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A journal of the shipwreck and sufferings of Daniel Foss : a native of St. Mary's, Georgia, who was the only person saved from on board the brig Negociator, of Alexandria, which foundered in the Pacific Ocean on the 26th Nov. 1811, and who lived five years on a small barren island, during which time he subsisted on seals and never saw the face of any human creature.

Author/creator Foss, Daniel
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoBoston : Printed for Thomas Hazard, [1816?]
Description24 pages.
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 37630
Early American imprints. Second series no. 37630. ^A575643
General note"The public may rely on the truth of the proceeding narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of D. Foss, who is now living with his relatives in St. Mary's, Georgia, and has deposited in the Charleston Museum the oar, which he so highly prized, and on which he kept a reckoning of the number of days he passed on the dreary island."
General noteIncludes (p. 23-24) a poem: To brother sailors.
References Shaw & Shoemaker, 37630
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New Canaan, CT: Readex Microprint, 1987-1992]. 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 37630).

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