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"Peske-ompsk-ut; or, The Falls Fight"
1875
L98.025
Two hundred years after Captain Turner surprised the Indians at Peskeompskut on the Connecticut River in May of 1676 this booklet was published to commemorate the event. |
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"A Biographical Memoir of the Rev. John Williams"
1837
L99.012
Dr. Stephen West Williams (1790-1855) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, focused largely on his ancestor's ordeal and captivity when he wrote this biography of the Reverend John Williams (1664-1729) in 1837. |
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"The Deerfield Captive"
1837
L99.014
In this "narrative of facts for the instruction of the young," Reverend Titus Strong (1787-1855) wrote with a "moral and religious tendency" about the two-year captivity of Reverend John Williams (1664-1729) following the 1704 raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, during Queen Anne's War. |
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"Historical Collections, being a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes &c.",
1839
L00.001
Thanks to John Warner Barber, we can see what dozens of towns looked like in the 1830s. |