The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices

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Hardcover edition of The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notes by Caroline May, published in 1848 by Lindsay and Blakiston in Philadelphia. The entry for "Phillis Wheatley," spanning pages 39 to 41, includes a biographical note and the poems "On the Death of a Young Gentleman of Great Promise" and "Sleep." Frontispiece is a two-tone octagonal portrait of Frances S. Osgood. Front flyleaf has an inscription at center in black ink that reads [Cara Amelia Sturges / from her husband]. There is a small tear at the tail of the spine. Interior pages are in very good condition with some foxing. 559 numbered pages.

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