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The Pennsylvania hermit, a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson : who expired in a cave in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh (Penn.), after having therein lived in solitary retirement for the space of nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks VoD* .19
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Biog. vol. 80
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Format:
Book
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wilson, Amos, -1821.
Wilson, Amos.
Hermits--Penn--Harrisburg Region--Biography.
Hermits.
Pennsylvania--Dauphin Co--Harrisburg Region--Hermits--Biography.
Pennsylvania.
Physical Description:
24 p. : port. ; 20 cm.
Other Title:
Life of Amos Wilson
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Smith and Carpenter, 1839.
Contents:
The sweets of solitude, or, Instructions to mankind how they may be happy in a miserable world.
Notes:
"Annexed is the writings of Wilson while a recluse, and his reasons for preferring a state of Solitude to that of the society of his fellow-beings."
Cited in:
Sabin, 104605
Checklist Amer. imprints, 57881
Contains:
Wilson, Amos, b. 1774. Sweets of solitude, or, Instructions to mankind how they may be happy in a miserable world.
OCLC:
14031856

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