Name/Title
History of the American Revolution in scripture, loanEntry/Object ID
L2026.017.001Description
Book, published c. 1823. Small book with leather hardcover opened to title page featuring printed etching of George Washington (1732-1799) surrounded by decorative borders on left side with title page on right. Printed and published by Matthias Bartgis (1756-1825) at Pleasant Dale Paper Mill in Frederick County, Maryland in 1823. Contains History of the American Revolution in scripture style, originally written by Richard Snowden (1753-1825) in 1802, to which Bartgis has added the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the farewell address of General George Washington, and prefaces by Bartgis himself and Philip Moore, Clerk of the District of Maryland. 6 3/4" L x 4 1/4 W".Context
Publisher Matthias Bartgis (1756-1825) was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania as the son of German immigrants, briefly serving in the Revolutionary War himself in addition to establishing himself as a printer in Frederick in 1778. He printed newspapers in German and English, helping inform German-speaking populations about Revolutionary ideals, and printed the Constitution of the United States for the Maryland State Assembly in 1787. In this publication, Bartgis adds an address "To the Public", in which he explains his reasoning for publishing this comprehensive source as "something calculated to keep alive the spirit of '75 and '76, which actuated the defenders of our country in that critical period which 'tried men's souls'".Exhibition
Carroll at 250: People, Place, and the Making of History
