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[AMERICANA]. Group of 15 Works Regarding U.S. Colonial Settlement & Expansion. [V.p., ca. 18th–20th century]. Group of 15 titles in 17 volumes related to the “discovery,” settlement, colonization, and Westward Expansion of America. Includes: New Mexico in 1602, Juan De Montoya's Relation of the Discovery of New Mexico. Albuquerque: The Quivera Society, 1938. Limited edition number 243/550. Illustrated with photographic plates. — MULLFORD, Isaac S. History of New Jersey. Philadelphia: C.A. Brown & Co., 1851. — HAZARD, Samuel. Annals of Pennsylvania from the Discovery of Delaware. 1609–1682. Philadelphia: Hazard and Mitchell., 1850. —KOHL. J.G. Documentary History of the State of Maine. Portland, ME: Bailey and Noyes, 1869. Vols. 1 & 2 (Discovery & Colonization). — [Two by] MORISON, Samuel Eliot. The Maritime History of Massachusetts. 1783–1860. (1921). With illustrations. [and] Builders of the Bay Colony. (1930). Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. — WILLIARD, David. Willard’s History of Greenfield. Greenfield: Kneeland & Eastman, 1838. — [Two by] TRUMBULL, Benjamin. A Complete History of Connecticut. Hartford, 1797. With folded map. (Provenance: Minor Myers Wesleyan University). [And:] History of the Indian Wars. “New Edition.” Philadelphia: James A. Bill, 1848. Hand-colored woodcut folding frontispiece. — YONGE, Samuel H. The Site of Old James Towne 1607-1698. Richmond: L.H. Jenkins Inc., 1936. Fifth edition. Illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs. — Indian Narratives […] from the Landing of our Pilgrim Fathers, 1620, to Gen. Wayne's Victory, 1794. Claremont, NH: Tracy and Brothers. 1854. — The American Pioneer: A Monthly Periodical. Cincinnati: John S. Williams, 1844. Woodcuts. Lacking some pages. — HOLLOWAY, Mark. Heavens on Earth, Utopian Communities in America 1680-1880. New York: Library Publishers Inc, 1951. With dust jacket. — THATCHER, B.B. Indian Biography. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839. Vols. 1 & 2. — Mostly 8vo. Leather, cloth, and pictorial bindings. VARIOUS EDITIONS. Condition varies. Worn with soiling, toning, and ownership marks. Generally good or better.