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Book/Printed Material Poems on miscellaneous subjects

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[ Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection copy ]

About this Item

Title

  • Poems on miscellaneous subjects

Summary

  • Harper was a freed African American woman from Baltimore. These poems range over a wide variety of subjects, but her basic concern is the female and womanhood. Appended are several essays on Christianity, the Bible, and African Americans (she encourages them to strive until the day of freedom comes).

Names

  • Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911.
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Boston : J. B. Yerrinton & Son, Printers, 1854.

Notes

  • -  "Miscellaneous writings [prose]": p. [33]-40.
  • -  Preface signed: W. L. G. [i.e. Wm. L. Garrison?], Boston.

Medium

  • 40 p. ; 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PS1799.H7 P7 1854
  • E449 .D16 vol. 13, no. 3 Another copy. Ink mark near caption title on p. [5].

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 26020585

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress African American Perspectives collection have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects. Boston: J. B. Yerrinton & Son, Printers, 1854. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/26020585/.

APA citation style:

Harper, F. E. W. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1854) Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects. Boston: J. B. Yerrinton & Son, Printers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/26020585/.

MLA citation style:

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects. Boston: J. B. Yerrinton & Son, Printers, 1854. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/26020585/>.