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Memoirs of the Bloomsgrove family. : In a series of letters to a respectable citizen of Philadelphia. Containing sentiments on a mode of domestic education, suited to the present state of society, government, and manners, in the United States of America: and on the dignity and importance of the female character. Interspersed with a variety of interesting anecdotes

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCCXC. [1790]
Call number: 46142
Creator: Hitchcock, Enos (1745-1803)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (12mo)
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