The African widow. An interesting narrative. By a clergyman.

ID 21251
Title The African widow. An interesting narrative. By a clergyman.
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Signed Author By a clergyman.
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Volumes 1
Pagination 8
Date of Publication 1816
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Imprint Published by the Philadelphia Female Tract Society.
Colophon Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, Philad.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes AAS Notes:
In verse.
Caption title. At head of title: (No. 12.)
An 1817 edition (Shaw 40672) has author's name, Joseph Dixon, on title page.
This is no. 12 of the Tracts of the Philadelphia Female Tract Society. Dated 1816 from The first annual report of the Society, 1816 (Shaw 38609).
"Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, Philad."--colophon, p. 8.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 37452
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 38611
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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American Antiquarian Society copy in a bound volume containing the Society's first and second annual reports and tracts 2-31. The volume has owner's label of Ellen M. Bailey.
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Dixon, Joseph. The African widow. An interesting narrative. By a clergyman.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 21251, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21251. Accessed 2025-11-15.

Dixon, Joseph. The African widow. An interesting narrative. By a clergyman. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Female Tract Society [South Second Street], 1816.

Dixon , J. (1816). The african widow. an interesting narrative. by a clergyman. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Female Tract Society [South Second Street]

Dixon, Joseph. The African widow. An interesting narrative. By a clergyman. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Female Tract Society [South Second Street], 1816. 

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