Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume I, Miscellany, 1745-1856

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Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume I, Miscellany, 1745-1856

1745-1856

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/2093117

Portraits, prints, letters, documents, and manuscripts tipped into Volume 1 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: G.P. Putnam, Edward Everett, William the Conqueror, King Stephen, King Richard I, King Henry III, King Edward I, John Baliol, King Edward III, Thomas Lord Fairfax, Oliver Cromwell, Edward Vernon, Thomas Lee, James Hamilton, Daniel Boone, Robert Dinwiddie, Horace Walpole (2), Robert Morris, Lord Viscount Keppel, William Johnson (2), Robert Monckton, Edward Braddock, Benjamin Franklin (10), Peter Halket, Thomas Gage, [Samuel Davies], Peyton Randolph. Prints: Lindisfarne Church, Durham; Cathedral Church of Durham; The Cathedral Church of Durham; Worcester, Worcesterhire; A view of the Juniatta River; Washington Crossing the Allegany River; Washington and Gist Visit Queen Aliquippa; Interview between Mr. Dinwiddie and Washington; Defeat and Death of General Braddock in North America; Fall of Braddock; Braddock's Retreat; Braddock's Fields; [Mount Vernon?]; Settlers Imploring Washington's Protection; A North View of Fort Frederic or Crown Point. Letters: ALS, George Croghan to Barnard Gratz, [n.d.]; A[aman.]LS, Robert Dinwiddie to Andrew Elliott, January 29, 1768; ALS, Edward Braddock to William Adair, December 24, 1745; A[aman.]LS, William Shirley to Benjamin Pollard, [n.d.]; ALS, Richard Peters to General Schuyler, October 15, 1776; ALS, William Shirley to Robert Morris, March 3, 1755; A[aman.]LS, Thomas Gage to Abraham Mortier, January 6, 1764; ALS, John Armstrong to Governor Denny, November 21, 1756; John Armstrong to [?], May 18, 1755. Documents: ADS, Massachusetts (Colony), [statement of expenses payable to Benjamin Pollard, signed by P. Margt. Pollard], April 1755; ADS, William Parsons, [promissory note to Richard Peters], August 6, 1757, with ALS, Richard Peters, [note], November 16, 1758; ADS, Andrew Bunner, [petition of creditors of John Perry and James Perry, signed also by Benjamin Franklin], May 13, 1788. Manuscripts: AMS, Edward Everett, [comment on Washington], March 23, 18.̲̲

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