TY - GEN

AU - Wharton, Charles Henry

AU - Wheeler, Bennett

AU - Bell, John

AU - Brunton, Richard

TI - A poetical epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esq 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: Providence (Rhode Island) re-printed and sold by Bennett Wheeler, at his office on the west side of the Great Bridge

KW - Washington, George 1732-1799

KW - Washington, George 1732-1799 Poetry

KW - Washington, George 1732-1799 Portraits

PY - M,DCC,LXXXI. [1781]

N2 - Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 899

N2 - Attributed to 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, W8697

N2 - Evans, 17436

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 - Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Richard Brunton

N2 - Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, 40

N2 - Reproduction of original from Library of Congress

N2 - Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 421

CY - [Providence]

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