Marshall, John. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, during the War which Established the Independence of his Country, And First President of the United States. (5 volume complete set). Fredericksburg, Va.: The Citizens' Guild of Washington's Boyhood Home, 1926. Fredericksburg Edition. [11284]
Five volumes in brown cloth, leather spine labels, each 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, bindings with no damage, clean, very good. Two distractions with this set: the spine labels are covered over with clear tape and a couple are damaged; there is a previous owner's address label on the front paste-down of each volume. Otherwise, a very good set with sturdy bindings and clean pages. About 500 pages in each volume, frontispieces, illustrations, color presentation plate in vol. i. Volume five contains an index for the set. Good. Hardcover.
Title continues: Compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers bequeathed to him by his deceased relative, and not in possession of the Author. To which is prefixed, An Introduction, containing a compendious view of the Colonies planted by the English on the continent of North America, from their settlement to the commencement of that War which terminated in their Independence.
The celebrated Life of Washington by John Marshall, first published 1804-1807, and here available in an inexpensive edition. If you want to read it, use it for research, this edition contains Marshall's own final revised text. "The present publishers have followed the format of the original edition but have used the revised text which Marshall spent so many years in revising." - Publisher's Preface.
John Marshall (1755-1835), Revolutionary War officer, began a brilliant political career after the war, served as Attorney General of Virginia, as a US Representative from Virginia to Congress, as US Secretary of State under President John Adams, and as the 4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
"After his appointment to the Supreme Court, Marshall began working on a biography of George Washington. He did so at the request of his close friend, Associate Justice Bushrod Washington, who had inherited the papers of his uncle. Marshall's The Life of George Washington, the first biography about a U. S. President ever published, spanned five volumes and just under one thousand pages...historians have often praised the accuracy and well-reasoned judgments of Marshall's biography, while noting his frequent paraphrases of published sources..." - wiki article.
