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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 second edition improved, respectfully offered to the perusal of his countrymen; as also, all others who wish to see human nature in its most finished form. : Price, 25 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 second edition improved, respectfully offered to the perusal of his countrymen; as also, all others who wish to see human nature in its most finished form. : Price, 25 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
[2], 82 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 22 cm. (12mo)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Dedicated to Martha Washington.
Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Benjamin Tanner for Weems.
Date of publication suggested by E.E.F. Skeel in: Mason Locke Weems: his works and ways, 1929, v. 1, p. 11.
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. 39062).
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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, 39062
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United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
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