Name/Title
Have You Seen It?Entry/Object ID
SM.1971.1.390Tags
1880sDescription
Religious themed childrens book of prose publishd by The American Sunday School Union, which was organized in Philadelphia in l8l7 as the Sunday and Adult School Union. In l824 its name was changed to the American Sunday School Union. The Union drew from the Sabbath schools in Great Britain founded by Robert Raikes, Esq. in l782. Its purpose was two fold - to educate children and adults and teach them to read through the use of booklets published by the Union, and to send missionaries out to remote areas to bring Christ to the frontier., poetry and songs, published by the American Sunday School Union.
Rigid cardboard cover with ornate images of pastoral domestic scenes in full color. 8.25 inches high X 6.75 inches wide. 64 pages with b&w illustrations. Handwritten inscription on frontspiece reads: "Miss Phebe Sutliff from her S.S. Teacher Anna Turks Sept 26, 1889."Collection
Sutliff Family CollectionRelationships
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Sutliff, Phebe Temperance
