Epistles domestic, confidential, and official, from General Washington, [electronic resource] : writ...
Epistles domestic, confidential, and official, from General Washington, [electronic resource] : written about the commencement of the American contest, when he entered on the command of the Army of the United States. With an interesting series of his letters, particularly to the British admirals, Arbuthnot and Digby, to Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Sir Guy Carleton, Marquis de la Fayette, &c. &c. To Benjamin Harrison, Esq. Speaker of the House of Delegates in Virginia, to Admiral the Count de Grasse, General Sullivan, respecting an attack of New-York; including many application and addresses presented to him with his answers: orders and instructions, on important occasions, to his aids de camp, &c. &c. &c. None of which have been printed in the two volumes published a few months ago.
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New-York : Printed by G. Robinson, corner of William and John Streets, and J. Bull no. 115, Cherry-Street, and sold by James Rivington, no. 156, Pearl-Street, M,DCC,XCVI. [1796] (Copy right secured)
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M,DCC,XCVI. [1796] (Copy right secured)
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xiv, [2], 303, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8°.
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New-York : Printed by G. Robinson, corner of William and John Streets, and J. Bull no. 115, Cherry-Street, and sold by James Rivington, no. 156, Pearl-Street, M,DCC,XCVI. [1796] (Copy right secured)
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United States of America
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M,DCC,XCVI. [1796] (Copy right secured)
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Epistles domestic, confidential, and official, from General Washington, [electronic resource] : written about the commencement of the American contest, when he entered on the command of the Army of the United States. With an interesting series of his letters, particularly to the British admirals, Arbuthnot and Digby, to Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, Lord...
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Bull, John, active 1795-1797, printer.
Randolph, John, 1727 or 8-1784.
Randolph, John, 1727-1784.
Rivington, James, 1724-1802, bookseller.
Robinson, G., printer.
Rollinson, William, 1762-1842, engraver.
Savage, Edward, 1761-1817, ill.
Vardill, John, 1749-1811.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online.
Notes
General note
Error in paging: p. 206-208 misnumbered 106-108.
Frontispiece portrait of George Washington engraved by William Rollinson after the painting by Edward Savage.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
The first seven letters are spurious, and have been attributed to both John Vardill ("Poplicola") and John Randolph. They are reprinted from "Letters from General Washington, to several of his friends in the year 1776," London, 1777. In many copies of the 1796 edition a sheet was inserted containing a letter from Washington, dated March 3, 1797, de...
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ESTC W31936.
Evans, 30392.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74VKPXjVOVLX
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