BOUGHT WITH THE INCO FROM THE SAGE ENDOWMENT THE GIFT OF Henrtj W. Soqb 1891 ME FUND ...£lj4.(.p,. .A.J.M.LTA Cornell University Library Z8950 .B74 olin 3 1924 029 627 779 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://archive.org/details/cu31924029627779 y^^/^c^^> ■yi^^^^/u^i^f^^f^^.^&tat^J^^^u^^^^MM/i^S^dmtuU' % Catalogue OF THE / <• .' j '• I. I: \ WASHINGTON COLLECTION IN THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM COMPILED AND ANNOTATED BY APPLETON P^CfX^RIFFIN IN FOUR PARTS: I. Books from the Library of General George Washington II. Other Books from Mount Vernon III. The Writings of Washington IV. Washingtoniana TOitf) an ^ppentitx THE INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S BOOKS DRAWN UP BY THE APPRAISERS OF HIS ESTATE WITH NOTES IN REGARD TO THE FULL TITLES OF THE SEVERAL BOOKS, AND THE LATER HISTORY AND PRESENT OWNERSHIP OF THOSE NOT IN THE ATHENAEUM COLLECTION By WILLIAM COOLIDGE LANE Librarian of the Boston Athenmum THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM 1897 Unitoersttg l$xm t John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A. THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM Here records its gratitude to a number of liberal and public-spirited citizens of Boston and vicinity for the gift, in 1848, of these Books, formerly a part of the Library of GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, At Mount Vernon. SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY, NOW IN THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM. Israel Lombard J. Ingersoll Bowditch Francis Bacon Jonathan Phillips Theodore Chase Thos. Wiggles worth, Jr. Henry Lee, Jr. Charles Beck Ozias Goodwin Henry Lee Andrews Norton John P. Cushing William G. Stearns Edward Everett Jared Sparks Daniel Austin (Nathan Rice & (John Ware George Ticknor James Davis, Jr. . William S. Bullard Stephen H. Bullard H. P. Oxnard Charles H. Mills William Appleton Samuel Lawrence William H. Bordman Abbott Lawrence James K. Mills George H. Kuhn Edward H. Robbins Jonas Chickering Samuel Austin George M. Barnard William Perkins John E. Thayer Edward Austin Moses Grant Edmund Dwight, Jr. John C Gray Milton, Cushman, & Co. James Lloyd John J. Dixwell Francis C. Lowell Thomas Lee James Read Nathan Appleton Amos Lawrence Thomas H. Perkins Edward N. Perkins Benjamin D. Green George Livermore Charles Eliot Norton Samuel Batchelder John C Warren David Sears Robert G. Shaw & Co.' George W. Lyman Josiah Quincy, Jr. Thomas B. Wales William T. Eustis Daniel C. Bacon Daniel P. Parker George E. Ellis ( Joseph Iasigi & (. George Parkman Edmund Dwight John A. Lowell C. Gayton Pickman Zelotes Hosmer Nathaniel Silsbee George Peabody Francis Peabody W. Neal William Pickman Daniel Webster Samuel T. Armstrong Richard Fletcher Henry T. Parker , . . I ■ "ft The Donors made provision for this Catalogue {now printed after many years) by the purchase of paper and the engraving of a vignette showing the Interior of the Athenceum Library, and by the gift of a sum of money, which was enlarged by the generosity of the EXECUTORS OF THOMAS DOWSE, and was to be also used to build up a collection of Washingtoniana. "ft "ft -ft INTRODUCTION. The Inventory of Washington's books made at the time of his death by the appraisers of his estate shows that his library then numbered about nine hundred volumes. These under his will became the property of his nephew Judge Bushrod Washington, who also inherited his papers and the Mansion House of Mount Vernon. Here Judge Washington lived and added to General Washington's library a part at least of his own books. In his will in 1826, he provided as follows : " All the papers and letter books devised to me by my uncle, Gen'l Washington, as well as the books in my study, other than law books, I give to my nephew Geo. C. Washington; the books in the cases in the dining- room, I give to my nephew John A. Washington." In the inventory of his estate are these items : " In the dining-room, 468 vols, miscellaneous works left to John A. Washington," "658 vols, of miscellaneous works left to Geo. C.Washington," " 1125 N. of miscel. Pamphlets left Geo. C. Washington," beside " 169 vols, of State papers," " 22 vols, of Journals of Congress," and "649 vols, of Law Books, 22 law pamphlets." These latter were destined for Bushrod Washington Herbert, the son of a niece, in case he should be trained for the law. Mount Vernon was next occupied by John A. Washington. The books left to George C. Washington remained there for many years, but in 1847 or 1848, a considerable portion of them, perhaps all that remained, were sold to Henry Stevens, the bookseller. Mr. Stevens announced his intention of sending them over to the British Museum. To prevent this and to secure them for Boston a number of Boston and Cambridge men, particularly Prof. Jared Sparks, Prof. Andrews Norton, Mr. George Livermore, and Mr. Charles Eliot Norton, who acted as Treasurer, undertook to solicit subscriptions, and raise the five thousand dollars which Stevens demanded for them, a sum which he afterwards reduced to three thousand eight hundred dollars. This amount and four hundred and fifty dollars beside was collected, the Athenaeum itself contributing five hundred dollars ; and at a meeting of the subscribers viii INTRODUCTION. it was voted to place the books permanently in the Boston Athenaeum, of which a majority of the subscribers were Proprietors. The addi- tional sum subscribed was used in part by the Committee for a book- plate, a vignette of the interior of the Athenaeum Library, and paper for the Catalogue which they expected to have printed. The vignette appears on a previous page, and fifty copies of the Catalogue have been printed on the paper provided in 1850. They also bought from S. G. Drake a collection of books and pamphlets relating to Washington. The balance remaining in their hands they paid over to the Athenaeum. At the meeting of the Trustees of the Athenaeum in January, 1849, the Committee on the Library reported that " The last year has been distinguished beyond all precedent in the history of the institution by the number and value of the donations made to the Library. " First in importance is a collection of books which formerly belonged to Washington. Seventy gentlemen of Boston, Cambridge and Salem, by a sub- scription of fifty dollars each, amounting to nearly $4,000, have secured to the Athenaeum this treasure. The light in which they regard it, and the motives which animated them will best appear from their own words. " ' The greater number of these books,' they say, ' contain Washington's autograph. All which so distinguished, and next after them, those which were presenta- tion copies to him, and, next to them, those which contain his book-plate, or can in any other way be proved to have been in his possession, would be regarded even in Europe as curiosities of great interest and value, and would command prices which might seem incredible to one unacquainted with the sums given for objects associated with the memory of highly distinguished men. . . .' " It should be remarked that of these seventy 1 benefactors, twenty-eight, con- tributing #1400, are not Proprietors, but friends of the Athenaeum only as they are friends of learning and of those high interests of the community, which the Athenaeum was intended and is expected to promote." Of the purchase of the Washington Library Professor Charles Eliot Norton wrote in September, 1887, "The acquisition of the books by the Athensenum was, finally, in largest measure due to the efforts of the late George Livermore, one of the most public-spirited, generous and modest of men." It was Mr. Livermore also who, in 1858, as one of the executors of the will of Thomas Dowse obtained for the Athenaeum the appropriation 1 A few names were added after this Report was written, so that the final list included seventy-nine. INTRODUCTION. ix of " one thousand dollars for preparing and printing a descriptive cata- logue of the books formerly belonging to Washington, and for com- pleting the collection of works illustrating his life." To this gift, part of the income from which has been spent from time to time in buying books and portraits relating to Washington, is mainly due the collection of Washingtoniana here described, as well as the Catalogue itself. The collection of books bought from Stevens, and described in the first two sections of this Catalogue, comprises 455 volumes and about 750 pamphlets. Of these, 354 volumes (including 36 made up of pamphlets bound together) and several hundred unbound pamphlets may be assigned to General Washington's library, the large majority of them without question ; the remaining 80 bound volumes and the rest of the pamphlets belonged to Judge Bushrod Washington or to other members of the Washington family. The former are described in Part I. of this Catalogue under 835 entries, 105 of which represent unbound publications of the Board of Agriculture of Great Britain, and 61 United States government publications. The other books from Mount Vernon, not General Washington's, numbering 252 titles, are contained in Part II. Many of the unbound pamphlets and a few of the volumes bear no mark of ownership, but if their character and date make it probable that they were Washington's, they have been included in the first division, though further study of the Inventory and of the history of Washington's other books has shown that a very few of these titles should probably be transferred to the second division. Only one book from Washington's library has been added to the collection since the Stevens purchase. The remainder of Washington's library has been scattered, and no large number of his books now exists in any one place beside the Boston Athenaeum. What became of the rest of the books left to George C. Washington can only be conjectured. Those given to John A. Washington passed to his son John A. Washington, and then to his son Lawrence Washington, of Alexandria, Va. In 1876 a portion of them, after having been on exhibition in Phila- delphia during the Centennial Exposition was sold at auction by Messrs. Thomas & Sons. Lots 1-138 and 450-474, including 282 volumes, were stated to be from the Library of George Washington, and most of them can be identified with entries on the Inventory. The largest buyer at this sale was John R. Baker, of Philadelphia, whose collection x INTRODUCTION. came under the hammer in February, 1 891, in Birch's auction- rooms, when exceptionally high prices were realized for the Washington books. At the same rooms, under the direction of Stan. V. Henkels, in December, 1890, when the effects of Lawrence Lewis and Lorenzo Lewis were sold, in April, 1 89 1, when relics, papers, and books belonging to Lawrence Wash- ington, Bushrod C. Washington, and others were disposed of, and again in December, 1891, April, 1892, and December, 1892, other sales have given an opportunity to book collectors to bid for books which once belonged to Washington. The titles of the Catalogues of these sales will be found on pp. 470-475 of this volume. A sale of books claim- ing to be from Washington's library, but having spurious book-plates, took place in Washington, in 1863 (see p. 475). In order to show as far as possible how and when the several volumes in the Athenaeum Collection were acquired by Washington, a careful examination of his published writings, and of the inedited material, account-books, letter-books, etc., in the Department of State, Wash- ington, the Congressional Library, the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania, the Massachusetts Historical Society (the Pickering papers), and the Lenox Library, was made, and a good deal of information gathered. Very many books, it is shown, he received by gift, especially during his public career, but he was also a constant buyer, mainly in practical lines, as appears by the orders to his agents, copies of which exist in his account-books preserved in the Department of State. The character of his library as a whole may be learned from the Inventory printed in the Appendix, where, however, the titles of the pamphlets included in tract volumes are not given. From these it appears that he did not overlook the political questions of his time. The literature of the " Parson's Cause " and the " Two-Penny Act," subjects which agitated Virginia prior to the Revolution, is well represented. The tracts issued in the pre-revolutionary controversy appear in fair abundance, and there is a considerable number of works upon the principles of the Revolution, and the later politics of the United States. The manuscript material examined has also made it possible to state for the first time in these pages the authors of several anonymous pub- lications, as in the case of the " Five minutes answer to Thomas Paine," the author of which is shown by unpublished letters to be Charles L. P. Horry, nephew of the Pinckneys of South Carolina. In Parts I. and II. (including all the books from Mount Vernon) the INTRODUCTION. xi titles have been given with great fullness on account of the special interest of the books. In Parts III. and IV. (Writings of Washington and Washingtoniana) the titles are given with a trifle less detail, but at sufficient length for bibliographical purposes. Contributions relating to Washington in the American Historical Record, the Historical Magazine, the Magazine of American History, and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography are all catalogued, but those in other magazines of a popular character have been taken only when having a special value or actually existing as separate numbers on the shelves of the Washington collection. The Athenaenum also possesses a large collection of portraits 1 of Washington (about 553 different plates), but these have not been in- cluded in this Catalogue, both because of the size which the book had already reached, and because the field has been well worked by W. S. Baker in his " The Engraved Portraits of Washington." To all who have assisted him with information, and aided his re- searches, the compiler offers his sincerest thanks. Among those whose courtesies should be specially acknowledged are : A. H. Allen, chief of the Bureau of Rolls in the State Department ; his assistant, S. M. Ham- ilton, in charge of the historical manuscripts; Frederick D. Stone, LL.D., Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; Wilberforce Eames, A.M., of the Lenox Library; and Samuel Abbott Green, M.D., Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The compiler feels that he cannot properly omit to acknowledge the unfailing courtesy and helpfulness of Mr. William C. Lane, the Librarian of the Boston Athe- naeum, throughout the progress of the work. The Catalogue is now submitted in the hope that this first contribu- tion to a general bibliography of George Washington may prove ser- viceable to the large and constantly increasing number of students of the career of this great American. 1 The frontispiece is a photogravure by A. W. Elson & Co. of Gilbert Stuart's well known portrait of Washington, which is the property of the Boston Athenaeum, and is deposited in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. THE WASHINGTON COLLECTION IN THE BOSTON ATHEN^UM. patt I. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. ABERCROMBIE, Rev. James. 1758-1841. A Sermon, preached in Christ Church and St. Peter's, Philadelphia : on Wednesday, May 9, 1 798. Being the Day appointed by the President, as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, throughout the United States of America. By James Abercrombie, A. M. One of the Assistant Ministers of Christ Church and St. Peter's. Published by Request. Philadelphia: printed by John Ormrod [1798]. 38 pp. 8°- Inscribed on the inside of the first cover, " To George Washington, Esq' From His most hble Serv' The Author." ABERCROMBIE, John. English horticulturist, 1 726-1 806. The Hot-House Gardener on the general Culture of the Pine-Apple, and Methods of forcing early Grapes, Peaches, Nectarines, and other choice Fruits, in Hot- Houses, Vineries, Fruit-Houses, Hot-Walls, &c. with Directions for raising Melons and early Strawberries. By John Abercrombie. . . . Illus- trated with five Copper-Plates, representing the Pine-Apple, Grapes, Peaches, Nectarines, Cherries, Melon, and Strawberries, — coloured from Nature. London: printed for John Stockdale. m.dcc.lxxxix. xvi, 238 pp. 8°. This work was presented to Washington by the Chevalier d'Yrujo, as appears from a letter to Washington, preserved in the State Department at Washington, from which the following is an extract : — " As during my residence at Mount Vernon you did allow me to have the honor to present you with a Book concerning the culture of the Pine Apple & other different fruits in 2 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Hot-Houses, I do prevail of the opportunity of my friend M". James Barry going to that part of the country, to forward it to you. Philadelphia 31 st of July, 1796." Without autograph or book-plate. Entered upon the Inventory as "The Hothouse Gardener." $1 .50. ADAMS, John. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. By John Adams, LL.D. And a Member*of the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Boston. Philadelphia: printed for Hall and Sellers; J. Crukshank; and Young and M'Culloch. m.dcc.lxxxvii. xx, 390 pp. 16°. This work was written in haste to meet some criticisms by French writers, particularly by Turgot and Mirabeau. It is not a defence of the Constitution of the United States, but of the constitutions of the several States as then existing. It was first published at London in 1787, and immediately reproduced in the United States, editions being brought out at Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. The latter edition was much circulated in the Federal Conven- tion, and is thought to have had considerable influence in affecting the opinions of the members. The demand for the work induced the author to write two more volumes, which were published in 1788. A French translation came out at Paris in 1792, and a new English edition appeared at London in 1794. William Cobbett put out an edition at Philadelphia in 1797. The above constituted all the different issues of the work, until the text was brought out in a rearranged form in Charles Francis Adams's edition of " The Works of John Adams." Letters [to Dr. Calkoen of Amsterdam on American Affairs. Oct. 4 to Oct. 24, 1780]. [London, 1786.] (4), 74 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Common Sense, &c." Contents given under Paine, Thomas. Common Sense. The author makes the following statement concerning the origin and character of the work in an advertisement printed on two leaves following the title-leaf: "Dr. Calkoen, an eminent civilian at Amsterdam, to whom these letters were written, composed, by the means of them, a comparison between the revolt of the Low Countries from Spain, and the revo- lution of the United States of America ; in which he concluded, upon the whole, that ' as it was a kind of miracle that the former succeeded, it would be a greater miracle still if the latter should not.' This composition was read by him to a society of gentlemen of let- ters . . . and by its means just sentiments of American affairs began to spread in that country. . . . These papers are now printed, in order to preserve them ; but by no means to be made public for the present." The work passed through several editions under the title " Twenty-six Letters upon interesting Subjects respecting the American Revolution," and was reprinted in the seventh volume of " The Works of John Adams." Washington received this copy from Gen. Benjamin Lincoln and acknowledged its receipt in a letter dated Mount Vernon, November 14th, 1788, as follows : — *' Your letter of the 2$* of last month, accompanying the political letters of Mr. Adams, came safely to hand; and I have to acknowledge my obligations for both those favours. There is good sense in the answers given by M; Adams to the questions of D' Calkoen, combined with an extensive knowledge of the interests and resources of this Country. If there be in some instances an exaggeration of our force, it is not a matter of wonder — but BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 3 the tenor of the whole performance rather affords a subject for admiration that so much accuracy should have been discovered in representations, mostly drawn from recollection. Indeed I was very much pleased with the perusal and doubt not but the work must have been well calculated to answer the good purposes for which it was intended." — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. ADDISON, Alexander. Jurist, 1 759-1807. Observations on the Speech of Albert Gallatin, in the House of Represen- tatives of the United States, on the Foreign Intercourse Bill. By Alexander Addison. Washington [Penn.J : printed by John Colerick, 1798. (2), 52 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author. The letter of Addison transmitting the work is preserved in the State Department, where is also a press copy of Washington's letter of acknowledgment. The portions of these letters having reference to the pamphlet are printed below : — " I take the liberty of sending a pamphlet — and in a. separate inclosure a Newspaper. And I am with the greatest respect Your most obed' Serv' "Alex r Addison. "Washington (Penn* ), 17 May, 1798." To which Washington replied : — " I pray you, Sir, to accept my thanks for the Pamphlet you had the goodness to send me containing your remarks on M r Gallatin's Speech in the house of Representatives of the United States, on the foreign Intercourse Bill — and for the Gazette containing an Oration delivered at the Town of W. on the day recommended by the President to be observed as a General Fast. " Both of these productions I have read with equal attention & satisfaction ; and although it has been justly observed in one of them that to offer conviction to a person convinced before ... is labour lost, yet, much good may & I am persuaded will result, from the inves- tigation of political heresies. . . . Mount Vernon, 3 d June, 1798." Liberty of Speech, and of the Press. A Charge to the Grand Juries of the County Courts of the Fifth Circuit of the State of Pennsylvania. By Alexander Addison, President of those Courts. Washington [Penn.J : printed by John Colerick, for the author. 1798. 24 pp. 1 6°. Judge Addison was on the bench in Allegheny County throughout the Whiskey Insur- rection and during the excitement caused by the Alien and Sedition Acts. In the present charge he enjoined upon the Grand Jury the duty of enforcing the Sedition Laws ; making an able exposition of their legality and justice. A biographical sketch of Judge Addison is given in an article on " The Judiciary of Allegheny County," by J. W. F. White, in " The Pennsylvania Magazine of History,'' vol. vii. pp. 155-158. Inscribed on the cover, " General Washington." The letter of acknowledgment from Washington to Addison is here printed : — " Phila. 6* Dec 1798. " Sir, — Your favor of the 21 st Ult? enclosing thoughts on the ' Liberty of Speech & of the p ress ' — in a charge to the grand Juries of the County Courts of the fifth circuit of the State of Pennsylvania, has been duly rec d and I pray you to accept my thanks for this fresh 4 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. inst? of your attention & politeness to me. — I am persuaded I shall read it with the same pleasure and marked approbation that I have done your other productions of a similar nature which have come to my hands, — I say shall because my occupations since I came to this city have been such as scarcely to afford me time to look into a newspaper. With great esteem. ..." Concerning this work and the subject of which it treats, Washington wrote to Marshall as follows : — " The Alien & Sedition Laws have employed many pens, — and we hear a number of Tongues, in the assembly of this state, — the latter I understand to a very pernicious purpose. I send you the production of Judge Addison on these subjects. — Whether any new lights are cast upon them by his Charge you will be better able to decide when you have read it. My opinion is that if this or other writings flashed conviction as clear as the sun in its meridian brightness, it would produce no effect in the conduct of the leaders of opposition, who have points to carry from which nothing will divert them in the prosecution. When you have read the charge give it to Bushrod Washington or place it to any other you may think proper. Mount Vemon, 30* Dec r 1798." — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. ADDISON, Alexander. On the Alien Act. A Charge to the Grand Juries of the County Courts of the Fifth Circuit of the State of Pennsylvania, at December Sessions, 1798. By Alex. Addison, President of those Courts. Published at the request of the Grand Juries of the Counties of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Somerset, and Greene. Washington [Penn. J : printed by John Colerick. 1799. 19 pp. 16 . Inscribed on the title-page, " General Washington." In a letter preserved in the State Department, dated Washington, Penn., 31 Jan? 1799, Addison writes : — " I have taken the liberty of inclosing you a small pamphlet. In doing this it is not my intention to tax your politeness with any acknowledgment such as by your letter of the 6 th of December last you honoured me with." To which Washington briefly replied from Mt. Vernon, 4th March, 1799, as follows : — " Your favour of the 31 st of JaW enclosing your second charge to the Grand Juries of the County Courts, etc. has been duly received." An ADDRESS to the Representatives in Parliament, upon the State of the Nation. _ London: printed for J. Almon. mdcclxxdc. 38 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." The contents are given under [Randolph, Peyton.] A Letter from a Gentleman in Virginia to the Merchants of Great Britain. An ADDRESS to the Voters of Anne-Arundel and Prince-George's Counties, and City of Annapolis. Annapolis : printed by Frederick Green, mdccxcviii. 16 pp. 8°. Signed " A Voter " ; opposes the election of Richard Sprigg to Congress. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 5 AKEN, Frans Joachim von. Swedish chemist, 1 738-1 798. Korrt Afhandling ora det basta Eldslacknings satt med Dartil lampad Brand-Redskap och nodig Brand- Ordning. Af F. J. von Aken. Stockholm, Tryckt hos Johan Pehr Lindh, 1797. (6), 128 pp. 3 folded plates. 1 6°. Bound in full calf with gilt edges. Inscribed on the fly-leaf, " To George Washington Esq' by His most obed'. humble SV The Author and Inventor of the Best Method for Extinguishing Fire." ALFIERI, VnroRio. 1 749-1803. Bruto Primo, tragedia. [Parigi, 1788.] (6), n-95 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the dedication page. Three pages are devoted to a dedica- tion, " Al chiarissimo e libero uomo il generale Washington." Inserted is a MS. translation of the dedication by G. W. Featherstonhaugh. Upon a sheet of note-paper pasted on the fly-leaf is another translation in the handwriting of Charles Eliot Norton. This is perhaps the work referred to in a' letter from John Paradise of London to Wash- ington as follows : " I avail myself of the opportunity afforded me by my friend Count Andriani, of conveying to you an Ode, which Count Alfieri, the author of it, desired me long ago to convey to you. The rambling, and of course unsettled condition, I have been' in since my return to Europe, has entirely put it out of my power to comply sooner with Count Alfieri's request." Undated letter, received in June, 1790. — From Sparks 's Correspondence of the American Revolution, vol. iv. p. 342. ALMON, John. English bookseller and journalist, 1 737-1805. A Collection of interesting, authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America; shewing the Causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding, from 1764 to 1775. London : printed for J. Almon. m.dcc.lxxvti. 280, (3) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the inside of the cover : — " For His Excellency General Washington from M r Almon." This volume, which, is complementary to the Remembrancer, is known as " The Prior Documents." In the Washington Inventory it is entered as " Pryors Documents." The Parliamentary Register ; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons [and of the House of Lords] ; containing an Account of the most interesting Speeches, Motions, Bills, Protests, Evi- dence, Petitions, &c, during the First [Second, Third] Session [s] of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain. Vol. I.-VII. [1774-77.] London : printed for J. Almon. m,dcc,lxxv-mdcclxxvii. 7 vols. 8°. The titles vary upon the different volumes. Inscribed on the inside of the covers of all the volumes, — " For His Excellency General Washington from M' Almon." 6 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. ALMON, John. English bookseller and journalist, 1 737-1805. The Parliamentary Register ; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Lords. Vol. IX. pp. 1-48. London : printed for J. Almon. m,dcc,lxxviii. (2), 1-48 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts." Contents given under [Glover, R.] The Substance of the Evidence, etc. Following the title-page of vol. 9 there is inserted the title-page of vol. 8. The pages of the Parliamentary Register here given contain a report of the debate in the House of Lords on the 18th of November, 1777, upon the King's speech on coercive measures for America. The Remembrancer, or, impartial Repository of Public Events. Fourth edition. London: printed for J. Almon. mdcclxxv. (4), (o)-257, (3) pp. Folded map. 8°. The map is "Map of the Environs of Boston. Drawn at Boston in June, 1775, and pub- lished at London by J. Almon, according to Act of Parliament Aug'. 28* 1775." The Remembrancer ; or, impartial Repository of Public Events. Part II., III. For the Year 1776. London: printed for J. Almon. 1776, 1777. Part II. (2), 356 pp. Map. 8°. Part III. (2), 350, (6) pp. Map. 8°. " Map of the seat of war in the Provinces of York, Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Printed Mar. I st 1777.'' Same. For the Year 1777. London: printed for J. Almon. 1778. (2), 514, (8) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the inside of the cover of all the volumes, — " For His Excellency General Washington from M r Almon." The AMERICAN Magazine. Containing a miscellaneous Collection of origi- nal and other Valuable Essays, in Prose and Verse, and calculated both for Instruction and Amusement. [Vol. i.J December, 1787-November, 1788. New York, printed by Samuel Loudon. [1787-1788.] No title-page. Plates. 8°. With book-plate, and with Washington's autograph on the title-page of the first number. The AMERICAN military pocket Atlas ; being an approved Collection of correct Maps, both general and particular, of the British Colonies ; espe- cially those which now are, or probably may be the Theatre of War : taken principally from the actual Surveys and judicious Observations of Engineers De Brahm and Romans ; Cook, Jackson, and Collet ; Maj. Holland, and other Officers, employed in his Majesty's Fleets and Armies. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 7 London: printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennet. [1776.] viii, (2) pp. 6 folded maps. 8°. Autograph of " William Aus Washington " on a fly-leaf. The AMERICAN Museum, or Repository of ancient and modem fugitive Pieces, prose and poetical. Vol. I.-X. 1787-1791. Philadelphia : printed by Matthew Carey, m.dcc.lxxxvii-m.dcc.xci. 10 vols. 8°. Vols. 8-10 have the title : The American Museum, or Universal Magazine, with imprint, Philadelphia : Carey, Stewart, and Co. The magazine continued publication until December, 1792, when it ceased in conse- quence of certain post-office regulations, whereby it was refused admittance "into the Post-Office on any terms." The career of the magazine is briefly related in Smyth's " The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors, 1741-1850," pp. 67-73, w * tn some account of its contributors and the principal articles that appeared in it. Washington's autograph on all the title-pages. In a letter to Carey, the publisher, under date of June 25, 1788, Washingtonwrites about the magazine as follows : — " Although I believe the ' American Museum,' published by you, has met with extensive, I may say, with universal approbation from competent judges, yet I am sorry to find by your favor of the 19 th , that, in a pecuniary view, it has not equalled your expectations. A dis- continuance of the publication for want of proper support would, in my judgment, be an impeachment on the understanding of this country. For I am of opinion, that the work is not only eminently calculated to disseminate political, agricultural, philosophical and other valuable information ; but that it has been uniformly conducted with taste, attention, and propriety. If to these important objects be superadded the more immediate design of rescuing public documents from oblivion, I will venture to pronounce, as my sentiment, that a more useful literary plan has never been undertaken in America, or one more deserving public encouragement. By continuing to prosecute that plan with similar assiduity and dis- cernment, the merit of your ' Museum ' must ultimately become as well known in some coun- tries in Europe, as on this continent; and can scarcely fail of procuring an ample compensation for your trouble and expense." — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. The AMERICAN Remembrancer; or, an impartial Collection of Essays, Resolves, Speeches, &c. relative, or having affinity, to the Treaty with Great Britain. [Vol. I.] Philadelphia : printed by Henry Tuckniss, for Matthew Carey. August 20, 27, September 4, October 1, 1795. 288 pp. 8°. Vol. II. Same place and publisher. October 10, 24, November 4, 14, 1795. 288 pp. ' 8°. Vol. III. Same place and publisher. November 28, December j6, 26, 1 795, January 20, 1796. 312 pp. 8°. Pp. 141-148 of Vol. III. are missing. " It is intended, in the present Publication, to collect together the most valuable Essays, Resolutions, Speeches, etc., respecting the Treaty [Jay's] between the United States and Great Britain. In the Prosecution of this Plan, the Publisher pledges himself to observe the strictest Impartiality." 8 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Contents. Vol. I. Speech of Charles Pinckney at Charleston, July 22d, 1795! Speech of Mr. J. Thompson at Petersburg, August 1, 1795; Proceedings of a Town Meeting at Wil- mington, August 4, 1795 > Speech of Caesar Rodney, August 4, 1795 ; Memorial of the Citizens of Wilmington and its Vicinity to the President of the United States [George Washington] ; Reply of the President to the Same; Reply of the President to the Selectmen of Boston; Observations on the Constitutional Power to form Treaties, extract from one of the Federal Farmer's Letters, January 10, 1788 ; Defence of Mr. Jay's Treaty, by Camillus [Alexander Hamilton], No. i.-xv. ; . . . Caius's [Matthew Carey] Address to the President of the United States, July 21st, 1795 ; Observations on Mr. Jay's Treaty by Cato [R. R. Livingston], Nos. i.-xiii. . . . Vol. II. Obseryations on Mr. Jay's Treaty, by Cato [R. R. Livingston], No. xiv. xv. j An Examination of the pending Treaty, by Juricola, No. i.-iv.; . . . Camillus, No. xvi.-xx. ; The Objections to the Treaty refuted by "A Federalist," No. i.-vii. ; Remarks on Charles Pinck- ney's Speech ; . . . Reflections on Mr. Jay's Treaty by Decius [John Nicholas], No. i.-vi. ; Strictures on the late Conduct of the Executive, by " A Republican " ; . . . Gracchus [John Thompson], No. i. ; Sophistry detected, by Tully, No. i. ; Observations on the Disposition of Administration to France and England, by " A political Watchman"; Atticus, No. i.-v. Vol. III. Memorial and Petition of a number of the.Citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia to the General Assembly; Tully, No. ii. ; Camillus, No. xxi.-xxxviii. ; Cato, No. xvi. ; Atticus, No. vi., vii. ; Cinna, No. i.-vi. ; Resolutions of the Franklin Society; Reflections on Mr. Jay's Treaty j . . . Remarks on the Treaty of Amity, Navigation, and Commerce, concluded between Lord Grenville and Mr. Jay, on the Part of Great Britain and the United States, respectively, by A Citizen of the United States, signed " Columbus," Virginia, August 6, 1795. ... Without autograph or book-plates. Entered on the Inventory. AMES, Fisher. 1758-1 808. The Speech of Mr. Ames, in the House of Representatives of the. United States, when in Committee of the Whole, on Thursday, April 28, 1796, in Support of the following Motion : Resolved, that it is expedient to pass the Laws necessary to carry into effect the Treaty lately concluded between the United States and the King of Great-Britain. Philadelphia : printed by John Fenno. m,dcc,xcvi. (4), 59 pp. 8°. A powerful appeal in support of the " Jay Treaty.'' Two copies. Concerning this speech, Washington wrote to Pinckney as follows : " The enclosed speech, however, made by Mr. Ames at the close of the discussion, I send to you ; because, in the opinion of most, who heard it delivered or have read it since, his reasoning is unan- swerable. Mount Vernon, May 22d, 1796." [AMORY, Thomas. Eccentric English writer, 1691 (?)-i788.] The Life of John Buncle, Esq ; containing Various Observations and Reflec- tions, made in several Parts of the World, and many extraordinary Relations. London : printed for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, m.dcc.lxvi. Vol. I. iv, (iii)-ix, (7), 511 pp. Vol. II. (16), 532 pp. 8°. " The book is a literary curiosity, containing an extraordinary medley of religious and sentimental rhapsodies, descriptions of scenery, and occasional fragments of apparently genuine autobiography. ' The soul of Rabelais,' says Hazlitt, « passed into John (Thomas) BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 9 Amory.' The phrase is suggested by Amory's rollicking love adventures. He marries seven wives in the two volumes of Buncle, generally after a day's acquaintance, and buries them as rapidly. They are all of superlative beauty, virtue, and genius, and, in particular, sound Uni- tarians. A great part of the work is devoted to theological disquisition, showing considerable reading in defence of ' Christian deism.' Much of his love-making and religious discussion takes place in the north of England, and there is some interest in his references to the beauty of the lake scenery. His impassable crags, fathomless lakes, and secluded valleys, contain- ing imaginary convents of Unitarian monks and nuns, suggest the light-headed ramblings of delirium." — Leslie Stephen. Washington undoubtedly read this book, as he takes care to note the interruption of the continuity of the narrative caused by the transposition of the parts in binding. The volumes bear no marks of frequent reading or use ; on the contrary, they have a very fresh and clean appearance. Bought by Washington in 1787, as appears from the following entry copied from his Cash Book preserved in the State Department : — Cash Cr. 1787, Sep 17. By 4 Vol? of Don Quixote 22/6 2 d? Jn? Buncle 24/ £2. 6. 6 Pensy a Curry The ANALYTICAL Review ; or, new literary Journal, for May, 1 793. [London] printed for J. Johnson. 1793. 120 pp. 8°. ANDERSON, James. Scotch economist and agriculturist, 1 739-1 808. Essays relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs. 3d edition. Vols. I., II. Edinburgh, printed for John Bell and for G. Robinson. m,dcc,lxxxiv. Vol. I. xxii, 461 pp. 3 folded plates. Vol. II. xxiv, 410, (1) pp. 18 plates. 