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WONDERFUL ACCOUNT
OF
Mr. George Spearing,
A Lieutenant in the Navy,
Who fell into a Coal Pit in Northwoodside, neat
Glasgow •, where he remained Seven Days
and Seven Nights, without any other
Support than Rain Water.
ALSO,
I T.:r Surprising manner <f his Deliverance, noith an
Account of hit Behaviour while in that
tnelanchch; situation.
Tq which is added,
A Hymn of Praise for his Deliverance.
KILMARNOCK:
Printed for the Booksellers.
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Published by himself, for the information of his
Friends and the Public.
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OF
Mr. George Spearing,
A Lieutenant in the Navy,
Who fell into a Coal Pit in Northwoodside, neat
Glasgow •, where he remained Seven Days
and Seven Nights, without any other
Support than Rain Water.
ALSO,
I T.:r Surprising manner <f his Deliverance, noith an
Account of hit Behaviour while in that
tnelanchch; situation.
Tq which is added,
A Hymn of Praise for his Deliverance.
KILMARNOCK:
Printed for the Booksellers.
%
I
Published by himself, for the information of his
Friends and the Public.
1
t>‘
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| Description | A Lieutenant in the Navy, who fell into a coal pit in Northwoodside, near Glasgow; where he remained seven days and seven nights, without any other support than rain water. Also, the surprising manner of his deliverance. Published by himself, for the information of his friends and the public. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2854(5) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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