A true and authentic history of His Excellency George Washington, commander in chief of the American army during the late war, and present president of the United States. Also, of the brave Generals Montgomery and Greene, and the celebrated Marquis de La Fayette. To whic is added, an ode on General Washington's birth day. By the Reverend Mr. Thomas Thornton.

People / Organizations

• Robert Stewart ("printed for")
• Jedidiah Morse (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed by Peter Stewart, in Second-Street, ninth door above Chesnut-Street, for Robert Stewart, travelling bookseller, M,DCC,XC. [1790] (Price nine-pence)

Publication year

1790-1790

ESTC No.

W24229

Grub Street ID

334184

Description

23,[1]p. ; 12⁰

Note

The biographical sketches are reprinted from Jedidiah Morse's The American geography, Elizabethtown, N.J., 1789 (Evans 21978).

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

"Song, on General Washington's birth-day."--p. [22]-23.

Uncontrolled note

Verify format; format from PPL