"Poems. At head of title: No. 12 price 1 ct. Cover imprint statement varies: Dayton, Ohio, B.F. Ells. Benjamin Franklin Ells lived in Dayton between 1835 and 1874. His final imprint was a Dayton city directory for 1856. Benjamin Ells had a "brief connection" with his brother Geo. W. Ells. See: Coyle, W. Ohio authors and their books, 1962. The American Antiquarian Society has an 1849 almanac published by the Ells brothers. In printed wrapper."