"Ode to the Evening" in Juvenile Letters: Being a Correspondence Between Children, From Eight to Fifteen Years of Age

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Fifth edition copy of Juvenile Letters: Being a Correspondence Between Children, from Eight to Fifteen Years of Age by Caleb Bingham and printed in 1809 by Lincoln and Edmands in Boston, Massachusetts. Phillis Wheatley is mentioned on page 57, where the letter author requests a volume of her poems. A response letter includes the poem "ODE TO THE EVENING" on pages 61 and 62. Front flyleaf has inscription in faded ink at center: [Francis Thompson / a present / from his Aunt Hopkins / 1813]. Parts of the marbled paper covers are missing, exposing the boards underneath. Significant crack in the front cover has been mended with pressure-sensitive tape. Interior pages are yellowed but in good condition. 108 numbered pages.

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