Washington, George, 1732-1799 Printed Farewell address with autograph note (written on Claypoole's Advertiser)

GLC00185

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GLC#
GLC00185
Type
Letters
Date
September 19, 1796
Author/Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Title
Printed Farewell address with autograph note (written on Claypoole's Advertiser)
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 50.8 cm, Width: 34.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Printed copy of Washington's farewell address in Claypoole's Advertiser. Washington has added manuscript notes to his copyist for copying: "The letter contained in this Gazette addressed to the People of the United States is to be Recorded -- and in the order of its da[te.] [Pointing hand] Let it have a blank page before & after so as to stand distinct as it were. -- Let it be wrote with a letter larger & fully [sic] than the common recording hand -- and where words are printed with capital letters it is to be done so in Recording this letter -- and where other words that are printed in Italicks, must [be ruled] underneath and streight by a Ruler[.]"

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