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The Pennsylvania spelling-book, or Youth's friendly instructor and monitor : on an easy plan, for exciting the attention, and facilitating the instruction of children and others, in spelling and reading; and acquainting them with the essential parts of orthography, pointing, &c. As also, training their minds to early sentiments of piety and virtue. : More particularly calculated for the use of parents, guardians and others, remote from schools; in the private tuition of their children, and illiterate domesticks, &c. / Compiled by Anthony Benezet.

Author/creator Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784
Format Electronic and Book
EditionThe second edition, improved and enlarged.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank in Market-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
Description168 pages ; 17 cm (12mo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16204. ^A478749
General noteEdition statement transposed; precedes "Compiled by Anthony Benezet." on title page.
References Evans 16204
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3855
References Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 86
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16204).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1779.
Genre/formSpellers.
Genre/formReaders.

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