JOURNAL OF COLONEL JOHN HERBERT COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FOR THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA OCTOBER 17, 1727 TO MARCH 18 1727/
1936 · Columbia, S.C.
by Salley, A.S., ed
Columbia, S.C.: Historical Commission of South Carolin, 1936. 34pp. Modern red cloth boards, front board gilt stamped. Small bookplate on rear pastedown. Internally clean. Near fine. An account by John Herbert of a diplomatic mission that travelled from Savannah to the Cherokees in 1727-1728, attempting to discern the tribe's intentions towards the settlers and to entice them into war against other more hostile tribes. Transcribed from Herbert's diary, which he kept en route. (Inventory #: WRCAM52015)