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A narrative of the very extraordinary adventures and sufferings of Mr. William Wills : late surgeon on board the Durrington Indiaman, Captain Richard Crabb, in her late voyage to the East-Indies, under the convoy of Admiral Boscawen : being a continued series of cruelty and oppression, thro' the jealousy and ill-nature of ------, 'till his arrival at Bombay, where he was tried by a court-martial of East-India captains : together with an account of his banishment to Goa and his voyage to Brazil, under Captain Kinsey, commodore of a Portuguese squadron : interspersed with several curious original love letters, certificates, papers, documents and vouchers, and corroborated by the testimony of a great number of witnesses now residing in town : to which is added, an account of his trial at Guild-Hall in July last : recommended to all generous and humane souls for the benefit of the unhappy sufferer, now a prisoner at Capt. Crabb's suit in the Kings-Bench, Southwark, for costs of his late trial.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wills, William, surgeon.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.
- Surgeons--Great Britain--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Surgeons.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--Surgeons--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Wills, William, surgeon.
- Wills, William.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, ix, 70 p. ) port. ;
- Edition:
- [1st ed.]
- Other Title:
- Narrative of the very extraordinary adventures and sufferings of Mr. William Wills,
- Narrative of the very extraordinary adventures and sufferings of Mr. William Wills
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for W. Webb, 1750-1 [i.e., 1751]
- Notes:
- At end of p. 70: "End of the first part." A second edition contains both first and second parts.
- A fictional account?
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 104543.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG01-B3157
- OCLC:
- 85797620
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