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to George Washington

To President George Washington with his autograph endorsement on verso. "...Royal Gift has not ... entirely recovered from the effects of his journey to this country. He has been affected with a stiffness in his joints & a period of lameness ..."

GLC09025.02

to George Washington

To President George Washington with his autograph endorsement on verso. "...I am now sorry to add that his situation at present is not better & am apprehensive that it never will."

GLC09025.03

Extract of a letter from Pennyslvania received by the pacquet, that came last from thence

Gives a report on the situation in America. Mentions Quakers and people who "also seem to think their ale is at stake." States that "Col. Washington is gone to New York..." possibly involved in the attack at Fort DuQuesne. Gilt edges. Watermarked...

GLC09054.15

Lincoln Said Women Should Vote

Washington woman suffrage poster, featuring Abraham Lincoln's quote, "I go for all sharing the priviledges of government who assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding women."

GLC09103

George Washington

Signed oil on canvas bust portrait of George Washington in military uniform. Wearing a gold collar and epaulets. One of Rembrandt Peale's porthole portraits of Washington with trompe-l'oeil stone frame that surrounds the bust. Painted for Enoch...

GLC09119.01

to Enoch Dean

Peale writes to say he is glad Dean is pleased with the portrait of George Washington he painted (see GLC 9199.01) and states he took great pains to make it an exact copy of the original. He comments, "Your Picture will survive me, and as my mortal...

GLC09119.02

to Major Morris S. Miller

"From what I know of the state of affairs in Washington and the feelings and intentions of the administration, I am satisfied that the course you advise would produce no useful results... Everything indicates the settled purpose to keep me unemployed...

GLC09161

to Joseph Vose

Hospital surgeon to Vose, requesting an orderly to attend to some wounded men from his regiment. On the verso of the Eustis letter is glued an invitation from General Washington, dated Aug. 12, to bring six officers of his regiment to dinner.

GLC09338.06

[Invitation from General Washington to Colonel Vose]

An invitation from General George Washington to Colonel vose to bring six officers of his regiment to dine on the next day. Trumbull served as Washington's secretary from 1781 through 1783.

GLC09338.12

to George Thatcher

To George Thatcher, Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress, re news from House of Representatives in Boston, titles being discussed for George Washington: "Brother Davis … followed my advice in appearing very modest the first session...

GLC09374