8°. Same. [1st ed.] Vol. III. Edinburgh: printed for Bell & Bradfute. m,dcc,xcvt. lx, 3-631, (1) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph is upon the upper right-hand corner of the title-pages of all the volumes. The third volume is inscribed upon the'bastard title-page : — "To His Excellency George Washington Esq^ President of the United States of America, with most respectful Compliments from the Author." Entered in the Inventory as follows : " Anderson on Agriculture, (1 vol. full bound, the others in boards, 4 do " [vols.]). The " Practical Treatise on draining Bogs," etc., added to the Essays made up the four volumes called for by the Inventory. None of the volumes have book-plates. The record of the gift of these volumes to Washington is found in the following : — " I use the freedom to embrace this opportunity of sending to you, some additions that have been made to the two first volumes of the essays on agriculture ... of which I beg your acceptance, as without them former editions will not be compleat." Edinburgh 3 d Aug' 1797. — Jos. Anderson to Washington. From the original in the State Department. 10 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. All the writings of this author in Washington's library were gifts. Some of the cor- respondence showing this fact is printed in " Selections from the Correspondence of George Washington and James Anderson, LL.D." London, 1800; American edition, Charlestown, 1800. ANDERSON, James. Scotch economist and agriculturist, 1 739-1 808. A practical Treatise on draining Bogs and swampy Grounds, illustrated by Figures ; with cursory remarks upon the originality of Mr. Elkington's mode of Draining. To which are added directions for making a new kind of strong, cheap and durable fence, for rich lands ; for erecting at little expense, mill-dams, or weirs upon rivers. ... As also, Disquisitions concerning the different breeds of Sheep, and other domestic Animals ; being the principal additions that have been made to the fourth edition of Essays relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs. ... By James Anderson, LL.D. . . . London : printed for G. G. and J. Robinson. 1797. (2), 308 pp. 8°. Inscribed on verso of bastard title : — " To George Washington Esqr with most respectfull Compts From the Author." A practical Treatise on peat Moss. Considered as in its natural State fitted for affording Fuel, or as susceptible of being converted into Mold capable of yielding abundant Crops of useful Produce ; with full directions for converting it from the state of Peat into that of Mold, and afterwards cultivating it as a soil. By James Anderson LLD. F.R.S. FAS. S. Author of Essays on rural affairs, and several other performances. Edinburgh : printed for Robinson and Sons. 1794. xxvi, 150, (i)pp. 8°. Without autograph or book-plate. — Prospectus of an intended new Periodical Work, to be called The Bee, or Universal Literary Intelligencer. To be published Weekly ... by James Anderson. Edinburgh: printed by Mundell and Sons. 1790. 4 pp. 4 . Bound with " Notes on Farming," and other pamphlets, lettered " Agriculture." — Recreations in Agriculture, Natural- History, Arts, and miscellaneous Lit- erature. By James Anderson, LLD. FRS. and FSA. E. Vol. I., II. London: printed by T. Bensley. 1799, 1800. 2 vols, in 12 unbound numbers. 8°. In the original paper covers as issued, Nos. 1-12. ANDERSON, James, M. D. Physician General at Madras ; died 1809. A twelfth Letter to Sir Joseph Banks Baronet President of the Royal Society, on the Subject of Cochineal Insects, discovered at Madras. By BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. II James Anderson, M. D. With a Copper Plate Engraving annexed, of the different Insects mentioned in the Letters, from the Drawings of Baron Reichel. . . . Madras: printed by Charles Ford, mdcclxxxvii. (i), 2 pp. 4 . The plate described on the title-page is wanting. ANDERSON, James, M. D. Physician General at Madras, died 1809. Letters to Sir Joseph Banks Baronet President of the Royal Society, on the Subject of Cochineal Insects, discovered at Madras, by James Anderson, M. D. With a Copper Plate Engraving annexed, of the different Insects mentioned in the Letters, from the Drawings of Baron Reichel. Also an Engraving of the Opuntia Major, Spinolis obtusis, mollibus & innocentibus ; and the Plan of a Nopalry in the Bishoprick of Guaxaca in the Kingdom of Mexico. . . . Madras : printed by Charles Ford, mdcclxxxviii. (2), 26 pp. Folded plate. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : — " Doctor James Anderson from the Author." Letters on Cochineal, continued by James Anderson, M. D. Madras: printed by C. Ford. m,dcc,lxxxtx. (2), 36 pp. Folded plate. 8°. Two copies. One is inscribed on the title-page : — " To James Anderson Esq^ L.L.D. with Compliments from his Friend." The other: — " To Dr. Anderson with Compliments of his Friend." Correspondence for the Introduction of Cochineal Insects from America ; the Varnish and Tallow Trees from China, the Discovery and Culture of White Lac, the Culture of Red Lac, and also for the Introduction, Culture, and Establishment of Mulberry Trees and Silk Worms, with a Description and Drawing of an improved Piemontese Red for the Manufacture of raw Silk. Together with the Culture of the finest Cinnamon Trees of Ceylon Indigo and some other valuable Articles. By James Anderson, M. D. Madras. Printed by Joseph Martin. 1791. 78,6 pp. 8°. The title-page imperfect. The Continuation of Letters on the Progress and Establishment of the Culture of Silk, on the Coast of Coromandel : by James Anderson, M. D. and A. M. Physician General. . . . Madras: printed by Joseph Martin, m.dcc.xch. 16 pp. 8°. 12 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. ANDERSON, James, M.D. Physician General at Madras, died 1809. The Conclusion of Letters on the Culture of Silk, with additional Accounts of both kinds- of Bread Fruit Trees and the Distribution of Nopal Plants, on the Coast of Coromandel : by James Anderson, M. D. and A. M. Physician General. . . . Madras : printed by Joseph Martin, m.dcc.xcii. 16 pp. 8°. Letters for promoting the Silk Manufacture on the Coast of Coromandel : by James Anderson, M. D. and A. M. Physician General, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia and Member of the Society of Planters of St. Helena. Madras : printed by J. D. Matthews. 1794. 46 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the verso of the title-page : — " To Doctor Ja* Anderson Edinburgh p^ favor of M* Haig." "To his Excellency George Washington Esq r President of Congress, America From His most obedient Hub 1 . Serv' Ja? Anderson 15 th Dec 1794." ANDERSON, John. English physicist, 1 726-1 796. Essais sur l'Artillerie de Campagne, depuis que Ton fait usage de la poudre • a canon dans les combats. Par John Anderson, M. A., F. R. S. . . . Pro- fesseur de Physique dans l'Universite de Glasgow. [Paris, 1791]. 79, (1) pp. 12 . Given to Washington by the author. The extracts printed below are from papers pre- served in the State Department : — " Of these inventions I made an offer to my own country ; and in order to point out their advantages to the Duke of Richmond and the Board of Ordnance, I printed the Eng- lish Essays on Field Artillery. N. 1. which are now sent you. But such are the habits of Professional men, and the powers of Aristocratic wisdom, that His Grace not only saw no merit in the invention, but used me ill . . . when I saw that this was the humour of the Master General, I stopped at Page 48 in the English Essays that are sent you.* The re- mainder upon that subject will not be published till there is peace in Europe, or till after my death. " In summer 1791, 1 went to Paris. . . . The Essays in French on Field Artillery which are sent to you likewise, and marked N. 2 were printed at Paris for the use of the Military Com- mittee and Artillery Officers. There are two papers at the end of them which were not in the English Essays presented to the Duke of Richmond. Glasgow College, 1793. August 6 th ." — John Anderson, Professor Natural Philosophy, to Washington. "... That the advantages of these two inventions are pointed out in printed papers which accompany this Memorial: to wit. N. 1. Essays on Field Artillery 1788. N. 2. Essais sur L'artillerie de Campagne 1791. N. 3. Of Cast Metal Cannon. N. 4. Of Ander- son's Ship Gun. Glasgow College August 20th, 1793." — Extract from Memorial of John Anderson " To His Excellency George Washington Esquire, President of the United States of America.'' BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 13 ANSON, George. Lord Anson, English admiral, 169 7-1 762. A Voyage round the World, in the Years m dcc xl, i, ii, hi, rv. By George Anson, Esq ; now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from his Papers and Materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. With Charts of the Southern Part of South America, of Part of the Pacific Ocean, and of the Track of the Centurion round the World. The Sixth Edition. London : printed for John and Paul Knapton. mdccxlix. (24), 548 pp. 2 folded charts. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. In 1761 a claim was put forth that Benjamin Robins and not Richard Walter was the compiler of this work. This theory has never been substantiated, although it is admitted that Robins was employed as sub-editor. The work was virtually written by Anson. See Barrow's Life, p. 408. Upon Walter's share in the editing, see Notes and Queries, 5th ser. vol. iv. pp. 78, 100. The ARMINIAN Magazine : consisting of Extracts and original Treatises on General Redemption. Volume I., II. For the Year 1789, 1790. Printed in Philadelphia, by Prichard & Hall . . . and sold by John Dickins. m.dcc.lxxxix, m.dcc.xc. 2 vols. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-pages. The ART of War, containing, I. The Duties of all Military Officers in actual Service ; including necessary Instructions, in many capital Matters, by the Knowledge of which, a Man may soon become an Ornament to the Profes- sion of Arms. By Monsieur De Lamont, Town- Major of Toulon. II. The Duties of Soldiers in General. . . . [Written By a French Officer.] III. The Rules and Practice of the greatest Generals, in the Manoeuvres of encamping, marching, order of Battle. ... By the Chevalier de La Valiere. Philadelphia: printed and sold by Robert Bell, mdcclxxvi. (8), 264 pp. 12°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. The original work in French was first pub- lished at Paris in 1671. See Willems, "Les Elzeviers," no. 1885. The several treatises have independent title-pages, as follows : — The Art of War, containing the Duties of all Military Officers, in actual Service ; including necessary Instructions in many capital Matters, by the Knowledge of which a Man may soon become an Ornament to the Profession of Arms. Written by Monsieur De Lamont, Town Major of Toulon. Philadelphia : printed and sold by Robert Bell, mdcclxxvi. pp. 1-61. The Art of War, containing the Duties of Soldiers in General, in actual Service ; including necessary Instructions in many capital Matters, by remaining ignorant of 14 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. which, a Man will be every day in danger, of bringing disgrace upon himself, and material injury, to the cause of his Country. Written by a French Officer. Philadelphia: printed and sold by Robert Bell, mdcclxxvi. pp. 63-143. The Art of War, containing, the Rules and Practice of the greatest Generals, in the Manoeuvres, of encamping, marching, order of Battle, fighting, attacking, and defending strong Places, with the Manner of surprising Towns, Quarters, and Armies ; exhibiting what is most requisite to be known, by all who enter into the Military Service. By the Chevalier de La Valiere. Philadelphia : printed and sold by Robert Bell, mdcclxxvi. pp. 145-264. The ASSOCIATION, &c. of the Delegates of the Colonies, at the Grand Con- gress, held at Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1774, versified, and adapted to Music, calculated for grave and gay Dispositions ; with a Short Introduction. By Bob Jingle, Esq ; Poet Laureat to the Congress. [New York : J. Rivington] Printed in the Year m,dcc,lxxiv. 2 2 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets, in a volume lettered " Plays, &c." Contents given under [Bickerstaffe, I.] Lionel and Clarissa. This is a piece of the loyalist poetry which was so rife in the early period of the Revolu- tion. The most of these poetical burlesques were issued from the press of Rivington, the Tory publisher. The fact that this is a production of Rivington's, is established by a memorandum in Du Simitiere's diary preserved in the Library of Congress. The title is given in Hildeburn's " Issues of the Philadelphia Press," but with a query as to its being a Philadelphia publication. The author's name is unknown. It is possible that Jonathan Odell was the writer, as the poetry is similar to his pieces published in Sargent's " Loyal Verses of Joseph Stansbury and Dr. Odell." BACKUS, Azel, D.D. 1765-1817. Absalom's Conspiracy : A Sermon, preached at the General Election, at Hartford in the State of Connecticut, May 10th, 1798. By Azel Backus, A.M. Pastor of a Church in Bethlem. Hartford, printed by Hudson and Goodwin. 1798. 54 pp. 8°. A Sermon, delivered at the Funeral of His Excellency Oliver Wolcott, Governor of the State of Connecticut; who died 1st December 1797. By Azel Backus, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Bethlem. Printed at Litchfield, by T. Collier. [1797.J 23 pp. 8°. BAKER, Charles. Charles Baker's Treatise for the preventing of the Smut in Wheat. Bristol : printed, by John Rose, for the Author. October 26, 1797. 29 PP- 8°. Enclosed are several circulars advertising "A sure Method to extirpate the Disease called Smut in Wheat." BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 1 5 BANCROFT, Edward, M.D. English naturalist and diplomatist, 1 744-1821. Experimental Researches concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Col- ours ; and the best Means of producing them, by Dying, Calico Printing, &c. By Edward Bancroft, M.D. Fellow of the Royal Society, &c. Vol. I. London : printed for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies. m dcc xciv. xlvii, 456 pp. 8°. The author of this work was the well-known confidential agent of Franklin during the French negotiations. He kept Franklin informed of the political happenings in England and performed such other services as his entree into English official circles put it within his power to do. The office that he filled at this time has been a subject of much discussion. Bancroft, the historian, and others have regarded him as a British spy acting under the guise of an American agent, to keep the British Government informed of the transactions of the Americans at the French Court. Wharton, in his " Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution," has gone into the question with much care and patient investigation, with conclusions favorable to the faithfulness of Bancroft's work for America. Subsequent to the conclusion of the Peace in 1783, Bancroft visited this country and was favorably received by representative people. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Inscribed on the bastard title-page : — " To George Washington President of the United States &c. &c. &c. this volume is most respectfully presented by The Author." BARBE DE MARBOIS, Francois, Marquis de. 1745-1837. Etat des finances de Saint-Domingue, contenant le resume 1 des Recettes & Defenses de toutes les Caisses publiques, depuis le 10 Novembre 1785, jusqu'au 1" Janvier 1788. Par M. Barbe" de Marbois, Intendant des Isles Francoises sous le Vent. A Paris, de Pimprimerie royale. m.dcc.xc. (6), 55 pp. n folded sheets. 4 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. Same. Contenant le r£sum6 des Recettes & Defenses de toutes les Caisses publiques, depuis le i. er Janvier 1788, jusqu'au 31 Decembre de la meme ann6e. A Paris, de rimprimerie royale. m.dcc.xc. (6), 48 pp. n folded sheets. 4 . These pamphlets are the first two in a volume lettered " Political Pieces." The others are: — [Dubucq.] Le pour et le contre sur un objet de grande discorde et d'importance majeure. — La Ligne de demarcation, ou Plan qui pourroit 6tre un des moins mauvais a suivre dans l'approvisionnement des Isles francoises de l'Amerique & dans le commerce avec elles. — Reponse a la Brochure intitulee Le pour et le contre. — Vaudreuil, Marquis de. Observations du Marquis de Vaudreuil, adress^es au Conseil de guerre a l'Orient. — Grasse, Comte de. Reponse aux Observations de M. le Marquis de Vaudreuil. — Virginia. Ordinances passed at a Convention held at the Town of Richmond, in the Colony of Virginia, 17th of 16 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. July, 1775. — Stanhope, C. Remarks on Mr. Brydone's Account of a remarkable Thunder- storm. — Barton, W. Observations on the Progress of Population. — Keith, G. S. Tracts on Weights, Measures, and Coins. BARCLAY, Robert. English Quaker, 1 648-1 690. An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers. Written in Latin and English, by Robert Barclay, and since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French, and Spanish, for the Information of Strangers. The eighth Edition in English. Birmingham; printed by John Baskerville. mdcclxv. (ii), xiii, 504, (16) pp. 4 °. " Barclay's great book, ' The Apology,' is remarkable as the standard exposition of the principles of his sect, and is not only the first defence of those principles by a man of trained intelligence, but in many respects one of the most impressive theological writings of the century." — Leslie Stephen. With book-plate. Washington's autograph is cut from the title-page. BARLOW, Joel. Poet and statesman, 1754-1812. An Oration, delivered at the North Church in Hartford, at the Meeting of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, July 4th, 1787. In Commemo- ration of the Independence of the United States. By Joel Barlow, Esquire. Hartford: printed by Hudson and Goodwin. [1787.] 20 pp. Sm. 4 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Miscellanies." Contents given under [Wharton, C. H.] A poetical Epistle. Inscribed on the title-page : " To His Excellency George Washington Esquire from his very hum 1 . Serv'. The Author." The upper half of the first line of this inscription has been cut away by the binder. The Vision of Columbus; a Poem in nine Books. By Joel Barlow, Esquire. Hartford : printed by Hudson and Goodwin, for the Author, m.dcc. lxxxvii. 258, (12) pp. 8°. The (12) pp. at end of the volume contain subscribers' names, among whom the King of France heads the list for 25 copies ; and Washington comes next for 20 copies. The payment of Washington's subscription is recorded in his cash-book, preserved at the State Department, as follows : — Cash. Cr. 1787, May 18. By M' Barlow p? into the h d ? of Col? Humphreys my Subs2 for 20 Vol 5 , [copies] of his Poem entitled the Visions of Columbus @ lj£ Dol. each 10. 0. o Pensyl? Currency. Without autograph or book-plate. Entered on the Inventory , 50 c. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 17 BARNES, Joseph. Treatise on the Justice, Policy and Utility of establishing an effectual System for promoting the Progress of useful Arts, by assuring Property in the Products of Genius. To which are added, Observations, on the Deficiency of, and Exceptions to the Bill reported in March, 1792. With Notes, tend- ing to demonstrate, that no Property is secured in the Products of Genius, under the existing Patent System. Also, the Principles upon which a Bill ought to be formed, to be effectual and equitable. By Joseph Barnes. Philadelphia: printed by Francis Bailey, mdccxcii. 34 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative, etc. BARTLETT, Josiah, M.D. Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1 729-1 795. A Discourse on the Origin, Progress and Design of Free Masonry. De- livered at the Meeting-House in Charlestown, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the Anniversary of St. John the Baptist. June 24, A. D. 1793. By Josiah Bartlett, M.B. Boston : printed by Brother [sic] Thomas and John Fleet, mdccxciii. 31 pp. 8°. Pp. 21-31 contain, with a title-page : " A Charge : delivered at Charlestown to the Wor- shipful Master, the Wardens and Brethren of King Solomon's Lodge, on the Festival of St. John the Baptist. A. M. 5793. By R. W. William Walter, D.D." Both speakers made complimentary remarks upon Washington. Dr. Bartlett said : " For while a Noah, a Solomon, a Warren and a Franklin, are in the happy enjoyment of the celestial temple, we have for our imitation, the pious and heroic example of a beloved Washington, who is not less distinguished for his private virtues, than for that wisdom, prudence, perseverance, and unwearied attention to the arduous duties of his exalted station, which has often been celebrated in strains of the most persuasive eloquence.'' Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Masonic Sermons." Contents given under Magaw, S. A Sermon preached in Christ Church, Dover. BARTON, Benjamin Smith. Physician and botanist, 1766-1815. New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. By Ben- jamin Smith Barton, M.D. . . . [The second Edition, corrected and greatly enlarged.] Philadelphia: printed for the Author, by John Bioren. 1798. (2), xxviii, cix, 133, (1), 32 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the recto of the copyright leaf, " For General Washington, with the most respectful compliments of his very obedient and very humble Servant .&c. The Author." 1 8 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. BARTON, William, A.M., died 1817. A concise Account of the Origin and Use of Coat Armour ; with some Observations on the beneficial purposes for which Heraldry may be applied, in the United States of America. 1788. By William Barton, Esq^ A.M. Member of the American Philos. Society, Philadelphia. MS. 35 pp. Sm. 4°. Bound with " Philosophical Transactions," 1744, and other pamphlets in a volume let- tered " Miscellanies." Dedicated "To His Excellency George Washington, Esquire, LL.D. Member of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, etc." This MS. was submitted to Washington by the author for his views as to the utility of the work. He wrote to Washington as follows : — " Altho' barely known, however, to you, I take the liberty of inclosing, for your own perusal, a short treatise on a subject little understood, or attended to, in this Country, namely, Heraldry or Blazon. This Essay, (the manuscript copy of which subscribed with my name, I beg your acceptance of,) I have presumed to inscribe to Your Excellency. . . . " If Your Excellency should think proper to favor me with the sanction of your name, in approbation of the Essay, I shall not only rest assured, that the principles therein advanced are perfectly consistent with those which an American Citizen ought to maintain ; but shall deem it a great honor done to me personally. Philadelphia Aug'. 28 th 1788." — From the original in the State Department. To which Washington replied : — " At the same time I announce to you the receipt of your obliging letter of the 28th of last month, which covered an ingenious essay on Heraldry, I have to acknowledge my obligations for the sentiments your partiality has been indulgent enough to form of me. . . . "Imperfectly acquainted with the subject, as I profess myself to be, and persuaded of your skill as I am it is far from my design to intimate an opinion, that heraldry, coat-armour, &c, might not be rendered conducive to public and private uses with us ; or that they can have any tendency unfriendly to the purest spirit of republicanism." Washington goes on to consider the opposition that an effort to establish a system of heraldry in this country might meet. He thinks that the sensitive state of the public mind in regard to class distinctions, and an existing feeling among certain people "that those, whom they wish invidiously to designate by the name of ' well born ' are meditating in the first instance to distinguish themselves from their compatriots, and to wrest the dearest privileges from the bulk of the people," are objections to the publication of the work. He concludes by saying : — " My remarks, you will please to observe, go only to the expediency, not the merits of the proposition. . . . You may, however, rest satisfied, that your composition is calculated to give favorable impressions of the science, candour, and ingenuity, with which you have handled the subject ; and that in all personal considerations, I remain . . . Mt. Vernon, 7 Sept. 1788." — Sparks, vol. ix., pp. 297-299. Barton wrote in reply : — "I cannot forbear intruding upon your Excelly again, to return you my most sincere and thankful acknowledgments for the Candor and Politeness, with which you have been pleased to communicate to me your sentiments, on the subject of my Essay : and I should be wanting in that respect which is due to your Character, as well as committing a Violation of my own feelings, were I now to publish it. . . . Phila. Septr. i8'. h 1788." — From the original in the State Department. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 19 [BARTON, William, A.M., died 181 7.] Observations on the Nature and Use of Paper-Credit ; and the peculiar Advantages to be derived from it, in North- America : from which are inferred the Means of establishing and supporting it, including Proposals for founding a National Bank. Philadelphia : printed and sold by R. Aitken. m.dcc.lxxxi. 40 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : " For the Rev? M^ Blair From the Author." Observations on the Progress of Population, and the probabilities of the Duration of Human Life, in the United States of America. Read before the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful Knowledge. By William Barton, M.A. [Philadelphia :] printed by R. Aitken & Son. m.d.ccxci. (2), 38 pp. 4 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Pieces." Contents given under Barbe de Marbois, F. fitat des finances de Saint-Domingue. Given to Washington by the author, who wrote as follows : — Philadelphia August 10 th 1792. Sir, — You did me the honor some time since, of accepting a printed copy of a paper of mine, which had been read before the American Philosophical Society. I now, Sir, take the liberty of offering for your acceptance the inclosed Supplement to that paper. — With sentiments of the highest respect, & most perfect attachment I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obed'. h b . le Servant W. Barton. The President of the United States. From the original in the State Department. BARTRAM, William. American botanist, 173 8- 1823. Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws; containing an Account of the Soil and natural Productions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians. Embellished with Copper Plates. By William Bartram. Philadelphia : printed by James & Johnson. m,dcc,xci. xxxiv, 522 pp. 8°. Pp. 481-522 consist of "An Account of the Persons, Manners, Customs and Government of the Muscogulges or Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, &c. Aborigines of the Continent of North America. By William Bartram. Philadelphia: Printed by James & Johnson. M,DCC,XCI." "In 1772 he [Bartram] began explorations in the Floridas, Carolina and Georgia, the expense of which for nearly five years was borne by Dr. Fothergill, and to him William's collections and drawings were turned over. William made many contributions to the natural history of the country through which he traveled, and in 1791 published his Travels. . . The volume contains many engravings of plants and birds from the author's own draw- ings." — Sketch of John and William Bartram in Popular Science Monthly, vol. 40. 20 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Coleridge says: "The latest book of travels I know written in the spirit of the old travelers is Bartram's account of his tour in the Floridas. It is a work of high merit." Washington's autograph on the title-page. The letters which passed between Washington and Powel, in June, 1790, printed below, show that Washington declined the dedication of this book to him, but subscribed for its publication. Samuel Powel writes : — " The Bearer hereof, M'. Robert Parish, an Inhabitant of this city, informs me that his Journey to New York is undertaken with a View to obtain Subscriptions to a Work of W. William Bartram's, containing an Account of his Travels thro' Florida &c. & also to obtain Permission to dedicate this work to you. " From M r Bartram's character as a Botanist and as a Man, I have no Doubt that his Work is an interesting one, & such as will do him credit. Philadelphia, 11 June, 1790." — From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " Your letter of the 1 I th instant was handed to me by M'. Parish, together with proposals for publishing and requesting permission to dedicate to me, the Travels of M r . William Bartram through Florida &c. — "The request I declined, as I have done many others of a similar nature — not with a view to discourage a work of this kind, which I am persuaded, if executed by an able hand, maybe very useful amongst us — but to avoid with propriety future applications of this nature unless where some particular circumstances might induce a compliance. " If affixing my name as a subscriber to this work can promote the authors good inten- tions, I am happy in having done it ; and I sincerely wish it all the success which it merits. New York, June 20* 1790." BEHAGUE, Jean Pierre Antoine, Comte de. Memoire sur la population d'un etat en general et sur la population de nos colonies en particulier. Par M. de Behague, Lieutenant-General des Armees du Roi, Gouverneur- General des Isles du Vent, & Commandant en chef des forces de terre & de mer envoyees pour 1' execution de la loi du 8 Decembre 1790. A la Martinique, de rimprimerie de P. Richard & Le Cadre. 1791. (2), 37, (3) PP- 8°- Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Raynal, &c." The contents are given under Chastellux, F. J. Marquis de. Discours, etc. BELKNAP, Jeremy, D.D. Historian, 1 744-1 798. A Sermon, delivered on the 9th of May, 1798, the Day of the national Fast, recommended by the President of the United States. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. Minister of the Church in Federal- Street, Boston. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1798. 29 pp. 8°. Two copies. Given to Washington by the author, as appears by a letter preserved in the State Department, of which the following is an extract: — " The kind reception which you gave to the first Volume of the American Biography, encourages me to inform you that a second, th? long delayed by precarious health & other BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 21 unavoidable causes, is now going to the press, & will probably appear in about two months. . . . " Be pleased to accept the enclosed discourses w ch are unmarked & forward the others either by public or private conveyance. Boston, May 29, 1798." Jeremy Belknap to Wash- ington. — From the original in the State Department. To which Washington replied : — Mount Vernon, 15* June 1798. Reverend Sir, — Your favor of the 29th ultimo, accompanying the discourse delivered on the day recommended by the President of the United States to be observed for a fast, was received in the usual course of the mail from Boston ; and the copies therewith sent were forwarded agreeably to your desire. . . . For the discourse which you were so obliging as to send me, and for the favorable sen- timents with which it was accompanied, I pray you to accept the best thanks of, reverend Sir, Your most obedient and very humble Servant, George Washington. From Mass. Hist. Sqc. Proc. IV. 137-138. BEND, Rev. Joseph. A Discourse delivered in St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, Sunday, July 25th, 1790, on Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Lucia Magaw, wife of the Rev. Samuel Magaw, D.D. : and now published at his Request. By Joseph Bend, A. M. Assistant Minister of Christ-Church and St. Peter's. Philadelphia : printed by William Young. m,dcc,xc. 24 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Orations." Contents given under Rush, B. An Oration before the American Philosophical Society. [BENEZET, Anthony. Quaker philanthropist, born in France, 1 713-1784. J The potent Enemies of America laid open : being some Account of the baneful effects attending the use of distilled spirituous Liquors; and the Slavery of the Negroes. [Collected by Anthony Benezet.J Philadelphia : printed by Joseph Crukshank. [1774.J (2), 48, 83 pp. 16°. Without autograph or book-plate. Comprises the following : — The mighty Destroyer displayed, in some Account of the dreadful Havock made by the mistaken Use as well as Abuse of distilled spirituous Liquors. By a Lover of Mankind [Anthony Benezet]. Philadelphia : printed by Joseph Crukshank. m.dcc.lxxiv. 48 pp. ; Thoughts upon Slavery. By John Wesley, A.M. London, printed : re-printed in Philadel- phia, with Notes, and sold by Joseph Crukshank. md,cc,lxxiv. 83 pp. [ 1 An earnest Address to such of the People called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian Testimony of their Ancestors. Occasioned by a Piece, intituled, " The Testimony of the People called Quakers, given forth by a Meeting of the Representatives of said People, in Pennsylvania and New-Jersy \_sic\, held at Philadelphia the Twenty-fourth Day of the First Month, ^75." Philadelphia, printed for John Douglas M'Dougal, 1775. 56 pp. 16°. Bound with Bentham, J. Panopticon; or, the Inspection House. 22 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [BENEZET, Anthony. Quaker philanthropist, born in France, 1 713-1784.] Serious Considerations on several important Subjects ; viz. on War and its Inconsistency with the Gospel. Observations on Slavery. And Remarks on the Nature and bad Effects of spirituous Liquors. Philadelphia : printed by Joseph Crukshank. 1778. 48 pp. 16 . Inscribed on the title-page, " Warner Mifflin to General Washington." Bound with Bentham, J. Panopticon. [ ] Notes on the Slave Trade. [Philadelphia : Joseph Crukshank. 1780?] 8 pp. 16 . No title-page. Bound in the same volume as the above. [ ] Short Observations on Slavery, introductory to some Extracts from the writing of the Abbe Raynal, on that important Subject. [Philadelphia : Joseph Crukshank. 1780?] 12 pp. 16 . No title-page. The title occupies the upper part of the first page of the text. Bound in the same volume as the above. BENTHAM, Jeremy. English philosopher and economist, 1 748-1832. Panopticon ; or, the Inspection-House : containing the Idea of a new Principle of Construction applicable to any Sort of Establishment, in which Persons of any Description are to be kept under Inspection : and in par- ticular to Penitentiary-Houses, Prisons, Houses of Industry, Work-houses, Poor-houses, Manufactories, Mad-houses, Lazarettos, Hospitals, and Schools : with a Plan of Management adapted to the Principle : in a Series of Letters, written in the Year 1787, from Crecheff in White Russia, to a Friend in England. By Jeremy Bentham, of Lincoln's Inn, Esquire. Dublin, printed : London, reprinted ; and sold by T. Payne. 1791. (2), vii, (3), 140 pp. 16°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this are : [Benezet, A.] An Earnest Address to such of the People called Quakers as are sincerely desirous of supporting and maintaining the Christian Testimony of their Ancestors. — Short Observations on Slavery ; Notes on the Slave Trade. — A Letter to an American Planter from his Friend in London, London, 1771. — [Benezet, A.] Serious Considerations on several important Subjects. Panopticon : Postscript ; Part I : containing further Particulars and Altera- tions relative to the Plan of Construction originally proposed ; principally adapted to the Purpose of a Panopticon Penitentiary-House. [Part II. con- taining a Plan of Management for a Panopticon Penitentiary-House.J By Jeremy Bentham, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq. London: printed for T. Payne. 1791. 2 vols. Part I. (4), 240 pp. Folded sheet. Part II. (4), 232 pp. Folded sheet. 16 . Washington's autograph on both title-pages. ^*H7? <» i**/n<-*>i- — ., Scriptut h . j I i / EVELATioNJn Particular. BOTH rrtij/{^si 7 S8f>7 :,■ BWp ^ Matter 0/ />, and fc to the "Proof j£;fj> Tfaat|tfI|W^EVELATIONS J Wnot Reafonably be Defired, a/id' Would Probablj be Unfuccefsful. \ t s In Eight S E R. M O N S, Preach'd in the wM.. C A T H E D R A L - 6 H U*R C H of St. Pan' Lo^on - ROBERT BOYLE. Et '7 l 7*. *7? BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 2$ Inscribed on the inside of cover : — " To George Washington president of the United States of America in Testimony of gratitude for dignified exertions in behalf of oppressed Humanity by the Author." BLACKHALL, Offspring. Bishop of Exeter, 1654-1716. The Sufficiency of a standing Revelation in General, and of the Scripture Revelation in Particular. Both as to the Matter of it, and as to the Proof of it ; and that new Revelations cannot reasonably be desired, and would prob- ably be unsuccessful. In eight Sermons, preach'd in the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul, London ; at the Lecture founded by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; in the Year 1700. By Ofspring, late Lord Bishop of Exeter. London: printed for Jer. Batley . . . and T. Warner. 171 7. (4), 176 pp. 16°. Washington's autograph is written twice upon the title-page in a boyish hand. The sig- nature is thought to be the earliest specimen of his writing extant, as it was probably written when he was eight or nine years of age. The names of Robert Wickloff and Samuel Bowman appear in autograph as owners of the book at different times. The margins of the volume are worm-eaten, and the title-page is defaced by ink-marks, and is somewhat ragged at the edges. BLAKE, Mark. A Letter to the Clergy of the Church of Scotland. By Mark Blake, Esq. London : printed for Daniel Isaac Eaton. m,dcc,xciv. 36 pp. 8°. BLANCHARD, Jean Pierre. French aeronaut, 1753-1809. Journal of my forty-fifth Ascension, being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793. Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist. m,dcc,xciii. 27 pp. Plate. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative, etc. BLAND, Richard. Virginia antiquary and writer, 1710-1776. A Letter to the Clergy of Virginia, in which the Conduct of the General- Assembly is vindicated, against the Reflexions contained in a Letter to the Lords of Trade and Plantations, from the Lord-Bishop of London. By Richard Bland, Esq; one of the Representatives in Assembly for the County of Prince-George. Williamsburg : printed by William Hunter, mdcclx. vi, 3-20 pp. 8°. The author of this tract, familiarly known as the " Antiquary," was a leading statesman and writer in pre-revolutionary times in Virginia. He wrote the first treatise on the relations of the Colonies with Great Britain, from an American standpoint, under the title, " Enquiries into the Rights of the British Colonies.". This work made a decided impression, and Jeffer- son placed it above the Farmer's Letters in its logical presentation of the principles of 26 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. colonial rights. Bland was a member of the Continental Congress of 1774 and also of the Virginia Conventions that brought forth the Declaration of Rights and other important Revolutionary measures. The present tract is one of several controversial publications occasioned by the case of the Clergy against the Virginia Assembly, known as the " Parsons' Cause." The writer opposed the Clergy, and the Rev. John Camm's tract, " The Colonels dismounted," was aimed at him and Col. Landon Carter. Bland's Letter to the Clergy, and a tract written presumably by Peyton Randolph, are animadverted upon by Commissary Robinson in a letter to the Bishop of London as follows : — " My Lord, I send you two pamphlets both printed here; and received with great ap- plause, which sufficiently shew to what a pitch of insolence many are arrived at, not only against our most worthy diocesan and the clergy, but likewise against his Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council. Such dispositions to ferment and encourage disaffection to the Church and Clergy, if suffered to proceed may at a Crisis, bring about such a change in our religion, as may alter the Constitution of the State." For other tracts on this controversy, see titles under John Camm, Landon Carter, and Peyton Randolph in this Catalogue. