The friendly instructer: Or, A companion for young masters and misses : In which their duty to God, and their parents, their carriage to superiors and inferiors, and several other very useful and instructive lessons are recommended, in plain and familiar dialogues. / By a lady.

Author/creator Harrison, Elizabeth
Other author Doddridge, Philip, 1702-1751.
Other author Dearborn, Nathaniel, 1786-1852, engraver.
Other author New England Tract Society.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Printed and sold by Lincoln & Edmands, no. 53, Cornhill, agents for the New England Tract Society. The charitable, resident in any part of the Union, who purchase books for distribution, will find their orders answered promptly, on the most liberal terms, 1818.
Descriptionviii, 1 unnumbered page, 10-70 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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Uniform titleFriendly instructor
SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 44108. ^A575643
General note"I have perused these dialogues with so much pleasure ... they were written by a lady with whose valuable character I have been acquainted many years; and who has been long employed in the education of children ..."--The recommendatory preface, p. [v], signed: P. Doddridge. Northampton, June 8, 1741.
General noteTentatively attributed to English religious writer Elizabeth Harrison.
General noteWood engraving, p. 48, signed: Dearborn [i.e., Nathaniel Dearborn] sc.
General notePages [1] and [72] blank; pasted to printed wrapper.
General note"Gabriel sent to the Virgin Mary." "Christ's ascension."--pictures with captions, p. [71].
General note"Bible warehouse, and theological & miscellaneous bookstore."--advertisement, back cover. Advertisement features a wood engraving of the Lincoln Edmands Bookstore store front.
General note"Price, 12 cts. single--1,12 a doz.--8 dols. a hun."--at foot of title page.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 44108
References Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1958 ed.), 689 (2)
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 44108).
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1818.
Genre/formDialogues.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston.

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