Wharton, Charles Henry
[Author]
;
Wheeler, Bennett
[Printer];
Wheeler, Bennett
[Other];
Bell, John
[Other];
Brunton, Richard
[Engraver];
Brunton, Richard
[Other]
A poetical epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esq
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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
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]
imprint:
[Providence]: London, printed: Providence (Rhode Island) re-printed and sold by Bennett Wheeler, at his office on the west side of the Great Bridge, M,DCC,LXXXI. [1781]
Online-Ausg.: Farmington Hills, Mich: Cengage Gale, 2009
Reproductino series:
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Type of reproduction:
Online-Ausg.
Place of reproduction:
Farmington Hills, Mich: Cengage Gale, 2009
Reproduction note:
Electronic reproduction; Available via the World Wide Web
Origination:
Footnote:
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 899
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
English Short Title Catalog, W8697
Evans, 17436
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
Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Richard Brunton
Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, 40
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 421