Author: BAKER, CHARLOTTE ALICE
Title: True Stories of New England Captives: Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars
Description: Cambridge, MA: Press of E. A. Hall, 1897. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Beautifully bound in brown half morocco over linen-covered boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, t.e.g, red ribbon marker bound in. Contents include: Christine Otis [Dover, N.H, 1689]; Esther Wheelwright [Wells, Me, 1703]; Story of a York family [John Sayward's, 1692]; Difficulties and dangers in the settlement of a frontier town 1670 [Deerfield, Mass]; Eunice Williams [Deerfield, 1704]; Ensign John Sheldon [Deerfield, 1704]; My hunt for the captives; Two captives [Abigail Nims and Josiah Rising, Deerfield, 1704]; A day at Oka [Canada]; Thankful Stebbins [Deerfield, Mass, 1704]; A scion of the church in Deerfield. Joseph-Octave Plessis; Hertel de Rouville; Father Meriel; Mary Silver [Haverhill, Mass, 1708]; and an Appendix.. Head, heel and edges mildly worn, hinges strong, text block tight, square and clean. A very handsome volume. VERY GOOD.. Plates, Portraits, Facsimilies. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 407 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Indians in North America Captivities Frontier and Pioneer Life Massachusetts New England New England History New England - History - Colonial Period Ca. 1600-1775


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