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Spanish Peggy : a story of young Illinois / by Mary Hartwell Catherwood.

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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 893
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Catherwood, Mary Hartwell, 1847-1902.
Contributor:
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Juvenile fiction.
Lincoln, Abraham.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Fiction.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Manners and customs.
Illinois.
Illinois--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
85 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Chicago : H.S. Stone & Co., 1899.
Summary:
The adopted daughter of a Sac Indian who lives with his white wife in New Salem, Illinois, becomes the heiress to a large Spanish fortune, and an unscrupulous cousin tries to gain custody of her, against the wishes of her current guardian, Abraham Lincoln.
Notes:
Issued in a slip case.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy without slip case.
Cited in:
BAL 2972
Kramer no. 225
Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1876-1900, 949
OCLC:
44649348

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