Art of contentment : with several entertaining pieces of poetry, descriptive of the present times, in the U. States of America. / By John Searson, formerly a merchant of Philadelphia. ; [Six lines of quotation].
| Author/creator | Searson, John |
| Other author | Washington, George, 1732-1799 dedicatee. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Printed for the author by W. Pechin, [between 1797 and 1799] |
| Description | vi, 1 unnumbered page, 8-225 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31170. ^A478749 |
| General note | "The prose part of the 'Art of contentment,' is chiefly selected from the first European writers. Several of the pieces (those descriptive of America particularly) are my own ..."--p. vi. |
| General note | Dedicated to George Washington. |
| General note | Dated 1796 by Evans; however, Searson in the preface states "... and in 1797 I published a book of poems ..." The dedication would indicate publication before Washington's death in December 1799. |
| General note | Errors in paging: p. 151 misnumbered 120; p. 45-46 imposed in reverse order. |
| References | Evans 31170 |
| References | Minick, A.R. Maryland, 393 |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 349 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31170). |
| Genre/form | Anthologies. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1797. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |