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BOOK

Title:  
Letters from George Washington to Tobias Lear: with an appendix containing miscellaneous Washington letters and documents
Creators:
Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 | Bixby, William K. (William Keeney), 1857-1931 | Samson, William Holland, 1860-1919 | Hollyer, Samuel, 1826-1919 | Keurig | Genesee Press | Post Express Printing Company | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
The Genesee Press, Rochester, N.Y, 1905.
Notes:  
Introduction signed: William H. Samson. "Reprinted from the originals in the collection of William K. Bixby, of St. Louis, Mo." "Three hundred copies printed for private distribution only." This copy not numbered.
Call #:  
DLAR 2754
Extent:
xi, 102 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations, frontispiece, facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm



PAMPHLET

Title:  
Letters from General Washington to several of his friends, in June and July, 1776: in which is set forth an interesting view of American politics, at that all-important period
Creators:
Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Randolph, John, 1727 or 1728-1784 | Vardill, John, 1749-1811 | Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 1769-1798 | Vaughan, John, 1756-1841 | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Republished at the Federal Press, Philadelphia, 1795.
Notes:  
Spurious letters first published in London in 1777, and circulated in 1778 by James Rivington, which Washington then declared to be forgeries. The authorship is primarily attributed to John Randolph but also to John Vardill ("Poplicola"). Cf. Evans. Likely published by Benjamin Franklin Bache. Cf. ESTC. Signatures: [A]⁴( -A2, blank?) B-E⁴ F². For duplicates, see Pamphlets, v.27, no.4 and DLAR 13px.
Call #:  
973 Pam. v.19, no.6
Extent:
6 unnumbered pages, 9-44 pages ; 22 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
The Washington-Crawford letters: being the correspondence between George Washington and William Crawford, from 1767 to 1781, concerning western lands, with an appendix, containing later letters of Washington on the same subject; and letters from Valentine Crawford to Washington, written in 1774 and 1775
Creators:
Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Crawford, William, 1732-1782 | Crawford, Valentine. | Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899 | Robert Clarke & Co | Newton Free Library | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Robert Clarke & Co, Cincinnati, 1877.
Notes:  
Includes index.
Call #:  
DLAR 1694
Extent:
xi, 107 pages ; 25 cm



BOOK

Title:  
Lettres d'Axel de Fersen à son père: pendant la guerre de l'indépendance d'Amérique
Creators:
Fersen, Hans Axel vongreve, 1755-1810 | Fersen, Fredrik Axel vongreve, 1719-1794 | Wrangel, F. U. (Fredrik Ulrik), 1853-1929 | Firmin-Didot (Firm) | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Firmin-Didot et Cie, Paris, 1929.
Call #:  
DLAR 473
Extent:
vii, 199 pages : portrait ; 20 cm



BOOK

Title:  
"The distresses of the Army": the Ephraim Blaine letters, 1780-1783
Creators:
Boyle, Joseph Lee. | Boyle, Joseph Lee
Publication:
Notes:  
Includes index.
Call #:  
973.3 B71d
Extent:
xi, 405 pages ; 22 cm.



ANALYTIC

Title:  
Correspondence of Silas Deane, delegate to the first and second Congress at Philadelphia, 1774-1776
Parent:
Connecticut Historical Society. Collections. v.2
Creators:
Deane, Silas, 1737-1789 | Connecticut Historical Society | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1870.
Notes:  
Includes numerous letters addressed to Deane. Includes index.
Call #:  
974.6 C76C, V.2
Extent:
pages [127]-368 ; 24 cm



BOOK

Title:  
Memoirs of Washington
Creators:
Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 | Welch, Thomas B., 1814-1874 | Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873 | Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 | Bowen, J. Hartley | Paykin, Gerald | Union Library | S.H. Stanger General Store (Glassboro, N.J.) | Union Publishing House | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Union Publishing House, New York, [©1859]
Notes:  
This edition contains one illustration, the frontispiece. Other editions published 1859, 1860 and 1861 under title: Recollections and private memoirs of Washington. Includes index.
Call #:  
DLAR 3897
Extent:
644 pages : illustrations, frontispiece (portrait) ; 23 cm



BOOK

Title:  
George Washington and Mount Vernon: a collection of Washington's unpublished agricultural and personal letters
Creators:
Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 | Bierstadt, Edward, 1824-1907 | Long Island Historical Society | Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, N.Y, 1889.
Notes:  
Includes index.
Call #:  
DLAR 144
Extent:
xcii, 352 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, portraits, plates ; 25 cm



BOOK

Title:  
Memoirs of the administrations of Washington and John Adams: edited from the papers of Oliver Wolcott, secretary of the Treasury
Creators:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873 | Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833 | Van Norden, William | Tappan, William H. (William Henry), 1821-1907 | Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1873 | Rotch, William James, 1819-1893 | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Printed for the Subscribers [W. Van Norden, Printer], New York, 1846.
Notes:  
Includes index.
Call #:  
B W833m c. 1
Extent:
2 v. : front. (port.) ; 23 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
Life and correspondence of Samuel Johnson D.D: missionary of the Church of England in Connecticut, and first president of King's College, New York
Creators:
Beardsley, E. Edwards (Eben Edwards), 1808-1891 | Hurd & Houghton | H.O. Houghton & Company | Punderson & Crisand | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Hurd & Houghton, New York, 1874.
Notes:  
Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call #:  
DLAR 1766
Extent:
x, [2], 380 pages : portrait ; 23 cm