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Miscellanies " are : — [Watson, R.] A Letter to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. — [Randolph, P.] A Letter to the Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord B p of L n.— [De Brahm, J. W. G.] VII. Arm of the Tree of Knowledge. — Henley, S. A candid Refutation of the Heresy imputed by R. C. Nicholas. Washington's autograph on the title-page and at the top of page iii. BLIGH, William. English admiral, 1 754-181 7. A Narrative of the Mutiny, on board his Britannic Majesty's Ship Bounty ; and the subsequent Voyage of part of the Crew, in the ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East- Indies. Written by Lieutenant William Bligh. Philadelphia : printed by William Spotswood. mdccxc. (2), 70 pp. 12 . The author was the commander of the Bounty and his alleged cruelty was the cause of the " Mutiny of the Bounty." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Dickinson, J.] Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. [BORDLEY, John Beale. Jurist and agriculturist, 172 7-1804.] A Summary View of the Courses of Crops, in the Husbandry of England & Maryland ; with A Comparison of their Products ; and a System of im- proved Courses, proposed for Farms in America. Printed by Charles Cist, at Philadelphia : m,dcc,lxxxiv. 22 pp. Sm. 4°. Bound with " Poems on Several Occasions. By a Gentleman of Virginia " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Poems, &c." "In Maryland, he [Washington] watched with interest the experiments of John Beale Bordley, who was working upon the same lines, and was among the first to publish the results — A View of the Courses of Crops in England and Maryland." W. C. Ford. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 27 The author was a prominent lawyer and politician, holding at different times important public positions in Maryland until 1791, when he removed to Philadelphia. From 1753 to 1766 he was prothonotary of Baltimore County; in 1766 Judge of the Provincial Court, and from 1767 to 1776 of the Admiralty Court; and during the early Revolutionary movement a member of the Provincial Council, when he advocated the colonial cause. His agricultural experiments were conducted first at his plantation near Joppa and later at Wye Island, Chesapeake Bay. The last-named estate came into his possession in 1770 and: "There in elegant retire- ment, adopted into a well-educated and affluent circle of neighbors, who commanded from their own estates, with ease, all the comforts and luxuries of life, he became still more than ever attached to rural life and concerns." The writings in which he set forth the results of his experiments were first published anonymously, but later in 1799 were brought out in a collected edition under his name. An account of his career and of his writings is given in Gibson's " Biographical Sketches of the Bordley Family.'' Transmitted to Washington by Samuel Powel, President of the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture, as appears by the following : — " In conformity to the Directions of the Society, I have enclosed its Address to the public, & also a summary View of a Course of Crops & c . written by a Mr. Bordeley of Mary- land. Philadelphia, July 5, 1785." — From the original in the State Department. Washington acknowledged its receipt as follows : — " I am obliged to the Society for its address to the public, & for the Summary of a course of crops by M'. Bordley. — The latter I had before received from the author. . . . Mount Vernon, 19* July 1785." [BORDLEY, John Beale. Jurist and agriculturist, 1727-1804.J On Monies, Coins, Weights, and Measures, proposed for the United States of America. Philadelphia : printed by Daniel Humphreys, m.dcc.lxxxdc. (2), 25, (1) pp. 8°. Two copies. Stitched in the same pamphlet is " Purport of a Letter on Sheep. Written in Maryland, March the 30th, 1789." Inscribed on the title-page, " From the Author." There is another copy in the Collection unbound. [ ] A Supplement to the Essay on Monies, Coins, &c. proposed for the United States of America. Philadelphia: printed by Daniel Humphreys, m.dcc.xc. (2), 7 pp. 8°. [ ] Purport of a Letter on Sheep, written in Maryland, March the 30th, 1 789. [Philadelphia, 1789.] 6 pp. No title-page. 8°. This and the two preceding pamphlets are bound with others in a volume lettered " Political Tracts." Contents given under [Webster, N.] An Examination into the leading Principles of the Federal Constitution. [ ] Sketches on Rotations of Crops. Philadelphia : printed by Charles Cist, m,dcc,xcii. (2), 47 pp. 8°. Inserted is a slip of errata. Bound with " Notes on Farming," N. Y. 1787, and other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Agriculture." There is another copy in the collection with MS. corrections by Washington. 28 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [BORDLEY, John Beale. Jurist and agriculturist, 1 727-1804.] Sketches on Rotations of Crops, and other Rural Matters. To which are annexed Intimations on Manufactures ; on the Fruits of Agriculture ; and on new Sources of Trade, interfering with Products of the United States of America in Foreign Markets. Philadelphia : printed by Charles Cist, m,dcc,xcvh. (2), 76 pp. Wood- cuts and Diagrams in the text. 8°. Interleaved with heavy paper. Upon the interleaved sheet opposite page 43 is a manu- script note by Washington, and another opposite page 65. Bound with other pamphlets lettered "Sketches and Inquiries." Contents given under Peters, R. Agricultural Enquiries. Transmitted to Washington by James McHenry, who wrote the following : — " M r Boardley put into my hands the other day the annexed little work which he re- quested me to send you, excusing himself from doing it least it might be thought to require a letter of thanks which he did not wish to expose you to for such a trifle. I have not had time to read it. Philadelphia 9th July, 1797." — From the original in the State Department. Washington acknowledged its receipt as follows : — " It is a little out of time, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the gth ult°. but ' better late than never ' — and an object in doing it, is to pray you to thank Mr. Bordley in my name, for the work he had the goodness to send me, through the channel of your con- veyance. Mount Vernon, August 14, 1797." — From the press copy in the Lenox Library. [ ] Queries selected from a paper of the Board of Agriculture in London, on the Nature and Principles of Vegetation : with Answers and Observations by J. B. B. No title-page. [Philadelphia, 179 7. J 19 pp. 8°. The title occupies the upper part of the first page of the text. Washington acquired all of Bordley 's works by gift from the author. In 1799 a col- lected edition was sent him by McHenry, Secretary of War, as appears from the extract printed below. Single works had previously been sent him by Bordley. as explained in the extracts from letters printed with their respective titles in this Catalogue. " M r . Bordley left the inclosed collection of his works with me, with a request that I should forward it to you. There are some useful things in the book, but I believe little of it is his own. Philad. 29 July 1799." — From the original in the State Department. BOSSU, N. Travels through that Part of North America formerly called Louisiana. By Mr. Bossu, Captain in the French Marines. Translated from the French, by John Reinhold Forster, F. A. S. Illustrated with Notes relative chiefly to Natural History. To which is added by the Translator A Systematic Catalogue of all the known Plants of English North-America, or, a Flora Americse Septentrionalis. Together with an Abstract of the most useful and necessary Articles contained in Peter Loefling's Travels through Spain and Cumana in South America. Referred to the Pages of the original Swedish Edition. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 29 London : printed for T. Davies. m dcc lxxi. 2 vols. Vol. I. viii, 407 pp. Vol. II. ( 4 ), 432 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the dedication page of the first volume and on the title-page of the second. Has the book-plate. Bought by Washington in 1772, as appears by the following entry copied from his Cash- book preserved in the State Department : — Cash. Cr. 1772. Novl 3. By Bossu's Acct. of Louisiana. 2 Vols. 1 — o — o [BOSWELL, Georgk.] A Treatise on watering Meadows : wherein are shewn some of the many Advantages arising from that mode of Practice, particularly on coarse, boggy or barren Lands ; and the Method of performing the Work. Also Remarks on a late pamphlet upon that Subject. Illustrated with five Copper-plates. Third edition, with many additions. London: printed for J. Debrett. mdccxcii. xvi, 134, (1) pp. 5 folded plates.- 8°. The autograph has been cut out of the title-page. Bound with this is Turner's " An Essay on Draining and improving Peat Bogs.'' The title on the back is " Boswell On Meadows, &c.'' [BOUCHER, Rev. Francis, of Barbados. ] A Dissertation on the Revolutions of States, and Empires. With some Considerations on the Blessings of Peace, and the Evils of War. Barbados. Printed for the Author, by John-Edward Orderson. m,dcc, lxxxv. (8), 16 pp. Sm. 4 . Bound with " Poems on Several Occasions. By a Gentleman of Virginia " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Poems." This book was forwarded to Washington by John Tucker of Barbados at the request of the author, whom he describes as a " Worthy Clergyman of this Island." The compiler of this Catalogue has been unable to gather any facts concerning the author other than those furnished by the correspondence printed below. It is quite probable that he was related to the Rev. Jonathan Boucher whose relations with Washington are set forth in the note under the next title in this Catalogue. The letters from which the following extracts are drawn are in the State Department at Washington. "... Your generous overture to inclose a Copy of my Treatise to His Excellency Gen 1 . Washington, deservedly places you in the first class [of my friends]. It will give me a sensible Pleasure, & confer the highest Honor, to be known tho' only in a literary Point of View to so illustrious a Personage equally renowned with the most celebrated Worthies of Antiquity, unrivalled by any Patriot, or Hero, of the present Age & whose Memory will be perpetuated thro' the loud Trump of Fame, with distinguished Lustre to the latest Posterity. . . . . Should he be at Leisure from more important Concerns, & deign to read the Disserta- tion, he will be pleased to make Allowances for the Inaccuraces of a Young Printer, accustomed only to the Publication of a common News Paper. For he will find it shock- 3 o WASHINGTON COLLECTION. ingly stopped, mis-spelt in some Places, & erroneous in the Application of great & small Letters. Indeed my Distance from Town would not permit me to revise & correct, the Press : and a Friend who undertook the Task had too much Business of a different Nature to attend to it. I had originally wrote it as a Sermon, & intitled it a Discourse on the Cessa- tion of Hostilities & the Establishment of the Independence of America. " But some learned Friends, in whose Friendship, I confided j & to whose Judgment I paid a Defference, for an Air of Novelty, term'd it a Dissertation on the Revolutions of States & Empires, tho' I candidly own, the contents do not answer the Title & should it ever be judged worthy being reprinted, I think the Appellation of a Discourse on the Cessation of Hostilities, & the Establishment of the Independence of America, more characteristical. As to the Subject Matter, I have expressed my real & genuine Sentiments. From the Course of my Studies, I was led to think the Establishment of the Independence of America an extraordinary Dispensation of Providence & effected by the Agency of it, operating thro' the Instrumentality of human Means. In this Light it struck me, and if the Generals Ideas coincide with mine his Commendation will be the greatest Compliment & I shall feel myself highly favoured by a Letter from him on the Subject. 6 June, 1785." Francis Boucher to John Tucker, Esq. " The sensible pleasure I feel at being Personally known to you, has Induced me to send you the Inclosed Dissertation on the Revolutions of States and Empires. It is the performance of a Worthy Clergyman of this Island: a Gentleman of a most amiable Char- acter, and who I have the happiness of being Intimately acquainted with. . . . " Inclosed I send you a Letter M r Boucher wrote to me on the Subject ; and to which I beg leave to Refer you ; by which you will find he has under Contemplation a Code of Laws respecting the future Prosperity and Happiness of America. ... I shall by the first Vessel to Norfolk, send to M r . Tho? Newton and to M^ W? Pennock at Richmond One hundred Copies to be disposed of at a Dollar Each ; so that should this Gentleman's Senti- ments Coincide with your Ideas ; Permit me, Sir, to request the Favor of your Countenance in the Disposal of them. . . . Barbados, July 16 th , 1785." John Tucker to Washington. BOUCHER, Jonathan. English divine and loyalist in America, 1738-1804. A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution ; in thirteen Discourses, preached in North America between the Years 1763 and 1775: with an historical Preface. By Jonathan Boucher, A.M. and F.A.S. Vicar of Epsom in the County of Surrey. London: printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, m.dcc.xcvii. (6), xciv, (2), 596 pp. 8°. Inscribed " From the Author " on the bastard title-page. Pp. (2-6) are taken up with a dedication " To George Washington Esquire, of Mount Vernon, in Fairfax County, Virginia." The significance of the dedication lies in its expressions of regard for Washington, showing a revolution in the sentiments of the author from those expressed by him in a letter written to the leader of the colonists in 1775. At the beginning of the Revolutionary troubles, Boucher was the incumbent of the living of Queen Anne's parish in St. George's County, Maryland, which place on account of his Tory sentiments and actions he was forced to leave in 1775, and sailed for England. He added to his church occupation that of tutoring, and had among his pupils Washington's stepson, Parke Custis. Having had friendly and even intimate relations with Washington, Boucher was very angry with the latter for his failure to use his influence in the country to BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 3 1 protect him from the insults he endured, and under this feeling of resentment he wrote in August, 1775, a reproachful and bitter letter to Washington. This letter, which is printed in full in the " Notes and Queries " of August 26, 1876, closes with the following stinging sentences : — " And yet you have borne to look on, at least as an unconcerned spectator, if not an abettor, whilst, like the poor frogs in the fable, I have in a manner been pelted to death. I do not ask if such conduct in you was friendly: was it either just, manly, or generous? It was not : no, it was acting with all the base malignity of a virulent Whig. As such, sir, I resent it : and, oppressed and overborne as I may seem to be by popular obloquy, I will not be so wanting in justice to myself as not to tell you, as I now do with honest boldness, that I despise the man who, for any motives, could be induced to act so mean a part. You are no longer worthy of my friendship : a man of honour can no longer without dishonour be connected with you. With your cause I renounce you." Washington replied to Boucher's letter presenting this work to him as follows ; — " For the honour of its dedication, and for the friendly and favourable sentiments therein expressed, I pray you to accept my acknowledgments and thanks. Not having read the book, it follows of course that I can express no opinion with respect to its political con- tents ; but I can venture to assert beforehand, and with confidence, that there is no man in either country more zealously devoted to peace and a good understanding among the nations than I am ; no one more disposed to bury in oblivion all animosities which have subsisted between them and the individuals of each. August 15, 1798" BOUDINOT, Elias, LL.D. President of the Continental Congress, 1 740-1821. An Oration, delivered at Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey, agreeably to a Resolution of the State Society of Cincinnati, on the Fourth of July, m.dcc.xciii. being the seventeenth Anniversary of the Independence of America. By Elias Boudinot, L.L.D. Elizabeth-Town: printed by Shepard Kellock, 1793. 32 pp. Sm. 4°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Wharton, C. H.] A poetical Epistle, etc. Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — " The troubling you to read the enclosed Oration may perhaps need an Apology, un- doubtedly the liberty I have taken, to address it to you, without your express permission, renders one absolutely necessary. " A number of concurring Circumstances, added to the subject & design prompted me to it, and a dependance on your known Candor & Friendship makes me hope, it will not give Offence. Elizabeth Town, Nov r 12 th 1793." — From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " I have been duly favoured with your letter of the 12* Inst'. , and the Pamphlet which accompanyed it. — I am sensible of the honor you have done me in the address, and am grateful for the flattering expression of it. — I shall peruse the sentiments which you have breathed in the Pamphlet with pleasure as soon as my leisure will allow me to read it. Philadelphia, 27. November, 1793." — From the Washington Letter Books in State Department. BOWDOIN, James. Govei-nor of Massachusetts, 172 7-1 790. A philosophical Discourse, addressed to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in the Presence of a respectable Audience, assembled at the 32 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Meeting-house in Brattle-Street, in Boston, on the eighth of November m,dcc,lxxx, after the Inauguration of the President into Office. By James Bowdoin, Esq ; President of the said Academy. Boston : printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons. m,dcc,lxxx. 35 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation, etc. BOWLER, Metcalf. Jurist and patriot, died 1789. A Treatise on Agriculture and practical Husbandry. Designed for the Information of Landowners and Farmers. With a brief Account of the Advantages arising from the new Method of Culture practised in Europe. By Metcalf Bowler, Esq. Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler, 1786. 88 pp. 8°. The author was a prominent and successful merchant of Newport, and during the French and Spanish war was engaged with the Malbones, Wantons, and others in fitting out and maintaining privateers. He was Speaker of the House of Rhode Island from 1767 to 1776. In 1776 he was elected Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, and was a member of the Committee of Correspondence during the beginning of the Revolution. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Agriculture " are : — Marshall, H., Arbustrum Americanum. — Poellnitz, F. C. H. B. Essay on Agriculture. — Address and Rules of the South Carolina Society for promoting and improving Agriculture. — Letters and Observations on Agriculture, &c. addressed to, or made by the South-Carolina Society for promoting and improving Agriculture. — An Address from the Philadelphia Society for pro- moting Agriculture. — The Plan of the Pennsylvania Society for the Encouragement of Manufactures. — Commerell. Memoire sur la culture, l'usage & les avantages du Chou- a-faucher. Washington's autograph on the dedication page. Given to Washington by the author. Its receipt was acknowledged in a letter dated Mount Vernon, 14th August, 1786, as follows : — "I have received your letter of the 21? of July together with the Treatise on Agricul- ture & practical Husbandry. I consider the latter as a mark of attention which merits my warmest acknowledgments. "It is a subject highly worthy the attention of every gentleman in this country, who has leisure, abilities, or opportunity to improve it. . . ." — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. BRACKENRIDGE, Hugh Henry. Writer and jurist, 1 748-1816. Incidents of the Insurrection in the Western Parts of Pennsylvania, in the Year 1 794. By Hugh H. Brackenridge. Philadelphia: printed and sold by John M'CullocL 1795. 3 volumes in one, r24, 84, 154 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. BRENDER A BRENDIS, Gerrit. 1751-1802. Washington, Lierzang. [Te Leyden, ter Boekdrukkerye van Cornells Heyligert. 1 789.] 23 pp. 4 . BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 33 Forms the second of two poems in Dutch issued by a Society of Leyden called " Kunst wordt door Arbeid verkreegen." BRENT, Charles. Money Essay'd ; or, the true Value of it tryed. In a Sermon preach'd before the Worshipful Society of Merchants, in the city of Bristol. By Charles Brent, M. A. Rector of Christ Church and of St. Werburge in the said City ; and Canon Residentiary of St. David's. London: printed for William and John Innys. m.dcc.xxviii. 37 pp. Sm. 4 . Bound with "Philosophical Transactions," and other pamphlets in a volume let- tered " Miscellanies." BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, Jean Pierre, i 754-1793. Nouveau Voyage dans les Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale, fait en 1788; Par J. P. Brissot (Warville), Citoyen Francois. A Paris, chez Buisson. Avril, 1791. 2 vols. Vol. I. (4), Hi, 395 pp. Vol. II. (4), 460 pp. 8°. There is a duplicate copy of the first volume without the title-page which is lettered on the back as vol. 3 and has Washington's autograph on the first page of the preface. The author visited Washington at Mount Vernon, and his visit is noted in Washington's Diary for Nov. 15-17, 1788. De Warville gives an interesting account of his stay at Mount Vemon and of his impres- sions of Washington, a translation of which is published by W. S. Baker in the Pennsyl- vania Magazine of History and Biography, Oct. 1895, pp. 320-321. , joint author. See Claviere,' E. BRITISH HONOUR and Humanity ; or, the Wonders of American Patience, as exemplified in the modest publications, and universal applause of Mr. Wil- liam Cobbet; including a variety of Anecdotes and Remarks, personal and political, and a survey of the modern state of American Newspapers : by A Friend to regular Government. Philadelphia: printed for and sold by Robert Campbell. 1796. 58 pp. 8°. Perhaps written by John Swanwick, member of Congress from Pennsylvania, who had been the subject of some of " Peter Porcupine's " most withering and contemptuous writings in the "Political Censor." The tract is in large part taken up with a defence of Mr. Swanwick. BROOKS, John. Revolutionary General and Governor of Mass., 1752-1825. An Oration, delivered to the Society of the Cincinnati in the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, July 4th 1 787. By John Brooks, Esq ; Boston: printed by Edmund Freeman. m,dcc,lxxxvii. 16 pp. Sm. 4 . 3 34 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Inscribed on the title-page, " His Excellency Genl Washington from his most obed 1 Serv' the Author." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Wharton, C. H.] A Poetical Epistle, etc. [BROTHERS, Richard.] A Revealed Knowledge of the Prophecies and Times. Containing, with other great and remarkable Things not revealed to any other Person on Earth, the Restoration of the Jews to Jerusalem, by the Year m.dcc.xcviii, under their revealed Prince and Prophet. Wrote by Himself. Book the First. Philadelphia: printed by Francis & Robert Bailey, mdccxcv. 64 pp. 8°. [ ] A Revealed Knowledge of the Prophecies and Times, particularly of the present Time, the present War, and the Prophecy now fulfilling. Contain- ing, with other great and remarkable Things not revealed to any other Person on Earth, the sudden and perpetual Fall of the Turkish, German & Russian Empires. Wrote under the Direction of the Lord God,- and published by his Sacred Command ; it being a Second Sign of Warning for the Benefit of all Nations ; by the Man that will be revealed to the Hebrews as their Prince and Prophet. [Book II.] The Year of the World 5913. Philadelphia: printed by Francis & Robert Bailey, mdccxcv. 72 pp. 8°. These two pamphlets are bound with others in a volume lettered " Sermons, &c.'' Con- tents given under [White, W.] The Case of the Episcopal Churches. BRUN, Joseph Andre. Le Triomphe du Nouveau Monde ; r^ponses acad^miques, formant un nouveau systeme de Confederation, fonde" sur les besoins actuels des Nations Chretiennes-commercantes, & adapte a leurs diverses formes de Gouverne- ment : d£die aux Souverains, aux Academies, a tous les Gens de bien, & nomm£ment a l'immortel Wasington [sic']. Par PAmi du Corps Social. A Paris, chez l'auteur. . . . m.dcc.lxxxv. 2 vols. Vol. I. ix, 239, (3) pp. Portrait of Washington after C. W. Peale. Vol.11. (2), 297, (8) pp. 12 . Washington's autograph on both title-pages. The portrait is described by Baker in his " Engraved Portraits of Washington " (no. 20) as a separate print ; but without any reference to its existence in this work. BRUTUS, and HUMPHREY SEARCH, pseud. Essays, historical, political and moral; being a proper Supplement to Baratariana. By Brutus, and Humphrey Search. In two Volumes. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 35 Dublin: printed for, and sold by the Booksellers. [1774?] Vol. I. xxiv, (1), 321 pp. Plate. Vol. II. xxiii, (1), 307 pp. 16°. Pp. ix.-xvi. of Vol. i. are missing; pp. 313-321 being bound in their place. Washing- ton's autograph on both title-pages. BUCHANAN, George, M. D. 1763-1807. An Oration upon the Moral and Political Evil of Slavery. Delivered at a public Meeting of the Maryland Society, for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes, and others unlawfully held in Bondage. Baltimore, July 4th, 179.1. By George Buchanan, M. D. Member of the American Philosophical Society. Baltimore : printed by Philip Edwards. m,dcc,xciii. 20 pp. 8°. Bound with " A Serious Address to the Rulers of America," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Tracts on Slavery." This address has great significance as being one of the earliest public Abolition argu- ments put forth in the South. The speaker used the most forcible terms in picturing the evils of slavery and in pointing out the anomalous character of such an institution in a country proclaimed as the home of liberty. He scouted the notion of the inferior mental capacity of the Negro race, supporting his contention by giving examples of intellectual attainments in the careers of " Ignatius Sancho, whose letters are admired by all men of taste — Phillis Wheatley, who distinguished herself as a poetess — The physician of New Orleans — The Virginia Calculator — Banneker, the Maryland astronomer." Dr. Poole, in a paper read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872, gives an interesting description of this work in a consideration of the history of " Antislavery Opin- ions before 1800." He then relates his efforts to identify "The Physician of New Orleans" and " The Virginia Calculator," which were rewarded after considerable research and inquiry by identifying the former as James Durham, who was in 1789 a "practitioner of medicine in New Orleans. He was twenty-six years of age, married, member of the Episcopal Church, and having a professional income of $3,000 a year." The latter proved to be " Negro Tom," whose obituary was published in the " Columbian Centinel " of December 29, 1790 : " Died Negro Tom, the famous African calculator, aged 80 years. He was the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, of Alexandria. Tom was a very black man. He was brought to this country at the age of fourteen, and was sold as a slave with many of his unfortunate countrymen. This man was a prodigy. Though he could neither read nor write, he perfectly acquired the use of enumeration. He could give the number of months, days, weeks, hours, minutes, and seconds for any period of time that a person chose to mention, allowing in his calculations for all the leap-years that happened in the time. . . . Thus died Negro Tom, this untaught arith- metician, this untutored scholar. Had his opportunities of improvement been equal to those of thousands of his fellow-men, neither the Royal Society of London, the Academy of Science at Paris, nor even Newton himself need have been ashamed to acknowledge him a brother in science." The author strenuously urged the early adoption of measures looking towards the gradual abolition of slavery and the immediate public disapproval of its continuance. Dr. Buchanan was born near Baltimore, September 19, 1763. He studied medicine in Philadelphia and abroad at Edinburgh and Paris. He was a. practising physician in Balti- more for many years, and removed to Philadelphia in 1806, where he died a year later of yellow fever contracted from his duties as lazaretto physician. 36 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Dr. Poole relates in his paper the visit of Jefferson Davis to the Boston Athenseum in 1858, when he showed him Dr. Buchanan's oration. Mr. Davis expressed great surprise at this evidence of such antislavery sentiments having been entertained and proclaimed in the South at the time of the delivery of the address. He read the paper with close attention, and nothing else in the library interested him so much. This tract is exceedingly rare, Dr. Poole being able after fifteen years' inquiry to dis- cover but one other copy in existence, that in the library of the New York Historical Society. A newspaper cutting containing Dr. Poole's address is inserted in this volume. BUCHANAN, George, M. D. 1763-1807. A Treatise upon the Typhus Fever : published for the benefit of establish- ing a Lying-in- Hospital, in Baltimore. By George Buchanan, M. D. . . . Baltimore : Printed by William Goddard. m.dcc.lxxxtx. 25 pp. 16 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Macpherson, J. Lectures. BUCKMINSTER, Joseph, D.D. 1751-1812. A Discourse, delivered at Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, November 1st, 1789. On Occasion of the President of the United States honoring that Capital with a Visit. By Joseph Buckminster, A. M. Pastor of the First Church in Portsmouth. Portsmouth : New- Hampshire, printed and sold by John Melcher, 1789. 21 pp. 8°. Half title-leaf wanting. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons.'' Contents given under Evans, I. A Sermon delivere'd at Concord, etc. Washington was present at the delivery of this sermon, as appears by a note in his diary printed below : — " Attended by the President of the State (Genl. Sullivan), Mr. Langdon, and the Marshall, I went in the forenoon to the Episcopal Church, under the incumbency of a Mr. Ogden ; and in the afternoon to one of the Presbyterian or Congregational Churches, in which a Mr. Buckminster Preached." — Washington's Diary, November 1st, 1789. BUCKNALL, Thomas Skip Dyot. The Orchardist : or, a System of close Pruning and Medication, for estab- lishing the Science of Orcharding, as patronized by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. By Tho. Skip Dyot Bucknall, Esq. Extracted from the nth, 12th, 13th and 14th Vols, of the Society's Transactions, with Additions. London: printed for G. Nicol. 1797. (4), 122, (1) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the inside of the first cover : — " The R'. Hon bIe General Washington with the Author's Comp! s " Transmitted to Washington by Pickering, as appears by the following extract from a let- ter preserved in the State Department at Washington : — BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 2)7 "Trenton 30 th Oct. 1797. " The inclosed pamphlet on Orcharding, addressed to you by the author, I received this evening under cover from M r King. "Another copy is also addressed to you and has the following addition on the cover — "for the Philosophic Society of Philadelphia with the author's comp'=" " If you think proper to introduce it to the Society, and- favour me with your letter for the purpose, I will put that under cover with the pamphlet, and send them to the Society : otherwise I will hand it to the President or one of the Secretaries of the Society — of which I am a member. In the mean time I may find an opportunity of reading it." To which Washington replied : — "Mount Vernon 6 th Nov 1797. " Dear Sir — Since writing to you a few days ago — I have been favoured with your let- ters of the 26* and 30'* Ult° . . . " It would be more formal than necessary to introduce M> Bucknall's Orchardist to the Philosophic Society of Philadelphia otherwise than through you. — If then you will be so good as to relate the manner in which it came, & present it with my best respects to that body, I will thank you." — From the original in the Pickering Collection. BURGES, Bartholomew. A Series of Indostan Letters by Bar? Burges, Containing a striking account of the manners & customs of the Gentoo Nations & of the Moguls & other Mahomedan Tribes in Indostan with other polemical East India Tracts both amusing, interesting, & perfectly original. N. York. Printed & published for the Author by W. Ross. [1790. J xxv, (1), 168 pp. Frontispiece. 16 . The title-page is engraved. Washington's autograph on the secondary title-page. In- scribed on the cover in large gilt letters, " The President." BURKE, ^Edanus. Soldier and jurist, 1 743-1 802 Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati ; lately instituted by the Major- Generals, Brigadier-Generals, and other Officers of the American Army. Proving that it creates a Race of hereditary Patricians, or Nobility. Interspersed with Remarks on its Consequences to the Freedom and Hap- piness of the Republic. Addressed to the People of South-Carolina, and their Representatives. By Cassius. Supposed to be written by ^Edanus Burke, Esquire, one of the Chief Justices of the State of South-Carolina. Philadelphia : printed and sold by Robert Bell. m,dcc,lxxxiii. i 6 pp. 8° . Bound with " The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati " in a volume of pam- phlets lettered " Cincinnati." Washington submitted this work to Jefferson in asking for his opinion upon the Society of the Cincinnati. In a letter to Jefferson dated Mount Vernon, 8 April, 1784, Washington writes : " The pamphlet ascribed to Mr. Burke, as I am told, had its effect — people are alarmed, especially in the Eastern States — how justly, or how contrary to the avowed principles of the Society, and the purity of their motives, I will not declare; lest it should appear that I wanted to biass your judgment, rather than to obtain an opinion — which if 38 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. you please, might be accompanied with sentiments, under the information here given respect- ing the most eligible measures to be pursued by the Society at their next meeting.'' — Ford's Washington, vol. x. pp. 387-388. " Mr. Burke happened to have recently published a pamphlet on the affairs of his own State, casting down the glove to Governor Rutledge and the dominant faction of the day. It was by these very men that the Institution of the Cincinnati in South Caro- lina was most warmly espoused. This was sufficient to fire his mind against the scheme. With a spirited but specious pen he attacked its origin, its constitution, and its consequences." - Winthrop Sargent in North American Review, vol. 77, p. 293. The work was reprinted at New York in 1783 and at Hartford in 1783 and in 1784. A description of the various editions with a list of some of the controversial articles upon it is given in the " Bibliography of the Society of the Cincinnati," by Lloyd P. Smith, pub- lished in the Bulletin of the Library Company of Philadelphia for July, 1885. A pamphlet in reply to Burke appeared at Philadelphia in 1783 (reprinted at Hartford in 1784) under the title " Observations on a late pamphlet entitled ' Considerations upon the Society of the Order of the Cincinnati,' clearly evincing the innocence and propriety of that honorable and respectable institution. ... By an obscure Individual." [BURKE, Edmund.] An Appeal from the new to the old Whigs, in consequence of some late Discussions in Parliament, relative to the Reflections on the French Revo- lution. Dublin: printed by M. Mills, for P. Byrne. m,dcc,xci. (2), 141 pp. 8°. A Letter from Mr. Burke, to a Member of the National Assembly ; in Answer to some Objections to his Book on French Affairs. Paris, printed, Dublin reprinted by William Porter, m.dcc.xci. (2), 60 pp. 8°. A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a noble Lord, on the Attacks made upon him and his Pension, in the House of Lords, by the Duke of Bedford, and the Earl of Lauderdale, early in the present Sessions of Parliament. The first American Edition, with a Preface, by Peter Porcupine [William Cobbett]. Philadelphia: printed for B. Davies, H. & P. Rice, and J. Ormrod. [1796.] (2), iv, 58 pp. 8°. Two copies. The last leaf of one is imperfect. The other is in a very shabby and torn condition. The covers are scribbled over by different hands. A Letter from the Rt. Honourable Edmund Burke to his Grace the Duke of Portland, on the Conduct of the Minority in Parliament. Containing fifty- four Articles of Impeachment against the Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox. From the original Copy, in the Possession of the noble Duke. London : printed for the Editor, and sold by J. Owen, mdccxctii. (2), 94 PP. 8°. Lacks pp. 85-92. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 39 [BURKE, Edmund.] Two Letters addressed to a Member of the present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France. By the Right Hon. Edmund Burke. Philadelphia : printed for William Cobbett ... by Bioren and Madan. 1797. 64, 22 pp. 8°. Bushipd Washington's autograph on the title-page. BURNABY, Andrew. English divine and traveller, 1 734-181 2. Six occasional Sermons upon the following Subjects. Viz. Sermon I. Of the Necessity of religious Principles. II. Of the Degrees of Charity due to Men of different religious Persuasions. III. Of the Maintenance due to the Ministers of the Gospel. IV. Of the nature of Subscription to Articles of Religion. V. Of Things belonging to the Peace and Welfare of Nations. VI. Of Moral Advantages to be derived from Travelling in Italy. By the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, D.D. Vicar of Greenwich, and Late Chaplain to the British Factory at Leghorn. London: Printed for J. Payne and Son. m.dcc.lxxvii. (2), 124 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Travels through the middle Settlements in North-America. In the Years 1759 and 1760. With Observations upon the State of the Colonies. By the Rev. Andrew Burnaby, A.M. Vicar of Greenwich. The second Edition. London, Printed for T. Payne, mdcclxxv. xvi, 198, (1) pp. 8°. " From Colchester we went about twelve miles further to Mount Vernon. This place is the property of colonel Washington, and truly deserving of its owner." p. 47. The author gives a short note on Washington's Expedition to the Ohio in 1754. BURNET, Gilbert. Bishop of Sarum, 1643-1715. An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. Written by Gilbert Bishop of Sarum. The sixth Edition corrected. London : printed for J. Knapton, C. Hitch. . . . m.dcc.luc. xlviii, 501, (31) pp. Portrait. