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The American primer : calculated for the instruction of young children.

Other author/creatorRogers, John, 1500?-1555.
Included WorkMasson, Charles François Philibert, 1762-1807. Elmina; or, The flower that never fades.
Format Electronic and Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNorfolk [Va.] : Printed by A.C. Jordan & Co., M,DCCC,III. [1803]
Description71 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 15 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 3668. ^A575643
General note"Lessons in reading."--p. 25-40.
General note"Mr. John Rodgers [i.e., Rogers], minister of the Gospel in London ... Some days before his death, he wrote the following advice to his children. ..."--p. 41-45.
General note"Elmina: or, The flower that never fades. A moral tale."--p. 59-71. Attributed to Charles François Philibert Masson in the Biographie universelle, where it is noted that Elmina was the Princess Wilhelmine de Courlande.
General note"A.C. Jordan & Co. have just received from Europe and the northward ... books ... stationary ... clover and garden seeds. Printing carried on as usual, and blank books bound to any size or pattern. No. 2, Market-Square, Norfolk."--p. [72].
References Shaw & Shoemaker 3668
References Heartman, C.F. Non-New England primers, 17
References Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 282
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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 3668).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1803.
Genre/formPrimers (Instructional books) 1803.
Genre/formHymns.
Genre/formPoems 1803.
Genre/formFables 1803.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Virginia Norfolk.
Genre/formPrinters' advertisements Virginia Norfolk.
Genre/formAdvertisements Stationery.
Genre/formAdvertisements Bookbinding.
Genre/formAdvertisements Seeds.

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