Washington eulogies; a checklist of eulogies and funeral orations on the death of George Washington, December, 1799-February, 1800
Title:
Washington eulogies; a checklist of eulogies and funeral orations on the death of George Washington, December, 1799-February, 1800
Author:
New York Public Library.
Corporate Author:
Publication Information:
[New York] : New York public library, 1916.
Physical Description:
68 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 26 cm
General Note:
"Reprinted ... with some alterations from the Bulletins of the New York public library of February and May, 1916."
"[Van der Kemp's] eulogy ... was delivered at Oldenbarneveld, on February 22, 1800. The copy ... printed herewith is from the manuscript which belonged to Mrs. Washington. It is now in the Martha Washington collection of Washington eulogies in the New York public library ... Another copy of the manuscript was sent by the author to Holland. There it was translated into Dutch and published ... with the title 'Lofrede op George Washington, te Oldenbarneveld, den 22sten van Sprokkelmaand 1800 ... Te Amsterdam ... MDCCC'."--p. 7-8.
Language:
English
Contents:
Francis Adrian van der Kemp's Eulogy of Washington.--Checklist of eulogies: Introduction. The New York public library collection. Recorded eulogies not in the New York public library. A calendar of services, December, 1799-February, 1800. A census of American towns.
Format :
Book