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ID	16155
Title	Original Moral Tales, Intended for the Use of Children and Young Persons Vol. V. Containing The Christmas Gift.--I'll Risk It.--The Young West Indian.--The Skaters.--Laura Somerville.--The Cabin Boy.--Little Edward. Little Agnes and Blind Mary.
Contributors	Dix, Dorothea Lynde (Author)
Signed Author	Anonymous.
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Firms
Self-published	No
Volumes	1
Pagination	[2], 238
Date of Publication	1828
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Imprint	Bowles and Dearborn, 50 Washington Street.
Colophon	Press of Isaac R. Butts & Co.
Copyright Statement	Copyright 1827 by Bowles and Dearborn.
Location of Printing	Boston US

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Length (cm)	15
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Genre	Fiction Tale Juvenile Literature
Sources	American Antiquarian Society: 406319 Google Books: https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Original_Moral_Tales/xg6UtgAACAAJ
Shelfmarks
Notes	AAS notes: A collection of eight stories, each with separate title page and copyright statement. "The Christmas gift" is by William Tosca; "The young West Indian" is by Martha Blackford; "Little Agnes and blind Mary" is by Dorothea Dix. Copyright 1827 by Bowles and Dearborn. Second wood-engraved plate included in pagination. Plate signed: H [i.e., Alonzo Hartwell?]. Back cover has wood engraving of the book shop of Bowles and Dearborn. Errors in paging; p. 188, 229 misnumbered 186, 29. Pages also numbered: 20, 20, 22, 23, [1], 17, [1], 24, 55, [1], 54. Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829, Catalogued American Antiquarian Society copy has bookplate of A.R. Pope, Cambridge, Mass. Inscribed: Augustus R. Pope. School prize for July 1829.
Hand-Verified	No
Verified	No
Attempted Verification	Yes

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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, Tosca, William Augustus, Blackford, Martha. Original Moral Tales, Intended for the Use of Children and Young Persons Vol. V. Containing The Christmas Gift.--I'll Risk It.--The Young West Indian.--The Skaters.--Laura Somerville.--The Cabin Boy.--Little Edward. Little Agnes and Blind Mary.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 16155, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/16155. Accessed 2023-01-31.

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, et al. Original Moral Tales, Intended for the Use of Children and Young Persons Vol. V. Containing The Christmas Gift.--I'll Risk It.--The Young West Indian.--The Skaters.--Laura Somerville.--The Cabin Boy.--Little Edward. Little Agnes and Blind Mary. Boston: Bowles and Dearborn [50 Washington St], 1828.

Dix , D.L., & Tosca , W.A., & Blackford , M. (1828). Original moral tales, intended for the use of children and young persons vol. v. containing the christmas gift.--i'll risk it.--the young west indian.--the skaters.--laura somerville.--the cabin boy.--little edward. little agnes and blind mary. Boston: Bowles and Dearborn [50 Washington St]

Dix, Dorothea, L., William A. Tosca, and Martha Blackford. Original Moral Tales, Intended for the Use of Children and Young Persons Vol. V. Containing The Christmas Gift.--I'll Risk It.--The Young West Indian.--The Skaters.--Laura Somerville.--The Cabin Boy.--Little Edward. Little Agnes and Blind Mary. Boston: Bowles and Dearborn [50 Washington St], 1828.

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