A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits, of General George Washington. : Faithfully taken from authentic documents, and, now, in a third edition improved, respectfully offered to the perusal of his countrymen; as also, of all others who wish to see human nature in its most finished form. : Price, 37 1/2 cents. : [Four lines of verse] / By the Rev. M.L. Weems, of Lodge No. 50--Dumfries.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825.

Contributor:

Washington, Martha, 1731-1802, dedicatee.

Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39063.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Washington, George.

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits.

Genre:

Portraits.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

84 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 24 cm (8vo)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Re-printed by John Bioren, no. 83 Chesnut Street, for the author. (Entered according to law.), [1800?]

Notes:

Dedicated to Martha Washington.

Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Benjamin Tanner.

Date of publication suggested by E.E.F. Skeel in: Mason Locke Weems: his works and ways, 1929, v. 1, p. 13.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39063).

Cited in:

Evans 39063

OCLC:

55814931