McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

Charlotte Elizabeth, 1790-1846. The burying-ground / by Charlotte Elizabeth New York : American Tract Society, 150 Nassau St. [between 1848 and 1868?]

Creator:

Charlotte Elizabeth, 1790-1846.

Contributor:

American Tract Society.

Publisher:

American Tract Society, 150 Nassau St. [between 1848 and 1868?]

Notes:

First sentence: "'What is that man going to do with the grass, aunt?' said a little boy, as he saw a laborer carrying away some fresh green sods that he had just dug from a piece of waste ground."
Includes 2 woodcuts.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections:buff wrappers."Published by the American Tract Society. New-York: 150 Nassau-Street. Boston: 28 Cornhill. Also to be had in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other principal cities and towns."--advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. The American Tract Society was first located at 150 Nassau St., New York, in 1832. A new typeface was introduced in 1848. The American Antiquarian Society copy is printed in the new type. The American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) was located at 28 Cornhill from 1842 to 1868. The address changes to 148 Tremont St. in the Boston directory for 1869.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 11 x 7 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 A4 B8 1848 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7201

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_A4_B8_1848