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The house that Jack built : to which is prefixed, The history of Jack Jingle, : shewing by what means he acquired his learning, and in consequence thereof got rich, and built himself a house. : Set forth for the benefit of those, who from being quite destitute, friendless and poor; would have a fine house, and a coach at the door. : Ornamented with cuts.

Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoHartford : Printed by Lincoln & Gleason, 1806.
Description30 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 11 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Uniform titleHouse that Jack built.
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 10594. ^A575643
Contents The history of Jack Jingle -- The house that Jack built -- The dutiful child: a story.
General notePages [1] and [32] blank; pasted to wrapper.
General note"A variety of books, designed for the instruction and amusement of children, are kept for sale by Lincoln & Gleason, 20 rods north of the Bridge, Hartford ..."--advertisement, p. [31].
References Shaw & Shoemaker 10594
References Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 616.19
References Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 320
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 10594).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1806.
Genre/formNursery rhymes 1806.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Connecticut Hartford.
Genre/formChapbooks 1806.

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