A Short Account Of The Early Part Of The Life Of Mary Mitchell Late Of Nantucket Deceased Written By

by Mary Mitchell

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First edition

New York: printed by R. & G.S. Wood, for the Trustees of Obadiah Brown's Benevolent Fund, 1830. First edition, 16mo, pp. 72; contemporary and likely original full sheep, gilt-paneled spine; some rubbing, previous owner's bookplate; good and sound. Born in Newport, R.I., married in Providence, Mary Mitchell moved to Nantucket in 1787. The publication of this edition was paid for by the Obadiah Brown Fund, which was founded in Providence in 1823 by

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