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The Entertaining History of King Philip's War, which began in the month of June 1765: As also of Expeditions more lately made against the Common Enemy, and Indian Rebels, in the Eastern Parts of New England...

1772
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  • Title: The Entertaining History of King Philip's War, which began in the month of June 1765: As also of Expeditions more lately made against the Common Enemy, and Indian Rebels, in the Eastern Parts of New England...
  • Author: Benjamin Church (American, 1639–1718)
  • Author: Thomas Church (American, 1674–1746)
  • Author: Ezra Stiles (American, North Haven, Connecticut 1727–1795 New Haven, Connecticut)
  • Engraver: Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Sitter: Frontispiece: Benjamin Church (American, 1639–1718)
  • Sitter: Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags (American, 1640–1676)
  • Publisher: Solomon Southwick (Newport, Rhode, Island)
  • Subject: Bookplate of Thomas Jefferson McKee (American, 1840–1899)
  • Published in: Newport
  • Date: 1772
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: Binding: 7 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (19.7 × 13 cm)
    Open in cradle: 7 3/4 × 10 5/8 in. (19.7 × 27 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.1876
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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