The writings of George Washington : being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private / selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations, by Jared Sparks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Contributor:

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Washington, George.

United States--History--Sources.

United States.

History.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Penn Provenance:

Seltzer, Mary Louise (donor)

Brinkley, R. C. (stamp)

Seltzer, Chas. M. (autograph)

Physical Description:

12 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown, 1855.

Contents:

v. 1. Life of Washington.

v. 2. pt. I. Official letters relating to the French war, and private letters before the American revolution: March, 1754-May, 1775.

v. 3-8. pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783.

v. 9. pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789.

v. 10-11. pt. IV. Letters official and private, from the beginning of his presidency to the end of his life: (v. 10) May, 1789-November, 1794. (v. 11) November, 1794-December, 1799.

v. 12. pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses.

Notes:

Index in vol. 12.

Local Notes:

Library's copy imperfect: v. 1-9, 11 wanting.

OCLC:

19282593