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The spy unmasked, or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby : alias Harvey Birch, the hero of Mr. Cooper's tale of the neutral ground : being an authentic account of the secret services which he rendered his country during the Revolutionary War : comprising many interesting facts and anecdotes, never before published / (taken from his own lips, in short-hand ) by H.L. Barnum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnum, H. L.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spies--United States--Biography.
- Spies.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Secret service--Biography.
- United States.
- Crosby, Enoch, 1750-1835.
- Crosby, Enoch.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p., [6] leaves of plates ) ill., map, port. ;
- Other Title:
- Spy unmasked, or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : Printed by J. & J. Harper, 1828.
- Notes:
- In a letter to Benson John Lossing, dated Aug. 21, 1850, Cooper wrote that he had never seen "the publication of Mr. Barnum" and that he knew "nothing of such a man as Enoch Crosby." Cf. The letters and journals of James Fenimore Cooper (Cambridge, Mass., 1968), v. 6, p. 212. See also McDowell, T. "The identity of Harvey Birch," in American literature, v. 2 (May 1930), p. 111-120.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 3559.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG02-B59
- OCLC:
- 85798554
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