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An Affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith, who with her husband and three daughters, were taken prisoners by the Indians, in August last (1814) and after enduring the most cruel hardships and torture of mind for sixty days (in which time she witnessed the tragical death of her husband and helpless children) was fortunately rescued from the merciless hands of the savages by a detached party from the army of the brave General Jackson. Now commanding at New-Orleans.
- Title
- An Affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith, who with her husband and three daughters, were taken prisoners by the Indians, in August last (1814) and after enduring the most cruel hardships and torture of mind for sixty days (in which time she witnessed the tragical death of her husband and helpless children) was fortunately rescued from the merciless hands of the savages by a detached party from the army of the brave General Jackson. Now commanding at New-Orleans.
- Publication
- Providence, (R.I.) Printed by L. Scott [1815]
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- Description
- 24 p. fold front., illus.; 18 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Captivity & sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith, &c.
- Subjects
- Note
- Caption title: Captivity & sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith, &c. Communicated from a gentleman in the western country to his friend in Rhode-Island.
- "The Indians killing & scalping, thirty persons ... butchered" at Solen, Miss., in March, 1815, p. 19-24.
- Indexed In (note)
- Sabin
- Call Number
- *KF 1815 (Affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith)
- OCLC
- 21571983
- Title
- An Affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith, who with her husband and three daughters, were taken prisoners by the Indians, in August last (1814) and after enduring the most cruel hardships and torture of mind for sixty days (in which time she witnessed the tragical death of her husband and helpless children) was fortunately rescued from the merciless hands of the savages by a detached party from the army of the brave General Jackson. Now commanding at New-Orleans.
- Imprint
- Providence, (R.I.) Printed by L. Scott [1815]
- Indexed In:
- Sabin 83535
- Local Note
- Imperfect: front. wanting.
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- Added Title
- Captivity & sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith, &c.
- Research Call Number
- *KF 1815 (Affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith)