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(INDIAN CAPTIVITY.) [Alsop, Richard.] Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt... During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among

(INDIAN CAPTIVITY.) [Alsop, Richard.] Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt... During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound. Frontispiece, illustrations. 12mo, publisher's cloth-backed boards, quite worn; browning, lacks the rear endpaper; ex-library, with bookplates and a spine label. New York, [circa 1815]

  • Notes: Captured after the wreck of the Ship Boston, Jewitt's narrative is the earliest captivity among the natives of the region. Jewitt's own journal was published in 1807. Howes A189; Sabin 36123; Ayer 153.

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