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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
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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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