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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00185 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1796 |
| Title | Printed Farewell address with autograph note [written on Claypoole's Advertiser] |
| Date | 19 September 1796 |
| Author | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines; Government document |
| Content Description | Printed farewell 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.] 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[.]" |
| Subjects | President Presidential Speeches and Proclamations Printing |
| People | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Notes: Once thought to be a printer's proof copy, this newspaper contains Washington's instructions to his copyist for entering his farewell address in his own letterbooks. Washington notes the actual completion date of the text (17 September ), rather than David Claypoole's date of publication. With Jared Sparks' note. Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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