Ditties for children. By a lady of Boston.

ID 19931
Title Ditties for children. By a lady of Boston.
Contributors
Signed Author By a lady of Boston.
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 45
Date of Publication 1813
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1813
Imprint Published by Johnson & Warner, no. 147, Market-St. W. Brown, printer.
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Copyright Statement DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO WIT: BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eighth day of February, in the thirty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, A.D. 1813, JOHNSON and WARNER, of the said District, have deposited in this office the Title of a book the right whereof they claim as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "Ditties for Children. By a Lady of Boston." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, "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, 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 arts of Designiing, engraving, and etching historical and other Prints." D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania.
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format
Length (cm) 15
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Notes From AAS:
Illustration, p. 36, signed, "Durouchail." Also includes wood engravings by Alexander Anderson and "M" (i.e., William Mason?); cf. Pomeroy.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. 44 (?)-45.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Pomeroy, J.R. Alexander Anderson, 1775-1870,
The snow-birds -- Pudding and milk -- Morning walk -- The beggar -- Sunday -- Lazy Jane -- The good boy -- Ellen -- The little liar -- The little thief -- Little Charles -- The naughty girl -- Morning -- Evening.
Upgraded
American Antiquarian Society copy lacks p. 41-44. Some wood engravings hand-colored, probably by a former owner. Inscribed: Henrietta W. Hall's book.
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Sproat, Nancy. Ditties for children. By a lady of Boston.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19931, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19931. Accessed 2024-04-18.

Sproat, Nancy. Ditties for children. By a lady of Boston. Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson & Benjamin Warner, 1813.

Sproat , N. (1813). Ditties for children. by a lady of boston. Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson & Benjamin Warner.

Sproat, Nancy. Ditties for children. By a lady of Boston. Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson & Benjamin Warner, 1813. 

@book{ wphp_19931
  author={Sproat,Nancy},
  year={1813},
  title={Ditties for children. By a lady of Boston.},
  publisher={Jacob Johnson & Benjamin Warner},
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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