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French and Indian cruelty: exemplified in the life, and various vicissitudes of fortune, of Peter Williamson. Containing, a particular account of the Manners, Customs, and Dress, of the savages; of their scalping, burning, and other Barbarities, committed on the English in North-America, during his Residence among them: Being at eight Years of Age stolen from his Parents, and sent to Pennsylvania, where he was sold as a Slave: Afterwards married and settled as a Planter, till the Indians destroyed his House, and every Thing he had, and carried him off a Captive; from whom, after several Months Captiviev, he made his Escape, and served as a Volunteer and Soldier in many Expenditions against them. Comprehending in the whole, a summary of the transactions of the several provinces in America; particularly, those relative to the intended Attack on Crown-Point and Niagara. And An accurate and succinct Detail of the Operations of the French and English Forces at the Siege of Oswegu, where the Author was wounded and taken Prisoner. Also, a curious discourse on kidnapping. Written by himself.
Williamson, Peter, 1730-1799.Date: [1759]- Books
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The history of Ophelia. Published by the author of David Simple. In two volumes. ...
Fielding, Sarah, 1710-1768.Date: 1763- Books
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The history of Ophelia. By Miss Fielding. In two volumes.
Fielding, Sarah, 1710-1768.Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The history of Ophelia. Published by the author of David Simple.
Fielding, Sarah, 1710-1768.Date: 1787- Books
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The history of Ophelia. Published by the author of David Simple. In two volumes. ...
Fielding, Sarah, 1710-1768.Date: 1760- Books
La marche rouge : les enfants perdus de l'hôpital général / Marion Sigaut.
Sigaut, Marion, 1950-Date: [2008]- Books
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A brief history of the memorable passages and transactions, that have attended the life, and untimely death, of the unfortunate Sir John Johnstoun : who was executed at Tyburn, on the 23d. of December 1690 for stealing Mistress Mary Wharton. Together with his behaviour in prison, and what he wrote there, touching the matter for which he dyed: with his pious exhortations, and dying expressions, &c. With a short elogie, / written by an impartial hand, upon this melancholly occasion.
Date: Anno Dom, 1694- Books
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The history of Pamela; or, virtue rewarded. Abridged from the works of Samuel Richardson, Esq; Adorned with copper-plates.
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.Date: [1779?]- Books
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A letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of -- concerning the affair of Elizabeth Canning. By a clergyman.
Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784.Date: 1753- Books
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Clarissa; or the History of a Young Lady. Comprehending the most Important Concerns of private Life. Abridged from the Works of Samuel Richardson, Esq; author of Pamela, and Sir Charles Grandison.
Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761.Date: 1772- Books
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Kidnapped souls : national indifference and the battle for children in the Bohemian Lands, 1900-1948 / Tara Zahra.
Zahra, TaraDate: 2008- Archives and manuscripts
Subjects: Violence. 'Crime, Penology, etc. IV Cases'
Date: 1967-1975Reference: PP/ROS/E/8/2/26Part of: The Archive of Ismond Rosen (1924-1996)- Pictures
Sir John Johnston. Engraving, ca. 1820.
Date: [1820?]Reference: 2011101i- Archives and manuscripts
Letter from Cantlie (probably to one of his sisters) on Sun Yat Sen's kidnap and imprisonment by the Chinese Legation in London
Date: Oct 1896Reference: MS.7937/13Part of: Cantlie, Sir James, F.R.C.S. (1851-1926)- Pictures
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Peter Williamson, kidnapped as a child and transported to the American plantations; became traveller and writer. Reproduction of an engraving by R. Cooper.
Reference: 1971i- Archives and manuscripts
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Review of "Kidnapped in London", by Sun Yat Sen, an account of his rescue in 1896 from the Chinese legation in London, with the help of Sir Patrick Manson and Sir James Cantlie
Date: c.1970Reference: RAMC/790Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Videos
Hostages to fortune.
Date: Date unknown- Books
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The great Arizona orphan abduction / Linda Gordon.
Gordon, LindaDate: 1999- Pictures
Hayley Mills lying on a bed with her cat. Watercolour by P. Bentall, ca. 1966.
Bentall, Patricia, active approximately 1966.Date: [ca. 1966]Reference: 2847879iPart of: Adamson Collection- Videos
The body parts business.
Date: 1993- Books
Love, madness, and scandal : the life of Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck / Johanna Luthman.
Luthman, JohannaDate: 2017- Books
Mommy man : how I went from mild-mannered geek to gay superdad / Jerry Mahoney.
Mahoney, Jerry, 1971-Date: 2014- Pictures
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Soldiers sacking a mansion and torturing its inhabitants. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.Date: [1730]Reference: 44109i- Audio
Colin Blakemore on the genome.
Date: 2001- Archives and manuscripts
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Miscellaneous correspondence, etc.
Date: Jan-Dec 1855Reference: RAMC/397/F/CO/32Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection