The last of the Lenape, and other poems

Janney, Samuel M.

Verlag: H. Perkins, Philadelphia, 1839

Beschreibung

First edition, 12mo, pp. 180; endpapers badly discolored, spine and covers a little faded, else a good copy or better in original brown floral embossed cloth. Janney (1801-1880) was a Quaker minister, reformer, and historian of some note in Virginia. He was active in the Hicksite division of his sect, was among the first and most outspoken advocates of abolition in the District of Columbia, and briefly served as a superintendent of Indian affairs. This book, Janney's first, is a compilation of verses on various subjects such nature, emotions, and elegies, and includes a section on scientific subjects such as light and electricity. Janney's "verses, although decorous, correct, and varied, lack wings. His reputation as an author deservedly rests on his prose works," which include a much reprinted biography of William Penn (1852), autobiographical Memoirs (1881), and the 4-volume History of the Religious Society of Friends, from its Rise to the Year 1828 (1860-67) (DAB V, 611). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3184

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Titel: The last of the Lenape, and other poems

Verlag: H. Perkins, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1839

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage