Washington, George.
General Washington’s Letter, Declaring His Acceptance of the Command of the Armies of the United States.
[Philadelphia] : Published for General Information, 1798.
Rare original 1798 letterpress broadside of George Washington’s letter accepting the command of the armies of the United States, one of the final public acts of his career. Printed on a single leaf of laid paper in three columns beneath a decorative caption title, the document gathers President John Adams’s message to the Senate ofContinue reading "General Washington’s Letter, Declaring His Acceptance of the Command of the Armies of the United States."
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