Washington eulogies; a checklist of eulogies and funeral orations on the death of George Washington, December, 1799-February, 1800 / comp. by Margaret Bingham Stillwell. To which is prefixed van der Kemp's Eulogy of Washington, hitherto unpublished in English.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

New York Public Library.

Contributor:

Kemp, Francis Adriaan van der, 1752-1829.

Stillwell, Margaret Bingham, 1887-1984.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Bibliography.

Washington, George.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

68 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York] : New York Public Library, 1916.

Contents:

Francis Adrian van der Kemp's Eulogy of Washington.

Checklist of eulogies: Introduction. The New York public library collection. Recorded eulogies not in the New York public library. A calendar of services, December, 1799-February, 1800. A census of American towns.

Notes:

"Reprinted ... with some alterations from the Bulletins of the New York Public Library of February and May, 1916."

"[Van der Kemp's] eulogy ... was delivered at Oldenbarneveld, on February 22, 1800. The copy ... printed herewith is from the manuscript which belonged to Mrs. Washington. It is now in the Martha Washington collection of Washington eulogies in the New York public library ... Another copy of the manuscript was sent by the author to Holland. There it was translated into Dutch and published ... with the title 'Lofrede op George Washington, te Oldenbarneveld, den 22sten van Sprokkelmaand 1800 ... Te Amsterdam ... MDCCC'."--p. 7-8.

OCLC:

3161784