The Pennsylvania hermit : a narrative of the most extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighbourhood 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

The Pennsylvania hermit : a narrative of the most extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave in the neighbourhood 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.

Included Work	Wilson, Amos, b. 1774. Sweets of solitude.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Saint John, N.B. : Printed for and sold by E.W. Mitchell, 1840.
Description	23 p. ; 22 cm.
Supplemental Content	Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)	Wilson, Amos, b. 1774. Wilson, Harriot. Hermits--Pennsylvania. Contentment. Solitude.

Caption title	Life of Amos Wilson, &c.
Series	Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local note	Biography.
Local note	2010AA01900.
Local note	Biography.
Local note	2010AA01900.
General 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."
General note	"Re-printed from the Philadelphia edition."
General note	"The sweets of solitude, or, Instructions to mankind : how they may be happy in a miserable world."--P. [12]-23.
General note	Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General note	Sabin no. 104605.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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