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The better sort: or, The girl of spirit. An operatical, comical farce: [Seven lines from the Epilogue]

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am1789 Bet Af.308.1
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brown, William Hill, 1765-1793 11138
Contributor:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.
Dufief, N. G., 1776?-1834, bookseller.
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
vii,[2],10-50,[2]p. ; 8°.
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:
Attributed to Brown in BAL.
Erratum statement, p. [51].
Local Notes:
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Modern half sheep; bound with other works. MS table of contents in modern hand in front; purchased from Dufief, 1801-1803, by William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to Historical Society.
Cited in:
Evans 21678; BAL 1520; Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 17

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