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A narrative of Joshua Davis, an American citizen, who was pressed and served on board six ships of the British navy : he was in seven engagements, once wounded, five times confined in irons, and obtained his liberty by desertion : the whole being an interesting and faithful narrative of the discipline, various practices and treatment of pressed seamen in the British navy, and containing information that never was before presented to the American people.
LIBRA Microprint 21 no. 22664.
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Joshua, 1760-
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22664.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Privateering.
- Impressment.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.
- United States.
- History.
- Sea control.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Personal narratives.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 76 pages
- 6x9 in.
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Manufacture:
- [Baltimore, Md.] : B. Edes.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore [Md.] : Printed for the author, 1811.
- Notes:
- For a listing of titles in each box consult American bibliography : a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819 / compiled by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.
- Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1973. 1 microopaque ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 22664).
- Cited in:
- Shaw & Shoemaker, 22664.
- OCLC:
- 15448883
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