The spy unmasked, or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby : alias Harvey Birch, the hero of Mr. Cooper's tale of the neutral ground : being an authentic account of the secret services which he rendered his country during the Revolutionary War : comprising many interesting facts and anecdotes, never before published / (taken from his own lips, in short-hand ) by H.L. Barnum.

Author/creator Barnum, H. L.
Other author Crosby, Enoch, 1750-1835.
Other author Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew-York : Printed by J. & J. Harper, 1828.
Description206 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., map, port. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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Other title Memoirs of Enoch Crosby
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
General noteIn a letter to Benson John Lossing, dated Aug. 21, 1850, Cooper wrote that he had never seen "the publication of Mr. Barnum" and that he knew "nothing of such a man as Enoch Crosby." Cf. The letters and journals of James Fenimore Cooper (Cambridge, Mass., 1968), v. 6, p. 212. See also McDowell, T. "The identity of Harvey Birch," in American literature, v. 2 (May 1930), p. 111-120.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 3559.
References RLIN, CTRG02-B59
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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