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LEADER: 01501cam 22002411i 4500
001 18010878
003 DLC
005 20011206155403.0
008 800227s1787 stka 000 0 eng
010 $a 18010878
035 $a(OCoLC)6025156
040 $aDLC$cP$dDLC
050 00 $aE199$b.W721
100 1 $aWilliamson, Peter,$d1730-1799.
245 10 $aFrench and Indian cruelty exemplified,$bin the life, and various vicissitudes of fortune, of Peter Williamson, who was carried off from Aberdeen in his infancy, and sold as a slave in Pennsylvania. Containing the history of the author's surprising adventures in North America; his captivity among the Indians, and manner of his escape; the customs, dress &c., of the savages; military operations in that quarter; with a description of the British settlements, &c. &c. To which is added, an account of the proceedings of the magistrates of Aberdeen against him on his return to Scotland; a brief history of his process against them before the Court of session, and a short dissertation on kidnapping.
260 $aEdinburgh :$bPrinted for, and sold by J. Stewart,$c1787.
300 $avi, 150 p. :$bfront. (port.) ;$c17 cm.
500 $aFirst edition, York, 1758.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1755-1763$xPersonal narratives.
650 0 $aIndian captivities$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aFort Oswego (Oswego, N.Y.)$xCapture, 1756.
650 0 $aKidnapping.