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]
Contributors: Buckland, James.; Fielding, John.
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
Format: Microform
Subjects: Hermits.; Voyages, Imaginary.
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.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20252)