Whatcheer, a story of olden times. One of Sister Rhody's collection of historical facts, for the amusement and instruction of young people

by Anne P. Child

$125 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co., printers, 1857. First edition, 16mo, pp. ix, 3 , 104; original brown blindstamped cloth lettered in gilt on spine; spine ends chipped else very good and sound. The story of Roger Williams, based in part on Hon. Job Durfee's poem, entitled 'Whatcheer, or Roger Williams in Banishment.' At the top of the title page an ownership signature in pencil of Mrs. Dorr, likely one of the sisters of R.I. governor Thomas Dorr, who

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