Awful disclosures of Maria Monk, or, The hidden secrets of a nun's life in a convent exposed : illustrated with upwards of forty engravings.

Awful disclosures of Maria Monk, or, The hidden secrets of a nun's life in a convent exposed : illustrated with upwards of forty engravings.

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Main Author: Monk, Maria, -1850
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : T.B. Peterson, [between 1854 and 1857?]
Subjects:
Monk, Maria, > -1850.
Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.
Monasticism and religious orders for women > Canada > Biography.
Anti-Catholicism > United States > Sources.
Nuns > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Biography.
Monasticism and religious orders for women.
Anti-Catholicism.
Nuns.
United States.
Canada.
Québec.
Biographies.
Sources.
Description
Item Description:Maria Monk's personal narrative as related to Theodore Dwight. Has also been ascribed to John J. Slocum and to William K. Hoyte. Cf. N.Y. Herald, Aug. 12, 1836, p. 2; Colophon, pt. 17, 1934; Sabin.
According to Philadelphia city directories, T.B. Peterson occupied premises at 102 Chestnut Street from 1854-1857.
"Printed for U.S. Protestant Association"--Page 192.
Bound in possibly later dark green patterned cloth over boards, cover and spine stamped in gilt.
Physical Description:192 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm

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