David Hitchcock, The Social Monitor; or, A Series of Poems on Some of the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, 1812

David Hitchcock

The Social Monitor; or, A Series of Poems on Some of the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, 1812

Stockbridge, MA: H. Willard

$ 300.00

David Hitchcock, The Social Monitor; or, A Series of Poems on Some of the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, 1812

24mo. xvi, 155pp. A valuable survival from the post-Revolutionary, pre-Civil War period in American history, Hitchcock's verses and notes thereto demonstrate the national renegotiation of identity through a fascinating, and distinctly American, blend of literary genre and social and moral principles. Hitchcock's writing is, in one register, a didactic tool for an educated audience able to discern the force of his humor and satire, and in another a critique of the social niceties characterizing that very class of citizens. Bound in quarter calf with marbled paper over boards. Edges generally rubbed, light soiling, tear to front free endpaper, else very good.

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Bookplate of J. W. Goodrich tipped in, and with his annotations and doodles. Goodrich belonged to the Goodrich family of Williamstown, MA, one of the founding families of the region and significant military contributors to the Revolution. Second signature of of a member of the Pynchon family on title page. (Shaw and Shoemaker 25662)

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