Adventures of Alonso
Subtitle: containing some striking anecdotes of the present prime minister of Portugal-- in facsimile. Anonymously printed in London in 1775, and now attributed to Thomas Atwood Digges (1741-1821) of Warburton manor, Maryland. The first American novel
By: by Robert H. Elias. Edited by Rev. Thomas J. McMahon, s. T. D.
Contributors: Elias, Robert H.; McMahon, Thomas J.. ed.
Series: United States Catholic Historical Society. Monograph series -- XVIII; Monograph series (United States Catholic Historical Society) -- v. 18.
Publisher: United States Catholic historical society
Published: 1943
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Notes: Facsimile of the American antiquarian society copy of the original edition (in two volumes) which has title: Adventures of Alonso: containing some striking anecdotes of the present prime minister of Portugal. Vol. I-[II] London, J. Bew, 1775.

Facsimile includes publisher's advertisements (p. [131]-144 at end) reproduced from the Harvard library copy.

With facsimile of t.-p. of the New York public library copy: Adventures of Alonso: containing some striking anecdotes of the present prime minister of Portugal. By a native of Maryland, some years resident in Lisbon. Vol. I. and II. London, J. Bew, 1775.

Introduction ("The first American novel") by Robert H. Elias first published in American literature, v. 12, no. 4, 1941.

The ascription to Digges is based on a penciled note attributing the work to a "Mr. Digges of Warburton in Maryland," and on internal evidence.