Prudence Crandall's copy of Cowper's The Task

The Task, and Prudence Crandall's signature on overleaf of front cover
Title
Prudence Crandall's copy of Cowper's The Task
William CowperWilliam Cowper
Prudence Crandall, 1834 portraitPrudence Crandall
Rights
Public Domain; this copy held by Matt Marshall, with whose courtesy we are using it.
Type
Stanzas to the Abolitionists of AmericaPoetry
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 (!)
Item sets
Burleigh Resources ALL
Media
The Task, and Prudence Crandall's signature on overleaf of front coverThe Task, and Prudence Crandall's signature on overleaf of front cover

Part of Prudence Crandall's copy of Cowper's The Task