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A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

by James E. Seaver

Mrs. Mary Jemison was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. Containing an account of the murder of her father and his family; her sufferings; her marriage to two Indians; her troubles with her children; barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the life of her last husband, and many historical facts never before published.

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James E. Seaver

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Dr. James Everett Seaver was the son of Capt. William Sever (1763-1828) and Mary Everett (1765-1815). He lives all his life in the area forming the modern state of New York, living in Hebron &amp...

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