An intercepted original letter from General Washington to his lady in the year 1776

Creator
Randolph, John, 1727 or 1728-1784
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802
Form
books
broadsides (notices)
personal narratives
Date
1777
Language
English
Subject
History
Geographic Subject
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives
United States
Collection
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Extent
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 18 x 43 cm
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Related Place
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Notes
"Du Simitiere declares this to be spurious, 'wrote by a Mr. Randolph of Virginia.'"--Evans. Attributed to John Randolph (1727-1784) by Shipton & Mooney.
Imprint supplied by Evans.
Text in two columns.
Broadside.
Culture Class Collection copy has identification on verso in hand of Isaac Wayne.
Related works
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3m03zm3t
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, Mapcase AB7 W2776 776i
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Text

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