The honest waterman, or, history of Thomas Mann : distinguished for his religious charities.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butterworth, Joseph, 1770-1826, compiler.

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

American Tract Society, publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Publications of the American Tract Society ; no. 235.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mann, Thomas, 1746 or 1747-1822.

Mann, Thomas.

Christian life.

Last words.

Death--Religious aspects.

Death.

Genre:

tracts (literary genre)

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7494)

Physical Description:

20 pages : illustration ; 17 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York : Published by the American Tract Society, between 1830 and 1832]

Notes:

Caption title. At head of title: No. 235.

"Compiled under the inspection of the late Joseph Butterworth, Esq. M.P. London"--"Sketch of the origin and character of the principal series of tracts of the American Tract Society" (Amer. tract mag., Nov. 1831).

Lacks imprint. Listed in "Recent publications" (Amer. tract mag., May 1830). One copy held by the American Antiquarian Society has a textual variant at the foot of page 20: Note.--This strictly authentic narrative was originally published, in a more extended form, by the Religious Tract Society in London, one of the institutions to which the Waterman bequeathed 100 pounds at his death.

Pages 2-20 also numbered 134-152.

Title vignette signed: A A [i.e. Alexander Anderson].

Local Notes:

Schimmel 7494: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2023 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Ink manuscript on page [1] illegible.

OCLC:

78834217

Bound With:

Schimmel Collection copy bound with: Importance of consideration.