Sketches of revolutionary worthies : with fine portraits.
Bibliographic Citation:
Sketches of revolutionary worthies : with fine portraits. Worcester [Mass.] : Jonathan Grout, Jr. [between 1840 and 1861] ([Worcester] : Henry J. Howland, Printer)
Alternative Title:
Revolutionary worthies
Contributor:
Grout, Jonathan, 1815-1882, publisher.
Publisher:
Jonathan Grout, Jr. [between 1840 and 1861]
Notes:
  • Undated. Dates from publisher's years of activity, cf. 19th Century American Children's Book Trade Directory WWW site.
  • TItle page vignette.
  • First sentence: "The founder of American Independence, and first President of the United States, was born in 1732, in the county of Fairfax, in Virginia."
  • Includes 9 woodcuts.
  • Contents: George Washington -- Benjamin Franklin -- Roger Sherman.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: frontispiece; 4 full-page woodcuts; slate blue pictorial wrappers. Drusilla's Books. March/93. $60.00. St. Petersburg Book Fair. Given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 11 x 9 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Washington, George, -- 1732-1799.
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790.
Sherman, Roger, -- 1721-1793.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- Massachusetts -- Worcester -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Historical, Political and Biographical
Call Number:
PN970 G76 S5 1840 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8233
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_G76_S5_1840