The Prodigal daughter: or A strange and wonderful relation : shewing how a gentleman of a vast estate in Bristol had a proud and disobedient daughter, who because her parents would not support her in all her extravagance, bargained with the Devil to poison them.--How an angel informed her parents of their daughter's design.--How she lay in a trance four days, and when she was put into the grave, she came to life again, and related the wonderful things she saw in the other world. Likewise the substance of a sermon preached on this occasion by the Rev. Mr. Williams, from Luke XV. 24.
| Other author/creator | Fleet, Pompey, engraver. |
| Format | Book and Microform |
| Publication Info | [Boston] : Sold [by T. & J. Fleet] at the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill, Boston, [1769?] |
| Description | 16 pages : illustrations. |
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| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41996 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41996. ^A478749 |
| General note | In verse. |
| General note | Caption title: The prodigal daughter: or, The disobedient lady reclaimed, &c. |
| General note | Date of publication suggested by d'Alte A. Welch on the evidence of the inscription in the Emerson Greenaway copy "Moses Sargent Morell his book. 1769." Thomas and John Fleet printed at the sign of the Heart and Crown, Boston, from 1757 to 1776. |
| General note | Relief cut (Reilly 1364) on title page and p. 12 signed: P.F. [i.e., Pompey Fleet]. |
| References | Bristol B3069 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 41996 |
| References | Welch, d'A.A. Amer. children's books, 1068.5 |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41996). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature Poetry 1769. |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | NC Microfiche | MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 41996 | ✔ Available |