{"product_id":"a-poetical-epistle-to-his-charles-henry-wharton-9781385812686","title":"A Poetical Epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esq; Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America. From an Inhabitant of t","description":"The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.\u003cbr\u003eDelve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.\u003cbr\u003e++++\u003cbr\u003eThe below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: \u003cbr\u003e++++\u003cbr\u003eLibrary of Congress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW008697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAttributed to Wharton in the Dictionary of American biography. The \"short sketch,\" attributed to John Bell of Maryland in the DAB article on Wharton, is the first attempt at a life of Washington. First edition (Evans 16677) published at Annapolis in 1779. The London edition was published the following year to raise money for the support of American prisoners of war in England. Cf. the \"Advertisement to the London edition,\" p. [iii]-iv. Frontispiece portrait of Washington engraved by Richard Brunton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Providence]: London, printed: Providence (Rhode Island) re-printed and sold by Bennett Wheeler, at his office on the west side of the Great Bridge, M, DCC, LXXXI. [1781]. iv, [1], 6-24 p., [1] leaf of plates: 1 port.; 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Henry Wharton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1385812680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781385812686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gale Ecco, Print Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.25d","brand":"Charles Henry Wharton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48438932472063,"sku":"9781385812686","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8cf75df9-f12c-45e4-983a-7478187c4c95.jpg?v=1777174304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-poetical-epistle-to-his-charles-henry-wharton-9781385812686","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}