Memoirs of the life of David Rittenhouse, LLD., F.R.S. late president of the American Philosophical Society, &c : Interspersed with various notices of many distinguished men: : with an appendix, containing sundry philosophical and other papers, most of which have not hitherto been published. / By William Barton, M.A. counsellor at law; member of the American Philosophical Society, the Mass. Hist. Society, and the Royal Economical Society of Valencia, in Spain.

Author/creator Barton, William
Other author Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796.
Other author Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 illustrator.
Other author Edwin, David, 1776-1841, engraver.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published by Edward Parker, no. 178, Market-Street. W. Brown, printer, Church-Alley, 1813.
Description2 unnumbered pages, lxxviii, 1 unnumbered page, 80-614 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, 1 facsimile, 1 portrait ; 21 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 27835. ^A575643
General noteRunning title: Memoirs of David Rittenhouse.
General noteFrontispiece portrait of David Rittenhouse, "from an original picture in the possession of Mrs. Sergeant," signed: C.W. Peale pinx. 1772, D. Edwin sculp.
General noteCopyright Oct. 9, 1813 by William Barton.
General noteErrors in paging: p. 434, 435 misnumbered 450, 451.
General note"An oration, delivered February 24, 1775, before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. By David Rittenhouse, A.M. member of the said society."--p. [543]-577.
General note"Note."--p. lxxviii. An errata statement.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 27835
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Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 27835).
Genre/formBiographies.
Other titleMemoirs of David Rittenhouse.

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