The life of George Washington : with curious anecdotes, equally honourable to himself, and exemplary to his young countrymen ... Embellished with eight engravings /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825.
Edition:10th ed., greatly improved; embellished with eight engravings.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Printed by Mathew Carey, 1814.
Description:228 pages, [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, map ; 19 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
Local Note:University of Chicago Library's copy is a gift of the Barton family.
University of Chicago Library's copy imperfect: lacking all but two of the engravings, one facing page 40 and another facing page 76.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13484752
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Provenance:Laid in clipping on page 215: "A Legend of the Strand," John Kendrick Bangs, from Harper's Monthly.
Manuscript annotations: pencil in front cover, adding up columns of numbers.
Former owner's signature: "E. M. Wil", "Elias M. Willard", inside front.
Former owner's inscription: "John Winslow Crannell", repeated several times in end flyleaves; Albany, 1816.
Former owner's inscription: "Henry C Van Weis. / Book Life of George Washington" inside back cover.
Notes:Shaw and Shoemaker 1814:33639.