K., D. On the deliverance of Hugh Gibson a captive with the Indians 2 years & 10 months
On the deliverance of Hugh Gibson a captive with the Indians 2 years & 10 months
Manuscript, 1770
Case MS 5327
Purchased on the Martin Book Fund
An eight-stanza poem submitted for publication in a Baltimore, MD, area newspaper on the liberation from captivity of a certain Hugh Gibson from Indians in Pennsylvania some ten years earlier. An unique addition to the Ayer Collection’s famous holdings of captivity narratives. The events described occurred in 1756-1759.
Acquisition Date:
2005