RUSSELL'S ADVENTURES
[NP, nd- ca 1811?). Quarto, [4 pages], very stained but legible. The first three pages contain "Russell's Adventures" while page four is entitled: "The Beggar". and is "signed" Seeva Moody's property, Longmeadow (MA), March 17, 1811. Offered with a typescript of Russell's Adventures. This seems to all be in the same hand. Item #56305
The anonymous author of the first work notes that he was born in Merimac, New Hampshire and relates a tale of sea fearing adventures, battles, won and lost; victories and being captured and tortured. "The first of my pranks was off the Mantanzirs | When a French Privateer gave us battle one day | At length she grew sick of the tricks of the yankees | She brailed up her mizen and so bore away" And again: "The next time I fought was with Black man the pirate | On board of the Princess all on the north sea | One shot they so galled him our valour so palled him | He shifted Helm and from us did flee"Later he is captures and torured before finally escaping and making it to Jamaica and finally home. A marvelous tale. The final page has 6 numbered verses about how we are all beggars from birth and 12 lines about youth and death/.
Price: $350.00