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The power of sympathy: or, The triumph of nature : Founded in truth. In two volumes. ...
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, William Hill, 1765-1793.
- Morton, Sarah Wentworth, 1759-1846., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apthorpe, Frances Theodora, 1766-1788.
- Apthorpe, Frances Theodora.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 v. ) ill. ;
- Other Title:
- Power of sympathy
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston] : Printed at Boston by Isaiah Thomas and Company. Sold at their bookstore, no. 45, Newbury Street. And at said Thomas's bookstore in Worcester, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
- Notes:
- Fictional acount of Frances Theodora Apthorp, sister of Sarah Wentworth Morton, to whom the work has often been attributed. Cf. Ellis, Milton. "The author of the first American novel." American Literature 4 (1933): 359-368.
- The frontispiece, engraved by Samuel Hill, is the only illustration.
- Vol. 1: vi, [1], 8-138, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 158, [2] p.
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 21979
- BAL, 1518
- Sabin, 64784
- English Short Title Catalog, W27779.
- OCLC:
- 511155315
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