CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE. HARBISON, MASSY WHITE. A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy Harbinson, from Indian Barbarity, Giving an Account of Her Captivity, the Murder of Her Two Children, Her Escape, with an Infant at Her Breast.... Pittsburgh: D.& M. Maclean, 1828.
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CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE.
HARBISON, MASSY WHITE. A Narrative of the Sufferings of Massy Harbison, from Indian Barbarity, Giving an Account of Her Captivity, the Murder of Her Two Children, Her Escape, with an Infant at Her Breast.... Pittsburgh: D.& M. Maclean, 1828. 12mo (140 x 83 mm). 98pp. Original buff cloth over boards. Browned, dampstaining affecting top margin of first few signatures, lacks endpapers, binding worn.

Early printing of this Ohio/Pennsylvania Frontier captivity narrative, which also includes dispatches documenting General St. Clair's defeat in 1791. Field 650; Graff 1775; Howes H179; Sabin 30291.
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£790 - 1,200
€930 - 1,400

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