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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.
- Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lcrbmrp.t1303

Library of Congress Control Number

26020585

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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/>.

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