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A narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's captivity, 1779

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

By August 1780

Primary Source Reference:

Descriptive Catalogue of the Du Simitière Papers in the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1940), p. 163, 27.6

Author/Composer:

Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

Notes:

Du Simitière's copy was probably sold as duplicate by LCP, which has another copy of Evans 16181.

Du Simitière lent a copy of this work to Charles Thomson on 28 Aug 1780. Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 51v

Title Information:

A narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's captivity, from the time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal, on the 25th day of September, in the year 1775, to the time of his exchange, on the 6th day of May, 1778: containing voyages and travels ... Interspersed with some political observations. /Written by himself, and now published for the information of the curious in all nations

Imprint Information:

Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third Street, M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]

Repository:

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), No. 16180 or 16181