A narrative of the very extraordinary adventures and sufferings of Mr. William Wills : late surgeon on board the Durrington Indiaman, Captain Richard Crabb, in her late voyage to the East-Indies, under the convoy of Admiral Boscawen : being a continued series of cruelty and oppression, thro' the jealousy and ill-nature of ------, 'till his arrival at Bombay, where he was tried by a court-martial of East-India captains : together with an account of his banishment to Goa and his voyage to Brazil, under Captain Kinsey, commodore of a Portuguese squadron : interspersed with several curious original love letters, certificates, papers, documents and vouchers, and corroborated by the testimony of a great number of witnesses now residing in town : to which is added, an account of his trial at Guild-Hall in July last : recommended to all generous and humane souls for the benefit of the unhappy sufferer, now a prisoner at Capt. Crabb's suit in the Kings-Bench, Southwark, for costs of his late trial.
| Author/creator | Wills, William |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | [1st ed.]. |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for W. Webb, 1750-1 [i.e., 1751] |
| Description | viii, ix, 70 pages : portrait ; 20 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Caption title | Narrative of the voyages and adventures of Mr. William Willis |
| Local note | Library's copy defective: port. wanting. |
| General note | At end of p. 70: "End of the first part." A second edition contains both first and second parts. |
| General note | A fictional account? |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 104543. |
| Citation/References note | Sabin 104543. |
| Citation/References note | RLIN, CTRG01-B3157 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |