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• An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith (Now a Citizen of Bourbon County, Kentucky) During His Captivity with the Indians, in the years 1755, '56, '57, '58, and '59 (Lexington, KY: Printed by J. Bradford, 1799), by James Smith
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• An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith, During His Captivity With the Indians, in the Years 1755, '56, '57, '58 and '59 (Cincinnati: R. Clarke, 1870), by James Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson: Containing an Account of Her Sufferings During Four Years With the Indians and French (Walpole, NH: Printed by D. Carlisle, 1796), by Mrs. Johnson
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• A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson: Containing an Account of Her Sufferings, During Four Years, With the Indians and French (Windsor, VT: Printed by Alden Spooner, 1807), by Mrs. Johnson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson: Containing an Account of Her Sufferings, During Four Years, With the Indians and French (New York, 1841), by Mrs. Johnson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Montresor journals (Printed for the Society, 1882), by G. D. Scull, James Gabriel Montrésor, and John Montrésor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of Gen. Rufus Putnam kept in northern New York during four campaigns of the old French and Indian War 1757-1760 : the whole copiously illustrated with notes and preceded by a biographical sketch of Gen. Putnam (J. Munsell's Sons, 1886), by Rufus Putnam and Ephraim Cutler Dawes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recollections of an old soldier. The life of Captain David Perry, a soldier of the French and revolutionary wars, containing many extraordinary occurrences relating to his own private history, and an account of some interesting events in the history of the times in which he lived no-where else recorded. Written by himself. Windsor, Vt., Printed at the Republican & Yeoman Printing Office, 1822. (Reprinted, W. Abbatt, 1928), by David Perry (page images at HathiTrust)
• The military journals of two private soldiers, 1758-1775 (A. Tomlinson, 1855), by Abraham Tomlinson, Samuel Haws, and Lemuel Lyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary and journal (1755-1807) of Seth Metcalf (The Historical records survey, 1939), by Seth Metcalf and Historical Records Survey (Mass.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels in New France (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction, The Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1941), by J.-C. B., H. R. Casgrain, Emma Edith Woods, Donald H. Kent, Sylvester Kirby Stevens, Pennsylvania Historical Commission, Frontier Forts and Trails Survey, and Pennsylvania Historical Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The journals and papers of Seth Pomeroy, sometime general in the colonial service ([New York], 1926), by Seth Pomeroy, Louis Effingham De Forest, and General Society of Colonial Wars (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the remarkable occurrences in the life and travels of Col. James Smith, during his captivity with the Indians, in the years 1755, '56, '57, '58, & '59. With an appendix of illustrative notes. (R. Clarke, 1907), by James Smith and William M. Darlington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journals of Major Robert Rogers (Corinth Books, 1961), by Robert Rogers and Howard H. Peckham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the rebellion in 1745 and 1746 : containing a narrative of the progress of the rebellion, from its commencement to the Battle of Culloden, the characters of the principal persons engaged in it, and anecdotes respecting them, and various important particulars relating to that contest, hitherto either unknown or imperfectly understood : with an account of the sufferings and privations experienced by the author after the Battle of Culloden, before he effected his escape to the Continent, &c. &c. (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ..., 1820), by chevalier de Johnstone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary of Captain Samuel Jenks, during the French and Indian War, 1760. (J. Wilson, 1890), by Samuel Jenks and Massachusetts Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dangers and sufferings of Robert Eastburn, and his deliverance from Indian captivity. (The Burrows brothers company, 1904), by Robert Eastburn and John Randolph Spears (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the remarkable occurrences in the life and travels of Colonel James Smith : (late a citizen of Bourbon County, Kentucky) during his captivity with the Indians in the years 1755, '56, '57, '58 & '59 (s.n., 1991), by James Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diaries of Lemuel Wood, of Boxford (printed for the Institute, 1882), by Lemuel Wood and Sidney Perley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reminiscences of the French war; containing Roger's expeditions with the New-England rangers under his command, as published in London in 1765; with notes and illustrations. To which is added an account of the life and military services of Maj. Gen. John Stark; with notices and anecdotes of other officers distinguished in the French and revolutionary wars. (L. Roby, 1831), by Robert Rogers and Caleb Stark (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and curious adventures of Peter Williamson, who was carried off from Aberdeen, in 1744, and sold for a slave : containing the history of the authors surprising adventures ... a description of the British settlements, & c. (James Daniel & Son, 1878), by Peter Williamson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and curious adventures of Peter Williamson, who was carried off from Aberdeen, and sold for a slave. (L. Smith & Sons, 1885), by Peter Williamson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of Captain Charles Lewis of Fredericksburg, Virginia, when in the service of the colony of Virginia in the year 1755. ([n.p., 1920), by Charles Lewis and Charles H. L. Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of Captain Charles Lewis of the Virginia regiment. (Richmond, 1892), by Charles Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Rufus Putnam, with extracts from his journal and an account of the first settlement in Ohio (W. W. Williams, 1886), by Mary Cone (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dedication of a monument to the memory of the men of Walpole and vicinity who served in the French and Indian war ([New York?, 1901), by George A. Plimpton, Aaron Guild, and William Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The military journals of two private soldiers, 1758-1775 (A. Tomlinson, 1855), by Abraham Tomlinson, Samuel Haws, and Lemuel Lyon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the rebellion in 1745 and 1746. (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822), by James Johnstone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journals. (Corinth Books, 1961), by Robert Rogers and Howard H. Peckham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal and letters of Rev. Henry True, of Hampstead, New Hampshire : who was chaplain in the New Hampshire regiment of the provincial army in 1759 and 1762, also an account of the battle of Concord by Captain Amos Barrett, a minute man and participant. (Printed for H. True, 1900), by Henry True and Amos Barrett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoir upon the late war in North America between the French and English, 1755-60 : followed by observations upon the theatre of actual war, and by new details concerning the manners and customs of the Indians (Printed for W.E. Woodward, 1866), by Pierre Pouchot, Franklin B. Hough, and Franklin B. Hough (page images at HathiTrust)
• The journal of Dr. Caleb Rea (Northwestern University Library, 1881), by Caleb Rea and F. M. Ray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of Gen. Rufus Putnam kept in northern New York during four campaigns of the old French and Indian War, 1757-1760 : the whole copiously illustrated with notes and preceded by a biographical sketch of Gen. Putnam (J. Munsell's Sons, 1886), by Rufus Putnam and E. C. Dawes (page images at HathiTrust)
• An account of the remarkable occurences in the life and travels of Col. James Smith, during his captivity with the Indians, in the years 1755, '56, '57, '58, & '59 : With and appendix of illustrative notes (Robert Clarke co., 1907), by James Smith and William M. Darlington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal of Gen. Rufus Putnam kept in northern New York during four campaigns of the old French and Indian war, 1757-1760 (J. Munsell, 1886), by Rufus Putnam and E. C. Dawes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journals of Major Robert Rogers containing an account of the several excursions he made under the generals who commanded upon the continent of North America, during the late war : from which may be collected the most material circumstances of every campaign upon that continent, from the commencement to the conclusion of the war : with an introduction and notes, and an appendix containing numerous documents and papers relating to the doings of Major Rogers while commanding at Michilimackinack, in 1767; and his conduct in the early part of the revolutionary war (J. Munsell, 1883), by Robert Rogers and Franklin B. Hough (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journals of Major Robert Rogers containing an account of the several excursions he made upon the generals who commanded upon the continent of North America, during the late war : from which may be collected the most material circumstances of every campaign upon that continent, from the commencement to the conclusion of the war. (Printed for the author, and sold by J. Millan, Bookseller ..., 1765), by Robert Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
• French and Indian cruelty exemplified in the life and various vicissitudes of fortune of Peter Williamson who was carried off from Aberdeen in his infancy and sold for a slave in Pensylvania, containing the history of the author's surprising adventures in North America, his captivity among the Indians and manner of his escape, the customs, dress &c. of the savages, military operations in that quarter ... and a short dissertation on kidnapping. (Printed for and sold by booksellers, 1792), by Peter Williamson (page images at HathiTrust)
• French and Indian cruelty exemplified in the life and various vicissitudes of fortune of Peter Williamson who was carried off from Aberdeen in his infancy, and sold as a slave in Pennsylvania : containing the history of the author's adventures in N. America, his captivity among the Indians, and manner of his escape, the customs, dress, &c. of the savages ... a short dissertation on kidnapping. (Printed for the author, and sold by him ... , 1762), by Peter Williamson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal des campagnes au Canada de 1755 à 1760 (E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1890), by Anne-Joseph-Hyppolite de Maurès Malartic, Gabriel de Maurès Malartic, and Paul Gaffarel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary of John Thomas, surgeon in Winslow's expedition of 1755 against the Acadians communicated by Frank Moore, Esq., of New York city, to the New England Historical and Geneological Register for October, 1879. (s.n., 1879), by John Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journals of Major Robert Rogers containing an account of the several excursions he made under the generals who commanded upon the continent of North America during the late war, from which may be collected the most material circumstances of every campaign upon that continent, from the commencement to the conclusion of the war : to which is added, an historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians in the year 1764, under the command of Henry Bouquet .. (Printed by R. Acheson ... for J. Milliken ..., 1769), by Robert Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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 ... together with a description of the most convenient roads for the British forces to invade Canada ... (Printed by J. Bryce and D. Paterson ..., 1758), by Peter Williamson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal and letters of Rev. Henry True of Hampstead, New Hampshire who was chaplain in the New Hampshire Regiment of the Provincial Army in 1759 and 1762 : also an account of the Battle of Concord (Printed for H. True ... [by] Star Press, 1900), by Henry True and Amos Barrett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Voyage au Canada : dans le nord de l'Amérique septentrionale : fait depuis l'an 1751 à 1761 (Imprimerie Léger Brousseau, 1887), by H. R. Casgrain and J.-C. B. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journals of Major Robert Rogers : containing an account of the several excursions he made under the generals who commanded upon the continent of North America during the late war ; from which may be collected the most material circumstances of every campaign upon that continent, from the commencement to the conclusion of the war ; with an introduction and notes, and an appendix containing numerous documents and papers relating to the doings of Major Rogers while commanding at Michilimackinack, in 1767 ; and his conduct in the early part of the revolutionary war (Joel Munsell's Sons ;, 1883), by Robert Rogers, Franklin B. Hough, and Franklin B. Hough (page images at HathiTrust)
• Luke Gridley's diary of 1757 while in service in the French and Indian War. (The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company], 1906), by Luke Gridley, Lockwood & Brainard Co Case, Conn.) Hartford Press (Hartford, and Acorn Club of Connecticut (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarkable occurrences in the life and travels of Col. James Smith (Higginson Book Co., 1993), by James Smith and William M. Darlington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of James Johnson : a captive during the French and Indian wars (s.n., 1902), by George Waldo Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
• A faithful narrative, of the many dangers and sufferings, as well as wonderful deliverances of Robert Eastburn, during his late captivity among the Indians: : together with some remarks upon the country of Canada, and the religion, and policy of its inhabitants; the whole intermixed with devout reflections. (Printed by William Dunlap, 1758), by Robert Eastburn, William Dunlap, Gilbert Tennent, and Loganian Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narrative of the life of Solomon Mack (Printed at the expence of the author, 1811), by Solomon Mack (page images at HathiTrust)
• Documents: the captivity of Charles Stuart, 1755-57. (The Torch press], 1926), by Beverley W. Bond (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copy of manuscript regarding the death of Captain Thomas Speakman... (Priv. print., 1934), by Thomas Brown (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life of Peter Williamson (Printed for and sold by the booksellers, 1792), by Peter Williamson and John Gribbel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775: With Numerous Illustrative Notes, by Abraham Tomlinson (Gutenberg ebook)

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