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Joseph Bartlett of Newbury 1686-1754 In the fall of 1712, 25-year-old Joseph Bartlett journeyed east through the Massachusetts wilderness to his coastal hometown of Newbury, after more than four years in captivity at the hands of the French and their Indian allies. Here is what survives of his story. Queen Anne’s War For more thanContinue reading “Prisoner of War”