A true and authentic history of His Excellency George Washington, commander in chief of the American army during the late war, and present president of the United States. : Also, of the brave Generals Montgomery and Greene, and the celebrated Marquis de La Fayette. To whic is added, an ode on General Washington's birth day. By the Reverend Mr. Thomas Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.

Contributor:

Stewart, Peter, -1826, printer.

Stewart, Robert (Robert James), bookseller.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775.

Montgomery, Richard.

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.

Greene, Nathanael.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Washington, George.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier.

Genre:

Poems -- 1790.

Songs.

Physical Description:

23 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Peter Stewart, in Second-Street, ninth door above Chesnut-Street, for Robert Stewart, travelling bookseller, M,DCC,XC. [1790] (Price nine-pence)

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

The biographical sketches are reprinted from Jedidiah Morse's The American geography, Elizabethtown, N.J., 1789 (Evans 21978).

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

"Song, on General Washington's birth-day."--p. [22]-23.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Cited in:

Evans, 22933

English Short Title Catalog, W24229.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.