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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | A Book For Massachusetts Children: In Familiar Letters From A Father, For The Use Of Families And Schools |
| Date | 1857 |
| Record ID | 217168 |
| Collection Name | School Books |
| Reference | CL H644 B724 1857 |
| Theme | Education and Didactic Texts Nationality and Place |
| Library of Congress Subject | Geography Indians of North America Massachusetts Description and travel Massachusetts History Letters Publishers' catalogs Massachusetts Boston Textbooks |
| Genre | History Narratives Non-Fiction |
| Author | Hildreth, Hosea (1782-1835) |
| Publisher | Jewett, Henry P B |
| Places | Massachusetts |
| Illustrator | Billings, Hammatt (1818-1874) Baker, William Jay Hartwell, Alonzo (1805-1873) Brown, Nathan Smith, Daniel T (fl.1846-1860) Boynton, George W (-1884) |
| Document Type | Anthology |
| Book Type | Intaglio prints Juvenile literature--1857 Correspondence Publishers' catalogs--Massachusetts--Boston Textbooks |
| Size | vi, 164 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., map ; 17 cm |
| Page Numbers | 171 |
| Additional Notes | Copyright 1856 by John P. Jewett and Company. |
| Catalog Notes | Includes questions for study. "The following little work, especially designed for the children of our Massachusetts primary schools, who are just beginning to read, first appeared near thirty years ago."--Advertisement, p. v. Dated at Boston, Aug. 25, 1856. Copyright 1856 by John P. Jewett and Company. Cover imprint varies: Boston: John P. Jewett and Company. Cleveland, Ohio: H.P.B. Jewett. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company. 1857. "Lithotyped by the American Stereotype Company, Phoenix Building, Boston."--verso of title page. In printed boards with cloth spine. Illustrations engraved on wood by William Jay Baker, Alonzo Hartwell, Nathan Brown and Daniel T. Smith, after Hammatt Billings. Metal-engraved map of Massachusetts, plate at front, engraved by George W. Boynton. "New and beautiful books for children, with illustrations by Billings."--publishers' catalogue, lower cover. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
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