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John Smith's letters, with 'picters' to match. Containing reasons why John Smith should not change his name; Miss Debby Smith's juvenile spirit; together with The only authentic history extant of the late war in our disputed territory ...

Title
John Smith's letters, with 'picters' to match. Containing reasons why John Smith should not change his name; Miss Debby Smith's juvenile spirit; together with The only authentic history extant of the late war in our disputed territory ...
Author
Smith, Seba, 1792-1868.
Publication
New-York, S. Colman, 1839.

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139 p. front., plates; 18 cm.
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Note
  • A collection of humorous letters first published in the New York Mirror.
  • Not included under Seba Smith's works in Williamson's Bibliography of Maine, but attributed to Seba Smith by M.A. Wyman in her Two American pioneers, p. 87-88 and 236, and by Sabin, Bib. amer., v. 20, p. 563-564.
  • Front. and plates are etchings signed by Fungus, del., Little Nap, sc. and Little Ben, sc., which may possibly be pseudonyms of David Claypoole Johnston.
Call Number
*KL (Smith, S. John Smith's letters)
LCCN
12014834
OCLC
3007501
Author
Smith, Seba, 1792-1868.
Title
John Smith's letters, with 'picters' to match. Containing reasons why John Smith should not change his name; Miss Debby Smith's juvenile spirit; together with The only authentic history extant of the late war in our disputed territory ...
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New-York, S. Colman, 1839.
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