American biography: or, An historical account of those persons who have been distinguished in America, as adventurers, statesmen, philosophers, divines, warriors, authors, and other remarkable characters.
Subtitle: Comprehending a recital of the events connected with their lives and actions. : Vol. I[-II].
By: By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. ; [Five lines in Latin from Virgil] ; Published according to act of Congress.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 26637.; Early American imprints -- no. 33393.
Publisher: by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Faust's statue, no 45, Newbury Street.
Published: 1794
Place of publication: Printed at Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Biography -- Dictionaries.; Chronology, Historical.; United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.; United States -- History -- Dictionaries.
Other titles: American biography.
Notes: An intended third volume was never published.

Imprint of v. 2 varies: Printed at Boston, by Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews, sold by them, and the other booksellers in Boston; by I. Thomas, Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, Albany; and by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore, July, 1798.

Signatures: v. 1, A-Uı́ Wı́ X-2Bı́; v. 2, pi1 [A]þ́ B-Uþ́ Wþ́ X-2Uþ́ 2Wþ́ 2X-3Lþ́ 3M℗ø.

Vol. 1: 416 p.; v. 2: [2], viii, [1], 10-476 p. In some copies the first leaf of v. 2 is bound at the end of the volume.

BAL notes variants printed on thick and thin paper.

Errata statements, v. 1, p. 410; v. 2, p. 476.

Evans 26637.

Evans 33393.

BAL 934.

BAL 942.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26637; 33393)