TY - GEN

AU - Wharton, Charles Henry

AU - Haswell, Anthony

AU - Babcock, Elisha

AU - Bell, John

TI - A poetical epistle to His Excellency George Washington Esquire, commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America. From an inhabitant of the state of Maryland. To which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington's life and character. [Eight lines of quotations]

PB - London, printed: Springfield (State of Massachusetts) re-printed by Babcock & Haswell

KW - Washington, George 1732-1799

KW - Washington, George 1732-1799 Poetry

PY - M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]

N2 - Attributed to Charles Henry Wharton in the Dictionary of American biography. The "short sketch," attributed to John Bell of Maryland in the DAB article on Wharton, is the first attempt at a life of Washington

N2 - English Short Title Catalog, W27720

N2 - Evans, 17801

N2 - First edition (Evans 16677) published at Annapolis in 1779. The London edition was published the following year to raise money for the support of American prisoners of war in England. Cf. the "Advertisement to the London edition," p. [iii]-iv

N2 - Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, 43

N2 - Reproduction of original from Library of Congress

N2 - Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 421

CY - [Springfield, Mass.]

UR - http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2

ER -