The Captivity of Benjamin Gilbert

Frontispiece from Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and Family (1813)

The Captivity of Benjamin Gilbert and His Family, 1780–83 is a captivity narrative by William Walton relating the experiences of a Quaker family of settlers near Mauch Chunk in present-day Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The story was originally published in 1784,[1] and has since been republished numerous times under varying titles.

  1. ^ "Rare books from 1784". ViaLibri. Retrieved Nov 12, 2015.