Official letters to the Honorable American Congress / written, during the war between the United Colonies and Great-Britain, by His Excellency George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental forces, now president of the United States ; Copied, by special permission, from the original papers preserved in the office of the secretary of state, Philadelphia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Contributor:

Carey, John, 1756-1826, editor.

United States. Continental Congress.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Penn Provenance:

Bonnell, Henry H. (donor) (cop.1)

Burrison, Bill (donor) (v.2, cop.2)

Daniel, Jeremiah (autograph) (v.2, cop.2)

Swain, J. (autograph) (v.2, cop.2)

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 20 cm (4to)

Place of Publication:

New-York : Printed and sold by Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl- Street., 1796.

Notes:

Edited by John Carey. Cf. Evans.

''There are two impressions of Volume I. differing, typographically, throughout.''--Evans.

Vol. 2 imprint: New-York: Printed and sold by James Rivington, no. 156, and Samuel Campbell, no. 124, Pearl-Street. M,DCC,XCVI.

Signatures: v. 1, A-2O4; v. 2, [A]4 B-2Q4 [2R]1 ([2R]1 verso blank).

Vol. 1: iv, [1], 6-296 p.; v. 2: [2], 311, [1] p.

The letters cover the period from June 24, 1775 to December 31, 1778. Other volumes, to include the later correspondence of Washington, were projected by the editor, John Carey, but no more were published.

Local Notes:

V. 2, cop. 1 imperfect: p. 303-310 wanting.

Cited in:

Evans 31423

Bristol B9738

Shipton & Mooney 48017

OCLC:

19374302