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Sarah Hitchcock began this English translation of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Paul et Virginie in 1824, and Gaunnetta Grigg took over the project in 1825. The volume features a calligraphic title page with the title, "Paul and Virginia By James Bernaedian Saint Pieere. Translated from the French By Sarah Hitchcock On the 20th Oct. 1824. New York." Additional notes at the end of the volume read, "From the word flow, page 82 the translation was finished by Gaunnetta Grigg on the 28th of November in the year of our Lord 1825. Since this translation there has been a sequel published in the french language." The text is neatly written, indicating this was likely copied as a final version, but there is still evidence of erasures and corrections within the volume.

Sarah Hitchcock began this English translation of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Paul et Virginie in 1824, and Gaunnetta Grigg took over the project in 1825. The volume features a calligraphic title page with the title, "Paul and Virginia By James Bernaedian Saint Pieere. Translated from the French By Sarah Hitchcock On the 20th Oct. 1824. New York." Additional notes at the end of the volume read, "From the word flow, page 82 the translation was finished by Gaunnetta Grigg on the 28th of November in the year of our Lord 1825. Since this translation there has been a sequel published in the french language." The text is neatly written, indicating this was likely copied as a final version, but there is still evidence of erasures and corrections within the volume.