A poetical epistle to His Excellency George Washington, esq. : commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America

A poetical epistle to His Excellency George Washington, esq. : commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America

Annapolis printed 1779, London reprinted for C. Dilly ; J. Almon ; W. Tesseyman ; T. and J. Merril ; R. Cruttwell ; T. Becket 1780

[1]-24 p. : port. ; 23 cm.

923.173 W318wha, MB, 1780

(OCoLC)06593865

"The anonymous sketch of Washington ... was written by John Bell of Maryland."--Boston Athenæum Catalogue of the Washington collection, 1897, p. 222.
"The biography of Washington ... was the first ever printed"-- Howes.
"Charles Dilly headed a syndicate of London and provincial booksellers that brought out a reprint of Charles Henry Wharton's Poetical Epistle ... for the purpose of raising a fund for American prisoners in England." (Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 45:296 (1951)

Adams, T.R. Brit. pamphlets 79-112b
Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.) W299
Sabin 103093
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry 420

90.115

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