Epistles domestic, confidential and official from General Washington.
Subtitle: Written about the commencement of the American contest, when he entered on the command of the army of the United States. With an interesting series of his letters, particularly to the British admirals, Arbuthnot and Digby; to General Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Sir Guy Carleton, Marquis de la Fayette, &c. &c. To Benjamin Harrison, Esq., speaker of the House of delegates in Virginia, to Admiral the Count de Grasse, General Sullivan, respecting an attack of New-York ; including many applications and addresses presented to him with his answers: orders and instructions, on important occasions, to his aids de camp, &c. &c. &c. None of which have been printed in the two volumes published a few months ago.
Contributors: Washington, George, 1732-1799.; Randolph, John, 1727 or 8-1784.; Vardill, John, 1749-1811.; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: New-York, printed by G. Robinson and J. Bull, London, reprinted for F. and C. Rivington ...
Published: 1796
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Correspondence; Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Forgeries; United States -- Politics and government -- Sources; United States -- History -- Errors, inventions. etc
Genres: Correspondence.; Forgeries.; Sources.
Other titles: Epistles domestic, confidential and official from General Washington
Notes: A reprint of seven spurious letters, orginally published London, 1777, under title: Letters from General Washington to several of his friends in the year 1776.
The spurious letters occupy p. 4-66 of the present edition, the remainder of the volume being an appendix of letters and other documents, apparently authentic.
The authorship of the spurious letters has been attributed to John Vardill and John Randolph.
Signatures: A-U⁸.