Art of contentment : with several entertaining pieces of poetry, descriptive of the present times, in the U. States of America By John Searson, formerly a merchant of Philadelphia. ; [Six lines of quotation]

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Searson, John.

Contributor:

• Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Series:

• Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31170.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Contentment.

Genre:

• Anthologies.
• Poems -- 1797.

Physical Description:

vi, [1], 8-225, [3] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Place of Publication:

Baltimore: : Printed for the author by W. Pechin., [between 1797 and 1799]

Notes:

• "The prose part of the 'Art of contentment,' is chiefly selected from the first European writers. Several of the pieces (those descriptive of America particularly) are my own ..."--p. vi.
• Dedicated to George Washington.
• Dated 1796 by Evans; however, Searson in the preface states "... and in 1797 I published a book of poems ..." The dedication would indicate publication before Washington's death in December 1799.
• Signatures: [A]|p6|s B-T|p6|s (T6 blank).

Local Notes:

• HSP copy on deposit in the Library Company of Philadelphia.
• From the Brinley collection, Lot 7027/3.

Cited in:

• Evans 31170
• Minick, A.R. Maryland, 393
• Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 349
• Sabin, 78657