A poetical epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esq; commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America. / From an inhabitant of the state of Maryland. ; To which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington's life and character. ; [Eight lines of quotations].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wharton, Charles Henry, 1748-1833, author.

Contributor:

Bell, John.

Brunton, Richard, -1832, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17436.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Washington, George.

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Poetry.

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits.

Genre:

Poems -- 1781.

Portraits.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 6-24 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : 1 portrait

Place of Publication:

[Providence] : London, printed: Providence (Rhode Island) re-printed and sold by Bennett Wheeler, at his office on the west side of the Great Bridge., M,DCC,LXXXI. [1781]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Attributed to Wharton in the Dictionary of American biography. The "short sketch," attributed to John Bell of Maryland in the DAB article on Wharton, is the first attempt at a life of Washington.

First edition (Evans 16677) published at Annapolis in 1779. The London edition was published the following year to raise money for the support of American prisoners of war in England. Cf. the "Advertisement to the London edition," pages [iii]-iv.

Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Richard Brunton.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 17436).

Cited in:

Evans 17436

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 421

Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 899

Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, 40

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