Art of contentment
Subtitle: with several entertaining pieces of poetry, descriptive of the present times, in the U. States of America.
By: By John Searson, formerly a merchant of Philadelphia. ; [Six lines of quotation]
Contributors: Washington, George, 1732-1799, dedicatee.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 31170.
Publisher: Printed for the author by W. Pechin.
Published: 1797
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Contentment.
Notes: "The prose part of the 'Art of contentment,' is chiefly selected from the first European writers. Several of the pieces (those descriptive of America particularly) are my own ..."--p. vi.

Dedicated to George Washington.

Dated 1796 by Evans; however, Searson in the preface states "... and in 1797 I published a book of poems ..." The dedication would indicate publication before Washington's death in December 1799.

Signatures: [A]œ́ B-Tœ́ (T6 blank)

Errors in paging: p. 151 misnumbered 120; p. 45-46 imposed in reverse order.

Evans 31170.

Minick, A.R.  Maryland, 393.

Wegelin, O.  Amer. poetry, 349.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31170)