The remarkable captivity and surprising deliverance of Elizabeth Hanson
Subtitle: wife of John Hanson, of Knoxmarch, at Kecheachy, in Dover Township, who was taken captive with her children and maid-servant, by the Indians in New-England, in the year 1724 ... the substance of which was taken from her own mouth.
Contributors: Mann, John.; Bownas, Samuel, 1676-1753.
Publisher: Re-printed from a copy of the third edition, printed M,DCC,LXXX [by J. Mann]
Published: 1824
Place of publication: Dover
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Hanson, Elizabeth, fl. 1703-1741.; Indian captivities -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: The earliest (?) edition (Philadelphia and New York, 1728) was issued under title "God's mercy surmounting man's cruelty, exemplified in the captivity ... of Elizabeth Hanson ... The substance of which was taken from her own mouth, and now published for a general audience. The t-p of an edition called the second, Philadelphia, 1754, states that the account "was taken from her own mouth, and is now published for general service, by Samuel Bownas". cf. Evans, Amer. bibl., v. l, no. 1342; Bownas, an account of the life ... of Samuel Bownas, Philadelphia, 1759, p. 179-180.