Minnesota, then and now / by Mrs. Harriet E. Bishop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bishop, Harriet E., 1817-1883, author.

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minnesota--Poetry.

Minnesota.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 404))

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 5569))

Bishop, Harriet E., 1817-1883 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 5569))

Sprague, J. A. (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 5569))

Physical Description:

100 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 19 cm

Manufacture:

St. Paul, Minnesota : Press Printing Company ...

Place of Publication:

Saint Paul : D.D. Merrill, Randall & Co., 1869.

Summary:

In the main, celebration of communities on the major railway lines, along the river routes, with some mention of the historic events and people of Minnesota's past.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 404) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 404) imperfect: all after page 94 (including back wrapper) wanting.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 5569) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 5569) inscribed by the author to J.A. Sprague in June 1869 on front free endpaper.

Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 5569): left board, front free endpaper, frontispiece plate and title leaf detached.

OCLC:

4015764