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page, with date of 1766. Bought by Washington, as shown by an entry in the Invoice of Cary & Co. of London, March, 1766, preserved in the State Department at Washington. BUXTON, Charles. An Oration, delivered before the Society of Black Friars in the City of New- York at their anniversary Festival, on Tuesday the 7th of Nov. 1797, by Charles Buxton, M.D. Published by Order of the Society. New- York : printed by Friar M'Lean. 1798. 22, (1) pp. 8°. Two copies. 40 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [CALLENDER, James Thomson. Died, 1803.J The History of the United States for 1796 ; including a Variety of inter- esting Particulars relative to the Federal Government previous to that Period. Philadelphia : from the press of Snowden & M'Corkle. 1797. viii, 312 pp. 8°. The author was a Scotchman who came to Philadelphia in 1790. He wielded a scur- rilous pen, and was soon writing bitter attacks on the Federalists, in the pay of the Anti- Federalists, among whom at one time was none other than Thomas Jefferson. He afterwards sold his services to the Federalists. The present work is one of his most notorious productions. Chapters V. and VI. are devoted to unfounded charges against Hamilton's financial integrity, which brought forth from Hamilton the famous " Reynolds Pamphlet," wherein the real offence of the Secretary of the Treasury is placed before the world. Callender returned to the charges with increased venom in his " Sketches of the History of America," Philadelphia, 1796. McMaster says that in a period noteworthy for its libellous and malicious productions, Callender outdid them all in vituperation and falsehood. Washington directed Clement Biddle, who acted as his business agent at this time, to purchase this book, as appears by the following : — " Send me the History of the United States (by whom I know not) but the one which contains No* 5 and 6 alluded to in Col? Hamiltons late Pamphlet. Mount Vernon, 15 th Sep r 1797." P.S. of a letter from Washington to Clement Biddle. — From the original in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Without autograph or book-plate. Entered on the Inventory, " History of the United States, 1796." [ ] A short History of the Nature and Consequences of excise Laws ; in- cluding some Account of the recent Interruption to the Manufactories of Snuff and refined Sugar. Philadelphia: printed for Thomas Stephens. December 7, 1795. 116 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Message, &c." Contents given under United States. Message of the President of the United States to Congress relative to France and Great Britain, December 5, 1793. CALONNE, Charles Alexandre de. The political State of Europe at the beginning of 1796 : or, Considera- tions on the most effectual Means of procuring a solid and permanent Peace. With an Appendix, in which several important Questions are considered. By Mons. de Calonne, late Minister of the Finances in France. Translated from the French MS. by D. St. Quentin, A.M. Dublin : printed by P. Byrne. 1796. x, xxix, 152 pp. 8°. Bushrod Washington's autograph on the title-page. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 41 [CAMM, Rev. John. 1718-1779.] A Review of The Rector Detected : or the Colonel Reconnoitred. Part the First. Williamsburg : Printed by Joseph Royle, mdcclxiv. 29 pp. Sm. 4°. The author for twenty-eight years was connected with William and Mary College as Professor and President. President Lyon G. Tyler says : " A man of high spirit and of great talent, he was loyal to the King and Church, but unfortunately involved the College in the political struggles of the times." He was a pronounced Tory, and in 1777 was dismissed from the Presidency of the College. See William and Mary College Quarterly, vol. i. no. 2. The " Two penny act " in opposition to which Camm took a leading part, was passed by the Virginia Assembly in 1758, and was in some respects a revival of a law passed in 1755, which continued in force for ten months. The act provided that payments of salaries to the clergy might be made either in currency or in tobacco. The motive of this was to relieve the people from paying the clergy in tobacco, which had risen greatly in price in consequence of short crops. Camm was very active in opposing the law, and was attacked by Col. Landon Carter in a tract called " The Rector detected," to which the clergyman replied in the present publica- tion. .Later he brought out in Maryland a tract called "The Colonels dismounted," being a reply to the works of Carter and of Colonel Bland. In 1759 he went to England to plead the cause of the clergy before the Lords' Commissioners of Trade, and succeeded in having the law disallowed. The Bishop of London wrote a letter to the Board condemning the law, which called forth the two tracts catalogued in this list under Richard Bland, " A Letter to the Clergy of Va.," and Peyton Randolph, "A Letter to the Right Reverend Father in God," etc. The cause of the clergy is set forth in correspondence between the Bishop of London and the ministers, printed in Perry's " Historical Collections relating to the American colonial church," vol. i. The history of the controversy is given in Meade's " Old Churches, Min- isters, and Families of Virginia," vol. i., pp. 216-225; and some account is given in Gillett's article on " Tobacco and the Clergy in Virginia " in the " Historical Magazine," 3d ser., vol. i., pp. 14-18. Henry's " Life, Correspondence, and Speeches of Patrick Henry," vol. i., reviews the case and gives an account of Patrick Henry's speech in defence of the law. The Washington Library contains four of the tracts issued in this controversy. They are the present publication by Camm; Richard Bland's "Letter to the Clergy;" Landon Carter's "The Rector detected," and the Letter to the Bishop of London, written pre- sumably by Peyton Randolph. The Carter and Camm treatises were bought by Washington, as appears from an entry under date of April 16, 1764, in his Ledger preserved in the State Department. Bound with "Poems on Several Occasions. By a Gentleman of Virginia" and other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Poems, &c." [CAMPBELL, John, LL.D. English writer, 1 708-1 775.] The present State of Europe ; explaining the Interests, Connections, poli- tical and commercial Views of its several Powers, comprehending also, a clear and concise History of each Country, so far as to shew the Nature of their present Constitutions. The fifth Edition. Revised, corrected, and con- tinued by the Author. London: printed for T. Longman. . . . mdcclvii. viii, 517, (3) pp. Without autograph or book-plate. 42 WASHINGTON COLLECTION [CAREY, Mathew. Political writer. 1 760-1839.] Address to the House of Representatives of the United States, on Lord Grenville's Treaty. Philadelphia : printed by Samuel Harrison Smith for Mathew Carey. 1796. 48 PP. 8°. Opposes " Jay's Treaty." CARTER, Landon. The Rector Detected : being a just Defence of the Twopenny Act, against the artful Misrepresentations of the Reverend John Camm, Rector of York- Hampton, in his Single and Distinct View. Containing also a plain Confuta- tion of his several Hints, as a Specimen of the Justice and Charity of Colonel Landon Carter. By Landon Carter, of Sabine Hall. Williamsburg: Printed by Joseph Royle. mdcclxiv. 39, (1) pp. Sm. 4 . Bound with " Poems on several Occasions. By a Gentleman of Virginia " and other pam- phlets in a volume lettered " Poems, &c." , This pamphlet, together with Camm's Reply (see under Camm in this Catalogue), was bought by Washington, as appears from an entry in his Ledger preserved in the State Depart- ment. CHAMPION, Richard. English political writer, 1 743-1 791. Considerations on the present Situation of Great Britain and the United States of America, with a View to their future commercial Connexions. Con- taining Remarks upon the Pamphlet published by Lord Sheffield, entitled, " Observations on the Commerce of the American States ; " and also on the Act of Navigation, so far as it relates to those States. Interspersed with some Observations upon the State of Canada, Nova Scotia, and the Fisheries ; and upon the Connexion of the West Indies with America: together with various Accounts, necessary to shew the State of the Trade and Shipping of both Countries. The second Edition, with great Additions. To which is now first added, The Plan of an Act of Parliament for the Establishment and Regulation of our Trade with the American States. Also, a Preface, containing Remarks upon the Authorities on which Lord Sheffield has formed the principal Part of his Observations. By Richard Champion, Esq. late Deputy Paymaster GeneraKof His Majesty's Forces. London: printed for John Stockdale. mdcclxxxtv. xxxiv, 274, 36 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph upon the title-page. Given to Washington by the author, as appears from an undated letter preserved among the Washington papers in the State Department. The part of this letter having reference to the presentation of the book, together with Washington's acknowledgment of the same, follow : — " M r Champion presents his Compliments to Major Jackson, and requests the favour BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 43 of him to present the letter, Book and parcel which accompanies this to the President. M* Champion has taken the Liberty to intreat the Honour of the President's acceptance of a Book, and a Manuscript enclosed. . . . " M.'. Champion begs Major Jackson will pardon the trouble he has given him, and will do him the honour to accept one of the Considerations himself." — Richard Champion to Maj. William Jackson. "While I was on my journey through the Southern States it was not in my power to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24 of May, . . . and to make a proper return of my thanks for the manuscript reflections upon our present situation, &c. — , and the printed volume of your observations on the commercial connexion between G. B. and the U. S. which accompanied your letter. " You will be pleased now to accept of my acknowledgements for these as well as for the very polite terms in which you express yourself towards me in your letter." . . . Phila. July 19, 1791. — Washington to Richard Champion. [CHANDLER, Richard. Publisher, died 17 44.] A Collection of the Parliamentary Debates in England, from the Year m,dc,lxviii. to the present Time [1741]. Vol. I-VII, XI-XIII, XV, XIX. [London : Richard Chandler.] Printed in the Year, m,dcc,xxxix,-m,dcc,- xliii. 12 vols. 8°. Without autograph or book-plate. On Inventory, $6.00. CHANDLER, Thomas Bradbury, D.D. 1726-1790. What think ye of the Congress now ? or, an Enquiry, how far the Amer- icans are bound to abide by, and execute the Decisions of the late Congress ? New- York : printed by James Rivington, m,dcclxxv. 48 pp. 8°. The author early in the Revolutionary agitation had entered into an agreement with his clerical friends, Bishop Seabury and Dr. Inglis, Rector of Trinity Church, to " watch and confute all publications in pamphlets or newspapers, that threatened mischief to the Church of England and the British Government in America." Such was the hostility felt against them that Drs. Chandler, Cooper, and Seabury were compelled to go into hiding, and for a considerable period they successfully concealed themselves Ml the old Wilkins mansion on Castle Hill Neck, Westchester. A Plan of a proposed Union, between Great-Britain and the Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts- Bay, Rhode-Island, New- York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware Counties, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Which was produced by one of the Delegates from Pennsylvania, in Congress, as mentioned in the preceding Work. [New York, 1775.] 4 pp. 8°. These two pamphlets are bound in a volume lettered "Political Tracts." Contents given under Virginia. Proceedings of the Convention, 20th March, 1775. CHANNING, Rev. Henry. Yale College, 1781, died 1^0. The Consideration of divine Goodness an argument for religious gratitude 44 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. and obedience. A Sermon, delivered at New- London, November 27, 1794. Being the day appointed by Authority, for public Thanksgiving in the State of Connecticut. By Henry Channing, A. M. Pastor of the First Church in New- London. New London : printed by Samuel Green. m,dcc,xciv. 24 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons.'' Contents given under Hart, Oliver. America's Remembrancer. CHARLEVOIX, Pierre Francois Xavier de. Jesuit missionary, 1682-1 yd. Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres ; giving an Account of a Voyage to Canada, and Travels through that vast Country, and Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico. Undertaken by Order of the present King of France, By Father Charlevoix. Being a more full and accurate Description of Canada, and the neighbouring Countries than has been before published ; the Char- acter of every Nation or Tribe in that vast Tract being given ; their Religion, Customs, Manners, Traditions, Government, Languages and Towns; the Trade carried on with them, and at what Places ; the Posts or Forts, and Settlements, established by the French; the great Lakes, Water- Falls, and Rivers, with the Manner of navigating them ; the Mines, Fisheries, Plants and Animals of these Countries. With Reflections on the Mistakes the French have committed in carrying on their Trade and Settlements; and the most proper Method of proceeding pointed out. Including also an Ac- count of the Author's Shipwreck in the Channel of Bahama, and Return in a Boat to the Mississippi, along the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico, with his Voyage from thence to St. Domingo, and back to France. Printed for R. Goadley, and sold by R. Baldwin, London. 1763. xiv, (2), 384 pp. Folded map. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Has the book-plate. CHASTELLUX, Francois Jean, Marquis de. French soldier in the American Revolution, 173 4- 1788. Discours sur les avantages ou les desavantages qui r^sultent, pour l'Europe, de la derauverte de l'Amerique. Objet du Prix propose" par M. l'Abbe Raynal. Par M. P * * *, Vice-Consul, a E * * * A Londres, et se trouve a Paris, chez Prault. 1787. 8,68 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Raynal, &c," are : Mahy de Cor- mere, G. F. Observations importantes sur les colonies francoises. — Behague, J. P. A. de. Memoire sur la population. — Mailhe, J. B. Discours ... sur la grandeur de la Revolution. — Fauchet, C. Eloge civique de Benjamin Franklin. — Sieyes, E. J. Pr&iminaire de la consti- tution. — Humphreys, D. Discours en vers. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 45 [CHAUVET, David.] The Conduct of the Government of France towards the Republic of Geneva. Translated from the French. By a Citizen of Trenton. Trenton : printed by G. Croft. October, 1798. 16 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by Timothy Pickering, as appears by a letter preserved in the State Department, an extract from which is printed below : — " The inclosed interesting pamphlet is a faithful translation from the original French, transmitted to me by Ml King. As it details fads which demonstrate the perfidy and vio- lence of the French Government, I had it translated, and recommended it to the printer in this place ; hoping the dissemination of it in America might do good. Trenton, Oct. 27, 1798." Pickering to Washington. [CHAVANNES DE LA GIRAUDIERE, L. de.] L'Amerique delivree, esquisse d'un poeme sur PIndependance de l'Ame- rique. A Amsterdam, chez J. A. Crajenschot. mdcclxxxiii. 2 vols. Vol. I. xxiv, 292 pp. Vol. II. (5), 292*~726, (1) pp. 8°. Engraved title-pages. Bound in full calf with gilt edges. The binding is now shabby and battered. Given to Washington by the publisher. It was published anonymously, but the author's name, which has hitherto been unknown, is disclosed by a letter which he wrote to Washing- ton from Charleston in 1787. The letter of presentation from the publisher and the author's letter to Washington are preserved in the State Department at Washington, from which the following extracts are printed : — " Toute nation, toute individu capable de penser, tout homme surtout qui a fait cas de la liberte, ne doit prononcer qu'avec respect le nom de Washington, nom a jamais celebre. Tous vous doivent des tributs de gloire & d'honneur. Trouvez bon, je vous prie, Mon sei- gneur, que je vous presente le mien dans un exemplaire de l'Amerique Delivree. C'est le premier ouvrage en vers oil l'on ait celebre la grande et memorable revolution, a laquelle Votre Excellence a eu plus de part que personne. Ce Poeme n'a pas a beaucoup pres toute la perfection dont il est susceptible; et je ne me dissimule pas que l'auteur est reste au- dessous de son sujet ; mais l'a-propos me fait esperer que votre Excellence ne le d^daignera pas. Au surplus, il Vous est offert par un homme qui met du plus haut prix la liberte, et qui est pr€t a donner son sang ou pour l'obtenir ou pour la maintenir. " Je suis, avec le plus profond respect, "J. A. Crajenschot. " Amsterdam, 25 A out 1783." " Depuis le 4. Janvier 1782 jusqu'au 8. Octobre 1784, je m'occupai de la composition rAmlrique Dilivrie, ouvrage en 2. volumes, ou je chante le triomphe des Treize Etats, celui de Votre Excellence, & tous les heros qui ont partage le faisceaux de lauriers qui couronne votre tSte d'une gloire immortelle. M. Gouvemeur Morris en a. un Exemplaire. . . . J'ose done esperer que votre cceur ne sera point insensible a ce faible tableau de mes misfortunes, bien au-dessous de la verite, je vous en assure ; je compte que votre belle ame, dont j'ai si bien peint la sensibility en tant d'endroits de l'Amerique de'livree, ne lira cette lettre avec indifference, & que nous pourrons bientot ma famille & moi, vous mettre au rang de nos premiers bienfaiteurs. Charleston, 10 juillet 1787. "De Chavannes de la Giraudiere." 46 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The CHRISTIAN'S, Scholar's, and Farmer's Magazine ; calculated, in an emi- nent Degree, to promote Religion j to disseminate useful Knowledge ; to afford literary Pleasure and Amusement, and to advance the Interests of Agriculture. By a Number of Gentlemen. Vol.1. April, 1789-Mar. 1790. Elizabeth-Town : printed and sold by Shepard Kollock. m,dcc,lxxxix. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Book-plate. A copy of the first number of this periodical was sent to Washington by the Rev. Uzal Ogden, then of Newark, N. J., who wrote : " that if it shall be honoured with your Excel- lency's approbation it will be esteemed a favour (if the Request is not improper) if your Excellency shall condescend to signify your Approbation of the Work, to be published with the Testimonials of some eminent characters in the second Number." Washington declined in a letter dated July 6, 1789. CHRISTIE, Thomas. English political writer, 1 761-1796. Letters on the Revolution of France, and on the new Constitution estab- lished by the National Assembly : occasioned by the Publications of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, M. P. and Alexander de Calonne, late Minister of State. Illustrated with a Chart of the new Constitution. To which is added, an Appendix, containing original Papers and authentic Documents relative to the Affairs of France. Addressed to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M. P. By Thomas Christie. Part I. London, printed for J. Johnson, m,dcc,xci. viii, 276, 195 pp. 8°. Chart wanting. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Given to Washington by Samuel Vaughan, Esq., of London, as appears by the letter here printed from the original preserved in the State Department at Washington : — London 10* May 1791 Dear Sir — Permit me to present to you some publications respecting the French Revolution & the English partizans of it, &c. &c. I presume they cannot be unacceptable to Your Excellency, as most of them are just published. Samuel "Vaughan. 1 [Mackintosh, J.] Defence of the French Revolution. ~~ 2 [Christie, T.] Letters on the Revolution of France.* 3 Chart of the new Constitution of Ditto. 4 [Rous, G.] Thoughts on Government occasioned by M r Burke's Reflections. 5 [Boothby, Sir Brooke] Letter to the Right Hon^e Edmund Burke. 6 [Paradise, J.] Serious enquiries on the- present Armament.* 7 Debates on the 7* May on the Quebeck Bill. 8 Ditto 10 D° on the Test Act. 9 [Williams, J.] Enquiry concerning the first discovery of America.* 10 [Priestley, J.] Discourse to the Supporters of the New College at Hackney.* I I [Kippis, A.] Address delivered on the Interment of Doctor Price.* 12 [Priestley, J.] Discourse on the Occasion of the death of Ditto.* 13 Unitarian Society. The titles marked with a star are in this Collection. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 47 CHURCHMAN, John. Scientist, died, 1865. The magnetic Atlas, or variation Charts of the whole terraqueous Globe ; comprising a System of the Variation and Dip of the Needle, by which, the Observations being truly made, the Longitude may be ascertained. By John Churchman. London : printed for the Author, by Darton and Harvey, mdccxciv. vii, (1), 76 pp. 3 folded maps. 4 . Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " To the President of the United States, From the Author. September 2nd 1796." Washington acknowledged the gift as follows : — • " The President of the United States has received a copy of the magnetic Atlas or Variation Chart, together with the book of explanation which you have been so polite as to send him, and requests your acceptance of his thanks for the same. I am moreover ordered by the President to inform you, that being desirous of encourag- ing such publications as tend to promote useful knowledge, he requests you will consider him a subscriber to your work. I am Sir Your most Obedient Serv? (Signed) Geo : Washington N. Y. August 28* 1790. From the Washington Letter-Books in the State Department. CINCINNATI, SOCIETY OF THE. The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati. Formed by the Officers of the Army of the United States, for the laudable Purposes therein men- tioned. Published by Order and for the Use of the Members in the State of New-York. New- York : printed by Samuel Loudon, m.dcc.lxxxiv. 34 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Some passages are underlined in ink and words were apparently written on the margins, but have been cut off by the binder. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Cincinnati " are the following : — A Circular Letter addressed to the State Societies of the Cincinnati, by the General Meeting, convened at Philadelphia, May 3, 1784. — Burke, VEdanus. Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati. — Keep Your Heart. A Sermon occasioned by the Murder of the Federal Marshal of this State, Major Robert Forsyth. — Rogers, W. An Oration, delivered July 4, 1789. — Smith, W., D.D. A Sermon on temporal and spiritual Salvation. — Linn, W. The Blessings of America. — Miller, S. A Sermon, preached in New- York, July 4th, 1793.. — Miller, S. A Sermon, delivered in the new Presbyterian church, New- York, July 4th, 1795. — Stiles, E. The United States elevated to Glory and Honour. A Circular Letter, addressed to the State Societies of the Cincinnati, by the General Meeting, convened at Philadelphia, May 3, 1784. Together with the Institution, as altered and amended. Philadelphia : printed by E. Oswald and D. Humphreys. m,dcc,lxxxiv. 8 pp. 8°. 48 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Bound with the preceding work. Signed by Washington as President of the Society. According to a note by Winthrop Sargent in the copy in the library of the New York His- torical Society, this letter was drafted by John Dickinson, Henry Lee, and David Humphreys. CINCINNATI, SOCIETY OF THE. Proceedings of the Cincinnati, by their Delegates in General-Meeting con- vened at Philadelphia, May, 1787 ; being the second General-Meeting. Philadelphia : printed in the Year m,dcc,lxxxvii. 17 pp. F°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Marine Society of New York. Charter. CLAIRAC, Louis Andr£. The Field Engineer. Translated from the French of M. le Chevalier de Clairac, by Captain Charles Vallancey. To which are added, Remarks on Marshal Saxe's new System of Fortification, proposed in his Reveries, or Memoirs on the Art of War. Dublin: printed for John Smith, mdcclviii. xii, (4), 216 pp. 39 folded plates. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. CLARKE, John. English classical scholar, 1687-1734. An Introduction to the making of Latin. Comprising, after an easy, compendious Method, the Substance of the Latin Syntax. With proper English Examples, most of them Translations from the Classic Authors, in one Column, and the Latin Words in another. To which is subjoined, in the same Method, a succinct Account of the Affairs of Antient Greece and Rome, intended at once to bring Boys acquainted with History, and the Idiom of the Latin Tongue : with Rules for the Gender of Nouns. A new Edition, diligently revised and carefully corrected. By John Clarke, late Master of the Public Grammar-School in Hull. London: printed New- York, re-printed, by James Oram. 1799. xii, 276 pp. 12°. Without autograph or book-plate. CLARKSON, Thomas. English anti-slavery agitator, 1 760-1846. An Essay on the Impolicy of the African Slave Trade. In two Parts. By the Rev. T. Clarkson, M. A. To which is added, An Oration, upon the Necessity of Establishing at Paris, a Society to promote the Abolition of the Trade and Slavery of the Negroes. By J. P. Brissot de Warville. [Trans- lated by Charles Crawford.] Philadelphia: printed by Francis Bailey. m,dcc,lxxxviii. iv, 159 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on title-page. The " Oration " by Brissot de Warville occupies pp. 1 35-1 59 and has an independent title-page. THE FIELD ENGINEER. Tranflated from the French of M. le Chevalier de Clair a c, B Y Captain Charles Vallancey, To which are added, R E MA R K S ON Marfhal S axe's new Syftem of FORTIFICATION, Propofed in his Reveries, or Memoirs on the ART of WAR. Fas eft et ab Hofte doceri. DUBLIN: Printed for John Smith, at the Philofophers Heads on the Blind-Quay. M DCC LVIII. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 49 CLAVIERE, Etienne, 1735-1794, and BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, Jean Pierre de. 1 754-1 793. Considerations on the relative Situation of France, and the United States of America: shewing the Importance of the American Revolution to the Welfare of France : giving also An Account of their Productions, and the reciprocal Advantages which may be drawn from their Commercial Con- nexions : and finally, pointing out the actual Situation of the United States. Translated from the French of Etienne Claviere and J. P. Brissot de Warville. London : printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by Robson and Clarke. 1788. xvi, xxxiv, 326 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph at the top of page i. COBBETT, William. Economist, 1762-1835. A little plain English, addressed to the People of the United States, on the Treaty, negociated with his Britannic Majesty, and on the Conduct of the President relative thereto ; in Answer to " The Letters of Franklin." With a Supplement containing an Account of the turbulent and factious Proceed- ings of the Opposers of the Treaty. By Peter Porcupine. Philadelphia: published by Thomas Bradford. 1795. 8, in pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts.'' Contents given under [Smith, W. L.] The Politicks and Views of a certain Party, etc. A New- Year's Gift to the Democrats ; or Observations on a Pamphlet, entitled, "A Vindication' of Mr. Randolph's Resignation." By Peter Porcu- pine. Philadelphia : published by Thomas Bradford. 1796. 71pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as the above. Washington wrote to Hamilton under date of January 8, 1797, concerning this book as follows : — " Enclosed also you will receive a production of Peter Porcupine, alias William Cobbett. Making allowances for the asperity of an Englishman, for some of his strong and coarse expressions, and a want of official information of many facts, it is not a bad thing." COCHRANE, Archibald, ninth Earl of Dundonald. 1 769-1831 . A Treatise, shewing the intimate Connection that subsists between Agri- culture and Chemistry. Addressed to the Cultivators of the Soil, to the Pro- prietors of Fens and Mosses, in Great Britain and Ireland; and to the Proprietors of West India Estates. By the Earl of Dundonald. London : printed for the Author. March, 1795. vii, (1), 252 pp. 4°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf, " To His Excellency George Washington &c. &c &c From the Author " and on the title-page in Washington's handwriting " From the Author to G? Washington." 50 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The correspondence between Washington and the author in regard to this book follows : — London April 9. 1795 Sir, — I have the honor to send to Your Excellency by Mr. Jay a copy of a treatise on the intimate connexion that exists between agriculture & chemistry. I have the honor to be, Your Excellency's Most obed Sertf DUNDONALD. From the original in the State Department. Washington replied as follows : — Philadelphia 9* July 1795 Earl of Dundonald My Lord, — By Ml Jay I had the honor to receive your Lordship's favor of the 9 th of April accompanying your treatise " on the intimate connection that subsists between agri- culture and chemistry." The work must be curious and interesting, and for your goodness in sending it to me, I pray your Lordship to accept the best thanks of ' Your most Obedient and obliged H b J? Servant G? Washington. COKE, Thomas, LL.D. English Methodist Bishop in America, 1 747-1814. The Substance of a Sermon, preached at Baltimore, in the State of Mary- land, before the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, on the 2 7th of December, 1 784, at the Ordination of the Rev. Francis Asbury, to the Office of a Superintendent. By Thomas Coke, L.L.D. Superintendent of the said Church. Published at the Desire of the Conference. Baltimore, Maryland : printed by Goddard and Langworthy. m.dcc.lxxxv. 24 pp. 8°. Bound in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Evans, I. A Sermon delivered at Concord. COKE, Thomas, and ASBURY, Francis. An Address to the annual Subscribers for the Support of Cokesbury-Col- lege, and to the Members of the Methodist Society. To which are added, the Rules and Regulations of the College. By Thomas Coke, L.L.D. and Francis Asbury, Superintendents of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New- York : printed by W. Ross, m.dcc.lxxxvii. 12 pp. 12 . Bound in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Macpherson, J. Lectures. COLLIGNON,— . Decouverte d'dtalons justes, naturels, invariables et universels, pour la reduction a une parfaite uniformity de tous les poids & mesures partout, par des moyens simples, avantageux a tout le monde, et faciles a executer. . . . BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 5 1 Par M. Collignon, Avoeat en Parlement, & membre des Academies des sci- ences, arts & belles lettres de Naples, de Lisbonne & de Munich. . . . [StrassBourg] Avec approbation & privilege du Roi. 1788. xvi, 252 pp. 16°. . Washington's autograph on the dedication page. The COLUMBIAN Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany containing a View of the History, Literature, Manners & Characters of the Year 178 7-1 791. Vols. i-5- Philadelphia : printed for T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cist, & J. Tren- chard. [1 787-1 791.] 5 v. in 4. Illustrated. Plates. 8°. The imprint of vols. 3 & 4 reads : Printed for the Proprietors. The first number is dated September, 1786; Vol. V. is entitled The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine for 1791. A. H. Smyth in his " The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors, 1741-1850," gives a brief account of the origin and career of this publication. It was started in Septem- ber, 1786, upon the model of the Gentleman's Magazine and the London Magazine under the direction of Matthew Carey, T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, and J. Trenchard. It was the most ambitious enterprise in magazine publication that had appeared in this country. In the first number Matthew Carey began the publication of a " Life of General Greene," and contributed to the first volume " The Shipwreck," " A Philosophical Dream," and " Hard Times." Carey withdrew from participation in the editorship in December, 1786. In Janu- ary, 1 789, the sole ownership of the magazine came into the hands of John Trenchard, an engraver by profession, who made most of the plates. Jeremy Belknap wrote for the work " The Foresters, an American Tale," in which he depicted in a humorous style the history of the United States. The magazine was edited for a period of nearly three years by Alex- ander James Dallas, who in 1787 undertook to report for it the proceedings of the Pennsyl- vania Convention for the ratification of the Federal Constitution, but he was obliged to dis- continue printing them in consequence of having offended the Federalists, who withdrew their subscriptions from the magazine. The matter relating to Washington in the work consists of the following : — Vol. 1. Letters relative to the treatment of Captain Asgill, while prisoner in the Amer- ican army ; being a full refutation of the charges of inhumanity exhibited in London against General Washington, by David Humphreys, with portrait of Washington engraved by J Tren- chard ; " Portrait of General Washington. Translated from the French of Mr. Mandrillon, by a very Young Lady"; Poem by " Emelia," addressed to General Washington in the year 1777, after the battles of Trenton and Princeton ; Mount Vernon, an Ode inscribed to General Washington, August, 1786, by Colonel 'Humphreys ; Italian sonnet, by Signor Domenico Bertini in praise of General Washington. Vol. 3. Account of the preparations at Gray's Ferry, on the river Schuylkill, and of the reception of General Washington there, April 20, 1789 (illustrated) ; Account of the manner of receiving at Trenton, his Excellency, George Washington, President of the United States, on his route to the Seat of Federal Government, (illustration). Vol. 4. A Sketch of the character of the President of the United States from Dr. Ram- sey's History of the American Revolution; Address to both Houses of Congress by the President, Dec. 8, 1791. Washington received the numbers of this magazine for 1786 as a gift from the publishers as appears by the letters printed below. 52 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Philadelphia, Dec; 10 [1787] Sir — We beg leave to present you with a copy of each of the Numbers of the Columbian Magazine which have been already printed, & hope they will meet your approbation. We are, Sir, your very humble Servants T. Seddon & C°. His ExclU: Gen. Washington. Copy of original letter preserved in the State Department. " I have received your letter of the 10* of Decemb r together with the several numbers of the Columbian Magazine. " I thank you for your attention to me in sending the several numbers which have been published, & wish you to consider me a subscriber; as I conceive a publication of that kind may be the means of conveying much useful knowledge to the community which might otherwise be lost, and when it is properly conducted, it should, in my opinion be properly encouraged. Mo 1 . Vernon 9 th Jany 1787." Washington to Mess™ Seddon & Co. — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. Washington became a subscriber, and his Cash-book preserved in the State Department contains the record of payments for the subscription in 1787. A receipt from William Spotswood to Washington, for six months' subscription, July to December, 1788, was sold by Mr. Henkels of Philadelphia (Henkels' Catalogue No. 751. Historical Papers of Col. David Greer and Major John Clarke). COMBER, Thomas, D.D. Dean of Durham, 1645-1699. Short Discourses upon the whole Common-Prayer. Designed to inform the Judgment, and excite the Devotion of such as daily use the same. The fourth Edition. By Tho. Comber, D-D. London, printed for J. Nicholson. . . . mdccxii. (16), 460, (4) pp. Plate. 8°. The first fly-leaf contains Washington's autograph when 13 years of age; his own name and that of his mother are written together in the same hand. Against the former George C. Washington has written " The above is Gen 1 . Washington's autograph when 13 years of age," and under the latter he writes, " The above name of his Mother, is in the handwriting of Gen 1 . Washington at 13 years of age — which will be seen by comparison with his writing of that age in Spark's work." The same fly-leaf contains the autographs of Washington's father and mother, " August" Washington, his Book 1727 and Mary Washington " ; and the title-page has the autograph of the former in the same form. Upon the fly-leaves, at the end of the volume, the youthful Washington has written his father's name several times. The volume has been rebacked, otherwise it is in the same binding of old calf as it was when Washington handled and probably studied it in his boyhood. COMMERELL, Abbe" de. An Account of the Culture and Use of the Mangel Wurzel, or Root of Scarcity. Translated from the French of the Abbe de Commerell, cor- responding Member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences at Metz. London : Printed for Charles Dilly ; and J. Phillips, m.dcc.lxxxvii. vii, (1), 56 pp. 8°. MM"* ^TTl^y A Compleat HISTORY O F T H E PIRATICAL STATES O F BAR BAR T, VIZ. 2UfifeV& 1 S Ctfpdtt, and 5, 3 I Cimfe, 3 L Qpojocco CONTAINING The Origin, Revolutions, and prefent State of thefe Kingdoms, their Forces, Revenues, Policy, and Commerce. Illuftrated with a Plan of ALGIERS, and a Map of BARB ART. By a Gentleman who refided there many Years in a public Character. LONDON; Printed for R. Griffiths, at the D unci ad in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1750. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. S3 The advertisement is signed John Coakley Lettsom. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Agriculture." Contents given under " Notes on Farming." COMMERELL, Abbe de. Mdmoire sur la culture, l'usage & les avantages du Chou-a-faucher. Par M. l'Abbe de Commerell. A Paris: chez Petit. [1789. J 23 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Agriculture." Contents given under Bowler, M. A Treatise on Agriculture. A COMPLEAT History of the piratical States of Barbary, viz. Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Morocco. Containing the Origin, Revolutions, and present State of these Kingdoms, their Forces, Revenues, Policy, and Com- merce. Illustrated with a Plan of Algiers, and a Map of Barbary. By a Gentleman who resided there many Years in a public Character. London: printed for R. Griffiths. 1750. xiv, (2), 368 pp. Folded Plate. 8°. The running title is : " History of Algiers.'' Washington's autograph at about 17 years of age on the title-page. Book-plate. The COMPLEAT Tutor for the Violin. Containing the best and easiest In- structions for Learners to obtain a Proficiency. To which is added a choice Collection of the most celebrated Italian, English and Scotch Tunes. With several choice Pieces for 2 Violins. Printed for & sold by John Simpson. London. (2), 34, 4 pp. Frontis- piece. 8°. Inscribed "John Aug? Washington's Musick Book 1755." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Plays, &c." Contents given under [Bickerstaffe, I.] Lionel and Clarissa. The CONGRESSIONAL Register ; or, History of the Proceedings and De- bates of the first House of Representatives of the United States of America : namely, New- Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New- York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South-Carolina and Georgia. Being the eleven States that have ratified the Constitution of the Government of the United States. Containing an Impartial Account of the most interesting Speeches and Motions ; and accurate Copies of remarkable Papers laid before and offered to the House. Taken in Short Hand, by Thomas Lloyd. Volume I.