BOOK

Title:
Letters of Mrs. Adams, the wife of John Adams: with an introductory memoir
Alt. Title:  
Correspondence  
Creators:
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 | Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 | Pelton, Oliver, 1798-1882 | Blyth, Benjamin, 1740?- | Perkins, Nicole | Riley, George R. | Charles C. Little and James Brown (Firm) | Freeman and Bolles | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boston, MDCCCXL [1840]
Notes:  
Revision of the first addition, with additional letters and commentary. Consult Preface. The letters bear dates from 1761 to 1816. Copyright 1840 by Charles Francis Adams. Printing information from title page verso. Frontispiece portrait of Abigail Adams engraved by O. Pelton after a portrait by Blythe. Volume 1: lxxxvi, [2], 199, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 2: xi, [1], 278 pages, [1] leaf of plates. APS copy contains a sketch of Uncle Sam by George R. Riley on back pastedown.
Call #:  
DLAR 128
Extent:
2 volumes : 1 portrait, 1 facsimile ; 18 cm



PAMPHLET

Title:
Selections from the correspondence of George Washington, and James Anderson, LL. D ... author of several performances, and editor of Recreations in agriculture, natural history, arts, and miscellaneous literature
Alt. Title:  
Correspondence. Selections  
Creators:
Washington, George, 1732-1799 | Anderson, James, 1739-1808 | Etheridge, Samuel, 1771-1817 | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Printed and sold by Samuel Etheridge, Charlestown, Mass, 1800.
Notes:  
"The two letters of General Washington that are given entire, together with the introductory and concluding remarks accompanying them, were published in the Recreations of agriculture, &c., for February [1800] last. They are here republished, as a necessary introduction those that follow" -- Advertisement, p. [iii]. The two letters from Anderson to Washington that follow comprise the main portion of the pamphlet. Printer's monogram device on t.p. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-K⁴. Prospectus and bookseller's advertisements: p. [77-80].
Call #:  
DLAR 14px
Extent:
v, [3], 8-79, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)



BOOK

Title:  
Martin Gay: three letters written by an American loyalist and his wife, 1775-1788, with notes
Creators:
Wheelwright, Edward, 1824-1900 | Longfellow, A. W. (Alexander Wadsworth), 1814-1901 | Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 | University Press (Cambridge, Mass.) | John Wilson and Son | Colonial Society of Massachusetts | Harvard College Library | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge [Mass.], 1898.
Notes:  
"Reprinted from the publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vol. III."
Call #:  
DLAR 1565
Extent:
28 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, plans ; 24 cm



BOOK

Title:
André Michaux in North America: journals & letters, 1785-1797
Alt. Title:  
Works. Selections. English  
Creators:
Michaux, André, 1746-1802 | Williams, Charlie, 1945- | Norman, E. M. (Eliane Meyer), 1931- | Taylor, Walter Kingsley, 1939-
Publication:
University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, [c2020]
Notes:  
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-546) and index.
Call #:  
B M58w
Extent:
xxxvi, 568 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits (some color) ; 27 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
I remain yours: common lives in Civil War letters
Creators:
Hager, Christopher, 1974- | Hager, Christopher, 1974-
Publication:
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2018.
Notes:  
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call #:  
973.7 H12i
Extent:
[iii], 336 pages : facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
Letters of John Adams, addressed to his wife
Creators:
Adams, John, 1735-1826 | Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 | Riley, George R. | Fachlen, J.J. | Charles C. Little and James Brown (Firm) | Freeman and Bolles
Publication:
Charles C. Little and J. Brown, Freeman and Bolles [printer], Boston, MDCCCXLI [1841]
Notes:  
The letters bear dates from 1774 to 1801. APS copy contains newspaper clippings tipped in by George R. Riley regarding the home of Abigal Adams and the Billop House- New York Times, 1922. Volume 1: xxxii, 286 pages, [1] leaf of plates; volume 2: xx, 282 pages. These two volumes are Volumes 3 and 4 of a four volume set consisting of letters between John and Abigal Adams. Volumes 1 and 2 are letters from Mrs. Adams to John Adams; volumes 3 and 4 are letters from John Adams to his wife, Abigal Adams.
Call #:  
DLAR 129
Extent:
2 volumes : frontispiece (portrait) ; 18 cm



BOOK

Title:  
Alaska gold: life on the new frontier, 1898-1906; letters and photographs of the McDaniel brothers
Creators:
Kunkel, Jeff, 1954- | Lehman, Ellen J., 1944-
Publication:
Scottwall Associates, Publishers, with the California Historical Society, San Francisco, 1997.
Notes:  
"Centennial edition." Maps on lining papers.
Call #:  
B M147k
Extent:
xi, 166 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.