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The Pennsylvania hermit a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave, in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, after having therein lived in solitary retirement for nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister : annexed is the writings of Wilson while a recluse and his reasons for preferring a state of solitude to that of the society of his fellow-beings.

Title
  1. The Pennsylvania hermit [electronic resource] : a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave, in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, after having therein lived in solitary retirement for nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister : annexed is the writings of Wilson while a recluse and his reasons for preferring a state of solitude to that of the society of his fellow-beings.
Published by
  1. Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1839.
Supplementary content
  1. Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Author
  1. Wilson, Amos, -1821.

Details

Description
  1. 48 p.; 25 cm.
Alternative title
  1. Life of Amos Wilson, &c.
Subject
  1. Wilson, Amos, -1821
  2. Wilson, Elizabeth, 1759?-1786
  3. Hermits > Pennsylvania > Biography
  4. Unmarried mothers > Pennsylvania
  5. Infanticide > Pennsylvania
  6. Executions and executioners > Pennsylvania
  7. Contentment
  8. Solitude
Note
  1. Signed (p. 48): "Amos Wilson."
  2. Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
  3. Sabin no. 104605.
Reproduction (note)
  1. Electronic reproduction.
Author
  1. Wilson, Amos, -1821.
Title
  1. The Pennsylvania hermit [electronic resource] : a narrative of the extraordinary life of Amos Wilson, who expired in a cave, in the neighborhood of Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, after having therein lived in solitary retirement for nineteen years, in consequence of the ignominious death of his sister : annexed is the writings of Wilson while a recluse and his reasons for preferring a state of solitude to that of the society of his fellow-beings.
Imprint
  1. Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1839.
Reproduction
  1. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local note
  1. Biography.
Connect to:
  1. Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Caption title
  1. Life of Amos Wilson, &c.
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