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A 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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A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of John R. Jewitt [electronic resource] : 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 / embellished with a plate, representing the ship in possession of the savages.
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Middletown [Conn.] : Printed by Loomis & Richards, 1815.
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203 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 17 cm
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Notes
"Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewett his story, during repeated interviews." cf. Hist. mag., v. 4, 1860, p. 91.
"Names of the crew of the ship Boston, belonging to Boston, in Massachusetts ... all of whom, excepting two, were on the 22nd of March, 1803 ... murdered by the savages of Nootka": p. 3.
"A list of words in the Nootkian language, the most in use": p. 4.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2014 (China, America and the Pacific : trade & cultural exchange)
Library, University of California, San Diego
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Narrative of John R. Jewitt
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Language
English
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January 09, 2015
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