Research Catalog

Title

The writings of George Washington : being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private / selected and published from the original manuscripts with a life of the author, notes and illustrations by Jared Sparks.

Author

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Publication

Boston : American Stationers' Company, John B. Russell, 1834-1837.

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Additional Authors

• Durand, A. B. (Asher Brown), 1796-1886
• Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866
• Paradise, John Wesley, 1809-1862
• Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889
• Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827
• Cheney, John, 1801-1885
• Kellogg, Jarvis Griggs, 1805-1873
• Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828
• Folsom, Charles, 1794-1872
• American Stationers' Company
• G.W. Boynton & Company, engr.
• G.W. Boynton & Co. engraver.
• American Stationers' Company, publisher.
• Russell, Odiorne, and Metcalf publisher.
• Hilliard, Gray & Co. publisher.
• Russell, Shattuck & Williams publisher.
• Folsom, Wells, and Thurston printer.

Description

12 v. : maps, ports., facsims.; 23 cm.

Summary

This volumed compilation of the writings of George Washington brings together important speeches, letters, and other official correspondence from the professional life of the Commander-in-Chief. Special attention is paid to documents relating to his military business and political career, but also with personal correspondence to add a more holistic examination into Washington. The editor provides his own summary of Washington's life in the first volume, before the autobiographical documents begin.

Uniform Title

Works. 1837

Alternative Title

Works. 1837

Subject

• Washington, George, 1732-1799
• 1775-1783
• Presidents > United States > Messages
• Presidents > United States > Correspondence
• United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Sources
• United States > History > Sources

Genre/Form

• Letters – United States – 18th century.
• Maps – United States – 1833-1837.
• Stipple engravings – United States – 1833-1837.
• Engravings – United States – 1833-1837.
• Stipple prints – United States – 1833-1837.
• History
• Records and correspondence
• Sources

Note

• Printer statement from colophon, v. 1: Cambridge. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, printers to the University.
• Index in v. 12.
• Errata at end of v. 12.
• Half titles.
• Engravings signed.

Indexed In (note)

• Sabin

Contents

v. 1. Life of Washington -- v. 2. pt. I. Official letters relating to the French war, and private letters before the American revolution: March, 1754-May, 1775 -- v. 3-8. pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783 -- v. 9. pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789 -- v. 10-11. pt. IV. Letters official and private, from the beginning of his presidency to the end of his life: (v. 10) May, 1789-November, 1794. (v. 11) November, 1794-December, 1799 -- v. 12. pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses.

LCCN

^^^05014201^

OCLC

• 29437768
• SCSB-11270390

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library