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Additional authors

1. Pennington, James W. C.

Description

1. [2], iv, [1], xviii-xx, [3], 22-30, 33-122 pages; 15 cm

Donor/Sponsor

1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

1. Sherman, Eliza Loomis, 1822-1839
2. Sebury, Louisa, 1816-1838
3. American literature > African American authors
4. Pell, Julia Ann, 1813-1839
5. Low, Elizabeth, 1818-1838
6. Black author

Contents

1. Prose: To the reader -- Religion -- Education -- Benevolence -- Diligence and negligence -- Two school girls -- Decision of character -- The seasons -- Obendience -- Employment of time -- Eminence from obscurity -- Lessons from nature -- Description of a desert -- Residence in the country -- Life is short -- Death of the Christian -- Reflections upon the close of life.
2. Biographies: Louisa Seabury -- Julia Ann Pell -- Eliza Loomis Sherman -- Elizabeth Low.
3. Poetry: Advice to young ladies -- On examination from a teacher -- Reflections, on visiting the grave of a venerated friend -- I have no brother -- The dismission of a school term -- The true friend -- Memory of Mary -- To my infant class -- The residence of my fathers -- The inquiry -- Forget me not -- Memory of Gusteen -- Alone I've wandered -- The natives of America -- The departed in Christ -- To the first of August -- A mother to her fatherless son -- Daughter's inquiry of her father's absence -- The grave -- Author's farewell.

Call number

1. Sc Rare 810.81-P (Plato, A. Essays)

Note

1. "To the reader"--pages [1], xviii-xx, signed and dated: James W.C. Pennington, pastor of the Colored Congregational Church. Hartford, June 1st, 1841.
2. Text is continuous despite pagination.
3. "Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by Ann Plato, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut."--copyright statement, on printed slip inserted after title page leaf.

Indexed in (note)

1. Checklist of American imprints
2. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Source (note)

1. from Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

1. is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Author

1. Plato, Ann.

Title

1. Essays : including biographies and miscellaneous pieces, in prose and poetry / by Ann Plato.

Imprint

1. Hartford : Printed for the author, 1841.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Indexed in:

1. Checklist of American imprints, 41-4199
2. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 1727

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare 810.81-P (accession no. B545615) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Source

1. Purchase; from Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926. Copy in Sc Rare 810.81-P (Plato, A. Essays), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Special Collections Material
2. Plain text PDF available via the African American Women Writers of the 19th Century Project

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Pennington, James W. C.
2. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

LCCN

1. 16018674

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 810.81-P (Plato, A. Essays)