Book/Printed Material Poems on miscellaneous subjects

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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).
Contributor 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].
Library of Congress Control Number
26020585
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https://lccn.loc.gov/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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