life and heroic exploits of Israel Putnam
By: by Colonel David Humphreys
Contributors: Swett, Samuel, 1782-1866
Publisher: J. & H. Miller
Published: 1800
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Putnam, Israel, -- 1718-1790
Notes: Title vignette

"The main part is from the pen of Colonel Humphreys; but so far as General Putnam was connected with the battle of Bunker Hill, the principal portion is extracted from an 'Historical and topographical sketch of Bunker Hill battle, by Samuel Swett'. The anecdotes are by the same hand." - To the reader, p. [174]

The original work by Humphreys was first published, Hartford, 1788, under title: An essay on the life of ... Israel Putnam