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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Adventures of Orphan Henry; or, The Sure Road to Wealth and Happiness: [Two Lines of Verse From Pope] |
| Date | c.1824 |
| Record ID | 264310 |
| Collection Name | Theme Based Selections |
| Reference | CL M9685 C536o |
| Theme | Professions Poverty, Debt and Welfare Travel Women in Publishing |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's stories Orphanages--Juvenile literature Child labor--Juvenile literature Seafaring life--Juvenile literature Young men--Employment--Juvenile literature Women as authors |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Author | Smythe, Elizabeth Anne |
| Publisher | Francis, David (1779-1853) Munroe & Francis |
| Places | Boston |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1824 Publishers' advertisements--Massachusetts--Boston Printed wrappers (Binding) Relief prints |
| Size | [3], 6-64, [4] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm |
| Additional Notes | Bowen, Abel (1790-1850), engraver. |
| Catalog Notes | Cover title varies: Orphan Henry. Variant states noted: wrapper illustrations differ. "Juvenile books. Munroe & Francis, 4 Cornhill, and David Francis, 90, Newbury-Street, near Boylston-Market"--publisher's advertisement, p. [65]. Munroe & Francis published at 4 Cornhill, Boston, from 1810 to 1814 and from 1816 to 1824. David Francis was located at 90 Newbury St. from at least 1813 to 1823 or 1824. Last page blank. In printed stiff-paper cover. Wood-engraved plates signed by Abel Bowen. |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | American Antiquarian Society copy A plates hand-colored. Lacks frontispiece plate. Upper cover bears wood-engraved illustration replicating plate "Henry a sailor boy"; lower cover illustration replica of "Henry a news boy." American Antiquarian Society copy B plates hand-colored. Lacks title page. Second plate mutilated. Bears added paper spine. Upper cover bears wood-engraved illustration replicating plate "Henry a charity boy"; lower cover illustration replica of "Henry a purser." |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |