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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain / 1838 |
| Date | 1838 |
| Record ID | 236951 |
| Collection Name | Religious Tracts |
| Reference | CL ASSUCase091 |
| Theme | Poverty, Debt and Welfare Women in Publishing Religion |
| Library of Congress Subject | Sunday school literature Orphanages Women as authors |
| Genre | Religious Works Biographies |
| Publisher | American Sunday-School Union |
| Places | Philadelphia |
| Document Type | Religious Tract |
| Book Type | Juvenile literature--1838 |
| Size | 70, 68 p. : ill. ; 16 cm |
| Page Numbers | 70, 68 p. 16 cm. |
| Additional Notes | This title was originally housed with the other volumes in the Select library (121 v; AAS copy lacks v 115) in a wooden cabinet measuring 29 x 18 3/4 x 5 inches The Select library, with cabinet, was issued for sale to schools and family libraries for 33 The American Antiquarian Society purchased the Select library volumes and cabinet from Benjamin Tighe, Sept 20, 1949 The cabinet is displayed in the office of the Curator of Children's Literature, Antiquarian Hall. Philadelphia: No 146 Chesnut Street. |
| Catalog Notes | "For some time it was supposed to be a fictitious story, but it is now well known to be a true account of David Saunders and his family."--"Preface to this edition," p. 4. Issued in 1838 as v. 91 of the Select library, a set of 121 volumes in uniform binding selected as the best of the Union's publications. Accompanied by a descriptive catalogue. Cf. American Sunday-School Union. Fourteenth annual report ... May 22, 1838, p. 23, 64. In marbled boards with leather spine. Numbered on spine: 91. Wood-engravings, frontispiece and p. 68, signed: GG [i.e., George Gilbert?]. "History of the Orphan Asylum, in Philadelphia; with an account of the fire, in which twenty-three orphans were burned. Written for the American S.S. Union, and revised by the Committee of Publication. American Sunday School Union. Philadelphia: No. 146 Chesnut Street."--68 p., with separate title page. Copyright 1831 by Paul Beck for the American Sunday-School Union. Wood-engravings, p. 56, signed: Gilbert; p. 57 signed: A. Anderson; p. 59 signed: M; p. 61 signed: GG [i.e., George Gilbert?]. |
| Linked Documents |
The Shepherd Of Salisbury Plain / By Mrs Hannah More The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain / c.1830-1833 The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain / 1830 The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain / c.1829-1837 The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain / 1827 The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain / 1822 The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain / 1821 |
| 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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