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245 00 a| Epistles domestic, confidential, and official, from General Washington :b| written about the commencement of the American contest, when he entered on the command of the Army of the United States. : With an interesting series of his letters, particularly to the British admirals, Arbuthnot and Digby, to Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Sir Guy Carleton, Marquis de la Fayette, &c. &c. To Benjamin Harrison, Esq. Speaker of the House of Delegates in Virginia, to Admiral the Count de Grasse, General Sullivan, respecting an attack of New-York; including many applications and addresses presented to him with his answers: orders and instructions, on important occasions, to his aids de camp, &c. &c. &c. : None of which have been printed in the two volumes published a few months ago.;

260 a| New-York :b| Printed by G. Robinson, corner of William and John Streets, and J. Bull no. 115, Cherry-Street, and sold by James Rivington, no. 156, Pearl-Street,c| M,DCC,XCVI. [1796] (Copy right secured.);

300 a| xiv, 2 unnumbered pages, 303 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates :b| portrait ;c| 23 cm (8vo);

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500 a| The first seven letters are spurious, and have been attributed to both John Vardill ("Poplicola") and John Randolph. They are reprinted from "Letters from General Washington, to several of his friends in the year 1776," London, 1777. In many copies of the 1796 edition a sheet was inserted containing a letter from Washington, dated March 3, 1797, denying the authenticity of these first seven letters. Cf. Ford, W.C. The spurious letters attributed to Washington, Brooklyn, 1889.;

500 a| Frontispiece portrait of George Washington engraved by William Rollinson after the painting by Edward Savage.;

500 a| Error in paging: p. 206-208 misnumbered 106-108.;

510 4 a| Evansc| 30392;

530 a| Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.;

600 10 a| Washington, George,d| 1732-1799v| Portraits.=| ^A640753;

651 0 a| United Statesx| Politics and governmenty| 1775-1783.=| ^A37147;

700 1 a| Washington, George,d| 1732-1799.=| ^A640753;

700 1 a| Vardill, John,d| 1749-1811.=| ^A482918;

700 1 a| Randolph, John,d| 1727 or 1728-1784.=| ^A686978;

700 1 a| Savage, Edward,d| 1761-1817,e| illustrator.=| ^A482738;

700 1 a| Rollinson, William,d| 1762-1842,e| engraver.=| ^A479264;

752 a| United Statesb| New Yorkd| New York.;

830 0 a| Early American imprints.n| First series ;v| no. 30392.=| ^A478749;

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Epistles domestic, confidential, and official, from General Washington : written about the commencement of the American contest, when he entered on the command of the Army of the United States. : With an interesting series of his letters, particularly to the British admirals, Arbuthnot and Digby, to Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Sir Guy Carleton, Marquis de la Fayette, &c. &c. To Benjamin Harrison, Esq. Speaker of the House of Delegates in Virginia, to Admiral the Count de Grasse, General Sullivan, respecting an attack of New-York; including many applications and addresses presented to him with his answers: orders and instructions, on important occasions, to his aids de camp, &c. &c. &c. : None of which have been printed in the two volumes published a few months ago.

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Publication Info	New-York : Printed by G. Robinson, corner of William and John Streets, and J. Bull no. 115, Cherry-Street, and sold by James Rivington, no. 156, Pearl-Street, M,DCC,XCVI. [1796] (Copy right secured.)
Description	xiv, 2 unnumbered pages, 303 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 23 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subjects	Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits. United States--Politics and government. --1775-1783.

Other author/creator	Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Other author/creator	Vardill, John, 1749-1811.
Other author/creator	Randolph, John, 1727 or 1728-1784.
Other author/creator	Savage, Edward, 1761-1817, illustrator.
Other author/creator	Rollinson, William, 1762-1842, engraver.
Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 30392. ^A478749
General note	The first seven letters are spurious, and have been attributed to both John Vardill ("Poplicola") and John Randolph. They are reprinted from "Letters from General Washington, to several of his friends in the year 1776," London, 1777. In many copies of the 1796 edition a sheet was inserted containing a letter from Washington, dated March 3, 1797, denying the authenticity of these first seven letters. Cf. Ford, W.C. The spurious letters attributed to Washington, Brooklyn, 1889.
General note	Frontispiece portrait of George Washington engraved by William Rollinson after the painting by Edward Savage.
General note	Error in paging: p. 206-208 misnumbered 106-108.
References	Evans 30392
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic 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. 30392).

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