Mount Vernon
Subtitle: a poem: : being the seat of His Excellency George Washington, in the state of Virginia; lieutenant-general and commander in chief of the land forces of the United States of America. : This rural, romantic and descriptive poem of the seat of so great a character, it is hoped may please, with a copper-plate likeness of the general. It was taken from an actual view on the spot by the author, 15th May, 1799. : Also a cursory view of Georgetown, city of Washington, and the capital.
By: By John Searson, formerly of Philadelphia, merchant. ; [Three lines from Thomson]
Contributors: Washington, George, 1732-1799 dedicatee.; Searson, John. ill.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 38479.
Publisher: Printed for the author by Folwell.
Published: 1800
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Poetry.; Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Portraits.; Mount Vernon (Va.) -- Poetry.; Washington (D.C.) -- Poetry.
Genres: Poetry.; Portraits.
Notes: Dedicated to Washington. The presence of the dedication suggests that the work was substantially ready for publication when Washington died in December, 1799. The elegiac verses on p. [85-88] were evidently added upon Washington's death, and the work published soon thereafter.

Evans 38479

Stillwell, M.B. Washington eulogies, 211

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 348

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Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 38479).