Mount Vernon : 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 John Searson, formerly of Philadelphia, merchant. [Three lines from Thomson].
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | 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 pages [85-88] were evidently added upon Washington's death, and the work published soon thereafter. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 unnumbered pages, vi, 1 unnumbered page, 10-83 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 4 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 1 portrait ; 8⁰. |