Excerpt from Narrative of the Capture and Burning of Fort Massachusetts by the French and Indians, in the Time of War 1744-1749, and the Captivity of All Those Stationed There, to the Number of Thirty Persons Mr. Norton's captivity was of one year's continuance, want ing four days. His narrative was printed in 1748, in Boston, and sold opposite the prison. Who the printer was, or the bookseller, is not mentioned. As Daniel F owle kept in Queen street at this time, and the prison was in that street, where the court house now is, he was probably the printer. The author was perhaps his own publisher. He appears not to have had much praetice as a writer, but what is of more importance, he was evidently one of the most truthful, while the printer did not perform his part with much credit to himself, which might have been the occasion Of his withholding his name to Mr. Norton's work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.