Star in the West; or A Humble Attempt to Discover The Long Lost Tribes of Israel, Preparatory Their Return to Their Beloved City, Jerusalem
Trenton, N.J. Published by . Denton, S. Hutchinson, and J. Dunham, 1816.
First Edition. Leather bound. Octavo. [1], iv, xxi "preface", xxii blank, pages 23-342 pages, [1] Brown leather binding. Restored. Later taped spine. Inner hinges have white linen repairs. Previous owner name on the paste down (Bill Kip), pencil name of "I.L Kip MDCCXXXII" written on the right front flyleaf. "Isaac Kip 1846" written in ink top of the title page." Francis Kip 1864?" written in faint pencil same page. Edge wear to the leather. Text is lightly edge wear worn with small edge chips to a few pages. Light to moderate toning to the text. Boudinot puts forth the argument that Native Americans were descended from the Jews. Fair only.
Howes B 643. Not in Field.
From wikipedia:
Elias Boudinot (/ la s bu d n t/ il-EYE- s boo-DIN-ot; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, statesman, and early abolitionist and women's rights advocate. During the Revolutionary War, Boudinot was an intelligence officer and prisoner-of-war commissary under general George Washington, working to improve conditions for prisoners on both the American and British sides. In 1779, he was elected to the Continental Congress and then to its successor, the Congress of the Confederation, serving as President of Congress in 1782–1783, the final years of the war....
He argued for the rights of black and American Indian citizens, and sponsored students to the Board School for Indians in Connecticut. One of these, a young Cherokee named Gallegina Uwatie, also known as Buck Watie, stayed with him in Burlington on his way to the school. The two so impressed each other that Gallegina asked for and was given permission to adopt the statesman's name. Later known as Elias Boudinot, he was an editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, the nation's first newspaper, which was published in Cherokee and English. Fair. Item #36029
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