Front matter
Reading edition
Plate 1.
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Oh spirits of the mighty dead! The pen that writes your deathless story
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Should be a sunbeam winged and shed O’er every page its golden glory
W. L. Ormsby, sc.
MEMOIRS OF THE GENERALS, COMMODORES, AND OTHER COMMANDERS, WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THE AMERICAN ARMY AND NAVY DURING THE WARS OF THE REVOLUTION AND 1812, AND WHO WERE PRESENTED WITH MEDALS BY CONGRESS, FOR THEIR GALLANT SERVICES.
BY THOMAS WYATT, A.M., AUTHOR OF THE “KINGS OF FRANCE,” ETC. ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY EIGHTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL FROM THE ORIGINAL MEDALS.
PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY CAREY AND HART MDCCCXLVIII.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by CAREY AND HART,
In the office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
T. K. & P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS, No. 1, Lodge Alley.