Epistles domestic, confidential, and official, from General Washington [microform] : written about the commencement of the American contest, when he entered on the command of the Army of the United States : with an interesting series of his letters, particularly to the British admirals, Arbuthnot and Digby, to Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Sir Guy Carleton, Marquis de la Fayette, &c. &c., to Benjamin Harrison, Esq. Speaker of the House of Delegates in Virginia, to Admiral the Count de Grasse, General Sullivan, respecting an attack of New-York ... none of which have been printed in the two volumes published a few months ago.
Washington, George,1732-1799.
Vardill, John,1749-1811.
Randolph, John,1727 or 1728-1784.
New-York : Printed by G. Robinson [etc.],
1796.
The first seven letters are spurious, and have been attributed to both John Vardill and John Randolph. They are reprinted from "Letters from General Washington, to several of his friends in the year 1776." London, 1777. In many copies of the 1796 edition a sheet was inserted containing a letter from Washington, dated March 3, 1797, denying the authenticity of these first seven letters. Cf. Ford, Worthington C., The spurious letters attributed to Washington., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1889.
Portrait frontispiece of George Washington engraved by William Rollinson after the painting by Edward Savage.
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