Sarah, or The Exemplary Wife. By Susanna Rowson, author of Charlotte Temple, Reuben and Rachel, Fille de chambre, &c. &c.

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Title Sarah, or The Exemplary Wife. By Susanna Rowson, author of Charlotte Temple, Reuben and Rachel, Fille de chambre, &c. &c.
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Signed Author By Susanna Rowson, author of Charlotte Temple, Reuben and Rachel, Fille de chambre, &c. &c.
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Volumes 1
Pagination iv, 6-270
Date of Publication 1813
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Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1813
Imprint Published by Charles Williams. Watson & Bangs, Printers.
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Copyright Statement District of Massachusetts, to wit: District Clerk's Office. Be it remembered, that on the fourteenth day of January A. D. 1813, and in the thirty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, Susanna Rowson, of the said District, has deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the right whereof she claims as author, in the words following, to wit: "Sarah, or the Exemplary Wife. By Susanna Rowson, author of Charlotte Temple, Reuben and Rachel, Fille de Chambre, &c. &c. Do not marry a fool; he is continually doing absurd and disagreeable things, for no other reason but to shew he dares do them. Gregory's Legacy Remember that nothing but strict truth can carry you through life with honor and credit." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intitled, "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;" and also to an act intitled, "An Act supplementary to an act, intitled, 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; and extending the benefits thereof to the art of designing, engraving and etching historical, and other prints." WM. S. Shaw, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts.
Location of Printing Boston US
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Length (cm) 14
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Notes AAS Notes: Copyright Jan. 14, 1813, by Susanna Rowson.
"The present work made its appearance about eight years since, in the Boston Weekly magazine ... It has now gone through a revision, and is offered to the public ..."--Preface, p. [i].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature,
Wright, L.H. American fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.),
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Rowson, Susanna. Sarah, or The Exemplary Wife. By Susanna Rowson, author of Charlotte Temple, Reuben and Rachel, Fille de chambre, &c. &c.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19442, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19442. Accessed 2025-10-30. 

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  year={1813},
  title={Sarah, or The Exemplary Wife. By Susanna Rowson, author of Charlotte Temple, Reuben and Rachel, Fille de chambre, &c. &c.},
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