JOHN POOR
John Poor (b. Plaistow, N.H., 8 July 1752; d. York Haven, Pa., 5 Dec. 1829) was a school-teacher who graduated from Harvard in 1775. He moved to Philadelphia from New Hampshire in 1784, founded the Young Ladies' Academy there in 1787, and ran it until about 1809. In his later years he lived in New Hope, Pennsylvania, moving in 1827 to York Haven. He was a Presbyterian.
Bio-bib, DAB. Also Cummings 1975, p. 80-82.
A COLLECTION OF PSALMS AND HYMNS, 1794
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, with tuned affixed; for the use of the Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia. By John Poor, A.M. Principal. Philadelphia-printed and sold by John M'Culloch, No. 1, North Third-Street. -1794-
48 p. 1 17 x 10.5 cm.
P. [1], t-p.; p. [2] blank; p. [3]-5, 'Preface'; p. [6]-47, music; p. 48, 'Index. Preface is lengthy essay attrib. to [Ralph] Harrison.
27 compositions for 2 voices; full text (text not underlaid, but several stanzas supplied for each tune). No attribs. No 1st pr. identified. 6 compositions traced to Americans [LENOX, MIDDLETON, PSALMS 104, 136, SUFFIELD, VIRGINIA], 21 to non-Americans.
16 Core Repertory.
E27533 (MWA). CtY, MWA*, NJPT, PHi, PPIPT, RPB (verso of t-p. bears handwritten date of 1793).
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