A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits, of General George Washington. Faithfully taken from authentic documents, and, now, in a third edition improved, respectfully offered to the perusal of his countrymen; as also, of all others who wish to see human nature in its most finished form. Price, 37 1/2 cents. [Four lines of verse] By the Rev. M.L. Weems, of Lodge No. 50--Dumfries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825 1561

Language:

English

Physical Description:

84 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Re-printed by John Bioren, no. 83 Chesnut Street, for the author. (Entered according to law.), [1800?]

Notes:

Dedicated to Martha Washington.

Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Benjamin Tanner.

Date of publication suggested by E.E.F. Skeel in: Mason Locke Weems: his works and ways, 1929, v. 1, p. 13.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 39063