Prudence Crandall's copy of Cowper's The Task · SJSU Student Experiences Before Two Major Historical Crises

Title: Prudence Crandall's copy of Cowper's The Task; William Cowper; Prudence Crandall
Rights: Public Domain; this copy held by Matt Marshall, with whose courtesy we are using it.
Type: Poetry
Date: Edition published 1825; Prudence Crandall signature 1826 (she was a student at New England Yearly Meeting Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island, at that time)
Description: Prudence Crandall's personal copy of William Cowper's The Task, signed on the overleaf prior to the title pages.
Format: Book with signature
Language: English
Latin
Publisher: This page: The Task by Cowper. London: Published by John Sharpe, 1825 – engraving in middle – R. Westll, R.A.Adel Chas Rolls sc. “Kate is craz’d”
Followng page has complete reference: The Task by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. – fit surculus arbor. Anon. London: Printed or John Sharpe, Duke Street, Piccadilly; by C. and C. Whittingham, Chiswick, M DCCC XXV
Contributor: This book was later owned by Emily Post (!)

Media: The Task, and Prudence Crandall's signature on overleaf of front cover