Monuments of Washington's patriotism: containing a facsimile of his public accounts, kept during the revolutionary war; and some of the most interesting documents connected with his military command and civil administration.

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Author / Creator:Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Edition:3d ed., with additions and embellishments.
Imprint:Washington, Pub. by the trustees of Washington's Manual Labour School and Male Orphan Asylum, 1841.
Description:10 preliminary leaves, [1], 52, 65-66, [3], [65]-104 pages including facsimiles, plan 6 plates, 3 portrait (including frontispiece) 35 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
Local Note:University of Chicago Library's copy has a printed letter from the Asylum tipped in, dated May 18, 1842.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11620618
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Other authors / contributors:Lee, Henry, 1756-1818.
Knight, Franklin, editor.
Washington's Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum.
Notes:An earlier reproduction of the accounts, without the accompanying documents of the present edition, was published, Washington, 1833, under title: Fac simile of Washington's accounts.
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 1778.--Funeral oration on the death of Washington, by General Henry Lee.--Constitution of the United States.
Summary:"6 lithographs, 1 engraving, lithographic copy of account book ..."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 7.

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Call Number: f E312.81 1841
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