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 Info | Philadelphia : Published by Edward Parker, no. 178, Market-Street. W. Brown, printer, Church-Alley, 1813. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, lxxviii, 1 unnumbered page, 80-614 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, 1 facsimile, 1 portrait ; 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 27835. ^A575643 |
| General note | Running title: Memoirs of David Rittenhouse. |
| General note | Frontispiece portrait of David Rittenhouse, "from an original picture in the possession of Mrs. Sergeant," signed: C.W. Peale pinx. 1772, D. Edwin sculp. |
| General note | Copyright Oct. 9, 1813 by William Barton. |
| General note | Errors 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 |
| 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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 27835). |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Other title | Memoirs of David Rittenhouse. |
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