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Dame Partlet's farm : containing an account of the great riches she obtained by industry, the good life she led, and alas good reader! her sudden death : to which is added, a hymn written by Dame Partlet, just before her death, and an epitaph for her tomb-stone
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Dame Partlet's farm : containing an account of the great riches she obtained by industry, the good life she led, and alas good reader! her sudden death : to which is added, a hymn written by Dame Partlet, just before her death, and an epitaph for her tomb-stone

Date1804
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FormatBook
Notes
Imperfect copy: the second leaf is mutilated affecting the lower half of the text. The "Life of Dame Partlet" is in prose, while the "Description of Dame Partlet's farm", her hymn, and her epitaph are in verse.
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    Hardcover books
    DimensionsCover size: 17 cm x 11 cm (6 11/16 in. x 4 5/16 in.)
    Language
      CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131048632913D
      Catalogue Record for Print Book https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1544412
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