A journal, of the captivity and sufferings of John Foss; several years a prisoner at Algiers: together with some account of the treatment of Christian slaves when sick:-- and observations of the manners and customs of the Algerines. : [Eight lines of verse]

Abstract

Advertised as "this day published" in the Newburyport herald for Nov. 20, 1798. Copy of the peace treaty between the Dey of Algiers and the United States, and other documents, p. 162-173. "The Algerine slaves. A poem. By a citizen of Newburyport. ..."--p. [175]-189, with separate title page. Possibly written by Robert Treat Paine. See Currier, J.J. History of Newburyport, Mass., vo. 2, 1909, p. 497.