John Smith's letters, with 'picters' to match : containing reasons why John Smith should not change his name, Miss Debby Smith's juvenile spirit, together with The only authentic history extant of the late war in our disputed territory.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Seba, 1792-1868.

Contributor:

Vaux, George, 1908-1996., Former owner.

Colman, Samuel, 1799- Publisher.

Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865, Illustrator.

Turney, James., Stereotyper.

Vaux Bequest., Donor.

American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American wit and humor.

Northeast boundary of the United States.

Physical Description:

[9], 10-139 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

New-York : Published by Samuel Colman, no. 8 Astor House, Broadway, 1839.

Notes:

Copyright by Samuel Coleman in the year 1839.

A collection of humorous letters first published in the New York Mirror.

Not included under Seba Smith's works in Williamson's Bibliography of Maine, but attributed to Seba Smith by M.A. Wyman in her Two American pioneers, p. 87-88 and 236, and by Sabin, Bib. amer., v. 20, p. 563-564.

Stereotyped by James Turney, Junr.

Front. and plates are etchings signed by Fungus, del., Little Nap, sc. and Little Ben, sc., which may possibly be pseudonyms of David Claypoole Johnston.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy is bequest of George Vaux, 1996.

Athenaeum copy: The Vaux bequest of 1996 consists of books from the library of the prominent Philadelphia Quaker family established in America by James Vaux (1748-1812), who emigrated in 1771. Most of the books are inscribed by George Vaux VII (1779-1836), George Vaux VIII (1832-1915), George Vaux IX (1863-1927), and the donor George Vaux (1908-1996).

Cited in:

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