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A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family : who were surprised by the Indians, and taken from their farms, on the frontiers of Pennsylvania : in the spring, 1780

"Related by the Gilbert family to William Walton, Benjamin Gilbert's brother-in-law."--Vail, R.W.G. The voice of the old frontier. Sometimes attributed to Thomas Austin · First published 1784 · "Thoughts alluding to, and in part occasioned by the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family."--P. 117-123, in verse · Printer's advertisements: p. 123-124 · Signatures: A-E¹² F² · extracted picklist · SCNHRB copy (39088013500947) embossed on t.p.: Bureau of American Ethnology Library [and stamped acc. no.] 11144 · SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries, Adopt-a-Book Program: Adopted by Karen Birchmore · SCNHRB copy half bound in red calf and marbled paper boards, title in gilt on spine, marbled top edge and endpapers; blank leaves bound-in at end

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