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Struggles of Capt. Thomas Keith in America : including the manner in which he, his wife and child were decoyed by the Indians : their temporary captivity, and happy deliverance : interspersed with occasional descriptions of the United States, soil, productions, &c.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 6676
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Plummer, Thomas, active 1798-1836, printer.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Keith, Thomas, active 1794-1795--Fiction.
Keith, Thomas.
Indian captivities--North America--Fiction.
Indian captivities.
Chapbooks, English.
Keith, Thomas, active 1794-1795.
North America.
Genre:
Fiction
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Davis, T. (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
[3], 8-28 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 19 cm
Other Title:
Struggles of Captain Keith
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, 111, Cheapside, [1808]
Notes:
Fictionalized biography.
Running title: Struggles of Captain Keith.
Other similar titles printed by T. Tegg have added title page: The mariners' marvellous magazine, or, Wonders of the ocean.
"Plummer, Printer"--Page 28.
Imprint date from frontispiece.
"Price only sixpence."--Title leaf.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2017 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy has dated 19th-century autograph ("T. Davis 1809 9[?]/2") on title leaf.
Schimmel Collection copy: frontispiece closely cropped at tail margin with loss of imprint date.
OCLC:
33331225

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