John R. Jewitt
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1783 – 1821
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Who was John R. Jewitt?
John Rodgers Jewitt was an armourer who entered the historical record with his memoirs about the 28 months he spent as a captive of Maquinna of the Nuu-chah-nulth people on the Pacific Northwest Coast of what is now Canada. The Canadian Encyclopedia describes Jewitt as a shrewd observer and the Narrative as a "classic of captivity literature". The memoir, according to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, is a major source of information about the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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- Born
- May 21, 1783
Boston - Also known as
- John Jewitt
- John Rodgers Jewitt
- Died
- Jan 7, 1821
Hartford
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on July 23, 2013
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