Poems, on Various Subjects.

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ix, 218 pp., including list of subscribers following text. 12mo. Original full sheep. A collection of verse by the female poet of Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania, including commemo rative poems marking the deaths of Alexander Hamilton, Charles Nisbet (of Dickinson College), George Washington, as well as W. (William) McCormick, who at one point was the poet's neighbor (source: The McCormick Family Papers). The editor includes a footnote to this poem stating "[McCormick's death] happened on the 13th June, 1805, and, the third day after, this piece was handed, to have a place in this collection. An evidence with what facility the authoress clothed her excellent sentiments in a poetic dress." Show more