The principles, history, & use, of air-balloons : also, a prospectus of Messrs. Blanchard & Baker's intended aerial voyage from the city of New-York : New-York, printed by C.C. Van Alen for J. Fellows, 1796

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Contributors: Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809., Baker, Gardiner, fl. 1791-1796.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Boston, 1939]
Series:Photostat americana. no. 84.
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Item Description: Plate bound as frontispiece in Library of Congress copy of original.
One of 15 copies from the original in the Boston public library, June, 1839.
"List of Mr. Blanchard's aerial voyages": p. 40-41.
Includes a copy of the proclamation written by Washington and presented by him to Blanchard on his flight from Philadelphia, Jan. 9, 1793.
Physical Description: 46 p., plates : facsim. ; 23 cm.