BIB_ID
136730
Accession number
MA 54.3
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
[1784 Dec. 18].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.7 cm
Notes
Docketed in Washington's hand: "Answer to the address of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore."
From Lafayette Collection.
Possibly a retained copy; formerly cataloged as possibly a press copy.
Written on Washinton's private watermarked paper.
From Lafayette Collection.
Possibly a retained copy; formerly cataloged as possibly a press copy.
Written on Washinton's private watermarked paper.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J. F. Sabin in 1912.
Summary
Thanking them for the honor of their addresses and apologetically refusing to meet them, citing his retirement to private life.
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