A history of the life and death, virtues and exploits, of General George Washington : Faithfully taken from authentic documents, and, now, in a second edition improved, respectfully offered to the perusal of his countrymen; as also, all others who wish to see human nature in its most finished form. : Price, 25 cents. : [Four lines of verse] / By the Rev. M.L. Weems, of Lodge No. 50--Dumfries.
| Author/creator | Weems, M. L. |
| Other author | Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 dedicatee. |
| Other author | Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Re-printed by John Bioren, no. 83 Chesnut Street, for the author. (Entered according to law.), [1800?] |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, 82 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 22 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39062. ^A478749 |
| General note | Dedicated to Martha Washington. |
| General note | Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Benjamin Tanner for Weems. |
| General note | Date of publication suggested by E.E.F. Skeel in: Mason Locke Weems: his works and ways, 1929, v. 1, p. 11. |
| General note | Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription. |
| References | Evans 39062 |
| 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. 39062). |
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