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.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : [s.n.], 1840. |
| Description | 48 p. ; 16 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Caption title | Life of Amos Wilson, &c. |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Biography; Women. |
| Local note | 2010AB20900. |
| General note | "The sweets of solitude, or Instructions to mankind how they may be happy in a miserable world."--P. [24]-48. Signed: Amos Wilson. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 104605. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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