Research Catalog

Title

Essays : including biographies and miscellaneous pieces, in prose and poetry / by Ann Plato.

Author

Plato, Ann.

Publication

Hartford : Printed for the author, 1841.

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Details

Additional Authors

Pennington, James W. C.

Description

[2], iv, [1], xviii-xx, [3], 22-30, 33-122 pages; 15 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Sherman, Eliza Loomis, 1822-1839
• Sebury, Louisa, 1816-1838
• American literature > African American authors
• Pell, Julia Ann, 1813-1839
• Low, Elizabeth, 1818-1838
• Black author

Note

• "To the reader"--pages [1], xviii-xx, signed and dated: James W.C. Pennington, pastor of the Colored Congregational Church. Hartford, June 1st, 1841.
• Text is continuous despite pagination.
• "Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by Ann Plato, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut."--copyright statement, on printed slip inserted after title page leaf.

Indexed In (note)

• Checklist of American imprints
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Source (note)

• from Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• Prose: To the reader -- Religion -- Education -- Benevolence -- Diligence and negligence -- Two school girls -- Decision of character -- The seasons -- Obendience -- Employment of time -- Eminence from obscurity -- Lessons from nature -- Description of a desert -- Residence in the country -- Life is short -- Death of the Christian -- Reflections upon the close of life.
• Biographies: Louisa Seabury -- Julia Ann Pell -- Eliza Loomis Sherman -- Elizabeth Low.
• Poetry: Advice to young ladies -- On examination from a teacher -- Reflections, on visiting the grave of a venerated friend -- I have no brother -- The dismission of a school term -- The true friend -- Memory of Mary -- To my infant class -- The residence of my fathers -- The inquiry -- Forget me not -- Memory of Gusteen -- Alone I've wandered -- The natives of America -- The departed in Christ -- To the first of August -- A mother to her fatherless son -- Daughter's inquiry of her father's absence -- The grave -- Author's farewell.

Call Number

Sc Rare 810.81-P (Plato, A. Essays)

LCCN

16018674

OCLC

16531428

Author

Plato, Ann.

Title

Essays : including biographies and miscellaneous pieces, in prose and poetry / by Ann Plato.

Imprint

Hartford : Printed for the author, 1841.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Checklist of American imprints, 41-4199

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 1727

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 810.81-P (accession no. B545615) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Source

Purchase; from Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926. Copy in Sc Rare 810.81-P (Plato, A. Essays), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Pennington, James W. C.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 810.81-P (Plato, A. Essays)