The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake: The Story of a Soldier, Adventurer, and Emissary to the Cherokees, 1756-1765This is the first modern scholarly edition of what is considered the most detailed ethnographic account of Cherokee life in the late 18th century. Timberlake•s memoirs describe the months he spent living with the Cherokees then escorting a delegation to L |
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The Memoirs of Lieutenant Henry Timberlake | 1 |
The Preface | 3 |
The Memoirs c | 5 |
Visual Representations of the Cherokee Kings in London 1762 | 85 |
London Social Calendar 1762 Followed by a Map of Places Visited by the Cherokees and Timberlake 17621765 | 93 |
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Page 162 - Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient and modern. Particularly old English dresses: after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others. With an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken; and some short historical remarks on the subject; to which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage, Vol.