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 [i.e. C.H. Wharton] ; to which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington's life and character.

Accession number

PML 11021

Creator

Wharton, Charles Henry, 1748-1833.

Published

[London] : Annapolis printed 1779: London reprinted for C. Dilly ... J. Almon ... W. Tesseyman, York; T. and J. Merrill, Cambridge; R. Cruttwell, Bath; and T. Becket, Bristol, 1780.

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Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.

Notes

"A short sketch" is by John Bell of Maryland.
Probably the first ed., there is no record of an "Annapolis" ed.

Description

iv, [5] - 24 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 24 cm

Provenance

From the Theodore Irwin collection.

Binding

1/2 maroon morocco.

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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 [i.e. C.H. Wharton] ; to which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington's life and character.