LEADER 03035cam 2200481 a 4500001 aas03008697 005 20141212040135.0 007 cr mn mmmmabba 008 830616r17811779riuc o 000 0 eng d 035 (Sirsi) a3182899 040 MWA |cMWA |ebdrb |dUtOrBLW 049 EREE 100 1 Wharton, Charles Henry, |d1748-1833. |=^A480401 245 12 A poetical epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esq; commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America / |cFrom an inhabitant of the state of Maryland. ; To which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington's life and character. ; [Eight lines of quotations]. 260 [Providence] : |bLondon, printed: Providence (Rhode Island) re-printed and sold by Bennett Wheeler, at his office on the west side of the Great Bridge, |cM,DCC,LXXXI. [1781] 300 iv, 1 unnumbered page, 6-24 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : |b1 portrait ; |c24 cm (4to) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 500 Attributed to Wharton in the Dictionary of American biography. The "short sketch," attributed to John Bell of Maryland in the DAB article on Wharton, is the first attempt at a life of Washington. 500 First edition (Evans 16677) published at Annapolis in 1779. The London edition was published the following year to raise money for the support of American prisoners of war in England. Cf. the "Advertisement to the London edition," p. [iii]-iv. 500 Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Richard Brunton. 510 4 Evans |c17436 510 4 Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, |c421 510 4 Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, |c899 510 4 Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, |c40 530 Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. 533 Electronic text and image data. |b[Chester, Vt. : |cReadex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., |d2002-2004. |eIncludes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. |f(Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17436). 600 10 Washington, George, |d1732-1799. |=^A640753 600 10 Washington, George, |d1732-1799 |vPoetry. |=^A640753 600 10 Washington, George, |d1732-1799 |vPortraits. |=^A640753 655 7 Poems |y1781. |2rbgenr 700 1 Bell, John. |=^A1081091 700 1 Brunton, Richard, |d-1832 |eengraver. |=^A487163 752 United States |bRhode Island |dProvidence. 830 0 Early American imprints. |nFirst series ; |vno. 17436. |=^A478749 856 41 |uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://opac.newsbank.com/select/evans/17436 |yEvans Digital Edition 949 Click on web address |wasis |hjoyner146 |ojjlm 949 Click on web address |wasis |hhsl106 |ojjlm 596 1 998 3182899 998 3182899