God's mercy surmounting man's cruelty : exemplified in the captivity and redemption of Elizabeth Hanson, wife of John Hanson, of Knoxmarsh at Keacheachy, in Dover township, who was taken captive with her children, and maid-servant, by the Indians in New-England, in the year 1724. : In which are inserted, sundry remarkable preservations, deliverances, and marks of the care and kindness of Providence over her and her children, worthy to be remembered

[God's mercy surmounting man's cruelty : exemplified in the captivity and redemption of Elizabeth Hanson, wife of John Hanson, of Knoxmarsh at Keacheachy, in Dover township, who was taken captive with her children, and maid-servant, by the Indians in New-England, in the year 1724. : In which are inserted, sundry remarkable preservations, deliverances, and marks of the care and kindness of Providence over her and her children, worthy to be remembered. / The substance of which was taken from her own mouth, and now published for a general service.].

Author/creator	Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737
Other author/creator	Bownas, Samuel, 1676-1753.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Philadelphia] : [To be sold by Samuel Keimer in Philadelphia; and by W. Heurtin goldsmith in New-York], [1728.]
Description	40 pages ; 16 cm (12mo)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737. Indian captivities. Dover (N.H.)--History --17th century.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2996. ^A478749
General note	Mistakenly attributed to Samuel Bownas by Hildeburn and Evans. Another account of Hanson's captivity, entitled "An account of the captivity of Elizabeth Hanson" was "taken in substance from her own mouth, by Samuel Bownas." That account was published in London in 1760 and again in 1787.
General note	The only known copy, held by the Huntington Library, lacks title page and p. 37-40. Title page transcription based on an advertisement in the Pennsylvania gazette, Dec. 24, 1728.
References	Evans 2996
References	Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 327
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2996).
Genre/form	Captivity narratives.

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