A poetical epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esq; commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America

A poetical epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esq; commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America / From an inhabitant of the state of Maryland. ; To which is annexed, a short sketch of General Washington's life and character. ; [Eight lines of quotations].

Author/creator	Wharton, Charles Henry, 1748-1833
Other author/creator	Bell, John.
Other author/creator	Brunton, Richard, -1832 engraver.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Providence] : London, printed: Providence (Rhode Island) re-printed and sold by Bennett Wheeler, at his office on the west side of the Great Bridge, M,DCC,LXXXI. [1781]
Description	iv, 1 unnumbered page, 6-24 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 portrait ; 24 cm (4to)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Washington, George, 1732-1799. Washington, George, 1732-1799--Poetry. Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17436. ^A478749
General note	Attributed to Wharton in the Dictionary of American biography. The "short sketch," attributed to John Bell of Maryland in the DAB article on Wharton, is the first attempt at a life of Washington.
General note	First edition (Evans 16677) published at Annapolis in 1779. The London edition was published the following year to raise money for the support of American prisoners of war in England. Cf. the "Advertisement to the London edition," p. [iii]-iv.
General note	Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Richard Brunton.
References	Evans 17436
References	Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 421
References	Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 899
References	Parsons, W. Catholic Americana, 40
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. 17436).
Genre/form	Poems 1781.

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