An Account of the discovery of a hermit, who lived about 200 years in a cave, at the foot of a hill, 73 days journey westward of the Great Alleghany Mountains
By: Written by John [i.e., James] Buckland and John Fielding, the persons who discovered him. ; [Four lines of verse]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 20252
Publisher: Pittsburg, Virginia printed: Providence: re-printed and sold [by Bennett Wheeler] at the printing-office in Westminster-Street
Published: 1787
Place of publication: Providence
Language: eng
Subjects: Hermits; Imaginary Voyages
Other titles: Wonderful discovery of a hermit, who lived upwards of 200 years.
Notes: The hermit was purportedly discovered by Capt. James Buckland and Mr. John Fielding, who in 1785 "agreed to travel into the western parts of this vast continent, to explore the regions westward of the Alleghany Mountains, which belong to the United States, which as yet are but little known to us."

Usually published with title: A wonderful discovery of a hermit, who lived upwards of 200 years.

Ascribed to the press of Bennett Wheeler by Alden.

Evans 20252

Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1069