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An American biographical and historical dictionary : containing an account of the lives, characters, and writings of the most eminent persons in North America from its first discovery to the present time, and a summary of the history of the several colonies and of the United States / by William Allen, A.M. ; [One line from Virgil].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, William, 1784-1868.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 16826.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits.
- Washington, George.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- United States--Biography--Dictionaries.
- United States.
- North America.
- North America--Biography--Dictionaries.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Dictionaries.
- Portraits.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 632 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Cambridge, Mass.] : Published by William Hilliard, and for sale at his bookstore in Cambridge. Hilliard & Metcalf, printers., 1809.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Frontispiece portrait of George Washington signed: D. Edwin sc.
- "An American biographical chart, engraved for the American biographical & historical dictionary."--folded leaf following preface, signed: Wightman sc.
- Copyright July 27, 1809 by William Allen.
- "Errata."--p. 632.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 16826).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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