The coquette; or, The history of Eliza Wharton: a novel; founded on fact. By a lady of Massachusetts.

ID 17513
Title The coquette; or, The history of Eliza Wharton: a novel; founded on fact. By a lady of Massachusetts.
Contributors
Signed Author By a lady of Massachusetts.
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 261
Date of Publication 1802
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Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed by Samuel Etheridge, for E. and S. Larkin, no. 47, Cornhill, Boston.
Colophon
Copyright Statement District of Massachusetts District, to wit. Be it remembered, That on the eleventh day of July, in the twenty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, Ebenezer Larkin, of the said district, hath deposited in this Office, the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit. "The Coquette, or the History of Eliza Wharton, a Novel, founded on fact, by a Lady of Massachusetts." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned." N. Goodale, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts District. A true Copy of Record. Attest, N. Goodale, Clerk.
Location of Printing Charlestown US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 18
Width (cm)
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Shelfmarks
  • BL 12704.c.30.
Notes AAS Notes:
An epistolary novel by Hannah Webster Foster, based on the alleged relationship between Elizabeth Whitman and Pierpont Edwards.
Copyright July 11, 1797 by Ebenezer Larkin. Copyright statement appears on p. [262].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Wright, L.H. American fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.),
Upgraded
American Antiquarian Society copy rebacked. Has owner's label: James Hay, Farnley.
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Foster, Hannah Webster. The coquette; or, The history of Eliza Wharton: a novel; founded on fact. By a lady of Massachusetts.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17513, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17513. Accessed 2025-11-02. 

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  year={1802},
  title={The coquette; or, The history of Eliza Wharton: a novel; founded on fact. By a lady of Massachusetts.},
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  address={Charlestown},    }

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