Charlotte. A tale of truth.
By Susanna Rowson

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Philadelphia : Printed [by D. Humphreys] for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street., 1794This text is based on transcriptions created by the Evans Early American Imprint Collection of the Online Texts Creation Partnership, a library-based project directed by the University of Michigan and Oxford University.http://name.umdl.umich.edu/N21052.0001.001 Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 27650) Early American Imprints, 1639-1800; no. 27650.

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Rowson, Susanna. Charlotte. A tale of truth.Charlotte Temple, Printed [by D. Humphreys] for Mathew Carey, no. 118, Market-Street., 1794 . Literature in Context: An Open Anthology. http://anthologydev.lib.virginia.edu/work/Rowson/rowson-charlotte1. Accessed: 2024-10-16T13:16:36.628Z

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[TP] CHARLOTTE A TALE OF TRUTH.
 By Mrs. ROWSON,
 OF THE NEW THEATRE PHILADELPHIA; AUTHOR of VICTORIA, THE INQUISITOR, FILLE DE CHAMBRE.
 IN TWO VOLUMES.
She was her parents only joy: They had but one — one darling child.
ROMEO AND JULIET
Her form was faultless, and her mind, Untainted yet by art, Was nobly, just, humane, and kind, And virtue warm'd her heart. But ah! the cruel spoiler came —
VOL. I. SECOND PHILADELPHIA EDITION
 PRINTED FOR MATHEW CAREY, NO. 118, MARKET-STREET.
 OCT. 9 — 1794.

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