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Title: Narrative of the captivity and extreme sufferings of Mrs.
Clarissa Plummer: wife of the late Mr. James Plummer, of Franklin
County, state of New-York, who, with Mrs. Caroline Harris ... were,
in the spring of 1835, with their unfortunate families, surprised
and taken prisoners by a party of the Camanche tribe of Indians,
while emigrating ... to Texas: and after having been held nearly
two years in captivity, and witnessed the deaths of their husbands,
were fortunately redeemed from the hands of the savages by an
American fur trader, a native of Georgia.Author: Rachael
PlummerPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on
Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin
Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets,
serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their
discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original
accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward
expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native
Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin
Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western
hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores
of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of
the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North,
Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection
highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture,
contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides
access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons,
political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation,
literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality
digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand,
making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent
scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02643100CollectionID:
CTRG98-B2071PublicationDate: 18380101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: "Fictitious: a made up compilation taken partly from
the story of Mrs. Horn and Mrs. Harris (no. 134) and partly from
the narrative of Mrs. Rachel Plummer (no. 221) ..."--Ayer Coll.
209.Collation: 23 p., 1] leaf of plates: ill.; 24 cm
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