The life, strange voyages, and uncommon adventures of Ambrose Gwinett. Formerly known to the public as the lame beggar: who, for a long Time swept the Way at the Mew's-Gate, Charing-Cross. Containing An Account of his being convicted and hanged in Chains, at Deal, in Kent, for the supposed Murder of Mr. Collins: his surprizing Recovery after being executed: his Voyage to the West-Indies, his being taken by the Spaniards, where he meets the identioal Collins whom he was supposed to have murdered: the Accident that threw Mr. Gwinett into the Hands of Pirates: his extraordinary Adventures with them, and being betaken by the Spaniards, and by them condemned to the Gallies: his being taken and made a Slave of by the Algerines, and after suffering many Hardships, his Return to England.
- Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
- Date:
- [1771?]
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Also known as
Life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett
Publication/Creation
London : printed for J. Lever, Bookseller, Stationer, and Printseller, as Little Moorgate, next to London-Wall, near Moorfields, [1771?]
Physical description
35,[1]p.,plate ; 120.
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Edition
The fourth edition.
References note
ESTC T107406
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.