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Samuel G. Drake

Samuel Gardner Drake

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24 featured booksSamuel Gardner Drake

Samuel Gardner Drake was born in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, the son of farmers. In 1805, his father sold his farm and opened a store in Northwood, New Hampshire. In 1818 he became a school teacher. In 1828 he moved to Boston to open the first antiquarian bookstore in the United States. He also studied and wrote about early United States history. In 1847, he was one of the founders of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and for many years he was the editor of its quarterly Register. He lived in London for two years late in his life. He died of pneumonia in Boston.

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    Samuel G. Drake

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  • Historical Memoir of the Colony of New Plymouth, from the Flight of the Pilgrims into Holland In

    Representative edition published 2023

    Open Work
  • History of the Great Indian War of 1675 And 1676

    Representative edition published 2023

    Open Work
  • Indian Biography Containing The Lives Of More Than Two Hundred Indian Chiefs 1832

    Representative edition published 2021

    Open Work
  • Tragedies of the Wilderness, or, True and Authentic Narratives of Captives, Who Have Been Carried Away by Indians From the Various Frontier ... Time [microform]

    Representative edition published 2021

    Open Work
  • Witchcraft Delusion in New England; Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, As Exhibited by Dr. Cotton Mather, in the Wonders of the Invisible World; and by Mr. Robert Calef, in His More Wonders of the Invisible World. with a Preface, Introduction, ... ; 3

    Representative edition published 2021

    Open Work
  • Annals of Witchcraft in New England

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • The History of Philip's war, Commonly Called the Great Indian war, of 1675 and 1676. Also, of the French and Indian Wars at the Eastward, in 1689, 1690, 1692, 1696, and 1704

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • Indian Captivities

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • Early History of Georgia, Embracing the Embassy of Sir Alexander Cuming to the Country of the Cherokees, in the Year 1730. A Paper Read in Substance ... Genealogical Society, February, 1872

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • The History and Antiquities of Boston ..

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England : Made in Years 1858, 1859, and 1860

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Family of Drake in America. with Some Notices of the Antiquities Connected with the Early Times of Persons of the Name in England

    Representative edition published 2018

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  • A Memoir of the Rev. Cotton Mather, D. D., With a Genealogy of the Family of Mather

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • The History of King Philip's war ; Also of Expeditions Against the French and Indians in the Eastern Parts of New-England, in the Years 1689, 1690, ... Providence Towards Col. Benjamin Church

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • The History of the Indian Wars in New England

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • Biography and History of the Indians of North America

    Representative edition published 2015

    Open Work
  • Magnalia Christi Americana

    Representative edition published 2015

    Open Work
  • Catalogue Of The Private Library Of Samuel Gardner Drake, A. M

    Representative edition published 2015

    Open Work
  • Woodward's Historical Series. No. V. The Witchcraft Delusion in New England

    Representative edition published 2015

    Open Work
  • Magnalia Christi Americana, Or, The Ecclesiastical History Of New-england

    Representative edition published 2015

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  • Annals of Witchcraft in New England and Elsewhere in the United States

    Representative edition published 2003

    Open Work
  • The Book of the Indians of North America

    Representative edition published 2001

    Open Work
  • A particular history of the five years French and Indian war in New England and parts adjacent

    Representative edition published 1995

    Open Work
  • Book of the Indians

    Representative edition published 1976

    Open Work