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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, Pennsylvania, after having therein lived in solitary retirement for nineteen years in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister : 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.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hermits--Pennsylvania.
- Hermits.
- Unmarried mothers--Pennsylvania.
- Unmarried mothers.
- Infanticide--Pennsylvania.
- Infanticide.
- Executions and executioners--Pennsylvania.
- Executions and executioners.
- Contentment.
- Solitude.
- Wilson, Amos, b. 1774.
- Wilson, Amos.
- Wilson, Harriot.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 p. )
- Other Title:
- Pennsylvania hermit
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1840.
- Notes:
- "The sweets of solitude, or Instructions to mankind how they may be happy in a miserable world."--P. [24]-48. Signed: Amos Wilson.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 104605.
- Contains:
- Wilson, Amos, b. 1774. Sweets of solitude.
- OCLC:
- 11
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