Official letters to the Honourable American Congress, written during the war between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental forces, now president of the United States. Copied, by special permission, from the original papers preserved in the office of the secretary of state, Philadelphia. Vol. I[-II].

People / Organizations

• George Washington (Author)

Imprint

Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, for S. Hall, W. Spotswood, J. White, Thomas & Andrews, D. West, E. Larkin, W.P. Blake, and J. West, 1796.

Publication year

1796-1796

ESTC No.

W28728

Grub Street ID

338916

Description

2 v. : 1 port. ; 12⁰

Note

Edited by John Carey. Cf. Evans.

Some copies issued with a frontispiece portrait of Washington, engraved by Samuel Hill.

Vol. 1: vi, [1], 8-340 p., 1 leaf of plates; v. 2: 356 p.

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 323, 332 misnumbered 223, 334.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: v. 1, A-U? W? X-2D? 2E?; v. 2, A-U? W? X-2E? 2F?