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First draft of his first inaugural address : autograph manuscript fragment, [1789].

BIB_ID
136791
Accession number
MA 878.21
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
[1789].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.8 cm
Notes
For an account of other pages of this address that have been located in libraries and private collections see N.E. Stein.
Pages 29 and 30 of an address at least 62 pages in length.
Part of a collection of letters and documents of George Washington. See collection record for MA 878 for more information.
With a single correction by Washington.
Provenance
In the possession of editor and historian Jared Sparks and probably distributed by him before 1866; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the dealer Hellman in 1908.
Summary
Concerning the function of government.