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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC07390 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1834 |
Title | Advertisement for A Narrative of the Captivity & Providential Escape of Mrs. Jane Lewis |
Date | 1834 |
Document Type | Broadside |
Content Description | Illustrated publication advertisement for a recently published book about Lewis experience as a captive of Chief Black Hawk during the Black Hawk War. Published in the aftermath of the war after Black Hawk was taken as a captive on a tour for the United States. The advertisement refers to the tour. An unrelated poem is printed on verso: "The Factor's Garland, or The Turkish Lady." Date inferred from the publication year of Lewis' narrative. |
Subjects | Book Selling Women's History Prisoner of War Prisoner American Indian History Military History Poetry |
Place written | Providence, Rhode Island |
Theme | Women in American History; Native Americans |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |