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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]
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A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits, of General George Washington. [electronic resource] : 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.
Published
Philadelphia: : Re-printed by John Bioren, no. 83 Chesnut Street, for the author. (Entered according to law.), [1800?]
Physical Description
84 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 24 cm. (8vo)
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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.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39063).
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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2006
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 39063
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United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
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