The story of Joseph and his brethren, set forth in a pleasing and instructive manner; and adapted to the capacities of children. By Joseph Sharpless. Second Edition, Corrected.

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Title The story of Joseph and his brethren, set forth in a pleasing and instructive manner; and adapted to the capacities of children. By Joseph Sharpless. Second Edition, Corrected.
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Signed Author By Joseph Sharpless.
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Self-published Yes
Volumes 1
Pagination iv, 119
Date of Publication 1814
Edition Statement Second edition, corrected.
Edition Number 2
Date of First Publication
Imprint Published by the author. Merritt, printer.
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Copyright Statement District of Pennsylvania, to wit: Be It Remembered, That on the first day of July, in the thirty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America, A.D. 1812, Joseph Sharpless, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: "The Story of Joseph and his Brethren, set forth in a pleasing and instructive manner; and adapted to the capacities of Children. By Joseph Sharpless." 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," and also to the Act, entitled "An Act supplementary [illegible] "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 Arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints." D. Caldwell, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania.
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes AAS Notes:
From AAS: "Patient Joe; or The Newcastle collier. Frankford, Penn. Published by Joseph Sharpless. 1812."--p. [115]-119, with separate title page. In verse. By Hannah More. Cf. the 1812 Frankford, Pa., edition of The story of Joseph and his brethren (Shaw 26724), which likewise contains "Patient Joe."
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
American Antiquarian Society copy A has spine title: History of Joseph.
American Antiquarian Society copy B has bound with it Burder, George. Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, versified (Philadelphia: Joseph Sharpless, 1814). Has spine title, "Joseph and Pilgrim." Page 15-16, and all three plates mutilated.
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Sharpless, Joseph, More, Hannah. The story of Joseph and his brethren, set forth in a pleasing and instructive manner; and adapted to the capacities of children. By Joseph Sharpless. Second Edition, Corrected.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19599, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19599. Accessed 2025-10-26. 

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