Manuscript collection of compositions on a variety of subjects
by Whitehouse, Moses M
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
[Pembroke, CT, 1832. 8vo, pp. [2], 100, [2]; 6 leaves of mounted dried flowers (mostly perished) at back; 1 extra bifolium laid in containing three pages of "wandering thoughts"; contemporary quarter red calf over marbled paper-covered boards; upper joint cracked at the top, boards rubbed and bumped; very good. A manuscript notebook full of pontification on a variety of subjects, some rather mundane ("Friendship is an acquisition which is very necessary and needful in life"), and some on more colorful topics: the autobiography of a hat, Yankee peddlers ("Among the variety of imposters which we daily meet the yanks peddlers must be the first which comes under our observation"); slavery; the plight of the Indians; fashion ("Where the old fashioned knee-buckles have been turned into some article of fancy; the sheepskin pantaloons and horn buttons have given place to morocco shoes and shell combs"). Thirty-three entries are provided in all. One describes the town of Pembroke, CT; there seems little otherwise to indicate where these essays were published, if at all.
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48338
- Title
- Manuscript collection of compositions on a variety of subjects
- Author
- Whitehouse, Moses M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- [Pembroke, CT
- Date Published
- 1832
- Keywords
- Connecticut , Essays , Slavery , Indians
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