Imprint Record

Sacred Dramas.

• Imprint Number: 1797.022
• Title: Sacred dramas, written in French, by Madame la comtesse de Genlis. Translated into English, by Thomas Holcroft. Contents. The death of Adam, Hagar in the wilderness, The sacrifice of Isaac, Joseph made known to his brethren. Ruth and Naomi. Widow of Sarepta, Return of Tobias.
• Sequence Number: 22
• Year: 1797
• Place Issued: Fredericksburg
• Issuing Press: Lancelot A. Mullin
• Author: Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de (1746-1830).
• Notes: Imprint reports: "Fredericksburg: Printed by L.A. Mullin, for the Rev. Mason L. Weems."
  A series of Bible plays, and first Weems title issued from a Fredericksburg press; also likely the only non-newspaper imprint produced by Mullin during his brief proprietorship of the struggling Republican press there.
  
  
• Related Biographies:
  • Lancelot Aylett Mullin
  • Rev. Mason Locke Weems, M.D.

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