— III. Vol. I. New- York : printed for the Editor, by Harrisson and Purdy. M,DCC,LXXXLX. 614 pp. 8°. 54 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Vol. II. New- York : printed by Hodge, Allen, and Campbell, and for T. Lloyd, the Proprietors, m.dcc.lxxxix. 449 pp. 8°. Vol. III. Same imprint, m.dcc.xc. 502 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page of each volume. The book-plate in all the volumes. The CONGRESSIONAL Register. Taken in Short-Hand, by T. Lloyd. [Vol. I.] nos. 2, 6-8. II. nos. 10, n. III. nos. 1, 7. IV. nos. 1, 2, 3. New- York: printed for T. Lloyd by Samuel Loudon [and by Hodge, Allen and Campbell]. 1789-90. 12 unbound numbers in original paper covers. 8°. No. 1 of Vol. III. and no. I of vol. IV. are inscribed on the covers, " The President of the United States " ; Washington's name is on the covers of nos. 2 and 3 of vol. IV. A duplicate copy of vol. IV. no. 3, has the autograph of " T. Lear.'' CONSIDERATIONS upon the French and American War. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament. London : printed for J. Almon. mdcclxxix. (2), 44 pp. 8°. Friendly to America. Signed, " An Englishman." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Tracts." Contents given under [Lee, A.] An Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People of Great Britain. The CONSTITUTIONS of the ancient and honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons : containing their History, Charges, Addresses, &c. Collected and digested from their old Records, faithful Traditions, and Lodge Books. For the Use of Masons. To which are added, the History of Masonry in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the Constitution, Laws and Regulations of their Grand Lodge. Together with a large Collec- tion of Songs, Epilogues, &c. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, by Brother Isaiah Thomas. In the Christian Era mdccxcii ; in the Year of Light vmdccxcii. 288 pp. Frontis- piece. 4 . Edited by Thaddeus Mason Harris. Presented to Washington by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, as appears by the correspondence printed below, from the MS. Records of that Society : — " Desirous to enlarge the boundaries of Social Happiness, and to vindicate the Ceremonies of their Institution, This Grand Lodge have published a Book of Constitutions ; (and a Copy for your acceptance accompanies this) which by discovering the principles which actuate, will speak the Eulogy of the society : though they fervently wish the conduct of its Members, may prove its higher recommendation." — Address of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to Wash- ington. To this address, which was signed by John Cutler, G. M., Josiah Bartlett, S. G. W., and Mungo Mackay, J. G. W., Washington replied : — BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 55 " Flattering as it may be to the human Mind ; and truly honorable as it is, to receive from our Fellow-Citizens, Testimonies of approbation for, Exertions to promote the Public Welfare, it is not less pleasing to know, that the Milder Virtues of the heart are highly respected by a Society whose liberal principles, are founded in the immutable laws of Truth and Justice. " To enlarge the Sphere of social happiness, is worthy the benevolent design of a Masonic institution ; and it is most fervently to be wished that the Conduct of every Member of the Society, as well as those publications that discover the principles which actuate them may tend to convince Mankind, that the grand Object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race. "While I beg your acceptance of my thanks, for the Book of Constitutions, which you have sent me, and for the honor you have done me in the Dedication, permit me to assure you that I feel all those emotions of Gratitude, which your affectionate Address, and cordial wishes are calculated to inspire. And I sincerely pray that the Great Architect of the Uni- verse, may bless you here and receive you hereafter into his Immortal Temple.'' CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. The Association, &c. [Philadelphia: printed by W. and T. Bradford. 17 74. J 11 pp. No title-page. 8°. The title occupies the upper part of the first page of text. The official promulgation of the non-importation agreement, reported by a committee of Congress composed of the following members : Thomas Cushing, Isaac Law, Thomas Mifflin, Richard Henry Lee, and Thomas Johnson, Jr. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Common Sense &c." Contents given under [Paine, T.] Common Sense. The Association, &c. [Philadelphia: printed by W. and T. Bradford. 1774.] 11 pp. 8°. Stitched in the same covers is a pamphlet of 36 pp., containing two addresses from Congress as follows : — To the People of Great Britain, from the Delegates, appointed by the Several English Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plan- tations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Lower Counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, to consider of their Grievances in General Congress, at Philadelphia, September 5th, 1774. To the Inhabitants of the Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex in Delaware ; Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The first Address, which was drafted by John Jay, occupies pp. 1-15 of the pamphlet. It is reprinted in Henry P. Johnston's " The Correspondence and public Papers of John Jay, vol. I. pp. 17-31. The second, was drafted by Richard Henry Lee, and occupies pp. 16-36 of the pamphlet. It is printed in " Memoir of the Life of Richard Henry Lee, by his grandson," vol. I. pp. "9-I33- On the 21st of October, 1774, the following order was passed by Congress : — Ordered, that the Address to the people of Great Britain, and the Memorial to the 56 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Inhabitants of the British Colonies be immediately committed to the press ; and that no more than one hundred and twenty copies of each be struck off, without further orders from the Congress." — Quoted by Ford in his Bibliography of the Continental Congress. This variety of the issues of The Association and the Two Addresses is not mentioned by Ford in his bibliography of the Continental Congress. He notes the separate issues, but not that of the two together. The addresses were reprinted in England with the title : " Two letters from the Ameri- can Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774. The one addressed to the People of Great Britain, and the other to the Inhabitants of the American Colonies. Cov- entry : printed and sold by J. W. Piercy. 1775" All three of the documents were issued later in 1774 with the "Bill of Rights" and other papers under the title : " Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September 1774," and, with the addition of other papers, were several times reprinted in the subsequent proceedings of the Congress. CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. An Address of the twelve united Colonies of North-America, by their Representatives in Congress, to the People of Ireland. Philadelphia : printed by W. and T. Bradford, 1775. (2), 10 pp. 8°. " Drafted by Deane, William Livingston, Samuel Adams, R. R. Livingston, and Pendle- ton." P. L. Ford. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts.'' Contents given under Virginia. Proceedings of the Convention, 20th March, 1775. A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North- America, now met in General Congress at Philadelphia, seting [«V] forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms. Philadelphia: printed by William and Thomas Bradford, 1775. (2), 13 PP. 8°- Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Common Sense, &c." Contents given under [Paine, T.] Common Sense. A facsimile of the original draft of the Declaration is given in Dr. George H. Moore's monograph, " John Dickinson, the Author of the Declaration on taking up Arms in 1775." New York, 1890. Dr. Moore goes into the question of the authorship of the paper and establishes Dickinson's claims. The first and second drafts made by Jefferson for the Declaration are printed in parallel columns in Ford's " Writings of Thomas Jefferson," vol. I. pp. 462-476. Jefferson's paper was not accepted by the committee, and it was submitted to Dickinson, who prepared " an entire new statement," but inserting sentences from Jeffer- son's draft, which was adopted. " That production [the Declaration] was one of the most popular ones ever issued by Congress. It was read amid thundering huzzas in every market place, and amid fervent prayers in nearly every pulpit in the colonies. The commanders read it at the head of our armies." Randall. It was read, July 18, 1775, " on Prospect Hill amidst such shouts that the British on Bun- ker Hill put themselves in array for battle.'' Bancroft. Dr. Langdon, President of Harvard College, read it July 15, 1775, to the army at Cambridge in the presence of Washington. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 57 Washington sent a copy of this to George William Fairfax in England, as appears by the following : — " Enclosed I send you a second address from the Congress to the inhabitants of Great Britain ; as also a declaration setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms. 25 July, 1775." CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Rules and Articles, for the better Government of the Troops raised, or to be raised, and kept in pay by and at the joint Expence of the Thirteen united English Colonies of North- America. Philadelphia: Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, 1775. 16 pp. 12°. In Congress, June 14, 1775, " Resolved that a committee of five be appointed to prepare rules and regulations for the government of the army. The following persons were chosen to compose that committee : Mr. Washington, Mr. Schuyler, Mr. Deane, Mr. Cushing and Mr. Hewes." The committee reported June 28, 1775, and June 30 the Rules were considered and adopted, and Mr. Deane, Mr. Cushing, and Mr. Hewes were appointed a committee " to revise them for the press, and to get them printed." Two copies. One copy has written at the top of the title-page the autograph of Col. Dan Hitchcock ; at the bottom of the title-page, under the imprint, " W m Tudor J. & Advocate." Signed in autograph on the fly-leaves at the end of the tract, by the officers of Col. Dan'l Hitchcock's Rhode Island regiment. The other copy has " Col. Whitcomb " written at the top of the title-page, and " Wm Tudor J & Advocate " at the bottom. Signed in autograph on the fly-leaves at the end of the tract by Col. Asa Whitcomb and the subordinate officers of his regiment. Several Methods of making Salt-Petre ; recommended to the Inhabitants of the United Colonies, by their Representatives in Congress. Philadelphia : printed by W. and T. Bradford. 1775. 12 pp. 12 . Bound in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Common Sense, &c." Contents given under [Paine, T.] Common Sense. Extracts from the Journals of Congress, relative to the Capture and Con- demnation of Prizes, and the Fitting out Privateers ; together with the Rules and Regulations of the Navy. And Instructions to the Commanders of Private Ships of War. Philadelphia : printed by John Dunlap, m,dcc,lxxvi. (2), 45 pp. 8°. Written upon the fly-leaves at the end of the tract are the Resolves of Congress of July 24, 1776, and October 14th, 1777, relative to prize vessels. Rules and Articles for the better Government of the Troops raised, or to be raised and kept in pay by and at the expence of the United States of America. 58 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Philadelphia : printed by John Dunlap. m,dcc,lxxvi. 36 pp. 8°. Ordered to be printed Sept. 20, 1776. CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. [Revision of Rules and Articles for the better Government of the Troops, raised, or to be raised, and kept in pay by, and at the expence of the United States.] In Congress, April 14, 1777. Philadelphia : printed by John Dunlap. [1777.] Broadside. F°. Two copies. Address and Recommendations to the States, by the United States in Con- gress assembled. Philadelphia : printed by David C. Claypoole. m,dcc,lxxxiii. 14, (1), 9, (2), 3> 6, 5, 4, 20 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. The Address is signed in autograph by Elias Boudinot. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts." Contents given under Virginia. Proceedings of the Convention, 20th March, 1775. This Address was drawn up by James Madison, and the plan for raising revenues to pay the debts of the Revolutionary War which is set forth in the paper was reported by a com- mittee consisting of Madison, Hamilton, Gorham, Fitzsimons, and Rutledge. Accompany- ing the Address are the following documents : — An Estimate of the national Debt; The Report by Hamilton, Dec. 16, 1782, on the refusal of the State of Rhode Island to pay the impost duties ; Estimate of the Produce of the Impost on imported Articles ; Papers on the French and Dutch loans ; The Address and Petition of the Officers of the Army of the United States to Congress in regard to half-pay or other compensation, Dec, 1782; Extract from Washington's letter to the President of Congress, in regard to the Newburgh Addresses ; Letters by [John Armstrong], known as the Newburgh Addresses, to the Officers of the Army upon their grievances j General Or- ders of March 11, 1783 ; Washington's Address to the Officers and his letter to the President of Congress reporting the result of the Convention of the Officers, Mar. 18, 1783 ; with detailed report of the proceedings of the meeting. Washington's letter of March 12, 1783, to the President of Congress was referred to a committee consisting of Gilman, Dyer, Clark, Rutledge, and Mercer. The committee was thus made up, Madison said, to " saddle with this embarrassment [the disaffection of the offi- cers of the Army] the men who had opposed the measures necessary for satisfying the Army, viz. : the half-pay and permanent funds ; against one or other of which the individuals had voted." Madison further remarks that " the steps taken by the General to avert the gather- ing storm, and his professions of inflexible adherence to his duty to Congress and to his Country, excited the most affectionate sentiments towards him." COOMBE, Thomas, D.D. 1 747-1822. A Sermon, preached before the Congregations of Christ Church and St. Peter's, Philadelphia, on Thursday, July 20, 1775. Being the Day recom- mended by the Honorable Continental Congress for a General Fast through- out the twelve united Colonies of North- America. By Thomas Coombe, BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 59 M. A. Chaplain to the Most Noble the Marquis of Rockingham. Published by Request. Philadelphia : printed by John Dunlap. m,dcc,lxxv. (4), 29 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a pamphlet volume lettered " Political Sermons " are : Hurt, J. The Love of our Country. — Evans, I. A Discourse delivered near York in Virginia. — A Ser- mon, on the present Situation. Phila., 1782. — Evans, I. A Discourse delivered in New- York. — Langdon, S. The Republic of the Israelites. — Smith, W., D.D. A Sermon on the present Situation. — Langdon, S. Government corrupted by Vice, and recovered by Righteousness. — Gordon, William. The Separation of the Jewish Tribes, etc. The author was bom in Philadelphia in 1747. From 1768 to 1772 he was chaplain to the Marquis of Rockingham. In 1772 he was chosen assistant minister of Christ Church and St. Peter's. He advocated the cause of the colonies up to the time of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, when on account of his church vows he declined to take a pronounced step ; and was regarded with suspicion, by the patriots. In 1778 he went to England, and in 1794 became chaplain in ordinary to the king. Washington in his Diary for Oct. 2, 1774, says " Went to Christ Church." Dr. Toner says : " Christ Church was the earliest Episcopal organization founded in Philadelphia. The Society erected, in 1695, a small wooden building on Second street, between Market and Arch streets. The structure was enlarged at different times, and was finally, about 1755, entirely rebuilt. The service Washington attended was in this handsome new structure." John Adams visited the church in 1774 and records having heard " Mr. Combe." Washing- ton probably listened to the same preaching. [COOPER, Myles, D.D. 1735-1785.] A friendly Address to all reasonable Americans, on the Subject of our political Confusions : in which the necessary Consequences of violently opposing the King's Troops and of a general Non-Importation are fairly stated. New- York: [Rivington] printed in the Year m,dcc,lxxtv. 55, (1) pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Randolph, P.] A Letter from a Gentleman in Virginia. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Transmitted to Washington by William Milnor, who sometimes acted as an agent for him in Philadelphia. The following is an extract from Milnor's letter, with which the "pamphlet was sent : — " I have enclosed you a Vile pamphlet said to be wrote by X) r . Cooper of New York, & likewise another small pamphlet called Strictures on the former, said to be wrote by Gen- eral Lee of this city & here I must beg you', excuse my presuming to exceed your Orders, as 'tis with an intention to amuse, — for if you have patience to read the first, I think you will be diverted with the last. Philad? Nov* 29 th , 1774. — From the original preserved in the State Department. The COURT and City Register. For the Year 1756. Containing, I. Rider's Almanack. II. New and correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament. III. The Court Register. IV. Lists of the Army and Navy. 60 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The twentieth Edition, carefully corrected at the proper Offices to the present Time. London: printed and sold by J. Barnes. .. . [i7S 6 -] (12), 226 pp. 32 . Bound with Rider, C. Rider's British Merlin. A new Edition, corrected to the First of January, of The Court and City Register; or, Gentleman's complete annual Calendar, for the Year 1783; containing, I. New and correct Lists of both Houses of Parliament. II. The Court Register. III. Lists of the Army, Navy, Universities, Public Offices, Hospitals, &c. With many Improvements, and the Addition of some new Lists. London: printed for J. Jolliffe. . . . [1783.J (4), 272 pp. 16 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. COXE, Tench. Economist, 1755-1824. An Address to an Assembly of the Friends of American Manufactures, convened for the Purpose of establishing a Society for the Encouragement of Manufactures and the useful Arts, read in the University of Pennsylvania, on Thursday, the 9th of August 1787, by Tench Coxe, Esq. and published at their Request. Philadelphia : printed by R. Aitken & Son. m.dcc.lxxxvii. 30 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative, etc. A View of the United States of America, in a Series of Papers, written at various Times, between the Years 1787 and 1794, by Tench Coxe, of Phila- delphia ; interspersed with authentic Documents : the whole tending to ex- hibit the Progress and present State of civil and religious Liberty, Population, Agriculture, Exports, Imports, Fisheries, Navigation, Ship-building, Manu- factures and general Improvement. Philadelphia: printed for William Hall. 1794. 513 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Washington sent a copy of this work to Sinclair in 1794 with the following remarks : — " I have not read it yet and therefore shall say nothing for or against the merits of it, further than that the author is a man of intelligence and accuracy, and (being the Commis- sioner of our revenue) possesses the means of special information. Phila. Nov. 9* h 1794." — From the transcript in the Toner Collection. COXE, William. English historian, 1 747-1828. Lettres a M. William Melmoth, sur l'etat politique, civil et naturel de la Suisse. Traduites de l'Anglois, et augmenties des observations faites dans BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 6l le meme pays par le Traducteur [L. F. E. Ramond de Carbonnieres] . 2 e partie. Paris, Belin. 1781. 347 pp. 8°. Title-page missing. Title taken from the British Museum Catalogue. CRAWFORD, William. Irish Presbyterian minister, 1739?-! 800. A History of Ireland. From the earliest Period, to the present Time. In a Series of Letters, addressed to William Hamilton, Esq. By William Craw- ford, A. M. One of the Chaplains of the First Tyrone Regiment. Strabane : printed by John Bellew. m.dcc.lxxxiii. 2 vols. Vol. I. ix, (1), 350 pp. Vol. II. 387 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-pages of both volumes. Has the book-plate. CREVECOZUR, Jean Hector St. John de. 1 731-18 13. Lettres d'un cultivateur Americain addressees a W? S ... on Esq^ depuis l'Annee 1770 jusqu'en 1786. Par M. S'. John de Creve Cceur, traduites de l'Anglois. A Paris. Chez Cuchet. 1787. 3 vols. Vol. I. (2), xxxii, 478 (4) pp. Folded map. Frontispiece. Vol. II. (2), 438, (6) pp. 3 folded maps. Vol. III. (2), 592, (1) pp. 2 folded maps. Engraved title-pages. 8°. Without autograph or book-plate. Entered on the inventory : " Letters of American Farmer, (in French), 3 do [vols.] 4.50." Concerning this work, Washington wrote in 1788 as follows : — " Of books at present existing, Mr. Jefferson's ' Notes on Virginia * will give the best idea to a foreigner ; and the ' American Farmer's Letters ' written by Mr. Crevecoeur (com- monly called Mr. St. John), the French Consul in New York, who actually resided twenty years as a farmer in that State, will afford a great deal of profitable and amusing information, respecting the private life of the Americans, as well as the progress of agriculture, manufac- tures, and arts, in their country. Perhaps the picture he gives, though founded in fact, is in some instances embellished with rather too flattering circumstances. 19 June, 1788." — Wash- ington to Richard Henderson. Sparks, vol. ix. p. 386. Given to Washington by the author and acknowledged by him as follows : — " The letter you did me the honor of writing to me by Commodore Paul Jones came safe ; as did the volumes of the Farmer's Letters. For both, particularly for the compliment of the letter, I pray you to accept my best thanks.'' Phil? 9 July, 1787. — Sparks vol. ix. p. 259. The CRITICAL Review; or, Annals of Literature. November, 17 75 ; May, June, 1793; September, 1796. London, printed for A. Hamilton. 1 793-1 796. 4 unbound numbers. 8°. The number for September 1796 is inscribed on the cover in Washington's handwriting, " From M^ Jn? Carey, London." This number contains a critical notice of the publication entitled, " Epistles domestic, confidential and official from General Washington," now known as the spurious letters. 62 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. A letter from Carey to Washington preserved in the State Department discloses the fact that he was the author of the review, the original MS. of which he sent with a letter. Carey wrote as follows : — " I have the honor of transmitting to your Excellency a copy of the Critical Review, containing remarks on a publication which bears your name, — as mentioned in a. letter of Sept. 9, which I took the liberty of addressing to your Excellency. ... At the same time I beg leave to assure your Excellency, that had I known from what Source the letters were derived, I should not have thought it worth while to trouble your Excel? on the Subject. To the politeness of the American minister, M' King, I am indebted for my knowledge of the fabrication, which of course rendered it necessary to make many alterations from the manuscript inclosed in the letter above mentioned. London Octob. i. 1796." To this Washington replied : — " I have received your letters of the 8* & 9 th Septr and I?' of Oct r " I am much indebted to you for the Interest you feel, to have the imposition that has been attempted upon the public detected. — With great truth you pronounce it such. — I shall have something on this subject to be used when I shall be permitted to enjoy peace and repose. — " In the meanwhile I pray you to accept of my thanks for your present, and believe me to be Sir " Your Obliged H^e Servf "G. Washington. " Phila. 30? 1 Decf 1796." CROFT, Sir Herbert, Baronet. 1751-1816. A Letter, from Germany, to the Princess Royal of England ; on the Eng- lish and German Languages. With a Table of the different Northern Lan- guages, and of different Periods of the German ; and with an Index. By Herbert Croft. LL.B. Printed and published by Fauche, Hamburg : sold by Rabenhorst, Leipzig ; and Edwards, London. 1797. (6), iv, 96 pp. Folded sheet. 4°. Inscribed on the title-page : — "From the author to George Washington; who must be consider'd, just now, in a more enviable state of happiness, by every thinking mind, than any man in any age." " A gossiping, rambling production of ninety-six pages on Johnson's ' Dictionary,' trans- lating from German, the connection of the two languages, and the charms of the town of Hamburg." — W. P. Courtney. CROUCH, Henry. A complete View of the British Customs. Containing, I. A perfect and distinct Account of the . . . Branches whereof that Revenue consists. II. The former and additional Books of the Rates of Merchandize. . . . III. Directions for, and Examples of, the Method of computing the afore- said Duties. . . . IV. The several Ports, Members, and Creeks of Great Britain ; the law- ful Keys, Wharfs, &c. and the Fees payable. . . . BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 63 V. An Index, wherein is comprehended the Substance of the several Laws now in force, relating to the Customs, &c. The whole being a complete System of his Majesty's Revenue of Customs, continued to the End of the Session of Parliament, Anno Tertio Georgii Secundi. The second Edition : with such Alterations, Additions, and Im- provements, as have made it much more useful than the former. By Henry Crouch, Of the Custom- House, London. London : printed ... for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, m.dcc.xxxi. xiv, 543, (1) pp. 8°. On the fly-leaf is written, " Augustine Washington his Book bought y e 4th of May 1737 of y° Bookseller under y e Royal Exchange. Cost 7/ Shillings." The autograph of Washington's father is also on page v. Entered on the Inventory under the title, " Views of the British Customs." CRUTTWELL, Clement. English author and compiler, 1 743-1 808. A Concordance of Parallels, collected from Bibles and Commentaries, which have been published in Hebrew, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, English, and other Languages ; with the Authorities of each. By the Rev. C. Cruttwell, Editor of Bishop Wilson's Works, &c. Printed for the Author ; and sold by the Booksellers in London, Bath, .... mdccxc. (2), 397, (1), 135 pp. 4 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. In 1794, the author transmitted to Washington a set of Bishop Wilson's works in accordance with a provision in the Will of the latter's son, and at the same time took occa- sion to send this copy of his own Concordance. The letter of transmittal and Washington's reply are printed below. The former from the original and thelatter from the Letter-Book, preserved in the State Department : — Wokingham Berkshire May 1st 1794. Sir, — By the Will of the late D' Wilson Prebendary of Westminster & Rector of S. Stephens Walbrook in London I was directed to transmit to your Excellency a Copy of his Fathers Works, the Venerable Bishop of Sodor & Man ; and the English Bible in which are contained the Notes of the good Bishop. — I have yet delayed to fulfill the desire of my friend that I might at the same time have the honour of requesting a place in your Library for a work of my own A Concordance, by me intended as a Companion to the Bible. That you may long enjoy the Honours you have so well deserved in a. country of peace & pros- perity is the fervent wish and prayer of Your Excellency's most obedient Servant and admirer Clement Cruttwell. To this Washington replied: — " It has so happened . . . that I have been very deficient in not acknowledging at an earlier period the receipt of your obliging favor of the 1? of May, last year, accompanying a copy of the works of the venerable Bishop of Sodor & Man, which . . . you had the good- ness to send me. " Accept now I pray you, Sir, my thanks for the part you have executed in this business ; and the assurances that my not having done it before, did not proceed from want of respect to the memory of the author — his son — or yourself, but to mere accident. Philadelphia io< h July 1795." 64 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. CUMBERLAND, Richard. English dramatist, 1732-1811. The Carmelite: a Tragedy. Performed at the Theater Royal Drury Lane. The Second Edition. London: printed for C. Dilly. m.dcc.lxxxv. vi, (2), 71, (1) pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Plays, &c." Contents given under [Bickerstaffe, I.] Lionel and Clarissa. [DALLAS, Alexander James. 175 9-1 8 17. J A Case decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, in February, 1793. In which is discussed the Question — "Whether a State be liable to be sued by a private Citizen of another State?" Philadelphia : printed by T. Dobson. m,dcc,xciii. (2), 120 pp. 8°. The Case of Chisholm vs. the State of Georgia. [ ] Features of Mr. Jay's Treaty. To which is annexed, a View of the Com- merce of the United States, as it stands at present, and as it is fixed by Mr. Jay's Treaty. Philadelphia: printed for Matthew Carey, by Lang & Ustick. 1795. (2), 51 pp. 8°. There is a cover-title which is identical with the above except that the date of imprint reads " Oct. 20, 1795." Reprinted in " The Life and Writings of Alexander James Dallas," pp. 160-210. DALRYMPLE, Sir John. 17 26-1 8 10. Letter from Sir John Dalrymple, Baronet, one of the Barons of Exchequer in Scotland, to the Lords of Admiralty. [Edinburgh, 1795.] 19 pp. Sm. 4 . The title occupies the upper portion of the first page of the text. This may be the document referred to by John Jay in a letter to Washington, dated London, 28 th Feb? 1795, as follows : — " The printed paper enclosed with this Letter I transmit by the desire of Sir John Dalrymple." — From the original in the State Department. DAVIDSON, Robert, D.D. 1 750-1812. A Sermon, on the Freedom and Happiness of the United States of America, preached in Carlisle, on the 5th Oct. 1794. And published at the Request of the Officers of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Troops of Light Horse. By Robert Davidson, D.D. Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, and One of the Professors in Dickinson College. Philadelphia : printed by Samuel H. Smith for Robert Campbell, m.dcc. xciv. 29 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Sermons, &c." Contents given under [White, W.] The Case of the Episcopal Churches. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 65 This Sermon was delivered in the presence of President Washington, Governor Mifflin, and other officials. The occasion of its delivery was the gathering at Carlisle of the troops about to march for the suppression of the " Whiskey insurrection." Judge Gibson in his reminiscences of the Insurrection relates : " The rendezvous of the northern division, by far the strongest, was at Carlisle, where the President joined it as Commander-in-chief. Passing through the town without dismounting at the quarters proposed for him, he proceeded at once, under an escort of New Jersey dragoons, to the plain at the south of it, where ten thousand volunteers, the flower of the Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania youth, were drawn up to be reviewed by him. Finer looking fellows were perhaps never brought into line ; and their uniforms, arms and accoutrements were splendid. But the observed of all observers was Gen. Washington. Taking off his small revolutionary cocked hat, and letting it fall at his side with inimitable grace, he rode slowly along the front, receiving, with a puff of military pride, the salute of the regiments with drums and colors ; of the officers with swords and spontoons ; and of the private soldiers with presented arms. His eye appeared to fall on every man in the line ; and every man in the line appeared to feel that it did so. No man ever sat so nobly in a saddle, and no man's presence was ever so dignified. To a boy, as the writer then was, it was an impressive spectacle, that review." In his address to the soldiers the preacher said : " You are called upon to act under the direction and authority of Him, who never exposed to danger a single life without necessity ; and who graced his victories with that clemency which is the greatest ornament of true courage, and one of the surest tests of magnanimity." Washington records in his Diary the fact* of his listening to the Sermon as follows : — " 1794. Oct. 5* — Sunday. "Went to the Presbiterian meeting and heard DocK Davidson Preach a political Sermon, recommendatory of order & good government, and excellence of that of the United States." DA VIES, David, D.D. English writer on poor laws, died 1819 (?). The Case of Labourers in Husbandry stated and considered, in three Parts. Part I. A View of their distressed Condition. Part II. The prin- cipal Causes of their growing Distress and Number, and of the consequent Increase of the Poor-Rate. Part III. Means of Relief proposed. With an Appendix; containing a Collection of Accounts, shewing the Earnings and Expenses of labouring Families, in different Parts of the Kingdom. By David Davies, Rector of_Barkham, Berks. Bath, printed by R. Crutwell, forG. G. and J. Robinson. London, 1795. 200 pp. Slip of errata. 4 . This is very likely the work referred to in a letter to Washington, as follows : — "A Treatise on the Poor Laws is just come out, as it is highly spoken of and as an object of high Importance to all States, I have sent one to Your Excellency, in hopes some usefull hints may be found in it . London 29* July 1795" Saml. Vaughan to Washing- ton. — From the original in the State Department. DEARBORN, Benjamin. Teacher and inventor, 1755-1838. The Columbian Grammar: or, an Essay for reducing a grammatical Knowledge of the English Language to a Degree of Simplicity, which will 5 66 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. render it easy for the Instructer to teach, and for the Pupil to learn. Ac- companied with Notes, critical and explanatory. For the Use of Schools ; and of young Gentlemen and Ladies, Natives or Foreigners, who are desirous of attempting the Study without a Tutor. Being designed as Part of a General System of Education, in the most useful Branches of Literature, for American Youth of both Sexes. By Benjamin Dearborn, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Boston: printed by Samuel Hall, for the Author. 1795. (4), ii, (3), 6-140 pp. 16 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. Inscribed on the fly-leaf: "His Excellency President Washington Most Respectfully Presented by The Author." DEBATES in the British House of Commons, Wednesday, May 13th, 1789, on the Petition for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, Philadelphia : printed by Joseph Crukshank. m dcc lxxxix. 24 pp. 8°. Bound with " A Serious Address to the Rulers of America " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Tracts on Slavery." [DE BRAHM, John William Gerard. Colonial surveyor for Southern District of North America.'] VII. Arm of the Tree of Knowledge, branching Sacred Chronology, through the six divine Labors in Mystic, Physic, Law, History, sacred and prophane, Gospel and Revelation. Philadelphia: printed by Zachariah Poulson, junior, mdccxci. 59, (21) pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Bland, R. A Letter to the Clergy of Virginia. Apocalyptic Gnomon points out eternity's Divisibility rated with Time, pointed at Gnomons Sidereals. Philadelphia: printed by Franeis & Robert Bailey. m,dcc,xcv. in, (1) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on title-page. Title on back is " End of Time," under which it is entered in the Inventory. These two books are evidently parts of a projected general work on Time. The author wrote a long letter to Washington in 1790 in which he described the plan of his work, and transmitted a MS. of what he called one Branching or Division of this extra- ordinary literary performance. The following is an extract from the letter : — "... after 10 months more were added to my Stay in Britain I felt the Lord's Will directed me to America, where this day I begin to be deeply concerned to address thee O Hesperian George ! on the same great and awful Subject, which I have been led to trace through Time's whole Period. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 6j " The Openings on this Subject I have compiled in a work under the Title of The Time, wherewith Man the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is permitted in Eight Branchings (these are called the Divisions or Chapters) to attain the great concerns of God and his creatures, which are worthy of the most serious inquiry, the more especially, as they are in the Capacity of the first Man (the Patriarch if he pleases) of this extensive Continent, whose Inhabitants to the Number of many Myriads may by thy Example and precept be disposed duly to meet their God coming at this soon expiring Midnight : " The Preface of the Work (an Epitome of the whole) I beg leave to affix. Should by thy composed and patient reading the Lord be pleased to reach thy heart to long for the whole Work, I hope at thy requiring I shall be furnished with the ability to transcribe and forward one Branching (or Division) after another. Thy assured Friend "John William Gerard de Brahm." Phil* 21. mth called Septemr 1790. From the original in the State Department. DEFENSIVE Arms vindicated; and the Lawfulness of the American War made manifest. To which is added, A short Receipt for a Continental Disease, &c. Dedicated to his Excellency General Washington. By A Moderate Whig. Printed for the Author, 1783. 55 pp. 12 . Pp. 2, 3 are taken up with a dedication or exordium to Washington, dated at New Marlborough [Mass.], June 17, 1782. Bound with [Dickinson, J.] Letters from a Farmer, in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." [DEFOE, Daniel.] A Tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain. Divided into Circuits or Journeys. Giving a particular and entertaining Account of whatever is curious and worth Observation. . . . Interspersed with useful Observations. Particularly fitted for the Perusal of such as desire to travel over the Island. By a Gentleman. The fourth Edition. With very great Additions, Im- provements and Corrections ; which bring it down to the year 1 748. In four Volumes. With a copious Index to each Volume. London : printed for S. Birt, T. Osborne, D. Browne. . . . M.DCC.XLvm. 4 vols. Vol. I. viii, 417, (27) pp. Vol. II. iv, 434, (25) pp. Vol. III. iv, 3i5> ( J 7) PP- Vol. IV. iv, 373, (19) pp. 16 . Washington's autograph written in his early manner upon the title-pages of the four volumes. DE SAUSSURE, Henry William. South Carolina jurist, 1 763-1839. An Oration, prepared, to be delivered in St. Phillip's Church, before the Inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina, on the Fourth of July, 1 798. In Commemoration of American Independence. By Appointment of the American Revolution Society. Published at the Request of that Society, and also of the South Carolina State Society of Cincinnati. By Henry 68 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. William Desaussure, a Member of the Revolution Society, and Intendant of the City of Charleston. Charleston: printed by W. P. Young. 