The voice of the turtle; a selection of devotional pieces in verse and prose. : Being the exercises of young converts. By Thomas Rand, A.B. pastor of a Baptist church in West-Springfield.

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Title The voice of the turtle; a selection of devotional pieces in verse and prose. : Being the exercises of young converts. By Thomas Rand, A.B. pastor of a Baptist church in West-Springfield.
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Signed Author By Thomas Rand, A.B. pastor of a Baptist church in West-Springfield.
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Pagination 108
Date of Publication 1803
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"All these pieces, except a few, I have placed in the beginning, are the product of female genii, in early life, having their attention taken from vanity, to meditate on the wonders of redeeming love. Some of them not exceeding fourteen years."--Preface to the first edition (Wrentham, Mass.: Nathaniel Heaton, 1801), verso of title page.
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"Copy of a letter, which Miss P.T. sent to the church, she not being able to attend. It was read Nov. 13, 1798, when several persons related their experience, among whom was her little sister of eleven years of age."--p. 43-53. "Polly Tinny, a young woman who lives in Alstead, N.H. She experienced a work of grace, when about seventeen. Soon after, the Lord was pleased to afflict her with sickness, which she has borne with Christian patience, for several years."--first edition (Wrentham, Mass.: Nathaniel Heaton, 1801), verso of title page.
"On the death of the Rev. James Manning, D.D. president of Rhode-Island College, who died July 29, 1791, aged 54 years."--p. 55-57.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time,
Stoddard, R.E. Bibliographical description of books and pamphlets of American verse printed from 1610 through 1820,
Stoddard, R.E. Catalogue of books and pamphlets unrecorded in Oscar Wegelin's Early American poetry, 1650-1820,
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Rand, Thomas, Tinny, Polly. The voice of the turtle; a selection of devotional pieces in verse and prose. : Being the exercises of young converts. By Thomas Rand, A.B. pastor of a Baptist church in West-Springfield.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19165, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19165. Accessed 2024-05-09. 

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