A funeral eulogy, occasioned by the death of General Washington : delivered February 22d, 1800, before the New-York State Society of the Cincinnati

A funeral eulogy, occasioned by the death of General Washington : delivered February 22d, 1800, before the New-York State Society of the Cincinnati

Sacred to the memory of Washington|Eulogies on Washington

New York Printed by Isaac Collins 1800

44 p. ; 21 cm.

923.173 W319, lin 1800 M MB

(OCoLC)01030034

Library has 8 copies: c. 2 (89.1.478): a portrait of William Linn (after John Wesley Jarvis) as frontispiece & bound with "The Rev. William Linn, S.T.D.", [1888?]; c. 4 (L92.1.107): part of 11 pamphlets bound as a volume by Richard Varick (call no.: 973.4 V299pam 1794); c. 5 (L2013F9): purchased as part of a lot that included Linn’s original Society of the Cincinnati Eagle (honorary member of NY Society); ms. notes tipped in on front free endpaper: author presented this copy to his second wife Catherine Moore before their marriage with extracts of his sermon preached in the North Church, Nov. 1786; bookplate: Dean Sage (grandson of William Linn); tipped in on back pastedown: a newspaper article, published at the time of the centennial of Washington’s death about the sermons and obituaries of Washington and citing Linn’s eulogy & a letter of Alexander Hamilton, Jr. to Dean Sage, June 1, 1875, concerning the question of William Linn’s membership and Dean Sage’s eligibility. He seems to have overlooked to fact that Linn was an honorary member, writing: "It seems strange however that your grandfather should have had both the Diploma and badge without having been in all respects a member. Further enquiry may establish the additional points."; c. 6 (L2014G37): no. [5] in bound volume of 25 eulogies and orations on the death of George Washington ("Sacred to the memory of Washington": call no. 923.173 W319 sac 1800 MB); gift in memory of C.A. Philippe von Hemert, New York State Society of the Cincinnati, by his three sons, 2014; c. 7 (L2014F158): no. [18] in bound volume of 24 eulogies and orations on the death of George Washington ("Eulogies on Washington": call no. 923.173 W319 eul 1800 MB) bound for Timothy Dwight, an honorary member of the Connecticut Society; c. 8 (L2015F152): [no. 2] of 13 pamphlets bound as a volume by Hamilton Fish (NY Society). The pamphlets include orations on the deaths of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, George Clinton & DeWitt Clinton, and other patriotic topics; child drawing of a battle scene on title verso probably by a young Hamilton Fish?
Digitized image available [title page].

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