1809 1st ed US Biography Revolutionary War Washington

1809 1st ed US Biography Revolutionary War Washington Adams Hamilton Hancock +

William Allen’s ‘An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary’ is a compilation of the history of the people who were important in discovering, ruling, and supporting the United States of America and their writings. He includes such famous persons as George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, Cotton Mather, George Whitefield and many more, all arranged alphabetically. Also included are descriptions of the then 17 American states with a history of their founding along with a fascinating summarization of the ongoing formation of the United States up to that point (1809).

This 1809 first edition includes a black and white frontispiece of George Washington and a fold out table of American biographies.

Item number: #9814

Price: $499

ALLEN, William

An American biographical and historical dictionary, containing an account of the lives, characters, and writings of the most eminent persons in North America from its first discovery to the present time, and a summary of the history of the several colonies, and of the United States.

Cambridge [Mass.]: William Hilliard, 1809. First Edition.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

viii, 632

References: Sabin 888;

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (cm x cm)

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