Select American biography: or, An account of the lives of persons, connected by nativity, or otherwise, with the history of North America, since the first discovery of the country, and who have been distinguished by public or private virtues, or by a manifestation of extraordinary talents in science, literature, and the arts
Subtitle: constituting memorials of many eminent men, whose characters are worthy of being perpetuated in the annals of America. By William Barton, Esq. Member of the Am. Philos. Soc., the Mass. Hist. Soc. and the Roy. Econ. Soc. of Valencia, in Spain. Aided by information derived from many respectable sources, in communications to the editor. : In three annual volumes; published in numbers
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 51359
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1814
Place of publication: Lancaster, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Biography as a literary form; Biography; History and criticism
Notes: A prospectus. Dated at end: Lancaster, (Penn.) Mar. 18, 1814.

The proposed work was never published.

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