An oration on the discovery of America : delivered in London, October the 12th, 1792, being three hundred years from the day on which Columbus landed in the New world ...
1792
L2012F3 1792 MB
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Title
An oration on the discovery of America : delivered in London, October the 12th, 1792, being three hundred years from the day on which Columbus landed in the New world ...
Edition
The second edition ; with an appendix, containing, among other things, a description of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia ; illustrated with an accurate engraving.
Published
London : Printed for the author by Keeble and Acutts, and sold by T.& J. Acutts ..., Parsons ..., and Knott ..., [1792]
Description
77, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : map, table ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Call Number
L2012F3 1792 MB
System Control No.
(OCoLC)06140350
Note
Statement "by Elhanan Winchester" appears after the edition statement.
Signatures: A-E8.
An oration, &c. (p. 3-32); Some political hymns for America: composed during the time of the late war (p. 33-47); Description of the city of Washington, in the territory of Columbia (p. 49-52) [Reprinted from The Universal Asylum, and Columbian Magazine, March 1792]; Appendix: Farther particulars respecting Columbus (p. 53-56); Short sketch of the life and character of General Washington (p. 57-74); An acrostic on George Washington (p. 75-77); folded table: Schedule of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States, according to an act ... passed March 1, 1791.
"Plan of the City of Washington" on plate shows in detail the arangement of public buildings & streets, along with the dimensions of the major roadways; based on the Thackara & Vallance map published in the Universal Asylum, and Columbian Magazine, March 1792. With separate key: "Explanation of Plate" p. 48.
Table on plate: "Schedule of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States, according to an act ... passed March 1, 1791."
"A list of the publications of the author since he has resided in England." (p. [79]-[80])
First printed use of "District of Columbia."
Library copy lacks folded table.
Signatures: A-E8.
An oration, &c. (p. 3-32); Some political hymns for America: composed during the time of the late war (p. 33-47); Description of the city of Washington, in the territory of Columbia (p. 49-52) [Reprinted from The Universal Asylum, and Columbian Magazine, March 1792]; Appendix: Farther particulars respecting Columbus (p. 53-56); Short sketch of the life and character of General Washington (p. 57-74); An acrostic on George Washington (p. 75-77); folded table: Schedule of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States, according to an act ... passed March 1, 1791.
"Plan of the City of Washington" on plate shows in detail the arangement of public buildings & streets, along with the dimensions of the major roadways; based on the Thackara & Vallance map published in the Universal Asylum, and Columbian Magazine, March 1792. With separate key: "Explanation of Plate" p. 48.
Table on plate: "Schedule of the whole number of persons within the several districts of the United States, according to an act ... passed March 1, 1791."
"A list of the publications of the author since he has resided in England." (p. [79]-[80])
First printed use of "District of Columbia."
Library copy lacks folded table.
Indexed In
Sabin 104728
ESTC T43337
Howes, W., U.S.iana (2nd ed.) W 553
ESTC T43337
Howes, W., U.S.iana (2nd ed.) W 553
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