Sketches of revolutionary worthies :
with fine portraits.

Description

Related Names

Grout, Jonathan, 1815-1882, publisher.

Language(s)

English

Published

Worcester [Mass.] : Jonathan Grout, Jr. [between 1840 and 1861]

Subjects

Sherman, Roger, > Sherman, Roger, / 1721-1793.
Franklin, Benjamin, > Franklin, Benjamin, / 1706-1790.
Washington, George, > Washington, George, / 1732-1799.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Specimens.
United States > United States / History > United States / History / Revolution, 1775-1783 > United States / History / Revolution, 1775-1783 / Biography > United States / History / Revolution, 1775-1783 / Biography / Juvenile literature.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / Massachusetts > Chapbooks / Massachusetts / Worcester > Chapbooks / Massachusetts / Worcester / 19th century

Note

Includes 9 woodcuts.
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."
TItle page vignette.
Undated. Dates from publisher's years of activity, cf. 19th Century American Children's Book Trade Directory WWW site.

Physical Description

24 p. : ill., ports. ; 11 x 9 cm.

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