The ambitious shepherd, a moral story, for youth. By Elizabeth Sumerville. To which is added, Good-natured credulity--The noble basket-maker--and Tenderness to mothers.

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Title The ambitious shepherd, a moral story, for youth. By Elizabeth Sumerville. To which is added, Good-natured credulity--The noble basket-maker--and Tenderness to mothers.
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Signed Author By Elizabeth Sumerville.
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Pagination 35
Date of Publication 1809
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Imprint From Sidney's Press, New-Haven.
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Location of Printing New Haven US
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Length (cm) 14
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Reprinted from Elizabeth Somerville's The village maid, New York, 1803.
Cover imprint varies: Published by I. Cooke & Co. New-Haven, who have a universal assortment of books and stationary, for wholesale and retail.
First and last page blank; pasted to printed wrapper.
"Sloth contrasted with industry."--p. 28-31.
"The hospitable Negro woman."--p. 31-35, from Park's Travels.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
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Somerville, Elizabeth, Park, Mungo. The ambitious shepherd, a moral story, for youth. By Elizabeth Sumerville. To which is added, Good-natured credulity--The noble basket-maker--and Tenderness to mothers.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19895, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19895. Accessed 2025-10-26. 

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  title={The ambitious shepherd, a moral story, for youth. By Elizabeth Sumerville. To which is added, Good-natured credulity--The noble basket-maker--and Tenderness to mothers.},
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