WASHINGTON, George, FAREWELL ADDRESS]. Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Together with the Messages, &c of His Excellency the Governor, to the said Court: Begun and held at Boston..., Boston: Printed by Young & Minns, Printers to the State [1796]. 20pp., 2 o (13½ x 8 5/8 in.), woodcut device of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at top of page 1, stabbed and sewn in original blue paper wrappers, UNCUT, as issued, front wrapper with bold early inscription: "Resolves. Novr. 1796," (light dampstains, some spotting to deckle edges, ink inscription on wrapper eaten through in one place), otherwise in remarkable original condition for such a fragile item. AN EARLY MASSACHUSETTS PRINTING OF WASHINGTON'S CELEBRATED FAREWELL ADDRESS, comprising 9 pages prefixed to the periodic official publication of the Resolves of the Massachusetts legislature, headed "President Washington's Address to the People of the United States..." One of the more elaborate of an extensive series of printings under a variety of titles, issued by different printers in different localities the year of Washington's celebrated political testament, in the drafting of which Alexander Hamilton had played an important role. In this, "the most important public message of Washington's life" (Richard Norton Smith Patriarch , p.278), he spelled out his reasons for declining a third term as President, presented his reflections on the need for a strong Federal union and warned against "permanent alliances" overseas and the pitfalls of divisive partisan politics at home. Evans 30766; Howes W 143.
WASHINGTON, George, FAREWELL ADDRESS]. Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Together with the Messages, &c of His Excellency the Governor, to the said Court: Begun and held at Boston..., Boston: Printed by Young & Minns, Printers to the State [1796]. 20pp., 2 o (13½ x 8 5/8 in.), woodcut device of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at top of page 1, stabbed and sewn in original blue paper wrappers, UNCUT, as issued, front wrapper with bold early inscription: "Resolves. Novr. 1796," (light dampstains, some spotting to deckle edges, ink inscription on wrapper eaten through in one place), otherwise in remarkable original condition for such a fragile item. AN EARLY MASSACHUSETTS PRINTING OF WASHINGTON'S CELEBRATED FAREWELL ADDRESS, comprising 9 pages prefixed to the periodic official publication of the Resolves of the Massachusetts legislature, headed "President Washington's Address to the People of the United States..." One of the more elaborate of an extensive series of printings under a variety of titles, issued by different printers in different localities the year of Washington's celebrated political testament, in the drafting of which Alexander Hamilton had played an important role. In this, "the most important public message of Washington's life" (Richard Norton Smith Patriarch , p.278), he spelled out his reasons for declining a third term as President, presented his reflections on the need for a strong Federal union and warned against "permanent alliances" overseas and the pitfalls of divisive partisan politics at home. Evans 30766; Howes W 143.
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