A poem : sacred to the memory of George Washington : late president of the United States, and commander in chief of the armies of the United States : adapted to the 22d of Feb. 1800

A poem : sacred to the memory of George Washington : late president of the United States, and commander in chief of the armies of the United States : adapted to the 22d of Feb. 1800

Sacred to the memory of Washington|Eulogies on Washington

Hartford Printed by Hudson & Goodwin 1800

23 p. ; 23 cm.

923.173 W318als, 1800, MB

(OCoLC)04538859

Dedicated to Martha Washington.
Library has 4 copies: c. 1: bookplate of Frank C. Deering; has lines "In swelling phrase and terms unmeaning veils / Her hellish plots, her dark design conceals (p. 20); c. 2 (L1994.1.371): lacks those lines; c. 3 (L2014G37): no. [7] 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. 4 (L2014F158): spine title: Eulogies on Washington; no. [1] 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; corrections throughout the text apparently in the author's hand; bound in quarter calf, marbled paper boards with red leather label on spine; ms. inscriptions on front free paper & head of title: "T. Dwight, from my father's library" & "Rev. Timothy Dwight"; penciled inscription on front pastedown: "T. W. Dwight" (Theodore William Dwight, his grandson); ms. list of 24 pamphlets on front free endpaper.

Evans 36806
Sabin 964

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