Boston, [blank] : Sir, The art of reading gracefully, requires so much exertion on the part of a master to teach, and on the part of a pupil to learn, that it may be considered as impossible to be taught to youth at that early period of life ... If my endeavors may in any measure contribute to supplying the defect above-mentioned, they shall not fail of being called into exercise, should encouragement be given to the proposal I take the liberty of enclosing herein

Boston, [blank] : Sir, The art of reading gracefully, requires so much exertion on the part of a master to teach, and on the part of a pupil to learn, that it may be considered as impossible to be taught to youth at that early period of life ... If my endeavors may in any measure contribute to supplying the defect above-mentioned, they shall not fail of being called into exercise, should encouragement be given to the proposal I take the liberty of enclosing herein.

Author/creator	Dearborn, Benjamin, 1754-1838
Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1794]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Subject(s)	Oral reading. Teachers--Massachusetts --Boston.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26856 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26856. ^A478749
General note	Signed: Benjamin Dearborn.
General note	The only known copy, held by the Massachusetts Historical Society, lacks the accompanying "proposal," and is dated in ms.: April 1794.
References	Evans 26856
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2711
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26856).
Genre/form	Broadsides.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Microfiche	MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 26856	✔ Available