Memorials of Washington and of Mary His Mother and Martha His Wife from Letters & Papers of Robert Cary and James Sharples 1887 President

Title: Memorials of Washington and of Mary, His Mother, and Martha, His Wife, from Letters and Papers of Robert Cary and James Sharples

Author: James Walter

Description: Green cloth beveled boards, decoratively stamped in gilt and black. Gilt top edge. Board edges rubbed. Pencil gift inscriptions from the 1880's on the ffep and first flyleaf, else pages clean. 12 illustrated plates including frontispiece (all portraits). xii, 362 pp. 10.25 x 7 inches.

A detailed work on George Washington, his wife Martha, and his mother Mary, based on the letters and papers of two men who were very familiar with the Washington family: the English portrait artist James Sharples (1751/52-1811) and George's close business associate, Robert Cary. Robert Cary & Co. was the merchant house that assisted Washington with the export of his tobacco crops to England between the years 1759 and 1773.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place: New York
Year: 1887

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: United States presidents, George Washington, biography, Martha Washington, Robert Cary, James Sharples,