Observations on the river Potomack, the country adjacent, and the city of Washington.
Contributors: Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820.; Kent, James, 1763-1847, annotater.; Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843, inscriber.; Houghton, Arthur Amory, 1906- , former owner.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress); Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Samuel Loudon and Son ...
Published: 1793
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Potomac River -- Early works to 1800.; Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Evans 25711
Erroneously attributed to Andrew Ellicott; the authorship of Lear is affirmed by a letter written by him to Washington, Nov. 3, 1793, and Washington's answer Nov. 8, 1793.  The letters are in the Library of Congress.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴.
LC copy has newspaper clipping on Tobias Lear mounted on the front free-endpaper.
LC copy imperfect: map wanting.