Life of General Washington. : The subscriber having purchased of the Honorable Bushrod Washington, the copy-right of the history of the late Gen. George Washington ... has it now in his power to offer to the public, the following proposals for publishing it by subscription. The work will be faithfully composed under the inspection of Judge Washington himself, principally from the original papers bequeathed to him ..

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wayne, Caleb Parry, 1776-1849.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 3508.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marshall, John, 1755-1835. Life of George Washington.

Marshall, John.

Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829.

Washington, Bushrod.

Publishers and publishing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Publishers and publishing.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Prospectuses.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : [C.P. Wayne], [1802]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

"The publisher intending to visit many of the large towns in the United States, for the purpose of obtaining subscribers, declines, at present, employing agents for that purpose. Subscriptions will be received by himself alone, at no. 36, Market-Street, Philadelphia."

Signed: C.P. Wayne. Philadelphia, September 20th, 1802.

The life of George Washington, published by Caleb Parry Wayne between 1804 and 1807, was "compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington ... by John Marshall."

Includes "Conditions."

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. 3508).

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