Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education. With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune
by MORE, Hannah
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
This copy with the ownership Signature of Julius Deming (1755-1838), Captain of Cavalry during the Revolutionary War and later a prominent Connecticut businessman and politician. Also with the ownership signatures of Dory Demings, whom we believe to be either Deming's wife or daughter (both named Dorothy), dated February, 1802; lastly, the signature of Lucretia Deming Perkins, noting "From her Grandfather's Estate. Litchfield. 1839" in the same hand. A well-used copy of this influential work by More, printed in Connecticut a year after the first American edition, and with the signature of a Revolutionary War Cavalry Captain as well as by two female relatives.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 454126
- Title
- Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education. With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune
- Author
- MORE, Hannah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by John Babcock, for O. D. & I. Cooke
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1801
- Keywords
- Women, Religion, Military
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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