1798. iv, 45 pp. 8°. Two copies. The upper part of the title-page above " Oration " is torn off in one copy. The other is very ragged ; the cover title-leaf is nearly destroyed but a few letters of a giver's inscription are traceable upon the title-page. DESCRIPTION du Monument qui vient d'etre erige a Rheinsberg. Precedee ; du Discours qui a ete lu a l'occasion de l'inauguration de ce Monument. Avec quatre Planches, qui representent les quatre faces de la Pyramide. [Berlin.] mdccxci. De l'imprimerie de George Jacques Decker et fils, imprimeurs du Roi. 26, (1) pp. F°. There is inserted a sheet with the following note in the handwriting of John Mar- shall : " "W. Marshall has the honor of sending to the President of the United States, an Exemplar of a Monument erected by Prince Henry of Prussia to the memory of the Officers who distinguished themselves in the wars between Prussia and the house of Austria, lift Marshall is directed by His Royal Highness to request the President's acceptance of this as a testimony of the great respect and esteem he feels for his character. Nov. 15. 1794." [DICKINSON, John. American political writer, 1 732-1 808.] Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies. New- York: re-printed by John Holt. 1768. 118 pp. 12°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Miscellanies " are : — Wily, J. A Treatise on the Propagation of Sheep. — Defensive arms vindicated. By A Moderate Whig. — [Matthews, William.] An Address to the Public. — Winchester, E. Thirteen Hymns. — Bligh, W. A Narrative of the Mutiny of the Bounty. — [Snowden, Richard.] The Columbiad. — [Goddard, William.] The Prowess of the Whig club. Bought by Washington, as appears from the following entry in his cash book preserved in the State Department : 1769. May 18. By the Farmers Letters. 3/6. " While the leaders of the opposition throughout the country were doubtful and hesi- tating, there appeared in the Pennsylvania Chronicle for the 2d of December, 1767, the first of a series of letters on the political situation, afterwards known as the ' Farmer's Letters.' The first letter was dated on the 7th of November, the anniversary of the day upon which William of Orange had landed in England, a day of ill omen to those who the. Colonists contended were governing them in the same arbitrary manner as that in which James II. had governed their forefathers. The letters, fourteen in number, followed one another in quick succession, and they were read by men of all classes and opinions throughout the Continent as no other work of a political kind had hitherto been read in America. It was, of course, soon known that John Dickinson was their author, and people remembered that he was the person who had formulated what was a genuine Bill of Rights in the Stamp Act Congress. ... To most Americans they [the Farmer's Letters] became, until the beginning of the [Revolutionary] war, a genuine political text-book, and their maxims were received with absolute confidence." — StilUls Life and Times of John Dickinson. BOOKS. FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 69 [DODD, William, D.D. English divine, 1729-1777.J An earnest Address to his Parishioners, by a Minister of the Church of England, concerning the Necessity, Nature, Means, and Marks of true Faith in Christ Jesus. Design'd principally for the Poor. The second Edition. London: printed for W. Faden. 1755. (2), 26 pp. 16 . Written on the verso of the title-page, " Corbin Washington his Book given him by the Rev^M' Chr? Brooke June 1767." [DOSSIE, Robert.] The Handmaid to the Arts. . . . The Second Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements. London, printed for J. Nourse. mdcclxiv. Vol. I. xxvii, (9), 522 (10) pp. Vol. II. xiv, (14), 462, (10) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Has the book-plate. The following entry is found in an order sent by Washington to Robert Cary & Co. of London, June 23, 1766 : The Hand-maid to the Arts & Sciences. DRAYTON, John. American jurist, 1766-1822. Letters written during a Tour through the northern and eastern States of America ; By John Drayton. Charleston : South Carolina, printed by Harrison and Bowen. m,dcc,xciv. iv, (8), 138 pp. 3 plates. 8°. Bound in a volume of pamphlets lettered " America." Contents given under Williams, J. An Enquiry into the Truth of the Tradition, etc. DU BUAT, Pierre Louis Georges, Comte de. 1 734-1809. Principes d'Hydraulique, venftes par un grand nombre d'Expenences faites par ordre du Gouvernement. Ouvrage dans lequel on traite du mouvement uniforme & varie de l'eau dans les Rivieres, les Canaux, & les Tuyaux de conduite ; de l'origin des Fleuves, & de l'etablissement de leur lit ; de l'effet des Ecluses, des Ponts & des Reservoirs ; des Jets-d'eau ; de la Navigation tant sur les Rivieres que dans les Canaux etroits ; de la resis- tance des Fluides en general ; & de celle de l'Air & de l'Eau en particulier. Par M. le Chevalier Du Buat, ancien Chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint Jean de Jerusalem . . . Nouvelle Edition, revue, & considerablement augmentee. A Paris, de l'lmprimerie de Monsieur, m.dcc.lxxxvi. 2 vols. Vol. I. xlii, 453 pp. 3 folded plates. Vol. II. (4), 402, (5) pp. Folded plate. 8°. The British Museum Catalogue and Querard wrongly attribute this to L. G. Du Buat- Nancay. 1732-1787. Inscribed on the fly-leaf of the first volume : " To his Excellency George Washington Esq. by the author." 70 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The work has been freely annotated in lead pencil upon the margins, apparently by the author. Transmitted to Washington by the Count de la Tombe, as appears by a letter to Washington, an extract from which is here printed, together with his letter of acknowledgment : — " J'ai l'honneur de vous envoyer deux volumes que M. Le Comte du Buat, leur Auteur, m'a fait passer avec priere de les offrir de sa part a votre Excellence. A Boston, le 5 octobre 1788." — From the original in the State Department. " I have had the honor to receive your two books upon Hydrolicks which you were so polite as to transmit to me through the hands of M. de la Tombe. The general utility of this subject renders it highly worthy the attention of those who have a taste for Physics, and are desirous of promoting the interests of society. " Although I have not yet had time to peruse your books (having received them but a few days since), yet I promise myself much satisfaction and information from them, and must beg you, Sir, to accept of my best thanks for your polite attention in sending them to me. Mount Vemon, November 5 th 1788." — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. [DUBUCQ, .J Le pour et le contre sur un objet de grande discorde et d'importance majeure. Convient-il a l'Administration de cdder part, ou de ne rien ceder aux Etrangers dans le Commerce de la Metropole avec ses Colonies. A Londres. 1784. (2), 34 pp. 4°. Bound in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Political Pieces," Contents given under Barbe de Marbois F., Marquis de. feat des finances de Saint-Domingue. DUCHE, Rev. Jacob. 173 7-1 798. The Duty of standing fast in our spiritual and temporal Liberties, a Ser- mon preached in Christ-Church, July 7th, 1775. Before the First Battalion of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia ; and now published at their Re- quest. By the Reverend Jacob Duche> M. A. Philadelphia. Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, Junior. m,dcc,lxxv. (4)> iv, 25 pp. 16 . Book-plate. Bound in crushed levant with gilt edges and tooled back. Given to Washington by the author who wrote : — " You will find by the inclosed, that I have taken the liberty to inscribe to you a Sermon, which I lately preached to the First Battalion of our City, commanded by Col. Dickinson ; not doubting, but under the Sanction of Your name, it will meet with the Public Candour. " If the manner in which I have treated the Subject should have the least good Influence upon the Hearts and Actions of the military Freemen of America, or should add one more virtuous Motive to those by which, I trust, they are already actuated, it will be the best Return I can receive from my Fellow-citizens, for the little Labour of Love. Aug 5, 1775." — From the original in the State Department. DUNHAM, Josiah. An Oration, for the Fourth of July, 1798; delivered in the Meeting- House, in the Vicinity of Dartmouth-College, at Hanover, in Newhampshire, BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. J\ at the Request of the Inhabitants of said Hanover, and the adjacent Towns, who assembled there for the Celebration of the 2 2d Anniversary of American Independence, and published by their desire. By Josiah Dunham, A. M. Printed at Hanover, Newhampshire, by Benjamin True. [1798.] 15 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author and acknowledged by him as follows : — "Your favor of the 13* Ult° accompanying the Oration delivered by you on the Anni- versary of American Independence, I rec d . by the last Post. " For both I thank you. The sentiments expressed therein do me much honour, — they flatter me highly and cannot fail to make a grateful impression on the sensibility of one who offers you in return his very best wishes and the assurances of being Sir Your most Obed. &c. G° Washington." Mount Vernon I2'h Aug« 1798." From the Washington Letter Books in State Department. DWIGHT, Timothy, D.D. President of Yak College, 1752-1817. The Nature, and Danger, of Infidel Philosophy, exhibited in two Dis- courses, addressed to the Candidates for the Baccalaureate, in Yale College. By the Rev. Timothy Dwight, D.D. President of Yale College ; September 9th, 1797. New-Haven : printed by George Bunce. M.DCC.xcvm. 95 pp. 8°. MS. correction at page 94. EAST INDIA COMPANY. Proceedings relative to Ships tendered for the Service of the United East- India Company, from the first of January, 1 780, to the thirty-first of March, 1 79 1 ; with an Appendix. [London, 1791.] (4), 481, (1), 680 pp. F°. Washington's autograph on the first page of the text. Given to Washington by Capt. Thomas Forrest, R. N., as appears by the correspondence printed below: — "Cap?Tho* Forrest Author of the Voy. to New — [Guinea] presents his best Respects to M r Washington and does himself the Honor of sending him a late publication which will give his Excellency a deal of Information. Lord Grafton Stit 19 Nov r 1791 near Fitzroy- Chaple." — From the original preserved in the State Department. " The publication which you had the politeness to send me last fall, entitled ' Proceed- ings relative to Ships tendered for the Service of the united East India Company ' reached my hands some time in April, and lately I have been favored with your voyage from Cal- cutta &? " These marks of attention are received with gratitude, and merit my best thanks, which I beg you to accept for your very great politeness. Philadelphia 20 th June 1792." — Washing- ton to Cap*. Thomas Forrest. From the Washington Letter Books in State Department. 72 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. EBELING, Christoph Daniel. German historian, 1741-1817. Christoph Daniel Ebelings, Professors der Geschichte und griechischen Sprache am Hamburgischen Gymnasium, Erdbeschreibung und Geschichte von Amerika. Die vereinten Staaten von Nordamerika. Erster Band. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn. 1793. (2), lxxiv, 862, (2) pp. 16 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. ECHARD, Rev. Laurence. English historian, i67o(?)-i730. The Gazetteer's, or, News-man's Interpreter. Being a geographical Index of all the Considerable Provinces, Cities, Patriarchships, Bishopricks, Univer- sities, Dukedoms, Earldoms, and such like ; imperial and Hanse-Towns, Ports, Forts, Castles, &c. in Europe. . . . With the Addition of a Table of the Births, Marriages, &c. of all the Kings, Princes, and Potentates of Eu- rope. . . . The seventeenth Edition, corrected, and very much enlarged, with the Addition of all the Several Provinces and Counties of Europe, and all the Towns of Great- Britain, which send Members to Parliament ; and of the Towns and other Places that give Titles to the Nobility ; with the Counties they lie in, and their Distance from London. By Laurence Echard, A. M. of Christ's College in Cambridge. London: printed for S. and E. Ballard. . . . 1751. (576) pp. 16 . Washington's autograph at the head of the Preface, and has the book-plate. EDWARDS, Bryan. West Indian historian and anti-slavery advocate, 1 743- 1800. A Speech delivered at a free Conference between the Honourable the Council and Assembly of Jamaica, held the 19th November, 1789, on the Subject of Mr. Wilberforce's Propositions in the House of Commons, con- cerning Slave-Trade. By Bryan Edwards, Esq. Member of the Assembly of the said Island. Kingston, Jamaica, printed by Alexander Aikman. mdcclxxxtx. 82, xvi pp. 8°. Bound with " A Serious Address to the Rulers of America," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Tracts on Slavery." This pamphlet and another entitled Two Reports from the Committee of the Honour- able House of Assembly (entered in this catalogue under Jamaica) are the publications sent to Washington from Jamaica mentioned in the following letter : — Kingston Jamaica, May io«h 1790 Sir — The Respect which the World shews to your eminent Virtues and exalted Rank, has induced me to forward the inclosed Papers, relative to the Slave-Trade ; which I beg leave to present to You, thro' the Indulgence of the Vice-President, to whom I have the Honour to be known. EliphT Fitch. From the original in the State Department. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 73 The letter of acknowledgment written by Tobias Lear, the Secretary of Washington, follows : — " In obedience to the command of the President of the United States, I have the honor to inform you that the Pamphlets relative to the Slave trade which you have been so obliging as to present to him thro' the hands of the Vice President have been received, and he re- quests you to accept his best thanks for the same with acknowledgments for your very polite letter which accompanied them. N. Y., August 28* 1790." EDWARDS, Jonathan, D.D. New England theologian, 1 745-1801. Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians ; in which the Extent of that Language in North- America is shewn; its Genius is grammatically traced : some of its Peculiarities, and some instances of Analogy between that and the Hebrew are pointed out. Communicated to the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences, and published at the Request of the Society. By Jonathan Edwards, D.D. Pastor of a Church in New-Haven, and Member of the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences. New-Haven, printed by Josiah Meigs, m,dcc,lxxxviii. (2), 17 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "America." Contents given under Williams, J. An Enquiry, etc. Given to Washington by the author. Washington's letter of acknowledgment is printed below in full, on account of the interest attaching to it as showing the attention given by Washington to a subject of philological and historical import: — " I am to acknowledge the receipt of the letter and Pamphlet, which you have been pleased to forward to me by a late conveyance ; and to desire you will accept my thanks for them. " You have been rightly informed relative to the application, which had been made to me from Europe, for Documents concerning the Indian language. It seems that a Society of Literati are endeavouring to make discoveries respecting the origin and derivation of different Languages. In the prosecution of this curious study, all judicious philological communication must be important. Yours I consider will not be deficient in that quality. I have long regretted that so many Tribes of the American Aborigines should have become almost or entirely extinct, without leaving such vestiges, as that the genius and idiom of their language might be traced. Perhaps, from such sources, the descent or kindred of nations, whose origins are lost in remote antiquity or illiterate darkness, might be more rationally investi- gated, than in any other mode. The task you have imposed upon yourself, of preserving some materials for this purpose, is certainly to be commended. " I entreat you, Sir, to believe that I am duly penetrated with your friendly and pious wishes for my happiness and that " I am, with much respect Yours &c Go Washington." Mount Vernon August 28 th 1788." From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. ELIOT, John, D.D. Historical writer, 1 754-1813. A Sermon, delivered in the Chapel, Boston, before the Society of Antient 74 WASHINGTON COLLECT/ON. and Honorable Free and Accepted Masons, on Monday, June 24, 1782. By John Eliot, A.M. Boston : printed by Brother N. Willis, mdcclxxxii. 16 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Masonic Sermons." Contents given under Magaw, S. A Sermon preached in Christ-Church, Dover. Inscribed on the title-page, " His Excellency [General Washington] from his most Hum* Serv'. Jos : Webb." The bracketed portion is partially cut off. ELLICOTT, Andrew. Civil engineer, 1 754-1820. Several Methods by which meridional Lines may be found with Ease and Accuracy : recommended to the attention of the Surveyors in the United States. By Andrew Ellicott, A.M. Philadelphia: printed by Thomas Dobson. 1796. 32 pp. 2 plates. 8°. Given to Washington by the author, as appears from the following : — Philadelphia March 31st 1796. Sir — With this you will receive an essay designed to introduce accuracy in the execu- tion of new surveys, and permanency in the work when executed ; which from the present improved state of the sciences, may be done with ease, and expedition, by any person properly qualified for a surveyor. — The method which I have proposed, will neither require more time, nor be attended with more expense, than the one commonly practised. I have the honour to be, with the most perfect esteem, your Hb'. e Serv*. Andrw Ellicott. The President of the U. S. , From the original in the State Department. ELY, Rev. Zebulon. 1 759-1824. The death of Moses the Servant of the Lord. A Sermon preached at the funeral Solemnity of His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esq. L.L.D. Late Governor of the State of Connecticut, August 19, 1785. By Zebulon Ely, A.M. Pastor of the first church of Christ in Lebanon. Hartford : Printed by Elisha Babcock, m,dcc,lxxxvi. 28 pp. 12 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Orations." Contents given under Rush, B. An Oration, etc. Given to Washington by Col. Jonathan Trumbull, as appears by the following letter : — " I pray you to excuse the Liberty I take in presenting you with a Funeral Sermon preached at the Interment of the late Gov' Trumbull. " It does not appear with all that sentimental Elegance & purity which have distinguished the writings of some Gentlemen, yet I trust it will discover a degree of merit & Ingenuity, which will not discredit the reputation of a young preacher, or injure the Character of the deceased; — for whose sake, I am sure you will not refuse to give yourself the trouble of its perusal. Lebanon 20* Feby iyS6."—/onf Trumbull to Washington. From the original in the State Department. The ENGLISH Review. For May, 1793. London: printed for J. Murray. 1793. 321-400 pp. 8°. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 75 ERKELENS, Dirk. Dutch poet, 1744-1812. George Washington, Lierzang. [Te Leyden, ter Boekdrukkerye van Cornelis Heyligert, 1789.J (6), 20 pp. 4 . This is a poem which received a gold medal offered by the Poetical Society of Leyden, and was published with another by G. Brender a Brandis in a quarto volume in 1789. ERSKINE, Thomas, Baron. 1 750-1823. A View of the Causes and Consequences of the present War with France, in Answer to Mr. Burke's Regicide Peace. By the Honourable Thomas Erskine. With a Dedication to the Author, by P. Porcupine ; and an Appendix, con- taining the correspondence between Miles and the infamous Le Brun, Minis- ter of War, at the time when war was declared against Great Britain ; which develop the real causes of that declaration, all the secret steps which the French took previous to it, and clearly unravels the thread of their ambitious projects. Philadelphia: printed by William Cobbett. 1797. 73,24 pp. 8°. ESSAY on the Art of War : in which the General Principles of all the Opera- tions of War in the Field are fully explained. The whole collected from the Opinions of the best Authors. London: printed for A. Millar, m.dcc.lxi. xi, (1), 591 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the dedication page. The EUROPEAN Magazine, and London Review, containing the Literature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners & Amusements of the Age. ... By the Philological Society of London. Vol. XIII, XIV for 1 788. London. Printed for J. Sewall. 1 788. 2 vols. Plates. 8°. Washington's autograph on both title-pages. Vol. 14 has the book-plate. EVANS, Rev. Israel. 1 748-1807. A Discourse, delivered at Easton, on the 17th of October, 1779, to the Officers and Soldiers of the Western Army, after their Return from an Ex- pedition against the Five Nations of hostile Indians. By the Reverend Israel Evans, A.M. and Chaplain to General Poore's Brigade. Now published at the particular Request of the Generals and Field Officers of that Army. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Bradford, m.dcc.lxxix. 40 pp. 12 . Has reference to the Expedition under the command of General Sullivan to the Iroquois villages. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Stith, W. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. J6 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. EVANS, Rev. Israel, i 748-1807. An Oration, delivered at Hackinsack, on the Tenth of September, 1780. At the Interment of the Honorable Brigadier Enoch Poor, General of the New- Hampshire Brigade. By the Reverend Israel Evans, A, M. and Chap- lain to the said Brigade. Published by Desire of the Officers of the New- Hampshire Troops, and a Number of Gentlemen in Exeter. Newbury-Port : printed and Sold by John Mycall. mdcclxxxi. 36 pp. Sm. 4 . Bound with "Philosophical Transactions, 1744," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Inscribed at the top of the title-page : — " To His Excellency General Washington, this Oration is respectfully presented by his most Obedient most devoted Humble Servant, "The Author." A Discourse delivered near York in Virginia, on the memorable Occasion of the Surrender of the British Army to the allied Forces of America and France, before the Brigade of New- York Troops and the Division of Amer- ican Light- Infantry, under the Command of the Marquis de la Fayette. By Israel Evans, A.M., Chaplain to the Troops of New-Hampshire. Philadelphia: printed by Francis Bailey, m.dcc.lxxxii. 45, (1) pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Coombe, T. A Sermon, etc. A Discourse, delivered in New- York, before a Brigade of Continental Troops, and a Number of Citizens, assembled in St. George's Chapel, on the nth December, 1783. The Day set apart by the Recommendation of the United States in Congress, as a Day of public Thanksgiving for the Blessings of Independence, Liberty and Peace, by the Rev. Israel Evans, A.M. Chap- lain in the American Army. Published, and Sold by John Holt, printer to the State of New- York. [1784?] 23 pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as the above. A Sermon, delivered at Concord, before the Hon. General Court of the State of Newhampshire, at the annual Election, holden on the first Wednes- day in June, m.dcc.xci. By the Rev. Israel Evans, A. M. Pastor of the Church in Concord. Concord : printed by George Hough, for the Honourable General Court. M.DCC.XCI. 35 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a volume lettered " Political Sermons," are : — BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 77 Buckminster, J. A Discourse, Nov. ist, 1789. — Coke, T. The Substance of a Sermon, preached at Baltimore. — [Vaughan, W.], The Catechism of Man. — Homer, J. The Character and Duties of a Christian Soldier ; The Succession of Generations. — Stith, W. A Sermon, preached before the General Assembly. — Gordon, W. A Sermon preached before the Honorable House of Representatives. — Langdon, S. The Co-incidence of natural with revealed Religion. — Stiles, E. The United States elevated to Glory and Honor. — Ogden, J. C. A Sermon, delivered before His Excellency the President ... of New Hampshire. EVANS, Oliver. Inventor, 1 755-1819. The Young Mill-wright & Miller's Guide. In five Parts. — Embellished with twenty-five Plates. ... By Oliver Evans, of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: printed for, and sold by the Author. 1795. (8), 160, (4), 178, 90, 10, (12) pp. 8°. Contents. Part I. Mechanics and Hydraulics ; shewing a new system of theories of water-mills ; II. Rules for applying the theories to practice ; III. Evans's patented improve- ments on the art of manufacturing grain into meal and flour ; IV. The Young Miller's guide : containing the whole process of the art of manufacturing grain into flour, explained in all its branches, according to the most improved plans practised in the best merchant and flour mills, in America ; V. The practical Mill-wright : containing, instructions for building, mills, with all their proportions, suitable to all falls from 3 to 36 feet, received from Thomas Ellicott, Mill-wright. Washington's autograph on the title-page. [EVANS, THOMAS.J An Address to the People of Richmond, respecting the Alien & Sedition Laws. By a Citizen of this State. Richmond: printed by Augustine Davis. 1798. 63, (i),ivpp. 16 . " By Mr. Thomas Evans member from Virginia " is written on the title-page of the copy sold at the Brinley sale. Two copies ; one of which has the autograph of Bushrod Washington on the title-page. In reference to this work, Washington wrote to Bushrod Washington as follows : — "But I do not believe that any thing contained in it [Addison's Charge], in Evans's pamphlet, or in any other writing will produce the least change in the conduct of the leaders of opposition to the measures of the general government. They have points to carry, from which no reasoning, no inconsistency of conduct, no absurdity, can divert them. If, however, such writings should produce conviction in the minds of those who have hitherto placed faith in their assertions, it will be a fortunate event for this country. Mt. Vernon 31 December, 1798." — Sparks, vol. xi. p. 387. EWING, James. Revolutionary general, 1 744-1824. The Columbian Alphabet. Being an Attempt to new model the English Alphabet, in such Manner as to mark every simple Sound by an appro- priate Character, thereby rendering the Spelling and Pronunciation more determinate and correct, and the art of reading and writing more easily attainable. By James Ewing. Trenton: printed by Matthias Day. m,dcc,xcviii. 28 pp. 16 . 78 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " To George Washington to whose name no titles are any Addition this attempt to call the attention of his Countrymen to a very important improvement in their Language, is respectfully presented by his " Very humble Servant "The Author." The following is Washington's letter of acknowledgment : — Mount Vernon 26* Feby 1799 Sir — The Columbian Alphabet which you were so polite as to send me, came safe, and for which I pray you to accept my thanks. — It is curious, and if it could be introduced, might be useful for the purposes proposed j but it will be a work of time, it is to be feared, before it will be adopted generally. I am Sir &c. G° Washington Mr James Ewing. From the press copy in the Lenox Library. FALCONER, William, M. D. English physician, 1 744-1824. An Account of the Efficacy of the Aqua Mephitica Alkalina ; or, Solution of fixed alkaline Salt, saturated with fixible Air, in calculous Disorders, and other Complaints of the urinary Passages. By William Falconer, M. D. F.R.S. and Physician to the General Hospital at Bath. The fourth Edition : with Additions, Alterations, and several new and remarkable Cases, not inserted in any former Edition. London : printed for T. Cadell. m dcc xcii. iv, 208 pp. 8°. The FARMER'S Compleat Guide, through all Articles of his Profession ; the laying out, proportioning, and cropping his Ground ; and the Rules for pur- chasing, managing, and preserving his Stock. . . . London: Printed for G. Kearsly. m.dcc.lx. vi, 418 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on title-page. There is preserved in the State Department at Washington a manuscript digest in Wash- ington's handwriting of the first thirty-one chapters of this book. The MS. is described in the " Bulletin of the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department of State " as follows : — " The Farmers Complete Guide " copied from " Chap. I. Of the proportioning of the quantity of Grass ground & Tillage " to " Chap. XXXI. of the different uses of hard and soft Waters." Duhamel's Husbandry and Tull's Husbandry were similarly digested by Washington. The FARMER'S Wife ; or Complete Country Housewife. ... To which is added the Art of Breeding and Managing Song Birds in general : likewise a Variety of Receipts in Cookery. . . . London : printed for Alex. Hogg. [1780?] 132 pp. Frontispiece. 12 . Forms the second of two works bound together in a volume lettered " Cattle Doctor, &c." The first is entitled Every Farmer his own Cattle Doctor. By John Swaine. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 79 FAUCHET, Claude, i 744-1 793. Eloge civique de Benjamin Franklin, prononce, le 21 Juillet 1790, dans la Rotonde, au nom de la Commune de Paris, Par M. l'Abbe Fauchet. En presence de MM. les Deputes de PAssemblee Nationale, de MM. les Deputes de tous les Departemens du Royaume a la Confederation, de M. le Maire, de M. le Commandant-General, de MM. les Representans de la Commune, de MM. les Presidens des Districts, & de MM. les Electeurs de Paris. A Paris : chez J. R. Lottin, G. L. Bailly. . . . m.dcc.xc. (2), 50 pp. 8°. " Les Representans de la Commune de Paris ont arre^. le 22 Juillet 1790, que cet Ouvrage seroit imprint, presente a l'Assemblee Nationale, & envoye, en Amerique, au Congres.'' Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Raynal, &c." Contents given under Chastellux, F. J. marquis de. Discours, etc. FAUCHET, Jean Antoine Joseph, Baron. 1761-1834. A Sketch of the Present State of our political Relations with the United States of North-America. By Joseph Fauchet, Ex- Minister of the French Republic. Translated by the Editor of the Aurora [William Duane]. Philadelphia : printed by Benj. Franklin Bache. m,dccxcvii. 31 pp. 8°. Transmitted to Washington by Timothy Pickering at Washington's request, as appears from the following : — " Allow me also to ask the favors of you to send me Col? Monroe's, and M r Fauchet's Pamphlets ; — and if you have leisure (not else) to let me know what the public sentiments respecting them is. In one of these, or in some other way, I find by a writer in a Richmond paper, a private letter of mine to M^ Gouv* Morris is given to the public. If given fairly> with the cause which produced it, I have no doubt of its operating against the measure it was intended to promote. As silver could not be transmitted in a letter, & I had no other small notes, I send two of the Bank of Columbia to pay for the Pamphlets. Mount Vernon 12th J any 1798." Washington to Pickering. — From the original in the Pickering Collection pre- served in the Massachusetts Historical Society's Library. "I send in the mail, with this letter, Monroe's book and Fauchet's pamphlet. The latter consists of those bold assertions which he and other French ministers have allowed themselves to make concerning the conduct of the American Government, with little regard to truth or reason or decency. Phila. Jany 20. 1798." Pickering to Washington. — From the original in the State Department. FILSON, John. Historian, 17477-1788. The Discovery, Settlement and present State of Kentucke : and an Essay towards the Topography, and Natural History of that important Country : to which is added, An Appendix, containing, I. The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon, one of the first Settlers, com- prehending every important Occurrence in the political History of that Province. II. The Minutes of the Piankashaw council, held at Post St. Vincents, April 15, 1784. 80 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. III. An Account of the Indian Nations inhabiting within the Limits of the Thirteen United States, their Manners and Customs, and Reflec- tions on their Origin. IV. The Stages and Distances between Philadelphia and the Falls of the Ohio ; from Pittsburg to Pensacola and several other Places. — The Whole illustrated by a new and accurate Map of Kentucke and the Country adjoining, drawn from actual Surveys. By John Filson. Wilmington, printed by James Adams, 1784. 118 pp. 8°. The map is lacking. For a long time the existence of the map described on the title-page was questioned by bibliographers, as no copies of the work having the map could be found. The theory that the map was issued separately was held by some authorities. In 1884 Reuben T. Durrett traced a copy of the map to the Harvard Library, and by the courtesy of the Librarian he was enabled to present a heliotype reproduction of it in his work on John Filson, issued as the first publication of the Filson Club. The question of the method of publication of the book and map receives fresh light from the correspondence printed below, copied from the Washington Papers in the State Depart- ment. It will be observed that in his letter of 15th of March, 1785, Filson writes to Washington that he sends him " a book and a map enfolded," and that in his letter of acknowledgment Washington thanks Filson for " your map & history of Kentucke." The copy here catalogued shows that the map was at one time attached to the book, and has been torn out, as a fragment of the margin pasted on the title-page remains. In Filson's let- ter he also speaks of having " consigned a number of these books & maps to M r John Page at Rosewel." This seems to afford evidence that the book and map were sold together ; but does not show conclusively that the map was attached to the volume. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Gift from the author, who wrote : — Wilmington Feb? 8^ 1785 " I herewith send you a book and a map enfolded, requesting your Excellency to receive them, and if upon perusal you think them worth notice, I presume you will favour the follow- ing requests with a letter to the Author, Containing a permission to dedicate a second edition of this narrative to Your Excellency, to which will be added interesting accounts. About the first of March the printer will begin the work. I request you will honour the publication with your sentiments respecting the Commercial Circumstances practicable to be effected between the waters of Potowmack and Cheat rivers : This, Sir, may be of practical utility and Cer- tainly more acceptable from you than any other. Your concern for the public good so gloriously manifested to the world, and so deeply impressed on the hearts of your grateful Countrymen will by this favour render the publication more acceptable and beneficial to mankind. In November last I consigned a number of these books & maps to M r . John Page at Rosewel desiring him to forward one to you, and a letter imparting the substance of this, but probably they are miscarried. If we are to expect your addition to this work it is humbly wished for before March. At present will subscribe myself Your Excellencies sincere friend and humble Serv'. John Filson. P. S. perhaps a few of these would be acceptable in your part. General Washington." From the original in the State Department. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 8l To this Washington replied : — " It was but a few days ago that I was favor'd with your letter of the 8 th of Feb? accom- panied by your Map & history of Kentucke, for which you will please accept my thanks. Those which you expect were handed to me by M r Page of Rosewell, are not yet arrived ; nor have I heard anything from that gentleman respecting them. Previous to the receipt of the above letter, I had written & addressed my letter to the care of M r Dunlap printer in Phil a — taking it for granted you must have received it 'ere this, I beg leave to refer to its contents, as aught I could say on this Subject would be only repetition. Mt. Vemon 15 th March 1785." — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. [FISH, Rev. Samuel.] A Discourse, shewing the Certainty of Christ's personal Appearance and universal Reign at the head of his Zion, over all the Nations and Kingdoms in this lower World. Windham : printed for the Author. 1793. 24 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Tracts on Slavery.'' Contents given under A Serious Address to the Rulers of America. [ ] A Discourse, shewing the Certainty of Christ's spiritual Reign among all the Nations and Kingdoms in this lower World. Windham: printed for the Author, 1793. 40 pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as the above. [ ] An humble Address to every Christian of every Nation and Denomina- tion of people under Heaven. Shewing an effectual Means to prevent Wars among all Nations of the Earth, and to maintain an everlasting Union, in Families, Societies, Churches, Towns, States, and in all the Kingdoms of this lower World. Norwich : printed by John Trumbull, for the Author. M,D,cc,xcni. 39 pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as the two preceding works. FISHER, Miers. Lawyer, 1 748-1819. Brief of the Titles of Robert Morris, Esquire, to a Tract of Country in the County of Ontario, in the State of New- York, One of the United States of America, extracted from authentic Documents, by Miers Fisher, Counsel- lor at Law, in the Supreme Court of the United States. To which is added a Schedule, containing authentic Copies of the principal Acts and Resolves of the General Congress of the United States, and of the Legislatures of the States of Massachusetts and New- York, and of other Deeds and Evidences of Title, cited in the Brief, for the satisfaction of those who may wish to see them at full Length. Philadelphia, printed by Benj. Franklin Bache. [1791.] (2), 45 pp. 4 . 82 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The story of Robert Morris's land schemes and speculations is set forth in Sumner's " The Financier and the Finances of the American Revolution," vol. ii. [FISHER, Miers. Lawyer, 1 748-1819.] A Reply to the false Reasoning in the " Age of Reason." To which are added, some Thoughts on Idolatry ; on the Devil ; and the Origin of moral Evil ; on educating Young Men for the Gospel Ministry ; and on what is " The Word of God." All which refer, more or less, to Opinions advanced in Thomas Paine's "Investigations of true and fabulous Theology." By a Layman. Philadelphia: printed by Henry Tuckniss, for the author. 1796. 40 pp. 16°. FITCH, John. Inventor, 1 743-1 798. The original Steam-boat supported ; or, a Reply to Mr. James Ruirrsey's Pamphlet. Shewing the true Priority of John Fitch, and the false Datings, &c. of James Rumsey. Philadelphia : printed for Zachariah Poulson, juni m dcc lxxxviii. 34 pp. 8°. Has a few verbal changes in manuscript. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation, etc. F1TZGIBBON, John, Earl of Clare. Lord Chancellor of Ireland. 1 749-1802. The Speech of the right Honourable John, Earl of Clare, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, in the House of Lords of Ireland, on a Motion made by the Earl of Moira, Monday, February 19, 1 798, " that an humble Address be presented to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, to state, that as Parlia- ment had confided to his Excellency extraordinary Powers in order to sup- port the Laws and defeat traitorous Combinations in this Country, we feel it our Duty — as those Powers have not produced the desired Effect — to recommend the Adoption of such conciliatory Measures as may allay Apprehensions and Discontent." Fourth Edition. By Authority. Dublin : printed for J. Milliken. 