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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

This volumed compilation of the writings of George Washington brings together important speeches, letters, and other official correspondence from the professional life of the Commander-in-Chief. Special attention is paid to documents relating to his military business and political career, but also with personal correspondence to add a more holistic examination into Washington. The editor provides his own summary of Washington's life in the first volume, before the autobiographical documents begin
Print Book, English, 1834
American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, Boston, 1834
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12 volumes : maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm
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v.1. Life
v.2. Official letters relating to the French war, and private letters before the American revolution, 1754-May, 1775
v.3-8 Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution. June, 1775, to July, 1776 (v.3); July, 1776, to July, 1777 (v.4); July, 1777, to July, 1778 (v.5); July, 1778, to March, 1780 (v.6); March, 1780, to April, 1781 (v.7); April, 1781, to December, 1783 (v.8)
v.9. 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, to April, 1789
v.10. Letters official and private, from the beginning of his presidency to the end of his life. May, 1789, to November, 1794 (v.10) November, 1794, to Demember, 1799 (v.11)
v.12. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses
"There were many issues from stereotype plates and some sets are made up of volumes of varying dates."--Sabin bibliography
Several variations in volume imprints exist. See Sabin for details
Vols. 2-9 have imprint : Boston, Russell, Odiorne and Metcalf; and Hillard, Gray and co., 1834 (v. 7-9: 1835) v. 10-11: Boston, Russell, Shattuck, and Williams; and Hillard, Gray, and co., 1836
Printer statement from colophon, v. 1: Cambridge. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, printers to the University
Index in volume 12
Errata at end of volume 12
Half titles
Engravings signed