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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 8033-34
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 by Pierpont Morgan, by 1906.
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)
Provenance
George Washington, bookplate (vol. 1) and signatures (half-title in both vols.); Pierpont Morgan, purchased by 1096.
Binding
Gilt-tooled brown tree calf; hinges repaired.
Classification
Department