1798. 69, (15) pp. 8°. Autograph of Bushrod Washington on the title-page. FORREST, Thomas. English naval officer, 1729 (?)-i8o2(?). A Voyage from Calcutta to the Mergui Archipelago, lying on the east Side of the Bay of Bengal ; describing a Chain of Islands, never before sur- veyed, that form a Strait on that Side of the Bay, 125 Miles in Length, and from 20 to 30 Miles in breadth ; with good Mud Soundings and regular Tides throughout : which Strait lying nearly North and South, any Ship may BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 83 work up against the South- West Monsoon, and so get dut of the Bay of Bengal, when otherwise, she might be locked up for the Season. Also, an Account of the Islands Jan Sylan, Pulo Pinang, and the Port of Queda ; the present State of Atcheen ; and Directions for sailing thence to Fort Marlbro' down the South- West Coast of Sumatra : to which are added, an Account of the Island Celebes ; a Treatise on the Monsoons in India ; a Proposal for mak- ing Ships and Vessels more convenient for the Accommodation of Passengers ; and Thoughts on a new Mode of preserving Ship Provision : Also, an Idea of making a Map of the World on a large Scale : by Thomas Forrest, Esq. Senior Captain of the Honourable Company's Marine at Fort Marlbro' in 1 7 70, and Author of the Voyage to New Guinea. The whole illustrated with Maps, and Views of Land ; a Print of the Author's Reception by the King of Atcheen ; and a View of St. Helena from the Road. Engraved by Mr. Caldwell. London: sold by J. Robson . . . m.dcc.xcii. (16), x, 140 pp. Por- trait. 4 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. Gift from the author to Washington, as appears from the correspondence printed under the heading East India Company in this catalogue. FOX, Charles James. English statesman, 1749-1806. Substance of the Speech of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, on Monday, December 1, 1783. Upon a Motion for the Commitment of the Bill " for vesting the affairs of the East- India Company in the Hands of certain Commissioners, for the Benefit of the Proprietors, and of the Public." Dublin: printed by P. Byrne. m,dcc,lxxiv. (4), 35 pp. 8°. Bound with " A Letter to a Merchant at Bristol," and other pamphlets in a volume let- tered " Miscellanies." FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, before an august Assembly, relating to the Repeal of the Stamp- Act, &c. Williamsburg : printed and sold by William Rind. [1766.] 32 pp. Sm. 4°. Pp. 33 etseq. are lacking. Bushrod Washington's autograph is in several places in the book. The title-page is badly torn and the tract has very ragged edges throughout. The verso of the title-page and the first page of the text have been scribbled over by different hands. [G., N.] A Scriptural Comment on the Athanasian Creed. Printed by Thomas Lang, Philadelphia. [1791.] 16 pp. 16 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Macpherson, J. Lectures. No title-page. The title occupies the upper part of the first page of the text. 84 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The author, who signed only the initials of his name, in presenting Washington with a copy of the book wrote as follows : — "... my situation in Life forbids my appearing in person, but from my Humble Cot beg leave to present you with the inclosed performance upon the greatest and most sublime Mystery of our Holy Religion, being a short Scriptural Commentary on the ever Blessed Trinity, a work which engaged my attention at a time when to all Human appearances I was near the Gate of Death . . . " Sir, Your most Obedient most humble and Devoted citizen and servant " N. G. "Philadelphia February 22d 1791." [GALLATIN, Albert. Secretary of the Treasury, 1 761-1849. J An Examination of the Conduct of the Executive of the United States, towards the French Republic ; likewise an Analysis of the explanatory Ar- ticle of the British Treaty — in a Series of Letters. By A Citizen of Penn- sylvania. Philadelphia : printed by Francis and Robert Bailey. m,dcc,xcvii. vi, 72 pp. 8°, Judge Addison's pamphlet in reply to this attack on Washington is also in the collection. See Addison, A. in this Catalogue. GENET, EdmoNd Charles. French diplomatist, 1 765-1834. The Correspondence between Citizen Genet, Minister of the French Republic, to the United States of America, and the Officers of the Federal Government ; to which are prefixed the Instructions from the constituted Authorities of France to the said Minister. All from authentic Documents. Philadelphia : printed and sold by Benjamin Franklin Bache. m,dcc,xciii. (4), 9 PP. 4°- [GEOGHEGAN, R.] Thoughts of Patricius, an Utilitist, on the interests of Mankind, and par- ticularly on those of the Irish Nation. Also, a few occasional Tracts. The whole written late in Life, by an honorary Member of the Dublin Society. Dublin, printed by Joseph Hill. m,dcc,lxxxv. (2), 349 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Inscribed on the verso of the title-page : — ,,_ „ _ _ "March 12, 1796. "To His Excellency General Washington. " The Hibernian Utilitist who never appeared in print until he was past y e age of sixty- five years, presents two of his Scribbles to y e great Washington — The most distinguished Utilitist now Existing on y= Surface of our Orb ; This being an honest Hibernian's sincere opinion of y e illustrious General, he need not describe his feelings w'. h regard to that person- age, because those feelings must be intense in Exact proportion to the goodness of y e Hi- bernian's own Heart. " I am R. Geoghegan "The Hibernian Utilitist. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 85 "P. S. This book is so incorrectly printed, & Popery is so prevalent in y e lower classes of society Thro Ireland, that y e author caused but a few of y e books to be bound ; the Project of his antivenal fraternity is New, and may in a length of time do good in our degenerate States ; but can only be of use as a preventive in y e present pure, primitive British America ; he sends one copy of it." GIFFORD, John, assumed name of John Richards Greene. English political writer, 1 758-1818. A Letter to the Hon. Thomas Erskine ; containing some Strictures on his View of the Causes and Consequences of the present War with France. By John Gilford, Esq. Author of a Letter to the Earl of Lauderdale, &c. &c. Philadelphia: published by William Cobbett. November, 1797. (4), 128 pp. 8°. The last leaf is torn. Purchased by Pickering for Washington, as appears from the following : — "The two dollars you enclosed being more than the cost of Monroe's & Fauchet's publications, I have taken the liberty to purchase and send with them Gifford's answer to Erskine on the origin and causes of the present war, between France & Britain especially. It is a very able work. Philadelphia, Jany 20, 1798." Pickering to Washington. — From the original in the State Department at Washington. GLOVER, Richard. English writer, 17 12-1 785. The Substance of the Evidence on the Petition presented by the West- India Planters and Merchants to the Hon. House of Commons, as it was introduc'd at the Bar, and summ'd up By Mr. Glover, on Thursday the 16th of March, 1775. London : Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for T. Cadell ; and sold by J. Wilkie. [1775.] (2). 47 pp. 8°. On the harmful effects to be apprehended from the Non-importation Act of the Conti- nental Congress and urging the adoption of measures to " prevent the evils with which your Petitioners are threatened, and to preserve the intercourse between the West India islands and the Northern Colonies." Glover " appeared twice before committees of the House of Commons to sum up evidence as to commercial grievances (1774 and 1775). His statements were published and he received a piece of plate with 300 £ from the West India merchants in acknowledgment of his services." — Leslie Stephen. Washington's autograph on the first page of the body of the work. Bound with this in a pamphlet volume lettered " Political Pamphlets " are the follow- ing : — Almon, J. The Parliamentary Register, vol. ix, pp. 1-48. — [Vaughan, W.] A Review of the Constitution of Great Britain. — [Paradise, J.] Serious Enquiries into the Motives and Consequences of our present Armament against Russia. — Jebb, John. A Letter to Sir Robert Bernard. — [Sharp, Granville.] The Legal Means of Political Reformation; An Address to the People of England. Same. London, printed : New York, re-printed by H. Gaine. m,dcc, lxxv. 75 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Randolph, P.] A letter from a Gentleman in Virginia, etc. 86 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [GODDARD, William. Editor and writer, 1740-18 17. J The Prowess of the Whig Club, and the Manoeuvres of Legion. Baltimore : Printed for the Author. [1777.J 16,4,4 pp. I 6°- Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Dickinson, J.] Letters from a Farmer. GORDON, Anthony. A Letter on the Bayonet Exercise, submitted to the right Hon. General Burgoyne, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in Ireland, &c. &c. &c. Dated, Dublin Barracks, 20th March, 1783. [Dublin, 1787?] 28 pp. Sm. 4°. Pp. 25-28 contains a letter from General Burgoyne to Lieut-General Pitt, dated Bath, Nov. 20th, 1787. GORDON, Patrick. Geography Anatomiz'd : or, the Geographical Grammar. Being a short and exact Analysis of the whole Body of Modern Geography, after a new and curious Method. Comprehending I. A general View of the Terra- queous Globe, being a compendious System of the true Fundamentals of Geography; digested into various Definitions, Problems, Theorems and Paradoxes ; with a transient Survey of the Surface of the Earthly Ball, as it consists of Land and Water. II. A particular View of the Terraqueous Globe, being a clear and pleasant Prospect of all remarkable Countries upon the Face of the whole Earth ; shewing their Situation, Extent, Division, Sub-division, Cities, Chief Towns, Name, Air, Soil, Commodities, Rarities, Archbishopricks, Bishopricks, Universities, Manners, Languages, Govern- ment, Arms, Religion. Collected from the best Authors, and illustrated with divers Maps. The nineteenth Edition, corrected, and somewhat en- larged ; with a Set of New Maps, by Mr. Senex. By Pat. Gordon, M.A. F.R.S. London: printed for J. and P. Knapton . . . m.dcc.xldc. (20), 432 pp. 8°. Has the book-plate. GORDON, Rev. William. Historian, 1 730-1807. A Sermon preached [July 19, 1775], before the Honorable House of Representatives, on the Day intended for the Choice of Counsellors, agree- able to the Advice of the Continental Congress. By William Gordon, Pastor of the Third Church in Roxbury. Watertown : printed and sold by Benjamin Edes. mdcclxxv. 29 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Evans, I. A Sermon delivered at Concord, etc. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 87 GORDON, Rev. William. Historian, 1 730-1807. The Separation of the Jewish Tribes, after the Death of Solomon, accounted for, and applied to the present Day, in a Sermon preached before the General Court, on Friday, July the 4th, 1777. Being the Anniversary of the Declaration of Independency. By William Gordon. Pastor of the Third Church in Roxbury. Boston: Printed by J. Gill, Printer to the General Assembly. m,dcc, Lxxvn. 37 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Coombe, T. A Sermon, etc. Inscribed on the bastard title-page, " To His Excellency George Washington, Esq., from the Author.'' GRACE, Henry. By Authority of Government. The Code of military standing Regula- tions of the Bengal Establishment. . . . Compiled by Captain Henry Grace, Major of Brigade to the Artillery Brigade. Fort William, 1st of January, 1791. Calcutta: printed by Cooper and Upjohn. [1791.] 1 vol. in 2. (4), xi, (1), xxxvii, 452, (4) pp. 4 . Washington's autograph on the title-page and on page 221. The GRAND, wonderful, and astonishing Mystery of Irish Reformation, fully published and amply explained in a most elegant dramatic Poem. By . Most humbly, respectfully, and devoutly dedicated to his Holi- ness Pius the Sixth, present Pope of Rome. Dublin : printed and sold by the Booksellers. m,dcc,lxxxv. 44 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Plays, &c." Contents given under [Bickerstaffe, I.] Lionel and Clarissa. GRASSE, Francois Joseph Paul, marquis de Tilly, comte de. French naval officer, 1 723-1 788. Memoire du Comte de Grasse [sur le combat naval du 12 Avril, 1782, avec les Plans des positions principales des Armees respectives] . [Paris, 1782.J 26, (2) pp. 8 folded plates. 4°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Re'ponse de M. le Comte de Grasse aux Observations de M. le Marquis de Vaudreuil, adress6es au Conseil a l'Orient. [Paris, 1784.] 21 pp. 4 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political pieces." Contents given under Barbe de Marbois, F. feat des finances de Saint-Domingue. 88 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. GRATTAN, Henry. Irish orator, 1 746-1820. Speech of the right Honourable Henry Grattan, on the Subject of Tythe, in the House of Commons, on Thursday, February 14, 1 788. Taken on the spot — and faithfully reported. Dublin : Printed for the Reporter, by M. Graisberry. m,dcc,lxxxvih. ( 2 ), S o pp. 8°. Bound with " A Letter to a Merchant of Bristol," and other pamphlets in a volume let- tered " Miscellanies." GRAYDON, Robert. Thoughts on the Expediency of forwarding the Establishment of Manu- factures in Ireland. In which is comprehended, the Sketch of a Design for promoting and extending them. By Robert Graydon, Esq. Dublin: printed for P. Byrne. m,dcc,lxxxiii. 39, (1) pp. 8°. Bound with " A Letter to a Merchant of Bristol," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. Votes of the House of Commons. Martis, i° Die Martii, 1785-Jovis, 3 Die Martii, 1785. [London, 1785.] 221-224 pp. F°- Army. A List of the General and Field-Officers, as they Rank in the Army ; of the Officers in the several Regiments, of Horse, Dragoons, and Foot, on the British and Irish Establishments. (To which is now added, an Alphabetical Index) the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and Corps of Engineers, the Irish Artillery and Engineers, and the Marines. . . . The Governors and Lieutenant-Governors, &c. of his Majesty's Garrisons at Home and Abroad, with their Allowances. . . . The whole Complete for 1772. London: printed for J. Millan. [1772.J (2), 220 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Numerous MS. corrections throughout .the volume. A List of the Officers of the Army, serving in North-America, under the Command of his Excellency General Sir Guy Carleton, K. B. With the Dates of their Commissions, as they rank in each Corps, and in the Army. For the Year 1783. New York : published by James Rivington, printer to the King's most excellent Majesty. m,dcc,lxxxiii. 98, (4) pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Militia." Contents given under Pickering, T. An Easy Plan of Discipline, etc. Washington's autograph has been partly cut off at the top of the title-page. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 89 GREAT BRITAIN. Board of Agriculture. Publications. The titles are given below after the preliminary Notes. In regard to Washington's acquisition of these agricultural publications, the following is found in Sir John Sinclair's " Correspondence," London, 1831, vol. 2 : " About the year 1790, I began to be engaged in those statistical inquiries, regarding the general state of Scot- land . . . ; and having resolved to send copies of the first papers which were printed respecting those inquiries, to several distinguished characters in foreign countries, I could not think of neglecting an individual, so pre-eminently conspicuous, as the President of the United States of America. In answer to the first letter I had the honour of addressing to him, I received the communication, dated 20th day of October, 1792. I embraced every opportunity of transmitting to him, from time to time, the additional papers which were afterwards printed on the subjects of our correspondence, accompanied by letters, of which I have only a copy of one. . . " Washington's letter above referred to reads in part as follows : — " Philadelphia, Oct' 20* 1792 " I have received your letter of the 18* of May, enclosing the Pamphlets & papers which you had the goodness to send me. " While I beg your acceptance of my acknowledgment, for the polite mark of attention in transmitting these things to me, I flatter myself you will be assured that I consider the subject therein recommended as highly important to Society, whose best interests I hope will be promoted by a proper investigation of them, and the happiness of mankind advanced thereby. " I have to regret that the duties of my public station do not allow me to pay that atten- tion to Agriculture and the objects attached to it (which have ever been my favourite pur- suit) that I could wish ; but I will put your queries respecting sheep into the hands of such Gentlemen as I think most likely to attend to them satisfactorily ; I must, however observe that no important information on the subject can be expected from this Country where we have been so little in the habit of attending either to the breed or improvement of our stock." — From the facsimile printed in the " Letters on Agriculture from his Excellency George Wash- ington" Washington, 1847. The correspondence regarding individual works is printed under their respective titles below : — Plan for establishing a Board of Agriculture and internal Improvement ; as intended to be proposed in Parliament, by Sir John Sinclair. May, 1793. [London, 1793.] 7. (1) pp. 4°. Title on the last page. (Two copies.) [Charter.] [London, 1793.] 8 pp. 4 . No title-page. Substance of Sir John Sinclair's Address to the Board of Agriculture, on the first Day of its being assembled. [London, 1793?] 4 pp. 4° No title-page. The title occupies the upper portion of the first page. (Two copies.) Queries proposed by the Board of Agriculture, to be answered by intelligent Farmers. [London, 1793?] 3 PP- 4° No title-page. Title occupies the upper portion of page 1. Manuscript additions on page 3. Queries relating to Live Stock. [London, 1793?] 24 pp. 4 . (Three copies). 90 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Circular regarding qualifications of Surveyors for the projected Survey of the Counties of Great Britain. [London, 1794 ?] 3 pp. 4° Letter to Sir John Sinclair, Bart, from John Robinson, Esq. Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests. 5th April, 1794. London : printed by W. Bulmer & Co. m.dcc.xciv. 72 pp. 4° On the present state of the waste lands and common fields of Great Britain. Substance of Sir John Sinclair's Address to the Board of Agriculture, on Tuesday the twenty-ninth of July, 1794: stating the Progress that has been made by the Board, and the Advantages that may be expected from improving the Territory of the Kingdom. [London, 1794.] 8 pp. 4 . Extracts from the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Board of Agriculture, respecting Mr. Elkington's Mode of Draining ; together with Copies of such Papers as have been com- municated to the Board upon that Subject. [London, 1795.] 2 3> t 1 ) PP- 4 folded plates. F°- List of the Members of the Board of Agriculture. London : printed by B. McMillan, m.dcc- xcv. 11 pp. 4 . Washington's name as an honorary member has been written in at the bottom of page 1 together with that of John Jay. An additional list of members appears in the hand- writing of Sir John Sinclair on the verso of page 11. Same. London, m.dcc.xcvi. 29 pp. 4° (Three copies.) Outlines of the fifteenth Chapter of the proposed general Report from the Board of Agri- culture. On the Subject of Manures. By Robert Somerville, of Haddington. London. m.dcc.xcv. 89, (i), 36 pp. 4° (Two copies.) Additional Appendix to the Outlines of the fifteenth Chapter of the proposed general Re- port from the Board of Agriculture. On the Subject of Manures. London, m.dcc.xcvi. (2), 7, (1), 41, (i), 20, 59, (1), 68 pp. Plan of an Agreement among the Powers in Europe, and the United States of America, for the Purpose of rewarding Discoveries of general Benefit to Society. By Sir John Sinclair, Bart. President of the Board of Agriculture. London : printed by W. Bulmer and Co. M dcc.xcv. 7 pp. 4 . (Two copies.) Projet d'un Accord entre les Puissances de l'Europe, et les Etats Unis de l'Amenque, pour l'effet de recompenser les decouvertes qui tendent au bien-etre generale de la Societe. Par le CWrv. Baronet Jean Sinclair, President du Bureau d' Agriculture. A Londres : imprime par W. Bulmer et Co. m.dcc.xcv. 7 pp. 4 . (Three copies.) Account of the Origin of the Board of Agriculture, and its Progress for three Years after its Establishment. By the President. London : printed by W. Bulmer & Co. 1796. 82 pp. Map. 4° (Two copies.) Given to Washington by Sir John Sinclair, who wrote : — " I have the Honor herewith to transmit to Your Excellency the account which I have just printed of the origin of the Board of Agriculture and its progress for three years after its establishment. Whitehall March 29 th 1797." — From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " I have also received your separate favours. . . . The last accompanying your printed account of the origin of the Board of Agriculture and its progress for the three years after its establishment. For your kindness in forwarding of them, I pray you to accept my best thanks. I will keep one copy of this work myself, and shall read it, I am sure with pleasure, so soon as I have passed through my harvest. Mount Vemon 15'h July, 1797." From the facsimile printed in the " Letters on Agriculture from his Excellency George Washington." BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 91 GREAT BRITAIN. Board of Agriculture. Mints on Vegetation ; and Questions regarding the Nature and Principles thereof. Addressed to Farmers, Nurserymen and Gardeners. London, m.dcc.xcvi. 27 pp. 4° (Two copies.) Inscribed on the verso of p. 27 of one of the copies : — " His Excellency George Washington, President of the United States of America. With Sir John Sinclairs best Compliments." Outline of the general Report upon the Size of Farms, and upon the Persons who cultivate Farms. By Thomas Robertson. Edinburgh, m.dcc.xcvi. (6), no pp. (Two copies.) 4 . Sir John Sinclair's Address to the Board of Agriculture, on Tuesday, the twenty-fourth of May, 1796; stating the Progress that had been made by the Board, during the third Session since its Establishment. [London, 1796.] 4 pp. 4 . (4 copies.) No title-page. The title occupies the upper portion of the first page. The receipt of the two last named pamphlets was acknowledged by Washington in a letter dated Philadelphia, 10th Dec, 1796, as follows : — " Since I had the honour of writing to you in June last, I have been favoured with your letters, . . . accompanying the additional Appendix to the Chapter on Manures, — your Address to the Board of Agriculture, — and other valuable productions relative to that important subject. " For your goodness in sending these to me, I pray you to accept my best thanks." Communications to the Board of Agriculture ; or Subjects relative to the Husbandry and internal Improvement of the Country. Vol. I. Parts I. and II. London : printed by W. Buhner & Co. 1797. (4), lxxxii, 117 pp. 39 plates. 4 . Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " For General Washington " From the British Board of Agriculture. Agricultural Survey of the Counties of Great Britain. The reports of this Survey were transmitted to Washington by Sir John Sinclair as pub- lished. The correspondence in relation thereto is in part printed below. In 1794, Washing- ton wrote to Sinclair : — " I have read with peculiar pleasure and approbation, the work you patronise, so much to your own honour and the utility of the public. — Such a general view of the agriculture in the several counties of Great Britain is extremely interesting j and cannot fail of being very beneficial to the Agricultural Concerns of your Country and to those of every other wherein they are read. . . . Lam so much pleased with the plan & execution myself, as to pray you to have the goodness to direct your Bookseller to continue to forward them to me accompanied with the cost. . . . When the whole are received I will promote as far as in me lays, the reprinting of them here. Philadelphia July 20 th 1794." In 1795 ne acknowledged the receipt of additional publications : — " I could not omit so favorable an opportunity, as the departure of M r Strickland affords me, of presenting my best respects to you ; and my sincere thanks for the views of Agricul- ture in the different counties of Great Britain, which you have had the goodness to send me. — and for the Diploma (received by the hands of M r Jay) admitting me a foreign honor- ary member of the Board of Agriculture. " You will add to the obligations already conferred on me, by directing your Bookseller 92 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. GREAT BRITAIN. Board of Agriculture to supply me regularly with all such proceedings of the board as are intended for the public ; — and when they are in fit state for it, that they may be neatly bound. — To this request, I pray he may be desired to add the cost, which shall be paid at sight, to his order here, or re- mitted to him as may be most convenient and agreeable to himself. Philadelphia 10 th July x 795-" — From the facsimile printed in the " Letters on Agriculture from his Excellency George Washington" In transmitting the concluding volumes of the Survey, Sinclair wrote : — " Sir John Sinclair presents his best Respects to General Washington, & has the pleasure of sending him by the hands of the gallant Kosciusko the remainder of the Agricultural Sur- veys. If General Washington should want to complete his sett Sir John begs to know the deficient Counties, and he will take particular care to send them to America, for though those Reports are merely to be considered as printed Manuscripts for correction, and addi- tional observations, yet they contain a great Mass of valuable Matter, & the first instance of a whole Country being completed in that stile. It is therefore worth while to have a com- plete sett, or two of the original Surveys of Old England preserved in America. Whitehall 9'. h June 1797.'' — From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " Since I had the honor of writing to you, on the 1 5 th of July, I have been favoured with your letter of the 13th of Feb? . . . together with the Surveys, and papers accompany- ing both. — For your goodness in sending them I pray you to accept my best thanks, and that I may not be a burthensome member of the Board, I enclose a small Bill of Exchange to be deposited in the hands of your Bookseller to defray the cost of the several copies of your works which may be forwarded to me. " An eight years absence from home (except occasional visits to it) has thrown my build- ing, and other matters of private concern, into so much disorder, that at no period of my life have I ever been more engaged than in the last six or eight months to repair & bring them into tune again. — This has prevented me from looking into the Agricultural Surveys of the Counties of England & Scotland with the attention I propose to do the ensuing Winter. I shall certainly be very desirous of having a compleat sett of them, and if any are missing will apply accordingly ; — as it is my intention to have them classed, & bound neatly. Mt. Vernon 6 th Nov'. 1797." — From the facsimile printed in the "Letters on Agriculture from his Excellency George Washington." Sinclair wrote in reply : — " I have the honour to inform you, that at the last Meeting of the Board of Agriculture, it was unanimously resolved, that the ^10 remitted by you, as a Subscription for the Publi- cations of the Board shall be laid out in binding a complete set jof the same, in the hand- somest manner, and that they be sent to you, with a letter expressive of the sentiments which the Board entertains for so distinguished a character. Whitehall 24 th February, 1798." * * * The following titles of reports on the agriculture of the several counties of Great Britain are (with the exception of the first title) given considerably abridged. The first title, which is given in full, indicates the form of the others, as the titles are of a uniform style. Anderson, James, General View of the Agriculture and rural Economy of the County of Aberdeen, with Observations on the Means of of its improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and internal Improvement. Edinburgh : m,dcc,xciv. 181, (2) pp. Plate. 4 . (Two copies). BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 93 GREAT BRITAIN. Board of Agriculture. Bailey, John, and Culley, George. County of Cumberland. London, md CC xciv. 51 pp. (Two copies). County of Northumberland. London, M dcc xciv. 71 pp. Baird, Thomas. County of Middlesex. London, m.dcc.xciii. 51 pp. (Two copies.) Beatson, Robert. County of Fife. Edinburgh, m,dcc,xciv. 37 pp. Belsches, R. County of Stirling. Edinburgh, m.dcc.xcvi. 63 pp. (Two copies.) Billingsley, John. County of Somerset. London, m.dcc.xciv. 192, (1) pp. 2 folded maps. (Two copies.) Bishton, J. County of Salop. Brentford, m,dcc,xciv. 38, (1) pp. Boys, John. County of Kent. Brentford, m.dcc.xciv. 107 pp. Folded sheet. (Two copies.) Brown, Thomas. County of Derby. London, m.dcc.xciv. 72 pp. Folded plate. z folded maps. Claridge, John. County of Dorset. London, m.dcc.xciii. 49 pp. (Two copies.) Clark, John. County of Brecknock. London, m.dcc.xciv. 55 pp. County of Hereford. London, 1794. 79 pp. County of Radnor. London, 1794. 41 pp. Crutchley, John. County of Rutland. London, m.dcc.xciv. 34 pp. Davis, Richard. County of Oxford. London, m.dcc.xciv. 39 pp. (Two copies.) Davis, Thomas. County of Wilts. London, 1794. 163 pp. Folded map. (Two copies.) Donaldson, James. Carse of Gowrie, in the County of Perth. London, M dcc xciv. 37, (1) pp. Folded sheet. County of Banff. Edinburgh, m.dcc.xciv. (6), 45 pp. (Two copies.) County of Elgin or Moray, lying between the Spey and the Findhorn ; including Part of Strathspey, in the County of Inverness. London : m.dcc.xciv. 43 pp. County of Nairn, the Eastern Coast of Inverness-Shire, and the Parish of Dyke, and Part of Edenkeillie, in the County of Elgin, and Forres. London, m.dcc.xciv. 32 pp. County of Northampton. To which is added, An Appendix, containing a Comparison between the English and Scotch Systems of Husbandry, as practised in the Counties of Northampton and Perth. Edinburgh, M dcc xciv. 68, 19 pp. (Two copies.) Driver, Abraham, and Driver, William. County of Hants. London, 1794. 78 pp. Erskine, John Francis. County of Clackmannan ; and some of the adjacent Parishes, situated in the Counties of Perth and Stirling. Edinburgh: 1795. 97, (1), 36, (8) pp. 5 folded sheets. 4 plates. (Two copies.) Foot, Peter. County of Middlesex. London, 1794. 92 pp. Fox, John. County of Monmouth. Brentford, m,dcc,xciv. 43 pp. Fraser, Robert. County of Cornwall. London, M dcc xciv. 70 pp. County of Devon. London, M dcc xciv. 75 pp. Folded map. Granger, Joseph. County of Durham, London, 1794. 74 pp. 2 folded plates. 2 folded sheets. Map. Griggs, . County of Essex. By Messrs. Griggs. London, m.dccxciv. 26 pp. (Two copies.) Hassall, Charles. County of Carmarthen. London, m.dcc.xciv. 52 pp. (Two copies.) 94 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. GREAT BRITAIN. Board of Agriculture. Hassall, Charles. County of Pembroke. London, m.dccxciv. 63 pp. (Two copies.) Hepburn, George Buchan. East Lothian. Edinburgh, 1794. 157 pp. 5 folded sheets. (Two copies). Heron, Robert. General View of the natural Circumstances of those Isles, adjacent to the North- west Coast of Scotland, which are distinguished by the common Name of Hebudse or Hebrides : — of the Various Means which have been employed to cultivate and improve them : — and of some other Means, which are humbly proposed, as likely to contribute to their farther Improvement. Edinburgh, M Dec xciv. (4), 99 pp. Holt, John. County of Lancaster. London, m.dccxciv. i 14 pp. Folded map. Same. [With] additional Remarks of several . . . Gentlemen. London, 1795. x *'' 242, (1) pp. Folded map. 8°. James, William, and Jacob Malcolm. County of Buckingham. London, 1794. 63 pp. County of Surrey. London, M Dec xciv. 95 pp. 2 plates. Johnston, Bryce, D.D. County of Dumfries. London : m dcc xciv. 114, xlivpp. Johnston, Thomas. County of Selkirk. London, m.dccxciv. 50 pp. County of Tweedale. London, m.dccxciv. 42 pp. Kay, George. General View ... of Anglesey. Edinburgh, 1794. 29 pp. General View . . . Caernarvonshire. Edinburgh, 1794. 22 pp. General View . . . Denbighshire. Edinburgh, 1794. 16 pp. General View - . . Flintshire. Edinburgh, 1794. (6), ii, 24 pp. , General View . . . Merionethshire. Edinburgh, 1794. 16 pp. General View . . . Montgomeryshire. Edinburgh, 1794. 22 pp. Kent, Nathaniel. County of Norfolk. London, m dcc xciv. (4), 56 pp. 2 plates. (Two copies.) Leatham, Isaac. East Riding of Yorkshire, and the Ainsty of the City of York. London, m.dccxciv. 68 pp. 7 plates. Map. Lloyd, Thomas, and Turnor — . County of Cardigan. London, m.dccxciv. 37 pp. (Two copies.) Lowe, Alexander. County of Berwick. London, M.DCCXCIV. 136 pp. 3 plates. Folded sheet. Map. Pp. 91-136 consist of an Appendix: "General View of the Agriculture of the County of Berwick, with Observations on the means of its improvement. By Arthur Bruce." Lowe, Robert. County of Nottingham. London, mdccxci v. 128, (1) pp. Map. Marshall, William. Central Highlands of Scotland. London, M dcc xciv. 68 pp. Martin, Alexander. County of Renfrew. London, m.dccxciv. 22 pp. Plate. (Two copies.) Maxwell, George. County of Huntingdon. With an Appendix ; containing an Account of the Advantages to be derived from an improved Outfal at the Port of Lynn. . . .' London, m.dcc.xciii. 47 pp. (Two copies.) Monk, John. County of Leicester. London, m.dccxciv. 75 pp. 9 plates. Map. (Slip of errata pasted on verso of p. 75.) Naismith, John. County of Clydesdale. Brentford, m.dcc.xciv. 82 pp. Pearce, William. Berkshire. London, m.dccxciv. 74 pp. 3 plates. (Two copies.) BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 95 GREAT BRITAIN. Board of Agriculture. Pitt, W. County of Stafford. London, M Dec xciv. 168 pp. Map. (Two copies.) Pomeroy, William Thomas. County of Worcester. London, m.dcc.xciv. 77, (1), 17 pp. Quayle, Basil. Isle of Man. London. M Dec xciv. 40 pp. Map. Rennie, George, and others. West Riding of Yorkshire. London, m.dcc.xciv. 140 pp. Map. Robertson, George. County of Mid Lothian. Edinburgh, m.dcc.xciii. 89 pp. Map. Abridged Report of Agriculture in Mid- Lothian. London, m.dcc.xcv. ] 5 pp. Robertson, James, D.D. Southern districts of the County of Perth. London, m.dcc.xciv. 140 pp. Robson, James. County of Argyll, and Western Part of Inverness-Shire. London, m.dcc.xciv. 58 pp. Roger, . County of Angus or Forfar. By the Rev. Mr. Roger. Edinburgh, M Dec xciv. (6). 3 1 PP- Sinclair, Sir John. Northern Counties and Islands of Scotland ; including the Counties of Cromarty, Ross, Sutherland, and Caithness, and the Islands of Orkney and Shet- land. London, 1795. xx '> 2 $*> (3)< 45 PP- 2 ma ps. (Two copies.) Transmitted to Washington by John Jay, as appears below : — " Dear Sir, — Two days ago I reC? for you from Sir John Sinclair, the two copies (herewith enclosed) of his Report of the State of Agriculture in the Northern Islands and Counties of Scotland. New York 7 July 1795." ' John Jay to Washington. — From the orig- inal in the State Department. A few days earlier, Mr. Jay had sent to Washington other publications of Sinclair, as shown by the following : — " M' Jay presents his respectful compliments to the President of the United States ; and has the honor of transmitting herewith enclosed, a number of Pamphlets which Sir John Sinclair committed to M r Jay's care . . . N York 27 June 1795." Stone, Thomas. County of Bedford. London, 1794. 70 pp. County of Huntingdon. London, m.dccxciii. 35 pp. (Two copies.) County of Lincoln. London, m,dcc,xciv. 108 pp. 2 plates. Trotter, James. County of West Lothian. Edinburgh, m.dcc.xciv. 38 pp. (Two copies.) Tuke, John. North Riding of Yorkshire. London, m.dcc.xciv. 123 pp. Diagrams in the text. Map. Turner, George. Countyof Gloucester. London, m.dcc.xciv. 57 pp. Ure, Rev. David. County of Dumbarton. London, m.dcc.xciv. 106 pp. County of Kinross. Edinburgh, 1797. 57, (1), 9 pp. (Two copies.) County of Roxburgh. London, m.dcc.xciv. 93 pp. Vancouver, Charles. County of Cambridge. London, m.dcc.xciv. 219 pp. Folded map. Folded Sheets. (Two copies.) Same. Appendix. [London, 1794.] 26, (1) pp. County of Essex. London, m.dcc.xcv. 213, (1) pp. Map. 14 folded sheets. Webster, James. Galloway, comprehending the Stewartry of Kirkudbright and Shire of Wigton. Edinburgh, M Dec xciv. " 40 pp. Wedge, John. County of Warwick. London, M Dec xciv. 60 pp. 4 plates. (Two copies.) County palatine of Chester. London, M Dec xciv. 88 pp. Young, Sir Arthur. County of Suffolk. London, M dcc xciv. 92 pp. Map. County of Sussex. London, m.dcc xcm. 97 pp. 3 plates. Folded map. (Two copies.) 96 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. GREEN, Ashbel, D.D. 1 762-1848. A Sermon, delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church in the City of Philadelphia, on the 19th of February, 1795, being the Day of General Thanksgiving throughout the United States. By Ashbel Green, D.D. One of the Pastors of the aforesaid Church. Philadelphia: printed by John Fenno, March, 1795. 48 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. GREENWOOD, James. English grammarian, died 1737. The Royal English Grammar, containing what is necessary to the Knowl- edge of the English Tongue. Laid down in a plain and familiar Way. For the Use of young Gentlemen and Ladies. To which are added, Lessons for Boys at School, shewing the Use of the Parts of Speech, and joining Words together in a Sentence. By James Greenwood Sur-[«V] Master of St. Paul's School. The third Edition. London: printed for J. Nourse. m,dcc,xlvii. viii, 170, (2) pp. 16 . With the book-plate. Washington's autograph written in his early manner on the title-page. HALE, Thomas. A Compleat Body of Husbandry. Containing Rules for performing, in the most profitable Manner, the whole Business of the Farmer and Country Gentleman. . . . Compiled from the Original Papers of the late Thomas Hale, Esq ; [by John Hill] and enlarged by many new and useful Commu- nications on Practical Subjects, from the Collections of Col. Stevenson, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Storey, Mr. Osborne, the Reverend Mr. Turner, and others. . . . Illustrated with a great Number of Cuts, containing Figures of the Instruments of Husbandry ; of useful and poisonous Plants, and various other Subjects, engraved from original Drawings. The Second Edition. London : Printed for Tho. Osborne. . . . mdcclviii, mdcclix. Vol. I. x, (4), 402 pp. Vol. II. (12), 420 pp. Vol. III. (14), 498 pp. Vol. IV. viii, 400, (23) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on all the title-pages. Ordered by Washington of Robert Cary & Co. of London in 1760 as appears from the following entry in his invoice book preserved in the State Department : — " 1760. September. Invoice of sundry Goods to be sent by Robert Cary Esq'. & Com- pany for the use of George Washington, Virginia. "Hartlib's Legacy of Husbandry — also a new system of Agriculture done by various hands, but collected chiefly from the Papers of M r Hale." Washington again wrote to Cary in October, 1760, as follows : — " I have at different times sent for Hale's Husbandry but never yet got it, which I begin to attribute to a wrong description of the Title, having never till lately seen the Book. You BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 97 will know it now by ' A Compleat Body of Husbandry compiled from the Original Papers of the late Thomas Hale Esq^ enlarged from the Collection of others' — &c." This seems to have had effect, for the invoice of goods sent by Cary in 1761 has the fol- lowing charge : — 1761. March. Hale's Compleat Body of Husby 4 vol? a 8/ £i-t, [HALIBURTON, William.] Effects of the Stage on the Manners of a People : and the Propriety of encouraging and establishing a virtuous Theatre. By a Bostonian. Boston : printed by Young and Etheridge. mdccxcii. 