Thoughts upon female education : accomodated to the present state of society, manners, and government, in the United States of America : addressed to the visitors of the Young Ladies' Academy in Philadelphia, 28 July, 1787, at the close of the quarterly examination / by Benjamin Rush ...; to which is added, a prayer, by Samuel Magaw ... delivered upon the same occasion.
Creator:
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Timespan:
1787; United States.
Date:
1787
Description:
Culture Class Collection copy has the armorial bookplate of William Pepper on front pastedown; Culture Class Collection copy was the gift of William Pepper III.; Culture Class Collection copy has original (?) blue-gray wrappers preserved; bound in dark green morocco; boards gold-tooled with two sets of single line fillet borders; title, brief title, and date stamped in gilt on spine; gold-tooled cover edges; gold-tooled floral and vine designs on turn-ins; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt.; Culture Class Collection copy has a partially illegible inscription in brown ink on t.p. that reads "For the hon[ora]ble Mr. B[?]ther from Andrew Brown."
Pepper, William, 1874-1947 (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy); Brown, Andrew (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy); Pepper, William (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)
Publisher:
Philadelphia : printed by Prichard & Hall ..., MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Prichard & Hall, printer.; Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia.
Geographic Subject:
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴.; Dedicated to Elizabeth Powel.; Online version available via Colenda; Constitution of the Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia on p. 31-32.
Physical Location:
AC7 R8953 787t
Collection:
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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