illinois country and its inhabitants, with sketches in detail of the several French posts and villages situated therein, as personally viewed by him in 1766- 67. . . . It contains, in a compact form, much useful and reliable information ( nowhere else to be found) concerning the Mississippi Valley and its people at that transition period/ 9 - WALLACE : Illinois and Louisiana under French Rule. Dr. William F. Poole in Winter's Narrative and Critical His fry of rjrr /• * America says: " It is the earliest English 1 fie eaTlteSt account of those settlement*, and, as an Enrlish account authority m w l7 wc, tcm h i 8 t o r x » b of ** & ngtisa account ^^ ni] mvmXMSXCC9 He [ Pittman] was a military engineer, and for five years was employed in surveying the Mississippi River and exploring the western country. The excellent plans which accompany the work, artistically engraved on copper, add greatly to its value. 9' An introduction, notes, and index have been supplied by Professor j . 7 Frank Heywood Hodder, who has made a Annotation ay special study of American historical geo- ProfessorHodder'Bwhr- ™ e vahlc . of ^ " 5 ™ * i8 k thus J enhanced by annotation embodying the results of the latest researches in this field of American history. The edition is limited to 500 copies, each numbered. It is handsomely printed in large Caslon type on Dickinson's deckle- edged paper. With folding maps and plans. Large 8 vo, cloth, uncut, gilt top. Price $ 3.00 net. THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY TVBLISHEJ^ S CLEVELAND, OHIO |
