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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 : 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
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 : 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.
Publication
Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1839.
Supplementary Content
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Details

Additional Authors
Wilson, Amos, -1821.
Description
23 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Wilson, Amos, -1821
  • Wilson, Elizabeth, 1759?-1786
  • Hermits > Pennsylvania
  • Unmarried mothers > Pennsylvania
  • Infanticide > Pennsylvania
  • Executions and executioners > Pennsylvania
  • Contentment
  • Solitude
Note
  • Also issued the same year in 24- and 48-page editions.
  • "The sweets of solitude, or, Instructions to mankind, how they may be happy in a miserable world."--p. [13]-23. Signed: Amos Wilson.
  • Title-vignette: engraving of scene showing person being hanged; full page engraving of man standing in front of a tree, caption below: Amos Wilson, The Pennsylvania Hermit, preceding title page.
  • Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 104605.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 795892002
  • TGPSM11-B4050
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 : 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.
Imprint
Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1839.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Biography; Women.
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Added Author
Wilson, Amos, -1821. Sweets of solitude.
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