A narrative of the troubles with the Indians in New-England, from the first planting thereof in the year 1607. to this present year 1677. But chiefly of the late troubles in the two last years, 1675. and 1676. To which is added a discourse about the warre with the Pequods in the year 1637.
By: By W. Hubbard, minister of Ipswich ... Pnblished [!] by authority.
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by John Foster
Published: 1677
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1600-1750.; Indians of North America -- New England -- Early works to 1800.; Pequot War, 1636-1638.; New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Evans 231
Signatures: 1 l. unsigned, a⁶, B-L⁴, M⁶, m², O-R⁴, S², T⁴, n⁴, (last l. blank) A-L⁴ (B³ signed A³, F³ signed F⁴)
Title within double lines.
Errors in paging: p. 84, 86, 88 and 90 not numbered, p. 85, 87, 89, 91 and 92 numbered 84 to 88, respectively.
Collation: License (dated "Boston, March 29, 1677"): 1 l.; title: 1 l.; dedicatory epistle, advertisement, poetical addresses, and "The printer to the reader": [10] p.; "A narrative [etc.]": p. 1-115; blank p.; "A supplement concerning the warre with the Pequods": p. 117-132; "A table shewing the towns [etc.]": [7] p.; "A postscript": [1], 7-12 p.; blank l.; "A narrative of the troubles with the Indians in New-England, from Pascataqua to Pemmaquid": 88 p.
Presumably a second issue of the 1st edition, the errata on p. 88 occupying 12 lines, whereas some copies have only 10 lines.
A later edition printed at London in the same year, and licensed "June 27. 1677", has title: The present state of New England. Being a narrative of the troubles with the Indians ...
An abridged edition was issued at Boston in 1775, from which several later editions were copied.
Church Cat., 650. Papers. Bibl. Soc. of Amer., v. 33, pp. 25-39.
LC copy imperfect: Map wanting.