A narrative of the very extraordinary adventures and sufferings of Mr. William Wills, late surgeon on board the Durrington Indiaman, Captain Richard Crabb, in her late voyage to the East-Indies, under the convoy of Admiral Boscawen. Being a continued series of cruelty and oppression, thro' the jealously and ill-nature of ---, 'till his arrival at Bombay; --- where he was tried by a court martial of East-India captains. Together with an account of his banishment to Goa, and his voyage to Brazil, under Captain Kinsey, commodore of a Portuguese squadron. Interspersed with several curious original love letters, certificates, papers, documents and vouchers; and corroborated by the testimony of a great number of witnesses now residing in town. To which is added, an account of his trial at Guildhall in July last: recommended to all generous and humane souls, for the benefit of the unhappy sufferer, now a prisoner at Capt. Crabb's suit in the King's-Bench, Southwark, for costs of his late trial

People / Organizations

• William Wills surgeon (Author)
• William Webb junior ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for W. Webb, near St. Paul's, 1750-1. The second edition.; ..

Added name

Webb, W., bookseller.

Publication year

1751

ESTC No.

T94633

Grub Street ID

314204

Description

[2], v-viii, x, 69, [1] p. ; 8°.

Note

Page ix misnumbered xi

'The second part of a narrative ..' was published in 1751

Woodcut head- and tail-pieces

Signatures: [pi]]4(-[pi]1) a]4A-I]4.