A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson, Together with a Narrative of James Johnson, Indian Captive of Charlestown, New Hampshire - 1757, including illustrations of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and the "Indian Stones"
by Johnson, Mrs. Susanna Willard and James Johnson;
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- ISBN 10
- 1556133375
- ISBN 13
- 9781556133374
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Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New edition copyright by Barbara M. Jones, who also contributed the Foreword. Lower corner creases to front and back covers. Previous owner stamp on first page. Otherwise clean and sharp. From the rear cover: "Charlestown, originally known as No. 4, was first settled in 1740 by three families from Lunenburg by the name of Farnsworth. In 1744 a fort was begun for safety reasons; the Cape Breton war had commenced and the Indians had taken up their hatchets. The cessation of arms was called between Great Britain and France in 1749, and Susanna (Willard) Johnson, but two years the wife of James Johnson, moved with her husband to Charlestown. In 1754, news of another impending rift between France and England was again on everyone's tongue. The Indians were increasingly restless; on August 29, 1754, they descended upon the Johnson home, taking as captives James and Susanna Johnson (who was nine months pregnant and ready to deliver her next child), the three Johnson children, the Johnsons' neighbor Peter Labarree and their hired man Ebenezer Farnsworth, and Mrs. Johnson's sister, Miriam Willard. The following day, August 30, Mrs. Johnson gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth Captive Johnson, the third white child born in Vermont; she lived to womanhood and married Colonel George Kimball. Mrs. Johnson describes in detail her struggles to recover from childbirth, her walk to St. Francis (the Indians' home), the sale of all the captives to the French, the dispersal of her family, and her eventual return to Charlestown. Mrs. Johnson revised and edited the second and third editions of her book which was originally written by John C. Chamberlain and published in 1796. ".
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- Title
- A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson, Together with a Narrative of James Johnson, Indian Captive of Charlestown, New Hampshire - 1757, including illustrations of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and the "Indian Stones"
- Author
- Johnson, Mrs. Susanna Willard and James Johnson;
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1556133375
- ISBN 13
- 9781556133374
- Publisher
- Heritage Books
- Place of Publication
- Bowie, Maryland
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Indian Captives, Colonial America, New Hampshire, French & Indian War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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