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Narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt : only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka Sound: with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives...

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
Contributor:
Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815.
Robert Dechert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
Jewitt, John R.
Nuu-chah-nulth Indians.
Indian captivities.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Penn Provenance:
Dechert, Robert (donor)
Physical Description:
166 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Printed for the publisher, [1815?]
Notes:
"Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewitt his story, during repeated interviews." Cf. Hist. mag., v. 4, 1860, p. 91.
Cited in:
Ayer coll. 153
Sabin, 36123
Smith [superscript 3], 5215
Lande, 1256
OCLC:
3182927

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