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An elegiac poem on the death of General George Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States : Dedicated to the patrons of the True American. At the commencement of the year 1800.

Author/creator Caldwell, Charles, 1772-1853
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Philadelphia] : [Printed by Samuel F. Bradford], [1799]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37080. ^A478749
General noteVerse of 252 lines; first line: His worth! His death, whose heaven-directed hand.
General noteAttributed to Charles Caldwell by Evans.
General notePresumably printed late in 1799 by Samuel F. Bradford, printer of the True American, Philadelphia, for distribution or or about New Year's Day. Dated [1800] by Evans.
General noteText in three columns; surrounded by ornamental border within mourning border.
General noteDistinguishable from another issue (Evans 36453) by the presence of a mourning border and two eight-pointed stars at head of sheet.
References Evans 37080
References Stillwell, M.B. Washington eulogies, 310
References McDonald, G.D. Carriers' addresses, 393
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37080).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formCarriers' addresses 1800.
Genre/formElegies.

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