, 1844-01-06
NATIONAL WORK.
TAPPAN & DENNET,
No. 144, Washington street, Boston
proposes to publish by ~subscrlP-
ton, in IA monthly numbers,
at the low price Of 25
cents each number.
The Life Of Washington,

WEI
BY SPARKS,
Each number to contain between for
~ and fifty pages, and to be smbel
ished with the following fire steel and
%copperplate e~ngravings, viz:
/. Portrait OF Washington at 40.
by Peale. 3. Portrait of Mrs Wash.
ingten at 40, by WoIiaston. 8. View
Of Mt. Vernon. a. Battle OF Brad
docks defeat. 5. Head quarters al
Cambridge. 6. Plan of Boston and
environs. Z. Head Quarters at Nor.
ristown. 8. Head Quarters at New
burg. 9. Plan of farms at MI. Yer,
non. 10. Battle of he Brandywinc.
IL. Portrait of Washington by Stuart.
10. Encampnent at VaIIy Forge.
IS. Battle oC Germantown. ID. Fac
simiie Of Washington'S hand writing.
The portraits are copied from TIE
original paintings. The plans. sket
ches and other engravingS. have been
compiled from the best drawings, as
well French and English as Amer.
can. Special aid was derived from
a series of manuscript drawings in the
possession of Gen. LAFAYETTE, which
are executed with scientific accuracy
and beauty.
The well known ability Of the au-
thor, the abundant means which he
possessed. VIZ: More than two hun.
dred folio volumes of the original
MANUSCRIPT purchased by Congress.
ten vea.a researches ID the public Of
fr-e in iond7n. P,r.s, arlington.
and all the States which feme! the
confederacv during the Revolution;
az well as the access he has gained
TO valuable papers in different parts
loflhe country, has brought into his
hands a mass Of materials, original
and important in their character.
which We trust will be found Ia have
have contributed essential aid IN en-
ablIng him 10 execute with more &C
curacv aad compiete' r~s his main
purprss. aat thus i, ve crmpensat-
ed N scm, degree. ter the 'mc and
labor 'iaY have cost. Its publication
not only involves extended and lsbo-
rIou- research on the pat 81 the edi-
tor, but great pecunIary r"sroaSIhIIi-
ty on the par, of the publishers.
The price Of this work IS legs when
the execution Is consIder-a, han that
Of any other publication IL Europe or
America. The investment and eI-
penditures connected with this I'M
dertakIng are much greater than ueu
ally attend such publications. and it
viii be apparent that the publishers
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their remuneration.
The engravingS alone. are thought
by many, 10 be worth the whole cos,
Of the work. To non subscribers the
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ell T. Armstrong, VIM. y. Calhoun.
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