life and heroic exploits of Israel Putnam, major-general in the Revolutionary War
By: by Colonel David Humphreys ; illustrated with plates, from original designs.
Contributors: Swett, Samuel, 1782-1866
Publisher: Published by Ezra Strong
Published: 1834
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Putnam, Israel, -- 1718-1790,
Other titles: Life of Israel Putnam; Life of Putnam
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 pub., Hartford, 1788, under title: An essay on the life of ... Israel Putnam.

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