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(Indian Captivity) |
| Author: |
Sparks, Edwin Erle. 1860-1924. |
| Title: |
Typed Manuscript of Sparks' introduction to the 1905 reprint of Charles Johnston's account of his Indian Captivity |
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[No place] |
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| Date: |
c.1905 |
| Item # : |
126169 |
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| Sale Number |
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454 |
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98 |
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| Rare Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Atlases |
| Sale Date |
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05/19/2011 |
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1pm PST |
| Low Estimate |
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$ 100 |
| High Estimate |
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$ 150 |
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| Description: |
| Nineteen pages, 4to, with numerous holographic corrections and additions. |
| Sparks' introduction to the 1905 reprint of Charles Johnston's account of his Indian Captivity first published in 1827. Johnston, a Virginian, was taken prisoner by Indians while on a journey to Kentucky in 1790. After being ransomed by a Canadian trader, he made his way back to New York where he was interviewed by President Washington. |
| Condition: |
| Some soiling, wear and chipping along edges, with area of paper loss in upper right blank corner of first page; generally very good. |
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