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A new home-- who'll follow? or, Glimpses of western life? / by Mrs. Mary Clavers.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 2725
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC85 K6357 839n
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kirkland, Caroline M. (Caroline Matilda), 1801-1864.
Contributor:
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Frontier and pioneer life.
Manners and customs.
Michigan--Social life and customs.
Michigan.
Frontier and pioneer life--Michigan--Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (bookplate) (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy 1 & 2)
Green, Elisa (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy 1)
Green, C. S. (stamp) (Schimmel Collection copy 1)
Redmond, D. (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy 2)
Physical Description:
vi pages, 7 unnumbered pages-317 pages ; 20 cm
Other Title:
New home-- who'll follow?
Glimpses of western life
Place of Publication:
New York : C.S. Francis ; Boston : J.H. Francis, 1839.
Notes:
Publisher's advertisements (2 p.) at end.
"In all examined copies Chap. XXII misnumbered X."--Cf BAL.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copies 1 and 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel with her bookplate on front pastedown.
Schimmel Collection copy 1 has bookseller's ms. notes in pencil on front free endpaper.
Schimmel Collection copy 1 has autograph ("Elisa Green") on front free endpaper, followed by ms. inscription in pencil ("1840 Poughkeepsie"), followed by partially illegible oval blue ink stamp ("P[...] C.S. GREEN.").
Schimmel Collection copy 1: portion of fore-edge margin of p. 61-62 torn off and mended with a blank leaf.
Schimmel Collection copy 2 has ms. bibliographical note in pencil on front pastedown; ms. note identifying the author in pencil at foot of title leaf.
Schimmel Collection copy 2 has autograph ("D.Redmond.") in pencil at head of title leaf.
Cited in:
BAL, 11139
OCLC:
6887134

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