Philosophic solitude: or, The choice of a rural life : a poem. By a gentleman educated at Yale College. [Two lines of quotations in Latin].
| Author/creator | Livingston, William |
| Other author | Smith, William Peartree, 1723-1801, author. |
| Other author | Welles, Noah, 1718-1776, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Boston] : New-York: Printed, MDCCXLVII. Boston: Reprinted and sold by B. Mecom, at the new printing-office, near the Town-House, 1762. |
| Description | xii, 2 unnumbered pages, 15-46, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| General note | Attributed to Livingston in the Dictionary of American biography. |
| General note | "To the ingenious author of the poem, entitled Philosophic solitude, &c."--p. v-viii, in verse; signed: N.W. [i.e., Noah Welles]. "To Mr. L***************, on his Philosophic solitude, &c."--p. ix-xii, in verse; signed: W.P.S. [i.e., William Peartree Smith]. Cf. Sedgwick, Theodore. Memoir of the life of William Livingston (New York, 1833), p. 62. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | Evans, 9160 |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry ^DBBc245 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW6690. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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