| Title | Narrative of the capture and providential escape of Misses Frances and Almira Hall : two respectable young women (sisters) of the ages 16 and 18, who were taken prisoners by the savages, at a frontier settlement, near Indian Creek, in May last ... : likewise is added the interesting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Philip Brigdon, a Kentuckian, who fell into the hands of the merciless savages ... / communicated by persons of respectability living in the neigborhood of the captives.
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| Published | [New York : William P. Edwards?], 1832.
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| Description | 24 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| General Note | Cover title: War and pestilence! Capture of two young ladies by the savages...
Copyrighted by William P. Edwards.
The names of the girls were Rachel Hall (afterwards Mrs. Munson) and Sylvia Hall (afterwards Mrs. Horn). Cf. Baldwin, Hist. of La Salle County, Ill. and Moses, Illinois, historical and statistical.
Illustrated covers.
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| Subjects | Black Hawk War, 1832.
Horn, Sylvia Hall, 1813-1899.
Indians of North America -- Captivities.
Munson, Rachel Hall, d. 1870.
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| Other Authors | Edwards, William P.
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| LC Card Number | 03-11791 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 89 N234
mq132224: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 72675] |
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