The Magdalen; or, History of the First Penitent Prostitute Received Into That Charitable Asylum. With Anecdotes of Other Penitents. By the Rev. William Dodd, LL. D.

ID 26522
Title The Magdalen; or, History of the First Penitent Prostitute Received Into That Charitable Asylum. With Anecdotes of Other Penitents. By the Rev. William Dodd, LL. D.
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Signed Author By the Rev. William Dodd, LL. D.
Pseudonym
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 38
Date of Publication 1800
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Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed for Anne [sic] Lemoine, White-rose court, Coleman-street, and Sold by T. Hurst, Paternoster-row.
Colophon Printed by H. Lemoine
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing London GB
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 18
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Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence) 6.0
Total Price (in pence) 6
Non-UK Price
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  • Beinecke Im D661 780d
Notes Date tentative. Frontispece: "Published for I. Roe." Printed by Ann's husband, Henry Lemoine.

"There is little evidence that Reverend Dodd wrote this chapbook other than his sponsorship of the Magdalen Charity Hospital. Frontispiece engraving by S. Sharpe and entitled, “I was weeping over my Child, who frighted at my Agonies, was more clamorous in his Grief, hung around my Neck & screamed he knew not why" (Bearden-White 140).
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Unknown. The Magdalen; or, History of the First Penitent Prostitute Received Into That Charitable Asylum. With Anecdotes of Other Penitents. By the Rev. William Dodd, LL. D.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 26522, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/26522. Accessed 2026-08-10. 

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