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"The disposition of the people" : George Washington and the ratification of the constitution : a Washington manuscript from the Gilder Lehrman Collection / with an introduction by James C. Rees.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Washington, George, 1732-1799, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Correspondence.
- Washington, George.
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806--Correspondence.
- Knox, Henry.
- United States. Constitution.
- United States.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Constitution (United States).
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- letters (correspondence)
- personal correspondence.
- Personal correspondence
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 17 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- George Washington and the ratification of the constitution
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Gilder Lehrman Institue of American History, 2005.
- Summary:
- Includes a facsimile copy and transcription of a letter from George Washington to Henry Knox, dated January 10, 1788, regarding the prospects of ratification of the new American constitution, along with a brief commentary on Washington's views on the constitution and his relationship with Knox.
- Notes:
- "A keepsake on the occasion of the first George Washington book prize awarded jointly by Washington College, the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, and the Gilder Lehrman Institue of American History, May 7, 2005."
- "2,000 copies printed from Miller type. Designed by Jerry Kelly."--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Misc 2007: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck.
- ISBN:
- 1932821228
- 9781932821222
- OCLC:
- 60662012
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