Letters of Shahcoolen, A Hindu Philosopher, Residing in Philadelphia; To His Friend El Hassan, an Inhabitant of Delhi.
Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler, 1802. First edition. American Bibliography 2490; Sabin 38076. The first book by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp (1783-1838), a series of 14 literary letters fashioned after Goldsmith and Montesquieu. Knapp writes about Mary Wollstonecraft and her influence on American women, women's rights in America, American poetry.....