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Official letters to the Honorable American Congress : written, during the war between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency, George Washington, commander in chief of the continental forces, now President of the United States. / Copied by special permission, from the original papers preserved in the office of the Secretary of State, Philadelphia.

Accession number
PML 3749-50
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Published
London : Printed for Cadell Junior and Davies, G.G. and J. Robinson, B. and J. White, W. Otridge and Son, J. DeBrett, R. Faulder, and T. Egerton, 1795.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
Half-title: American state papers, being a collection of original and authentic documents relative to the war between the United Statea and Great Britain. Published by special permission. Volume the first [-second].
The letters cover the period from June 24, 1775 to Dec. 31, 1778. Other volumes, to include the later correspondence of Washington, were projected by the editor, John Carey, but no more were published. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
Edited by John Carey.
Description
2 volumes ; 22 x 15 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Vol. 2 with manuscript leaf inserted at end: "Copy of an interpreted Letter from General Washington to the Marquis de la Fayette dated Head Quarters New Windsor 31st May 1781," labeled as pages 107 and 108 but incomplete.
Provenance
Theodore Irwin; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Binding
3/4 brown morocco with cloth sides.
Classification
Department