A journal, of the captivity and sufferings of John Foss : several years a prisoner at Algiers: together with some account of the treatment of Christian slaves when sick:-- and observations of the manners and customs of the Algerines. : [Eight lines of verse].

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foss, John, -1800
Corporate Author: Algeria
Other Authors: Paine, Robert Treat, 1773-1811, Citizen of Newburyport
Format: eBook
Language:English
Edition:Second edition. Published according to act of Congress.
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 33747.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:Advertised as "this day published" in the Newburyport herald for Nov. 20, 1798.
Copy of the peace treaty between the Dey of Algiers and the United States, and other documents, pages 162-173.
"The Algerine slaves. A poem. By a citizen of Newburyport. ..."--pages [175]-189, with separate title page. Possibly written by Robert Treat Paine. See Currier, J.J. History of Newburyport, Mass., vo. 2, 1909, page 497.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:189 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 18 cm. (duodecimo)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Massachusetts -- Newburyport.