The Weldron Family; or, Vicissitudes of Fortune. A story of real life in New EnglandÉ By Maria Ñ author of a poem entitled ÒSusanÕs Visit,Ó ÒLuzette,Õ &c. &c. [Weston, Maria.]

An ambitious story of virtue and vice set just after the War of 1812. The author writes: ÒMost of the persons mentioned in the work, [sic] are regularly descended from one our Pilgrim Fathers. The writer was acquainted with several aged descendants of this Puritan, and from their lips received most of the account given Ñ the remainder occurred under her own observation.Ó Twelvemo. viii, 304 pp. PublisherÕs dark brown blindstamped cloth with gilt title on spine. Title page browned (perhaps from a previously laid-in insert). Light foxing otherwise. Mild shelf wear to spine. Signature of previous owner in pencil on frontmatter. A good or better copy. First edition. Though OCLC lists 28 copies worldwide (all within the United States), this is very scarce in commerce. The authorÕs other two books, SusanÕs Visit and Luzette, or Good Brought Out of Evil, appeared in 1847, both under the name ÒMaria.Ó Wright I, 2704.