The Mountaineer (2nd edition).

• imprint_number: 1818.068
• title: The Mountaineer, second edition, revised and improved.
• sequence_number: 68
• year: 1818
• place_issued: Harrisonburg
• issuing_press: Ananias Davisson
• author: Speece, Conrad (1776-1836).
• notes: Speece was a Presbyterian minister of considerable reputation in the Valley of Virginia; this title was a collection of essays he intended for the "improvement" of the youth; they first appeared in serial form in the Staunton weekly, the Republican Farmer, published by Isaac Collet from July 1813 to July 1816; the two men then collaborated on publishing a collected edition of those newspaper essays earlier in this year (1818.107); in this new edition, Speece added material to the prior offerings, particularly annotating the Republican Farmer essays.
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • Isaac Collett
  • Ananias Davisson

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