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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CORNISH SMUGGLER
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CORNISH SMUGGLER
(CAPTAIN HARRY CARTER, OF PRUSSIA COVE) 1749-1809 WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY JOHN B. CORNISH Second Edition. London: GIBBINGS & CO., LTD., 18 BURY STREET, W.C. J. POLLARD, TRURO, PENZANCE, & FALMOUTH. 1900. WILLIAM BYLES AND SONS, PRINTERS, 129 FLEET STREET, LONDON, AND BRADFORD....
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INTRODUCTION.
INTRODUCTION.
The existence of the Autobiography which is published in the following pages came to my knowledge in the course of a chance conversation with a distant relative of the writer's family. The original manuscript has been carefully preserved, and has been for many years in the possession of Mr. G. H. Carter, of Helston. He received it from his father, the G. Carter mentioned on page 1, who was a nephew of Harry Carter himself. The memoir of the writer, which will be found in the "Wesleyan Methodist
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