Front cover image for American biography: or, An historical account of those persons who have been distinguished in America, as adventurers, statesmen, philosophers, divines, warriors, authors, and other remarkable characters : Comprehending a recital of the events connected with their lives and actions. Vol. I[-II]. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. [Five lines in Latin from Virgil] Published according to act of Congress

American biography: or, An historical account of those persons who have been distinguished in America, as adventurers, statesmen, philosophers, divines, warriors, authors, and other remarkable characters : Comprehending a recital of the events connected with their lives and actions. Vol. I[-II]. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. [Five lines in Latin from Virgil] Published according to act of Congress

Microform, English, MDCCXCIV. [1794-1798]
By Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Faust's statue, no 45, Newbury Street, Printed at Boston, MDCCXCIV. [1794-1798]
Biographies
2 volumes ; 8vo
225364039
Errata statements, v. 1, p. 410; v. 2, p. 476
Vol. 1: 416 p.; v. 2: [2], viii, [1], 10-476 p. In some copies the first leaf of v. 2 is bound at the end of the volume
Imprint of v. 2 varies: Printed at Boston, by Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews, sold by them, and the other booksellers in Boston; by I. Thomas, Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, Albany; and by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, Baltimore, July, 1798
BAL notes variants printed on thick and thin paper
An intended third volume was never published
Microfilm, Woodbridge, CT, Research Publications, Inc., 1986, 1 reel ; 35mm, (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 2045, no. 5)