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The miscellaneous works of David Humphreys : late minister plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the court of Madrid.

Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 6520. Connect to full text. Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Humphreys, David, 1752-1818.
Contributor:
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 6520.
Standardized Title:
Selections
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Navy.
United States.
United States. Army.
Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790.
Putnam, Israel.
United States--Defenses.
Defenses.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
Politics and government.
Physical Description:
xv, 394 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1804.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Contents:
Poems
Remarks on the war between the United States and Tripoli
Thoughts on the necessity of maintaining a navy
Poems
Life of Putnam
Political situation of the United States in 1789
Dissertation on the merino breed of sheep
Consideration on the means of improving the public defence
Proceedings for obtaining an act of the legislature for securing the funds of the Cincinnati, in Connecticut
Appendix: Letter I-V, from General Washington to Colonel Humphreys. French tribute to the memory of General Washington. American tribute of respect to Colonel Humphreys
Subscribers' names.
Notes:
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. 6520).
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Restricted for use by site license.

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