COLUMBIA'S LEGACY, OR WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS, TO HIS FELLOW - CITIZENS ON HIS RETIRING FROM THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. TO WHICH IS ADDED, HIS LAST SPEECH IN CONGRESS, AND HIS LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTING THE APPOINTMENT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES

  • Newburyport: Angier March, 1800
By [Washington, George]
Newburyport: Angier March, 1800. 50, [1], [1, blank] pp. Bookseller advertisement at page [51]. Bound in later marbled paper, Very Good.

This Newburyport imprint, according to ESTC, is the only 18th century printing of all three Addresses. Washington's "Letter to the President, accepting the appointment of Lieutenant-General and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States," is dated 13 July 1798.
ESTC W37445 [7- AAS, Huntington, Boston Pub., NYPL, Newberry, Clements, DLC]. Evans 38988. Howes W143. Sabin 101598.

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COLUMBIA'S LEGACY, OR WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS, TO HIS FELLOW - CITIZENS ON HIS RETIRING FROM THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. TO WHICH IS ADDED, HIS LAST SPEECH IN CONGRESS, AND HIS LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTING THE APPOINTMENT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES

Author

[Washington, George]

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

Angier March: Newburyport

Date

1800


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