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The life and adventures of Joshua Penny, title page

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The life and adventures of Joshua Penny, a native of Southold, Long Island, Suffolk County, New York: who was impressed into the British service, and in one of his attempts to escape was fourteen months on the Table Mountain, at the Cape of Good Hope, ...

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The life and adventures of Joshua Penny, title page
Names
Penny, Joshua, 1773-1840 (Author)
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The life and adventures of Joshua Penny, a native of Southold, Long Island, Suffolk County, New York: who was impressed into the British service, and in one of his attempts to escape was fourteen months on the Table Mountain, at the Cape of Good Hope, and saw no human being during that time. In another instance he resided some time among the Hottentots. Interspersed with many curious incidents and hair breadth escapes. Also, an account of his being taken out of his bed by Commodore Hardy, on the night of Aug. 21, 1813--and carried to Halifax; where he suffered nine months imprisonment ...

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1815
Place: New-York
Publisher: Published by the author. Printed by Alden Spooner, Brooklyn
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KF 1815 (Penny, J. Life and adventures of Joshua Penny)
Topics
United States -- History -- War of 1812
Genres
Title pages
Notes
Content: Proudfit Collection.
Content: Three plates (incl. port.) and biographical sketch of Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy inserted.
Ownership: 110185A.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14105268
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c1b69b70-c605-012f-2818-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1773: Creator Born
  • 1815: Issued
  • 1840: Creator Died
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "The life and adventures of Joshua Penny" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1815. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ed319d5-4c5a-b07a-e040-e00a18060baf

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "The life and adventures of Joshua Penny" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ed319d5-4c5a-b07a-e040-e00a18060baf

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1815). The life and adventures of Joshua Penny Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ed319d5-4c5a-b07a-e040-e00a18060baf

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The life and adventures of Joshua Penny