BEERS'S ALMANAC AND EPHEMERIS...FOR...1793...[including "THE REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF JACKSON JOHONNET..."].
Beers, Andrew: [Johonnet, Jackson]:
Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, [1792]. [36]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. Original printed self-wrappers, stitched. Light marginal chipping, scattered foxing and toning; two-inch closed tear in pp.31/32, repaired with early stitching. Else very good. In a cloth slipcase, gilt leather label. Andrew Beers' Hartford almanac for 1793, containing the important Indian captivity narrative, "The Remarkable Adventures of Jackson Johonnet...." Johonnet had recently served under Generals Harmar and St. Clair in the western army's expeditions against the Indians in the Northwest Territory. He was captured on the banks of the Wabash River in August 1791 by a band of Kickapoo and taken to their camp on the Upper Miami, where he made a dramatic escape after witnessing the torture and deaths of his fellow soldiers. This printing of Johonnet's account precedes the separate 1793 issues (Ayer 167), which are generally referred to as the first edition. The Siebert copies of these went for $13,800 (the Providence edition, Siebert Sale 440) and $5750 (the Boston edition, Siebert Sale 441.) The almanac also contain a "Welch [sic] Sermon," the story of a sleep-walker, and several anecdotes and poems, in addition to the calendar, lists, and tables. The anatomical depiction of the zodiac is printed on page [2]. DRAKE 497. EVANS 24083. HOWES J176. TRUMBULL 128. NAIP w027306.
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