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Dame Partlet's farm; : containing an account of the great riches she obtained by industry, the good life she led, and alas, good reader! her sudden death; : to which is added, a hymn, written by Dame Partlet, just before her death, and an epitaph for her tomb stone.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 10247. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 10247.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories.
- Children's poetry.
- Widows--Juvenile fiction.
- Widows.
- Literacy.
- Poor--Juvenile fiction.
- Poor.
- Charity--Juvenile fiction.
- Charity.
- Country life--Juvenile fiction.
- Country life.
- May Day--Juvenile poetry.
- May Day.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Genre:
- Juvenile literature -- 1806.
- Poems -- 1806.
- Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Publishers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Publishers' advertisements -- Virginia -- Richmond.
- Fiction.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 59 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 17 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Published and for sale by J. Johnson, 147, Market Street, and at his book-store in Richmond, Virginia., 1806.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- In prose and verse.
- Cover title: Dame Partlet's farm; with an account of the good life she led. From the Juvenile Library, at no. 147, Market Street, Philadelphia.
- Welch notes that a copy of a London edition bears the holograph note: This book was written by Dr. James Hodson.
- Wood engraving, p. 9, signed: A [i.e., Alexander Anderson].
- Last page blank.
- "At Johnson's store, in Market-Street, a sure reward, good children meet ..."--advertisement in verse, p. [3].
- "Lately published, and for sale, at J. Johnson's book store ..."--advertisement, back cover.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 10247).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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