A brief memoir of the life of William Penn. Compiled for the use of young persons. By Priscilla Wakefield.

ID 20330
Title A brief memoir of the life of William Penn. Compiled for the use of young persons. By Priscilla Wakefield.
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Signed Author By Priscilla Wakefield [title page]; by Thomas Clarkson [p. 3]
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 48
Date of Publication 1818
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Imprint Published by Isaac Peirce, no. 5, North Front Street. 1818. Shinn, printer, Fetter Lane.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 13
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Notes AAS Notes: "On reading the valuable life of William Penn, by Thomas Clarkson ... it occurred to me that I could not render a more acceptable service to my juvenile readers, than by selecting from his ample account, a sketch of this great man ..."--p. [3].
Caption and running title: Memoir of William Penn.
"Catalogue of works written by William Penn."--chronological list, p. [47]-48.
"Isaac Peirce ... will shortly publish ... and of other eminent persons in the Society of Friends, compiled for the use of young persons."--advertisement, back cover.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
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American Antiquarian Society copy lacks frontispiece. Inscribed: Ann Sykes, presented by her dear father.
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Wakefield, Priscilla, Clarkson, Thomas. A brief memoir of the life of William Penn. Compiled for the use of young persons. By Priscilla Wakefield.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20330, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20330. Accessed 2025-10-26.

Wakefield, Priscilla, and Thomas Clarkson. A brief memoir of the life of William Penn. Compiled for the use of young persons. By Priscilla Wakefield. Philadelphia: Isaac Peirce, 1818. 

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  year={1818},
  title={A brief memoir of the life of William Penn. Compiled for the use of young persons. By Priscilla Wakefield.},
  publisher={Isaac Peirce \& },
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