{"product_id":"memoir-of-anthony-sterry-1857-mourning-chapbook","title":"Memoir of Anthony Sterry | 1857 Mourning Chapbook","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished by the American Tract Society throughout the 19th century, these consolation chapbooks were short memoirs on community members, often children or people who died young. They are always religious in nature: The virtues of the deceased and their devotion to God are dramatically emphasized, especially when the person suffered a long illness. Sometimes memoirs of a specific person were nationally circulated; sometimes they were mainly printed for a specific, bereaved community, in which case they are usually written by a family member or the local priest. These are from the Juvenile Series: They were meant to help children understand death at a time when infant, child, and maternal mortality rates were very high and illnesses like tuberculosis ripped through entire towns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one was printed in 1857 for a young man who died in 1847. The green paper covers are possibly arsenic dyed. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roses \u0026 Rue Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45230600814792,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/2188\/7432\/files\/C5198872-8E30-4E02-9D06-6C86E2BAAE6E.jpg?v=1791688960","url":"https:\/\/rosesandrueantiques.com\/products\/memoir-of-anthony-sterry-1857-mourning-chapbook","provider":"Roses \u0026 Rue Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}