Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-03-13
GREAT NATIONAL WORK!

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WyAPPAN 81 BENNETT, ia Washing.
Ill tor; n;street, Boston, proposes to publish,
by subscription, in fourteen monthly numbers,
at,theIlow price oftwenty-fve cents each, the
Life of ashlngfon,
s.5a BY, JARED SPARKS. ESs- -. :.
Each number 10 contain between forty and fir.
ty pages. and he embellished with the following
fine steel and copperpIate engravings. viz.
1. Portrait Of Washington at 40, by Peale
3. do. Mrs. Washington at 26. by
Wellaston, sls.S ~
s. View of Mount Yernon,-
a Battle ofBraddock's defeat,
8. Head quarters at Cambridge, , j
g. Head quarters at Newburg,
z. Plan Of farm at Mount Vernon,
81 g. Plan Of Boston and environs,
49, Head quarters at Morristown, ~
30. Battle Of the Brandywine, y;ln 81
liz Portrait of Washington by Stewart,
I2. Encampment at Valley Forge, Is n
l3. Battle at Germantowu,r;s Y
ID. Fac simile Of Washington's handwriting,
The portraits were copied from the original
paintings. The plans, sketches, and other en-
cravings. have. been compiled from the best
drawing rs well English and French as Amer
ican. Specialaid was derived from series Of
manuscript drawings in the possession OF Gen.
eral La Fayette, which are executed with scien.
tifc accuracy and beauty. s.r 80 b.
The well known ability of the author, The
abundant means which hc. possessed. viz:
more Than two hundred folio volumes of origi-
nal manuscript, purchased by Congress, ten
years researches in the public Offices In Lon
don. Paris, Washington, and in all the states
which formed the confederacy during the revo-
luuon, as well as the access he has gained to
valuable private papers in the different parts Of
the couniry-hnye brought into his hands ma
teIials, original and important in their charac-
ter, which we trust will be found to have con-
tributed essential aid in enabling him to execute
with more accuracy and completeness bis main
purpose, and thus tohaye compensated in some
degree for the time and labor they have cost.
Its publication has not only involved extended
and laborlous researches on the part the edi.
tor, but great pecnniary responsibilities on the
part the publishers
Tbe prices affixed to this work is less, when
the exerliou is considered, than that of any
other publication in Europe orAmerica. The
investment and expenditures connected with
this undertaking nre much greater than usually
atteDd such publication; and il will be appar.
ent thai the publishers must rely ON Oh ex.en-
sive sale for,their remuneration.
The engraving alone. are thought by many
TO be worth the cost of the whole worth To
nou-subscrbers the :pnce will be enhanced
Many testimonials of unqualified approba.
ton might be added, from gentlemen who have
examined the work but the publishers con-
ceive it 10 be unnecessary. - 9.;.:,r q
Letters have been received from many dis
tingpished persons concurring in the opinion,
that the work is in every respect worthy the
public patronage. Ait'i' .,
Among the many who have given the work
the aid OF their subscription and influence, are
the following gentlemen, viz John Quincy
Adams, Martin Van Buren, Jacob Burnet of
Ohio, Josiah Quincy. John Pickering, Fran.
CTS WaylanG. D. D., Rev. Moses Stewart, Ro.
bert, g Shaw, Henry Lee, ESQ.,, r. r. B.
Brownwell, Isaac B. Ba{&an Ioracc Everett Of
Va, 8. Longfcllow; SeTeT Jones Of n. C.,
John Sergeant Of Philadelphia, Levi Lincoln.
S.aVah Rensselaer, oflN " VIM. L. Marcy.
W. Pope of Ky.,tL. w. TazewelI of Va, Dan.
Webster, Abbott Lawrence. Joseph Story, Ed.
ward Everett, Charles Jackson, Lemuel Shaw,
Samuel I. Armstrong, w. b. Calhoun, John
C.Warren, Gov. John Davis, and Chapman
johnson, ofVa. ~ :.
10. Active and trustworthy men can find
employment in procuring subscribers for the
above work. SSElf .sa4ie 8, ,:1iff-- : BE 3,
.igJ Letters addressed to the publishers post
pe;a, weh applications for agencies or orders,
Will meetwah prompt attention. ~, sg.i 55i.,
k!lJ Postmasters and others who obtain sub.
scnptions, and become responsible for FIVE co.
pies, shall receive sixth copy gratis !; for ten
subscribers, two copies, and at lie sntna ma ME
for more. They will please Jet the pnblisberrs
know how mary copies are subscribed for! ar,a
how they are to be- forwarded. @dtllsts .sis.,g,
Publishers Of newspapers who will insert
the above six weeks and forward to iTappan &
bennett, one number. Of the paper, shall re-
ceiye copy ofthe work for SO doing.
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