Washington Irving's Life of George Washington
Volume V, Miscellany, 1764-1792
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Washington Irving's Life of George Washington
Volume V, Miscellany, 1764-1792
Portraits, prints, letters, maps, and documents tipped into Volume 5 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72++ 1898). Portraits of: Lord Richard Howe (2), King George II, John Thomas, Israel Putnam (2), Charles (Karl) Wilhelm Ferdinand (Duke of Brunswick), Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester), Roger Sherman, Edward Rutledge, George Clinton, James Clinton (2), John Sullivan (2), Arthur St. Clair, Sir William Howe (2), William Livingston, Samuel Adams, John Duke of Marlborough, William Allen, Samuel M. Webb, Christopher Gadsden, Sir Henry Clinton (2), William Moultrie (2), Peter Parker, Charles Marquis of Cornwallis (2), Aaron Burr, Hugh Earl Percy (Duke of Northumberland), Sir William Erskine, William Smallwood, Alexander Hamilton, Joseph Reed, Benjamin Franklin. Prints: New York in 1768; Philadelphia from the Great Tree, Kensington, under which Penn made his Treaty with the Indians; Hancock House, Boston; New York; The Announcement of the Declaration of Independence; [Reading the Declaration of Independence in the Park - N.Y.]; Distinguished Men in the History of New York [Peter Stuyvesant, George Clinton, Philip Schuyler, John Jay, DeWitt Clinton]; Interview of Howe's Messenger with Washington; View of the Hudson Highlands from West Point; View of the Hudson; [Narrows Lake Gorge]; A North View of Fort Johnson drawn on the spot by Mr. Guy Johnson Sir William Johnson's Son; The Stadthuys of New York un 1679; Old Bull's Head (Baker's Tavern); Battle Pass, Valley Grove; Battle Pass; Site of General Sullivan's Defeat, August 27, 1776; Freeke's Mills with Yellow Mills in the Distance, burnt on the 27th of Aug. 1776 while the Americans were retreating across Gowanus Creek; On the East River; Retreat from Long Island Aug. 29. 1776; Suydam House, built by Leffert Lefferts on Bushwick Lane about 1700, occupied by a Company of Hessians in the Revolution. Letters: ALS, John Fellows to John Thomas, Wednesday evening [n.d.]; William Heath to William Phillips, April 9, 1778; William Thompson to James Tilghman, March 29, 1772; Guya Carleton, Lord Dorchester to Alexander Adair, July 13, 1792; Lord Richard Howe to Mr. Villiers, November 22, 1786; Udney Hay to Joseph Wood, October 10, 1780; Udney Hay to Philip John Schuyler, August 23, 1781; Philip John Schuyler to [?] Schauck, July 12, 1792; Lambert Cadwalader to Jasper Yeates, July 9, 1775; Jasper Yeates to Lambert Cadwalader, July 31, 1775; William Atlee to Elias Boudinot, August 18, 1777; William Atlee to Richard Peters, Secretary of the Continental Board of War, August 24, 1777; William Gray, War Office, to Thomas Jefferson, Gov. of Virginia, May 25, 1781. Documents: ADS, Massachusetts. Militia. 7th Regiment. [Muster Roll. Signed by Rufus Putnam and Samuel Darby.], January 1781; ADS, Samuel Winkley [Defendant's plea. Signed by John Sullivan.], April 1784; ADS, [Certification of inspection of muskets. Signed by General William Smallwood.], Jul 5, 1776; ADS, [Authorising paymasters to apply for pay. Signed by Alexander Scammel.]. Maps: Westchester County, N.Y. & Vincinity; Battle of Long Island; Amerika. Portraits, prints, letters, maps, and documents tipped into v. 5 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312.I72++ 1898). Portraits of: Lord Richard Howe (2), King George II, John Thomas, Israel Putnam (2), Charles (Karl) Wilhelm Ferdinand (Duke of Brunswick), Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester), Roger Sherman, Edward Rutledge, George Clinton, James Clinton (2), John Sullivan (2), Arthur St. Clair, Sir William Howe (2), William Livingston, Samuel Adams, John Duke of Marlborough, William Allen, Samuel M. Webb, Christopher Gadsden, Sir Henry Clinton (2), William Moultrie (2), Peter Parker, Charles Marquis of Cornwallis (2), Aaron Burr, Hugh Earl Percy (Duke of Northumberland), Sir William Erskine, William Smallwood, Alexander Hamilton, Joseph Reed, Benjamin Franklin. Prints: New York in 1768; Philadelphia from the Great Tree, Kensington, under which Penn made his Treaty with the Indians; Hancock House, Boston; New York; The Announcement of the Declaration of Independence; [Reading the Declaration of Independence in the Park - N.Y.]; Distinguished Men in the History of New York [Peter Stuyvesant, George Clinton, Philip Schuyler, John Jay, DeWitt Clinton]; Interview of Howe's Messenger with Washington; View of the Hudson Highlands from West Point; View of the Hudson; [Narrows Lake Gorge]; A North View of Fort Johnson ...; The Stadthuys of New York un 1679; Old Bull's Head (Baker's Tavern); Battle Pass, Valley Grove; Battle Pass; Site of General Sullivan's Defeat, August 27, 1776; Freeke's Mills with Yellow Mills in the Distance, burnt on the 27th of Aug. 1776 while the Americans were retreating across Gowanus Creek; On the East River; Retreat from Long Island Aug. 29. 1776; Suydam House ... occupied by a Company of Hessians in the Revolution. Letters to or from John Fellows, John Thomas, William Heath, William Phillips, William Thompson, James Tilghman, Guya Carleton, Lord Dorchester, Alexander Adair, Lord Richard Howe, Mr. Villiers, Udney Hay, Joseph Wood, Philip John Schuyler, Schauck [?], Lambert Cadwalader, Jasper Yeates, William Atlee, Elias Boudinot, Richard Peters, William Gray, and Thomas Jefferson. Maps: Westchester County, N.Y. & Vicinity; Battle of Long Island; Amerika.
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