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A fact from James Smith (frontiersman) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 October 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that James Smith led an armed rebellion by colonists against British rule in North America in 1765, ten years before the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

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The Narrative

Is the Narrative mentioned in this article the same as An account of the remarkable occurrences in the life and travels of Colonel James Smith (Late a citizen of Bourbon County, Kentucky) : during his captivity with the Indians, in the years 1755,'56, '57, '58, & '59 (1799)? If so, should there be a link to the freely available version of it? AdamFunk (talk) 09:25, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:33, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Thanks. AdamFunk (talk) 08:58, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Links/footnotes 1, 4, 5 don't work any more - tkp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.82.228.171 (talk) 18:40, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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