Titles by Gamaliel Smethurst

1738 – 1826

Farmer, trader and legislator.

Bio

Smethurst is best known for his escape from captivity by native tribes in the Chaleur Bay area between Quebec and New Brunswick. Born in Marblehead Massachusetts he eventually moved to Nova Scotia where he became a legislator interested in negotiating a reconciliation between Britain and her colonies to the south. He later removed to London where he died in 1826.

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Titles

A Narrative of an Extraordinary Escape out of the Hands of the Indians, in the Gulph of St. Lawrence; Interspersed with a Description of the Coast, and Remarks on the Customs and Manners of the Savages There: Also, a Providential Escape after a…

Gamaliel Smethurst

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