A Poem; Sacred to the Memory of George Washington, late President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States. Adapted to the 22nd of Feb. 1800

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  • 23 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
  • hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1800
By Alsop, Richard
hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1800. First edition, first issue, before the lines "In swelling phrase and terms unmeaning veils | Her hellish plots, her dark designs conceals' were censored from p. 20. 23 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Srtabbed as issues, uncut, some soiling, else very good. First edition, first issue, before the lines "In swelling phrase and terms unmeaning veils | Her hellish plots, her dark designs conceals' were censored from p. 20. 23 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of the founding and most talented members of the Hartford Wits and of the famous Alsop family, and an often reprinted memorial poem to Washington, dedicated to Martha Washington. Evans 36806; Wegelin 846; Dictionary of American Biography Volume I 229; Trumbull 265; ESTC W28907

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