LEADER 03643nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910968027203321 005 20251117092402.0 010 $a1-61487-801-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275823 035 $a(EBL)3327305 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000755622 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11423510 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755622 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10730696 035 $a(PQKB)11075928 035 $a(OCoLC)824698571 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22272 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3327305 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10614210 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL586095 035 $a(OCoLC)929118562 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3327305 035 $a(BIP)42679965 035 $a(BIP)6154845 035 $a(iGPub)CSPLUS0049785 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275823 100 $a19990923d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn essay on the life of the Honourable Major-General Israel Putnam $eaddressed to the State Society of the Cincinnati in Connecticut and published by their Order /$fDavid Humphreys ; foreword by William C. Dowling 210 $aIndianapolis $cLiberty Fund$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (175 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a0-86597-263-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLetter to the Honourable Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth -- An essay on the life of the Honourable Major-General Israel Putnam -- An oration on the political situation of the United States of America in the year 1789. 330 $aDavid Humphreys was aide-de-camp to Washington during the American Revolution. His "Life of Israel Putnam, " originally published in 1788, has rightly been described as "the first biography of an American written by an American." It is, as William C. Dowling observes, "a classic of revolutionary writing, very readable and immensely interesting in what it says about the temper of the new republic in the period immediately after the American Revolution." The subject--General Israel Putnam--is remembered to history and legend as exclaiming: "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes " to American soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill. As Professor Dowling notes, "All the episodes are retold--Bunker Hill, the Battle of White Plains, the crossing of the Delaware, the Battle of Princeton--but from the perspective of one who was there throughout, and who always permits us to see Putnam as the sort of character by whom history is, in the last analysis, made." Humphreys wrote the biography when formation of the Society of the Cincinnati, composed of men who were officers in the Revolution, "focused debate in the new republic about the competing claims of individual liberty and the good of the community."William C. Dowling is a Professor of English at Rutgers University 606 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCampaigns 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1754-1763$xCampaigns 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$vPersonal narratives 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yFrench and Indian War, 1754-1763$vPersonal narratives 615 0$aGenerals 676 $a973.3/3/092 676 $aB 700 $aHumphreys$b David$f1752-1818.$0317470 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968027203321 996 $aAn essay on the life of the Honourable Major-General Israel Putnam$94480216 997 $aUNINA