A journal of the adventures of Matthew Bunn : a native of Brookfield, Massachusetts, who enlisted with Ensign John Tillinghast, of Providence, in the year 1791, on an expedition into the western country,-- was taken by the savages, and made his escape into Detroit the 30th of April, 1792. : Containing a very circumstantial account of the cruel treatment he suffered while in captivity, and many of the customs of the savages, which have never before appeared in print. : Published by the particular request of a number of persons who have seen the manuscript.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunn, Matthew, 1772-1843, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30135.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bunn, Matthew, 1772-1843.

Bunn, Matthew.

Indian captivities.

St. Clair's Campaign, 1791.

Genre:

Captivity narratives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages)

Place of Publication:

Providence: : Printed [by Bennett Wheeler] for the author, and sold by him; also at Mr. Todd's book-store near the Baptist-Meeting-House, and at the printing-office in the market-house., [1796]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Recounting Bunn's experiences until his arrival in Detroit in 1792. His subsequent adventures are described in "A short narrative of the life and sufferings of Matthew Bunn, after his arrival at the British garrison at Detroit ..." (Evans 31890).

Ascribed to the press of Bennett Wheeler and dated 1796 by Alden. A notice on the verso of the title page is dated December 10, 1795.

With a half-title.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 30135).

Cited in:

Evans 30135

Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1460

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