My Brother. A Poem for Children.

ID 16112
Title My Brother. A Poem for Children.
Contributors
Signed Author Anonymous.
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Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 14
Date of Publication 1817
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Imprint Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 357, Pearl Street.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing New York US
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Length (cm) 14
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Notes Publication date tentative—probably between 1817 and 1824.
AAS notes:
This is not the poem published under title "My brother" in Mary Elliott's Grateful tributes (1819). The present text is designated as an "uncertain ascription to Mary Elliott" by Elliott's bibliographer Marjorie Moon.
Cover imprint varies: New-York: Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street; and Samuel S. Wood & Co. no. 212, Market-St. Baltimore.
Samuel Wood & Sons was located at 357 Pearl St., New York between 1814 and 1816; the firm was subsequently located at 261 Pearl St., New York, between 1817 and 1836. Samuel S. Wood & Co. was located at 212 Market St., Baltimore, between 1814 and at least 1824; a Baltimore directory for 1825 has not been located. Samuel S. Wood had relocated to New York by 1826.
Metal-engraved illustrations and text. Title vignette has caption: Let brotherly love continue--Paul.
Title vignette signed: Scoles [i.e., John Scoles] sculp.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Catalogued
American Antiquarian Society copy A has a wood engraving of a cemetery monument on the front cover, and wood engravings of a rural scene and of a bird on back cover. The gift of the family of d'Alté A. Welch. Metal engravings hand-colored, probably under the direction of the publisher.
American Antiquarian Society copy B has a wood engraving of a flower on the front cover, and wood engravings of a winter farm scene and of a pig on the back cover. Metal engravings hand-colored, probably under the direction of the publisher.
Hand-Verified No
Verified No
Attempted Verification Yes

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Elliott, Mary Belson. My Brother. A Poem for Children.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16112, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16112. Accessed 2024-11-22.

Elliott, Mary Belson. My Brother. A Poem for Children. New York: Samuel Wood & Sons [357 Pearl Street], 1817.

Elliott , M.B. (1817). My brother. a poem for children. New York: Samuel Wood & Sons [357 Pearl Street]

Elliott, Mary B. My Brother. A Poem for Children. New York: Samuel Wood & Sons [357 Pearl Street], 1817. 

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  author={Elliott,Mary Belson},
  year={1817},
  title={My Brother. A Poem for Children.},
  publisher={Samuel Wood & Sons [357 Pearl Street]},
  address={New York},    }

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