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The Pennsylvania hermit a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh, (Penn.), after having therein lived in solitary retirement for the space of nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister.

Title
The Pennsylvania hermit [electronic resource] : a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh, (Penn.), after having therein lived in solitary retirement for the space of nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister.
Publication
Philadelphia : Smith and Carpenter, 1839.

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Additional Authors
Wilson, Amos, -1821.
Description
24 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 21 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Pennsylvania hermit : a narrative of the most extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighbourhood of Harrisburgh, (Pennsylvania)
  • Life of Amos Wilson, &c.
Subject
  • Wilson, Amos, -1821
  • Hermits > Pennsylvania
  • Contentment
  • Solitude
Note
  • "Annexed is the writings of Wilson while a recluse and his reasons for preferring a state of solitude to that of the society of his fellow-beings."
  • Title-vignette.
  • "The sweets of solitude, or, Instructions to mankind : how they may be happy in a miserable world."--P. [14]-24.
  • Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 104605.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 733086861
  • TGPSM10-B1742
Title
The Pennsylvania hermit [electronic resource] : a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh, (Penn.), after having therein lived in solitary retirement for the space of nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Smith and Carpenter, 1839.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Biography.
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Added Author
Wilson, Amos, -1821. Sweets of solitude.
Caption Title
Life of Amos Wilson, &c.
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