Research Catalog

Title

Monuments of Washington's patriotism: containing a facsimile of his public accounts, kept during the revolutionary war; and some of the most interesting documents connected with his military command and civil administration.

Author

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Publication

Washington, Pub. by the trustees of Washington's Manual Labour School and Male Orphan Asylum, 1841.

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Additional Authors

• Lee, Henry, 1756-1818.
• Knight, Franklin.
• Washington's Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum.
• Stuart Collection.
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Description

10 p. l., [1], 52, 65-66, [3], [65]-104 p. incl. facsims., plan. 6 pl., 3 port. (incl. front.); 35 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subject

• Washington, George, 1732-1799

Note

• An earlier reproduction of the accounts, without the accompanying documents of the present edition, was published, Washington, 1833, under title: Fac simile of Washington's accounts.
• Resolution of Congress to erect an equestrian statue of Washington.--Washington visits Princeton by request of Congress: Address to him by the president of Congress. His reply.--Farewell address of Washington to the army of the United States. Reply of the officers.--Washington takes leave of the officers of the army in New-York.--Speech of Washington on resigning his commission. Answer by the president of Congress.--Washington inaugurated president of the United States.--Proclamation for a day of thanksgiving.--Washington's legacy: or, Farewell address to the people of the United States.--Letter of Washington accepting the command of the army in 1778.--Funeral oration on the death of Washington, by General Henry Lee.--Constitution of the United States.

Source (note)

• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society;

Contents

Fac-simile of letters [addressed to Franklin Knight] commending the plan of publishing a third edition.--Introduction: Ancestry of Washington. Chronological statement of the principal events of his life.--Lines by the Rev. William Jay.--Monumental inscription.--Certificate from the office of the register of the Treasury department.--Facsimile of Washington's account of expenses from 1775 to 1783.--Plan of a line of march to Fort Duquesne.--Resolutions of Congress: Washington appointed commander-in-chief. His acceptance. Commission.--Circular letter of Washington to the governors of the several states.--

Call Number

AN+ (Washington) (Washington, G. Monuments of Washington's patriotism. 1841)

LCCN

08025309

OCLC

2352429

Author

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Title

Monuments of Washington's patriotism: containing a facsimile of his public accounts, kept during the revolutionary war; and some of the most interesting documents connected with his military command and civil administration.

Imprint

Washington, Pub. by the trustees of Washington's Manual Labour School and Male Orphan Asylum, 1841.

Edition

3d ed., with additions and embellishments.

Source

Gift; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; 2008.

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Added Author

Lee, Henry, 1756-1818.

Knight, Franklin.

Washington's Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum.

Stuart Collection.

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research Call Number

AN+ (Washington) (Washington, G. Monuments of Washington's patriotism. 1841)

Stuart 1211

NYGB E 312.81 1841