Author:

Delaplaine, Joseph 1777-1824  Search this

Physical description:

3 v. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm

Type:

Books

Biography

Place:

United States

Date:

1815

1818

1815-1818

Revolution, 1775-1783

Notes:

Engraved t.-p.

Issued in 3 parts. Part 2 of v. 2 apparently never issued. cf. Sabin, Bibl. amer. and Rich, Bibl. amer. nova, v. 2.

Vol. 2, pt. 1 has title page title: Delaplaine's repository of the lives and portraits of Distinguished Americans.

Vol. 1, pt. 1 has date of 1815 on t.p., 1816 on cover; v. 1, pt. 2 has date of 1817 on cover; v. 2, pt. 1 has date of 1818 on cover.

Contents:

Vol. 1., pt. 1. Columbus. -- Vesputius. -- Dr. Benjamin Rush. -- Ames.-- Hamilton. -- Washington. v. 1, pt. 2. Peyton Randolph. -- Thomas Jefferson. -- John Jay. -- Rufus King. -- De Witt Clinton. -- Robert Fulton. v. 2, pt. 1. Samuel Adams. -- George Clinton. -- Henry Laurens. -- Benjamin Franklin. -- Francis Hopkinson. -- Robert Morris

Topic:

History  Search this

Call number:

E206 .D33

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_481550