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Monuments of Washington's patriotism : containing a fac-simile of his public accounts, kept during the revolutionary war. and some of the most interesting documents connected with his military command and civil administration.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([19], [1], 52, 65-66, [3], [65]-104 p., [6] leaves of plates ) ill., 3 ports., plans, facsims. ;
- Edition:
- 3rd ed. / with additions and embellishments.
- Other Title:
- Monuments of Washington's patriotism
- Place of Publication:
- Washington [D.C.] : Trustees of Washington's Manual Labour School and Male Orphan Asylum, 1841 (New-York : M. Ludwig)
- Contents:
- Fac-simile of letters [addressed to Franklin Knight] commending the plan of publishing a third edition
- Introduction : Ancestry of Washington. Chronological statement of the principal events of his life
- Lives by the Rev. William Jay
- Monumental inscription
- Certificate from the office of the register of the Treasury department
- Fac-simile of Washington's account of expenses from 1775 to 1783
- Plan of a line of march to Fort Duquesne
- Resolutions of Congress : Washington appointed commander-in-chief. His acceptance. Commission
- Circular letter of Washington to the governors of the several states
- Resolution of Congress to erect an equestrian statue of Washington
- Washington visits Princeton by request of Congress : Address to him by the president of Congress. His reply
- Farewell address of Washington to the army of the United States. Reply of the officers
- Washington takes leave of the officers of the army in New-York
- Speech of Washington on resigning his commission. Answer by the president of Congress
- Washington inaugurated president of the United States
- Proclamation for a day of thanksgiving
- Washington's legacy, or, Farewell address to the people of the United States
- Letter of Washington accepting the command of the army in 1798
- Funeral oration on the death of Washington, by General Henry Lee
- Constitution of the United States.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 101724.
- OCLC:
- 12
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