True stories; or Interesting anecdotes of young persons: designed through the medium of example, to inculcate principles of virtue and piety. By the author of "Lessons for young persons of humble life."

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Title True stories; or Interesting anecdotes of young persons: designed through the medium of example, to inculcate principles of virtue and piety. By the author of "Lessons for young persons of humble life."
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Signed Author By the author of "Lessons for young persons of humble life."
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Volumes 1
Pagination 365
Date of Publication 1811
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Imprint Published by Benjamin & Thomas Kite, no. 20, North Third-Street. J. Bouvier, printer.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 18
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"For the satisfaction of the critical reader, and as an evidence of the authenticity of the facts that are related, and the characters that are described, the names of the historians, and other authors, from whom they are taken, are inserted in the table of contents. ... In most of the pieces, considerable alteration was unavoidable ..."--Preface, p. 4-5.
"From the office of John Bouvier."--colophon, p. 365.
Last page blank.
Error in paging: p. 227 misnumbered 127.
"True stories; or, Interesting anecdotes of young persons. Part II: Containing anecdotes of the youth of many distinguished persons."--p. [307]-365, with separate title page.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
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American Antiquarian Society copy A inscribed: A. Kimber's; Emmor Kimber; A. Wormser.
American Antiquarian Society copy B the gift of Ruth E. Adomeit, 1985; has her bookplate. Has bookplate of Thomas H. Webb and ink stamp of Allen M. Spalding. Inscribed, in two different hands: Allen Munro Esq.; Allen Munro's Brown University March 28th 1821. Presumably originally owned by Thomas H. Webb, who presented it to Allen Munro, a college classmate. Later the book passed to Munro's nephew, Allen M. Spalding.
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Frank, Elizabeth. True stories; or Interesting anecdotes of young persons: designed through the medium of example, to inculcate principles of virtue and piety. By the author of "Lessons for young persons of humble life."The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17526, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17526. Accessed 2024-04-28. 

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  year={1811},
  title={True stories; or Interesting anecdotes of young persons: designed through the medium of example, to inculcate principles of virtue and piety. By the author of "Lessons for young persons of humble life."},
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