HALL, Sylvia & Rachel. Narrative of the Capture and Providential Escape of Misses Frances and Almira Hall, Two Respectable Young Women (Sisters) of the Ages of 16 and 18... (1832 - FIRST EDITION)

AUTHOR: HALL, Sylvia & Rachel. 

TITLE: Narrative of the Capture and Providential Escape of Misses Frances and Almira Hall, Two Respectable Young Women (Sisters) of the Ages of 16 and 18, Who Were Taken Prisoners by the Savages, at a Frontier Settlement, near Indian Creek, in May Last, When Fifteen of the Inhabitants Fell Victims to the Bloody Tomahawk and Scalping Knife; among Whom Were the Parents of the Unfortunate Females.; Likewise Is Added, the Interesting Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Philip Brigdon, a Kentuckian, Who Fell into the Hands of Merciless Savages on Their Return to Their Settlement, Three Days after the Bloody Massacre. Communicated by Persons of Respectability Living in the Neighborhood of the Captives.

PUBLISHER: n.p., 1832.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. 1 vol., 8-15/16" x 5-1/2", 24pp., first issue with text beginning "The present year", original pictorial yellow wrappers, rear wrapper repeats the woodcut frontispiece, damp staining throughout, chipping to lower edge of front wrapper, bound in a 1/4 green morocco binding, vertical gilt lettered spine.

CONDITION: Spine sunned, hinges fine, all things considered a VERY GOOD copy.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The captivity as told here is true, with some inaccuracies. The Hall sisters were spirited away from a settlement on the Fox River by members of the Sauk and Fox tribes; they suffered the usual indignities and witnessed the Indians' continued molestations of frontier settlements during their captivity. The sisters survived, perhaps because Philip Brigdon, an unfortunate Kentuckian, kept them company. Howes (H61)suggests authorship by W. P. Edwards, the perpetrator of the Lewis captivity account.

According to RBH the last copy to appear at auction was 1971.