The life of Alexander Smith, captain of the island of Pitcairn one of the mutineers on board His Majesty's ship Bounty; commanded by Lieut. Wm. Bligh - Sargent, Charles Lenox (Printed by Sylvester T. Goss, 1819)
"Smith was a Gloucester man, as represented in the story; but his career, as related by Mr. [Charles Lenox] Sargent, is believed to be wholly fictitious."--Babson, J. History of the town of Gloucester, 1860, p. 153. For a true account of the life of Alexander Smith, later known as John Adams, see the Dict. of nat. biog. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 46924. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 49361. - With a half-title. - Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 2281