The Devonshire woman: or, a wonderful narrative of Frances Flood, shewing how she was taken by the small-pox in the street of Saltford, near Bath, in the year 1723; and having no place of abode [being a stranger] she got to a barn in the said town, where her legs broke short off in the small; and was healed without the help of physician or surgeon. Licens'd and enter'd according to order.

ID 24163
Title The Devonshire woman: or, a wonderful narrative of Frances Flood, shewing how she was taken by the small-pox in the street of Saltford, near Bath, in the year 1723; and having no place of abode [being a stranger] she got to a barn in the said town, where her legs broke short off in the small; and was healed without the help of physician or surgeon. Licens'd and enter'd according to order.
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Signed Author Frances Flood
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Firms
Self-published Yes
Volumes 1
Pagination 8
Date of Publication 1723
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Date of First Publication 1723
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Colophon Printed for Frances Flood, and sold by No-body but her self.
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Location of Printing Bath GB
Format Octavo (8vo)
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Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
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Notes Location of Printing tentative
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Flood, Frances. The Devonshire woman: or, a wonderful narrative of Frances Flood, shewing how she was taken by the small-pox in the street of Saltford, near Bath, in the year 1723; and having no place of abode [being a stranger] she got to a barn in the said town, where her legs broke short off in the small; and was healed without the help of physician or surgeon. Licens'd and enter'd according to order.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 24163, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/24163. Accessed 2025-11-03. 

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