75,(1) pp. Plan. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Plays, &c." Contents given under [Bickkrstaffe, I.] Lionel and Clarissa. At the bottom of the title-page there has been written a " Motto omitted," and attached to the bottom of page 59 is a half sheet of note-paper with manuscript notes by the author. [HANSON, Alexander Contee. Chancellor of Maryland, 1 749-1806.] Remarks on the proposed Plan of an Emission of Paper,, and on the Means of effecting it ; addressed to the Citizens of Maryland, by Aristides. Annapolis: printed by Frederick Green. [1787.J 43 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " George Washington, Esq.," and on the blank page at the end of the tract, " General Washington is requested to accept this as a small offering from his devoted servant "The Author." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts." Contents given under [Webster, N.] An Examination into the leading Principles of the Federal Con- stitution. HANSON, Thomas. The Prussian Evolutions in actual Engagements; both in Platoons, Sub, and Grand-Divisions ; explaining, all the different Evolutions, and Manoeuvres, in Firing, Standing, Advancing, and Retreating, which were exhibitted \sic\ before his present Majesty, May 8, 1769 ; and before John Duke of Argyle, on the Links of Leith, near Edinburgh, in 177 1. With some Additions, since that Time, explained with thirty folio Copper- Plates. To which is added, The Prussian Manual Exercise : Also The Theory and some Practices of Gunnery. By Thomas Hanson, Adjutant to the 2d Battalion. And Teacher of part of the American Militia. Philadelphia: printed for the Author, by J. Douglass M'Dougall. [1775.] (8), iv, 64, 56 pp. 4 . Two copies : one of which is bound in vellum with clasps, and has designs in pen and ink on the covers ; the other is in boards. This last is inscribed on a fly-leaf. " General Washington." The second part of the work has a separate title-page, as follows :■ — Book the Second, containing the Theory and Practice of Gunnery. With some 7 98 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Methods of the English Larbartary. Philadelphia: printed for Thomas Hanson, by J. Douglas M'Dougall. [1775.] 64 pp. There is a separate copy of this in the Collection. Washington subscribed and paid for 8 copies of the work, as appears by an entry in his cash book : — 1775. May 20. By subscription to Hanson's Books 8 Setts £2 -8. HARPER, Robert Goodloe. Observations on the Dispute between the United States and France, addressed by Robert Goodloe Harper, of South Carolina, to his Constituents, in May, 1797. Philadelphia: printed and sold by Thomas Bradford. 1797. (2), 102 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : " The writer of this little piece begs permission to present ^ copy of it to Gen! Washington as a token of his veneration for the Author of that wise sys- tem of policy which he has endeavoured to defend. Philadelphia June 30 1797." HART, Rev. Oliver, i 723-1 795. America's Remembrancer, with Respect to her Blessedness and Duty. A Sermon, delivered in Hopewell, New Jersey, on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1789. By Oliver Hart, A.M. Philadelphia : Printed by T. Dobson. m,dcc,xci. 24 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Political Sermons," are : — Channing, Henry. The Consideration of Divine Goodness. — White, W. A Sermon on the reciprocal Influence of Civil Policy and Religious Duty. — Green, A. A Sermon, 19th of Feb. 1795. — Smith, S. S. A Discourse on the Nature and Reasonableness of Fasting. — Story, I. A Discourse, delivered February 15, 1795. — Story, I. A Sermon preached Feb- ruary 19, 1795. — Osgood, D. A Discourse delivered February 19, 1795. — Wadsworth, B. America invoked to praise the Lord. — Kendal, S. A Sermon delivered on the Day of Na- tional Thanksgiving, February 19, 1795. — Tappan, D. Christian Thankfulness. — Morse, J. The present Situation of other Nations of the World, contrasted with our own. — Smith, S. S. The Divine Goodness to the United States. — Mason, J. M. Mercy remembered in Wrath. — Linn, W. A Discourse, delivered on the 26th of November, 1795. HAZARD, Ebenezer. Postmaster-general and author, 1744- 181 7. Historical Collections ; consisting of State Papers, and other authentic Documents ; intended as Materials for an History of the United States of America. By Ebenezer Hazard, A.M. Member of the American Philosophi- cal Society. . . . Philadelphia : printed by T. Dobson, for the Author, m dcc xcii. Vol. I. iv, 639, (1), x pp. Vol. II. iv, 654 pp. 4 . Volume II. consists of the " Records of the United Colonies of New-England." Washington subscribed for this publication as appears from the following : — " By the command of the President of the United States T. Lear has the honor to BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 99 return the enclosed proposals for printing by subscription a collection of State-Papers, which M r . Hazard submitted to the President and which have been subscribed by him. " The whole or any part of the money for the President's Subscription will be paid by T. Lear whenever Ml Hazard may chuse to receive it. Feb. 28, 1791." — From the Washing- ton Letter Books in the State Department. HEATH, William. Revolutionary general, 1 737-1814. Memoirs of Major-General Heath. Containing Anecdotes, Details of Skirmishes, Battles, and other military Events, during the American War. Written by Himself. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. Aug. 1798. 388 pp. 8°. Without autograph or book-plate. Given to Washington by the author as explained in the following extracts from letters which passed between them ; wherein are also noted the circumstances of the preparation of the work : — "From the Commencement of the American War to this time, I have kept a daily Journal now swelled to some thousand pages, — from this Journal, I am now writing Memoirs containing Anecdotes, Details of Skirmishes, Battles and other Military events during the War. Roxbury April 17 th 1797." — William Heath to Washington. From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " It gives me great pleasure to hear from yourself, that you are writing Memoirs of those transactions which passed under your notice during the revolutionary war. Having under- stood that you were exact and copious in noting occurrences at the time they happened, a work of this kind will, from the candor and ability with which I am persuaded your notes were taken; be uncommonly correct and interesting. Whether you mean to publish them at your own expense, or by subscription, it is not intimated in your letter. If the latter, I pray you to consider me as a subscriber, and in any event as a purchaser of your production. May 20, 1797." Upon receiving the book in 1799 Washington wrote in acknowledgment as follows : — " I have been duly favoured with your letter of the 1 i'. h Ultimo from Roxbury, accom- panying your Memoirs of the American War ; which I accept and dare say beforehand shall read with pleasure, as soon as the bustle in which we now are engaged at the wedding of our Grand daughter Miss Custis is over. Mt. Vernon Mar. 1, 1799." — From the press copy in the Lenox Library. HENLEY, Rev. Samuel. A candid Refutation of the Heresy imputed by Ro. C. Nicholas Esquire to the Reverend S. Henley. Williamsburg, printed for B. White in London, D. Prince in Oxford, and J. Woodyer in Cambridge, mdcclxxiv. (6), 72 pp. 8°. Scattered throughout the work are verbal changes in manuscript. Bought by Washington as appears from the following : — 1774. June 15. By Henley's defence ag^ y? cha : of Heresy 2/6 From the Account Books of Washington preserved in the State Department. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies.'' Contents given under Bland, R. A Letter to the Clergy of Virginia. IOO WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [HETH, William. Revolutionary officer, 1750-1807.] An Infallible Cure, for political Blindness, if administered to Patients pos- sessing sound Minds, honest Hearts, and independent Circumstances. [Richmond.] Printed July, 1798. 38 pp. 16°. Inscribed on the verso of the title-page : " Presented By the Author to his friend General Washington." Has a few corrections in manuscript, and some sentences are underscored. The author's name which has hitherto been unknown to bibliographers is disclosed by the following letter : — " The latter part of the pamphlet which you will receive herewith, and which is now presented to you by the author (but this is in confidence) will inform you that I had no diffi- culty in making up my mind, never to withdraw from tempestuous scenes, when my Country shall be in danger. Shillelah [near Richmond], 13 th July 1798." — William Hetk to Washing- ton. From the original in the State Department. HEWES, Joseph. Physician of Providence, R. I., flourished 1775. A Collection of Occurrences and Facts, known by living Evidences, and also recorded in a public Manner, in printed and written Papers, now in Being and indisputably true, with Reflections thereon, which illustrate the Truth of the Assertion of the Apostle James, Chap. iii. 5, 6. The Tongue is a Fire, a World of Iniquity ; so is the Tongue amongst our Members, that it defileth the whole Body, and setteth on Fire the Course of Nature, and it is set on fire of Hell. — Behold how great a Matter a little Fire kindleth. This historical Collection is finished by repeating a Prophecy of an Ass, another of a Bull, and a third and last of a Lamb, lately revealed by them, concerning the present Commotions in the Kingdom of Great-Britain. By Joseph Hewes, a Student of Nature. [Providence :] Printed in the Year 1775. (4), 46 pp. 8°. A curious plea for the Colonies, in which the author castigates Gov. Hutchinson, and gives an account of an alleged plan of one Wheelwright to inform the French of the intended Louisbourg expedition. He claims that Wheelwright's scheme was exposed by Robert Hewes; and that Hutchinson acting upon a principle of hostility towards the Colonies, cunningly prevented his having recognition and reward therefor. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons, &c.'' Contents given under [White, W.] The Case of the Episcopal Churches, etc. HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, to whom the subject of Shetland Wool was referred. With an Appendix, containing some Papers, drawn up by Sir John Sinclair and Dr. Anderson, in reference to the said Report. Edinburgh: Printed for the use of the Society. 1790. vi, 81 pp. 8°. Bound with " Notes on Farming," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Agri- culture." There is also an unbound copy in the Collection. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. IOI [HINDMARSH, Robert. English New Church writer, 1759-1835.] A Short Account of the Honourable Emanuel Swedenborg, and his theo- logical Writings. London, printed. Baltimore — Re-printed and sold by Samuel and John Adams. m,dcc,xcii. (4), 23, (1) pp. 16 . Appended is a List of Books by R. Hindmarsh. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Macpherson, J. Lectures. The HISTORY of Robespierre, political and personal. Containing, his Prin- ciples, Actions, and Designs, in the Jacobin Club, Commune of Paris, Constituent Assembly, and the Convention. The whole comprehends inter- esting Particulars respecting his commencing Politician, establishing his Tyranny, and falling the Victim of national Vengeance. Interspersed with interesting Traits and curious Anecdotes of remarkable Characters. To which is added, a brief Sketch of his Person, Life, and Manners. London: printed by C. Whittingham. 1794. iv, 134 pp. Portrait. 8°. Imperfect. Lacks pp. 135, et seq. The HISTORY of the second ten Years of the Reign of George the Third, King of Great-Britain, &c. from the Conclusion of the third Session of the thirteenth Parliament, in 1 7 70, to the End of the last Session of the four- teenth Parliament of Great Britain, in 1780. London : printed for the Author, and sold by T. Evans, m dcc lxxxii. (4), 463PP. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Has the book-plate. This has been ascribed to Robert Macfarlan, from the fact that he wrote the first volume of the set of which this forms the second. On account of some differences, the publisher employed someone else to write the second and third volumes ; but Macfarlan was re-engaged to write the fourth. HODGES, Nathaniel, M.D. English physician, 1629-1688. Loimologia: or, an historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665 : with precautionary Directions against the like Contagion. By Nath. Hodges, M.D. and Fellow of the College of Physicians, who resided in the City all that Time. To which is added, An Essay on the different Causes of Pestilential Diseases, and how they become Contagious : with Remarks on the Infection now in France, and the most probable Means to prevent its spreading here. By John Quincy, M.D. London: printed for E. Bell. . . . 1720. vi, 288 pp. Folded sheet. 8°. The author exercised his medical skill throughout the plague of 1665. By following a regimen of his own, of which the consumption of sack and the use of condiments formed a part, he was enabled to labor incessantly with plague-stricken patients and to withstand the contagion himself. 102 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. "In 167 1 he completed an account of the plague, which was published in 1672 as ' Aoi/io\oyia, sive Pestis nuperae apud Populum Londinensem grassantis Narratio Historica.' This book shows Hodges to have been an excellent observer both as to symptoms and the results of treatment." — Norman Moore, M.D. Inscribed on the title-page : — " Pretio, 2. J n ° Custis." This was the name of the father of Martha Washington's first husband. Washington's autograph on page iii at the head of the preface. Bound with this in a volume lettered " Medical Tracts " are the following pamphlets by Arthur Lee: — An Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People of Great Britain; A Second Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People on the Measures respecting America ; A Speech intended to have been delivered in the House of Commons, in support of the Petition from the General Congress at Philadelphia. [HOME, Henry, Lord Kames. 1696-1782.] The Gentleman Farmer. Being an attempt to improve Agriculture, by subjecting it to the Test of rational Principles. Dublin: Printed by James Williams. m,dcc,lxxix. xxiv, 375 pp. 3 plates. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bought for Washington by Col. Clement Biddle, as appears by the following : — 1786. March 19. Clement Biddle, Cr. By Homes's Gentleman's Farmer o. 14. o Postage on the above 2/ From the Account Books of Washington in the State Department. Washington's order for the books is printed under Young in this Catalogue. This work constituted one of Washington's principal guides in the development of the agricultural features of his Mount Vernon estate. The high estimation that he put upon this work is shown by his having made a transcript of great portions of it, forming a volume of one hundred and fourteen pages in manuscript, now preserved in the State Depart- ment at Washington. HOMER, Jonathan, D.D. 1759-1843. The Character and Duties of a Christian Soldier, considered and applied in a Sermon, preached before the Ancient and Honorable Company of Artillery on Monday, June 7, 1 790 ; being the Anniversary of the Election of Officers. By Jonathan Homer, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Newton. Printed in Boston, By Benjamin Russell, 1790. 21 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " For the President of the United States from his obedient and graceful] Servant, Jonathan Homer." A slip containing a manuscript correction by the author is attached to page 4. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Evans, I. A Sermon, etc. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 103 HOMER, Jonathan, D.D. 1759-1843. The Succession of Generations among Mankind, illustrated and improved in a Cenfury Sermon, preached at Newton, on Lord's day, Dec. 25, 1791 ; being the Commencement of a new Century, from the Incorporation of said Town. By Jonathan Homer, A.M. Pastor of the first Church in Newton. Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Belknap and Young, mdccxcii. 27 pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as the above. [HOPKINSON, Joseph. Jurist and author, 1 770-1842.] What is our Situation? and what our Prospects? A few Pages for Ameri- cans, by an American. [Philadelphia, 1798.] 40 pp. 8°. HORROCKS, Rev. James. President of William &• Mary College, died 1772. Upon the Peace. A Sermon. Preach'd at the Church of Petsworth, in the County of Gloucester, on August the 25 th, the Day appointed by Authority for the Observance of that Solemnity. By the Reverend James Horrocks, A.M. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Master of the Grammar School in William and Mary College. Williamsburg: printed by Joseph Royle, mdcclxiii. 15 pp. Sm. 4 . In the course of a panegyric on liberty, the speaker made (considering the time) some significant remarks on the evils of slavery. He said : " Respecting this particular and the manner in which it is here conducted, it may be said it loses much of it's Horror, when compar'd with that of other Places . . . and I am likewise fully persuaded, that in some of those Families which properly respect Humanity, the State of Servitude approaches to the Condition of an easy Dependance, and thro' the Consideration and mildness of the Master the very Name of Slave is oft forgotten. But of these how few ! " Bound with " Philosophical Transactions," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies.'' [HORRY, Charles Lucas Pinckney. 1 769-1 830. J A five Minutes Answer to Paine's Letter to Gen 1 - Washington. London: printed by L. F. J. Gransart. Anno 1797. 44 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover in gilt letters : — " George Washington, of Mount- Vernon. From the Author." Handsomely bound in full morocco, with gilt edges and silk facings. This is the first time that this work has appeared under the author's name. The following particulars about the author are kindly furnished in a letter by Mrs. Charles C. Pinckney of Charleston, South Carolina, a granddaughter of Mr. Horry's only sister. " C. L. Pinckney Horry was the only son of Col Daniel Horry, a planter on the Santee river, of Huguenot descent, and Colonel of Cavalry in the Revolutionary War. His mother was sister of the two Generals Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, and Thomas; 104 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Pinckney Horry was born in Charleston in 1769, —in 1783, his father took him to England for his education. He spent some years at school, then entered Trinity College, Cam- bridge, — and, his college course ended, he travelled in France. There he married the daughter of the Count de Latour-Maubourg, purchased an estate near Paris and made his home in France for life, visiting this country but seldom. He died in 1830. Mr. Horry was an accomplished man, with a fine figure and distinguished air. A very beautiful portrait of him by Romney was preserved by his sister's family until the [Civil] War. It was a full length portrait showing Mr. Horry in the picturesque dress of the period, long vest, knee-breeches, etc., with college cap in hand, and his gown, as a Gentleman Commoner, blue silk, laced with silver, gathered in graceful folds over his arm. The figure had the life and spirit that characterize Romney's pictures. The background was a view of Trinity College. Mr. Horry was always called Pinckney Horry, his letters were so addressed and so signed — only on his book plate do the initials C. L. appear." The letter printed below is, however, signed with the two first initials of his name. The family in South Carolina have no copy of Horry's " A Five Minutes Answer to Paine's Letter to Gen 1 . Washington.'' The authorship is disclosed in the letters, for the first time printed below. The letter presenting the book to Washington reads : — Sir — It is with hesitating reluctance that I intrude on your leisure to beg you will peruse with indulgence the small publication I have the honor to present you, your goodness will I hope excuse this liberty and par3on my desire of showing to you (tho' by a very imperfect production) that I partake the admiration which the Caracter (sic) of Gen 1 Washington everywhere inspires, and the profound contempt I have for his insignificant Enemies. ... I intreat you Sir to accept the assurances of all the sentiments of esteem and respect with which I have the honor to be Your most obedient and very humble servant C. L. Pinckney Horry. April 23d [1798.] From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — My Vernon 6 th May 1798. Sir — A Post or two ago favoured me with a note from you dated the 23? Ult? accom- panying your ans^ to Paine letter addressed to me. — For the favourable sentiments you have been pleased to express for me in both, I feel grateful ; and pray you to accept this acknowledgment of the sense I entertain of them. Until the Gazette announced your arrival in Philadelphia, I was unacquainted with your route from Baltimore. — Should you return to Charleston by land, I shall be happy in seeing you at this place — about nine miles from Alexandria & but little out of the Post Road. G. Washington. From the original in the State Department. HULL, William. Officer in the Revolution and War of 1812. 1 753-1825. An Oration delivered to the Society of the Cincinnati in the Common- wealth of Massachusetts. July 4, 1788. By William Hull, Esquire. Printed by Benjamin Russell, Boston. 1788. 22 pp. Sq. 16° Inscribed on the title-page : " His Excellency General Washington from his very humble Serv 1 . the author." BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 105 [HUMPHREYS, David. Revolutionary Officer and poet. 1752-1818.] A Poem, addressed to the Armies of the United States of America. By A Gentleman of the Army. New Haven: printed by T. and S. Green. m,dcc,lxxx. 16 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page to "M. Washington from her most Obedient and most devoted Servant The Author. A few letters of the inscription have been cut off by the binder. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies.'' Contents given under Virginia. Proceedings of the Convention, 20th March, 1775. A Poem on the Happiness of America : addressed to the Citizens of the United States. By David Humphreys, Esquire. [London, 1785.] 53 pp. 4 . Bound with "A Treaty held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians, 1756," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Treaties." Inscribed on the'title-page : "To His Excellency Gen 1 Washington] from His friend & most hu[mbleServant ?] the Authofr]. The bracketed portions have been trimmed off by the binder. The author's letter of presentation reads : — " Some of my acquaintances here who had seen a little Poem of mine solicited for copies in such a manner as to make a publication of it necessary — it has also been reprinted in London & occasioned the author to be the subject of many news paper paragraphs, tho' the Sentiments & descriptions were not calculated to please English readers ; yet their criticisms, as far as I am able to learn, have been sufficiently favourable as to the merits of the compo- sition — I have the honour of forwarding a copy herewith. Paris, July 17, 1785." — From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " I am very much obliged to you for the Poem you sent me ; I have read it with pleasure, & it is much admired by all those to whom I have shewn it. Mount Vernon 30 l . h Oct 1 ; 1785." - From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. Discours en vers, address^ aux officiers et aux Soldats des diffSrentes armdes Americaines. Par M. David Humphreys, Colonel au service des Etats-Unis, & Aide-de-Camp de son Excellence le General Washington. Imprime' pour la premiere fois, a New-Haven, dans le Connecticut. A Paris, chez Prault. 1786. 66 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Raynal &c." Contents given under Chastellux, F. J., Marquis de. Discours, etc. Translated by the Marquis de Chastellux, who has added several notes (pp. 60-66), and " Lettre du traducteur au Colonel Humphreys," (pp. 3-5) signed " Le marquis de Ch.'' The original and translation are given on opposite pages. The translation is in prose. The letter of the translator contains the following : — " J etois avec vous, mon cher Colonel, lorsqu' apres une campagne glorieuse, vous com- posiez, en silence, ces beaux vers ou vous avez montre toute l'etendue de votre genie, en ne voulant exprimer que vos sentimens patriotiques. Vous m'en avez fait un mystere, & votre 106 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. modestie vous a expose a commettre une faute impardonnable contre 1'alliance que vous avez si noblement celebree. . . . Traducteur en prose, et Traducteur qui ne se pique pas d'Stre litteral, j'aurois bien a redouter de mon Auteur, si cet Auteur n'etoit pas le Colonel Hum- phreys, que je voudrois en tout point prendre pour modele." Given to Washington by Chastellux. Washington's letter of acknowledgment is here printed : — " I cannot omit to seise the earliest occasion, to acknowledge the receipt of the very affectionate letter you did me the honor of writing to me on the 22? of May ; as well as to thank you for the present of your Travels in America & the translation of Col? Humphrey's Poem, all of which came safe to hand by the same conveyance. Knowing as I did, the can- dour, liberality, & philanthropy of the Marquis de Chastellux, I was prepared to disbelieve any imputations that might militate ag s ! these amiable qualities. — For characters & habits are not easily taken up, or suddenly laid aside. Nor does that mild species of philosophy which aims at promoting human happiness, ever belye itself by deviating from the generous & godlike pursuit. Having notwithstanding understood that some misrepresentations of the work in question, had been circulated ; I was happy to leam that you had taken the most effectual method to put a stop to their circulation, by publishing a more ample & cor- rect edition. Col° Humphreys (who has been some weeks at Mount Vernon) confirm'd me in the sentiment by giving a most flattering account of the whole performance : he has also put into my hands the translation of that part in which yon say such & so many handsome things of me ; that (altho' no sceptic on ordinary occasions) I may perhaps be allowed to doubt whether your friendship and partiality have not, in this one instance, acquired an ascendency over your cooler judgment. Mount Vernon i8'. h Aug' 1786." — From the Wash- ington Letter Books in the State Department. [HUMPHREYS, David. Revolutionary Officer and poet. 1752-1818.] The Miscellaneous Works of Colonel Humphreys. New- York: printed by Hodge, Allen, and Campbell, m.dcc.xc. 348 pp. 8°. Bound in full morocco with profuse ornamentation and, with gilt edges. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Inscribed on the center pieces upon both covers in gilt letters : " George Washington Esquire President of the United States of America.'' HURT, Rev. John. Chaplain in the Continental Army. The Love of our Country. A Sermon, preached before the Virginia Troops in New- Jersey. By John Hurt, Chaplain. Philadelphia : printed and sold by Styner and Cist, mdcclxxvti. 23 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons.'' Contents given under Coombe, T. A Sermon, etc. IRELAND. An Account of the total Amount of all Pensions on the Civil Establish- ment, on the 25th March, 1786, and on the 18th of January, 1787. [Dublin, 1787.J (4) pp. F°. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. IOJ Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Marine Society of the City of New York. Charter. IRELAND. A List of the Pensions on the Military Establishment on the 18th of January, 1787 ; with the respective Dates of the Grants, and the respective Terms for which the same have been granted, and the Names of the Persons for whose use any Pension is granted in Trust. Also, An Account of the total Amount of all Pensions on the Military Establishment on the 25 th of March, 1786, and on the 18th of January, 1787. . . . [Dublin, 1787.J 6, (2) pp. F°. Bound in the same volume as the above. A List of the Pensions on the Civil Establishment on the 18th of January, 1787. With the respective Dates of the Grants, and the respective Terms for which the same have been granted, and the Names of the Persons for whose Use any Pension is granted in Trust. Printed by Order of the Honor- able House of Commons. Dublin : printed by James King, and Abraham Bradley King, Printers to the Honorable House of Commons of Ireland, m.dcc.lxxxvii. 18 pp. F°. Some one has written at the top of the title-page, " these are Shocking indeed, to the Eyes of a True Irish Subject — a Quick Death to all — those menial Pensioners, none Ex- cepted." This inscription has been scored in heavy lines in ink. [IVERNOIS, Sir Francois d\ Swiss economist, 1757-1842.] Authentic History of the Origin and Progress of the late Revolution in Geneva. Philadelphia : printed by Mountford, Bioren & Co. For John Fenno. m,dcc,xciv. 25 pp. 8°. This work appears for the first time in any catalogue under the author's name. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "American Revolution." Contents given under Price, R. Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution. Reflections on the War. In Answer to Reflections on Peace, addressed to Mr. Pitt and the French Nation. By Francis D'lvernois, Esq. Trans- lated from the original French. London: printed for P. Elmsly. . . . June, 1795. vi, 135, (1) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " From the Author." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Tracts." Contents given under [Lee, A.] An Appeal, etc. Des Revolutions de France et de Geneve. Par M. D'lvernois. Londres : De I'imprimerie de T. Spilsbury & Fils. Octobre 1795. v > ( 2 )> viii, 488 pp. 8°. 108 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Two copies. Inscribed on the title-pages : " From the Author." Washington's autograph on the title-pages. IVERNOIS, Sir Francxiis d'. Swiss economist, 1757-1042. A cursory View of the Assignats; arid remaining Resources of French Finance. (September 6, 1795.) Drawn from the Debates of the Conven- tion. By F. D'lvernois, Esq. Translated from the original French. London : printed for P. Elmsly. 1795. (2), v, (1), 80 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " From the Author.'' Coup-d'ceil sur les Assignats, et sur l'Etat des Finances et des Ressources de la Republique francaise, au i er Janvier 1796. Par M. D'lvernois. Troi- sieme Edition. Londres. [De l'imprimerie de W. & C. Spilsbury.] Fevrier 1796. (2), 57 PP- 4°- Etat des Finances et des Ressources de la Republique Francaise, au i er Janvier, 1796. Par M. D'lvernois. Pour faire Suite au Coup-d'oeil sur les Assignats, et aux Reflexions sur la Guerre. Londres: de l'imprimerie de W. & C. Spilsbury. 25 Janvier, 1 796. (2), 133 PP- 8°- Bound with one of the copies of " Des Revolutions de France et de Geneve " entered above. State of the Finances and Resources of the French Republic, to the 1st of January, 1796. Being a Continuation of the Reflections on the War, and of the Cursory View of the Assignats ; and containing An Answer to the Pic- ture of Europe, by Mr. De Calonne. By Francis D'lvernois, Esq. Trans- lated from the original French. London: printed for P. Elmsly. . . . March 1796. (4), 136 pp. 8°. Histoire de PAdministration des Finances de la Republique francaise, pendant Pannee 1796. By Sir Francis D'lvernois. Londres: de l'imprimerie de W. et C. Spilsbury. 1796. (4), 240 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " From the Author." Tableau historique et politique de PAdministration de . la Republique francaise pendant Pannee 1797, des causes qui ont amene la Revolution du 4 Septembre, et de ses resultats. Tome I. Par Sir Francis D'lvernois. A Londres: de l'imprimerie de Baylis. Fevrier-1708. iii, (2), «8 pp. 8°. W Inscribed on the title-page : " From the Author." BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 109 IVERNOIS, Sir Franqois d'. Swiss economist, 1757-1842; Tableau historique et politique des Pertes que la Revolution et la Guerre ont causees au Peuple francais, dans sa population, son Agriculture, ses Colonies, ses Manufactures et son Commerce. Par Sir Francis D'lvernois. A Londres : de rimprimerie de Baylis. . . . Mars-1799. xvi, 502, (1) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " From the Author." [JACKSON, Jonathan. Member of the Continental Congress, 1743-1810.J Thoughts upon the political Situation of the United States of America, in which that of Massachusetts is more particularly considered. With some Observations on the Constitution for a federal Government. Addressed to the People of the Union. By a Native of Boston. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas, mdcclxxxviii. 209 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. This is probably the work referred to by Gen. Benjamin Lincoln in a letter to Washing- ton as follows : — " I have the pleasure of enclosing to your Excellency a political publication which lately made its appearance in this Common-wealth. — It was ushered into light with all that cover of secrecy which often attends that of an illegitimate child. The father however has shared the fate which is common in such cases his likeness being so strongly impressed upon his offspring that all our shrewd observers think they can point him out, and many blame him for his attempts to keep behind the curtain. — The eagle-eyed folks say that it is a fine child, that it has an open and manly countenance, that it has evident marks of originality of thought, strength of mind, firmness of views ( ?), and an independency of soul, and will come forward with peculiar advantages to the world. — Whether these observations are just or not, your Excellency from your great knowledge in physiognomy, will on examination, be able to deter- mine. Boston Sept. 30'. h 1788." — From the original in the State Department. Bound with this in a volume lettered " Situation of America " is : [Pownall, T.] A Memorial, etc. JAMAICA. General Assembly. Two Reports from the Committee of the Honourable House of Assembly, [of Jamaica] appointed to enquire into, and report to the House, the Allega- tions and Charges contained in the several Petitions which have been pre- sented to the British House of Commons, on the Subject of the Slave-Trade, and the Treatment of the Negroes, &c. &c. &c. Published by Order of the House. Saint Jago de la Vega [Spanish Town] : printed for David Douglass, Printer to the Honorable, the Council and Assembly. m,dcc,lxxxviii. 3 7 pp. 4 °. Inscribed on the cover : " To the President of the United States of America." This pamphlet was sent to Washington from Jamaica with others on the slave trade. See the correspondence printed under Edwards, B., in this catalogue. IIO WASHINGTON COLLECTION. JAY, Sir James, M.D. Loyalist, 1 732-1815. A Letter to the Governors of the College of New York ; respecting the Collection that was made in this Kingdom in 1762 and 1763, for the Col- leges of Philadelphia and New York. To which are added, explanatory Notes; and an Appendix, containing Letters which passed between Mr. Alderman Trecothick and the Author. By Sir James Jay, Knt. M.D. London: printed for G. Kearsly. . . . 1771. vi, 42 pp. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative, etc. JEBB, John, M.D. English theological and political writer, 1736— 1786. The Excellency of the Spirit of Benevolence, a Sermon preached before the University of Cambridge, on Monday, December 28, 1772. By the Rev. John Jebb, M.A. Late Fellow of St. Peter's College. Cambridge, printed in the year 1773. London, Reprinted in the year 1782 ; and sold by J. Dixwell. 20 pp. 12°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Stith, W. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. A Letter to Sir Robert Bernard, Bart. Chairman of the Huntingdonshire Committee. By John Jebb, M.D. F.R.S. The second Edition. London: printed for J. Stockdale. mdcclxxxii. (2), 20 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Pamphlets." Contents given under [Glover, R.] Substance of the Evidence, etc. Letters addressed to the Volunteers of Ireland, on the Subject of a parlia- mentary Reform. By John Jebb, M.D. F.R.S. London : printed by W. Richardson, and sold by J. Stockdale. m dcc- lxxxiv. (2), 16 pp. 8°. Bound with " A Letter to a Merchant at Bristol " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." [JEFFERSON, Thomas.] Observations on the Whale-fishery. [Paris, 1788.] 18 pp. No title-page. 8°. The title forms two lines at the head of the first page of the text. At trhe bottom of pages 10 and 11 there is a note in the handwriting of Jefferson, part of which has been trimmed off by the binder. The tract was written for presentation to the French ministers as a protest against the Arret of Sept. 28, 1788, which injuriously affected American commerce. It was privately printed by Jefferson, but a few copies were distributed among friends, and this copy was given to Washington by Jefferson, who wrote : — " On the subject of the whale fishery I enclose you some observations I drew up for the ministry here, in order to obtain a correction of their Arrit of Sepr. last ; whereby they had BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. Ill involved our oils with the English in a general exclusion from their ports. They will accord- ingly correct this, so that our oils will participate with theirs in the monopoly of their mar- kets. . . . The observations inclosed, tho' printed, have been put into confidential hands only. Paris, Dec. 4, 1788." — From the original in the State Department. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts.'' Contents given under [Webster, N.] An Examination into the leading Principles of the Constitution. JENEY, . The Partisan : or, the Art of making War in Detachment. With Plans proper to facilitate the understanding of the several Dispositions and Move- ments necessary to Light Troops, in order to accomplish their Marches, Ambuscades, Attacks and Retreats with Success. Translated from the French of Mr. de Jeney. By an Officer of the Army. London: printed for R. Griffiths, m.dcc.lx. xiv, (2), 143 pp. 7 folded plates. 12 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. JENOUR, Capt. Matthew. The Route to India through France, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Natolia, Syria, and the Desert of Arabia, delivered in a clear concise Manner, with the Distances, Time, Mode, and Expence of Travelling. By Captain Mat- thew Jenour, on the Half-pay of his Majesty's nth Regiment of Foot, Late of the io2d. London : printed for the Author, and sold by J. Ridgway. m.dcc.xci. 46, (r) pp. 4 . JOHNSON, Alexander, M.D. English physician, 1 716-1799. Directions for an Extension of the Practice of recovering Persons appar- ently Dead : taken from the Instructions at large, published by Alexander Johnson, M.D. (Introducer of the Practice in England) .... [London: printed and distributed at the Logographic Press. 1785?] 8 pp. 12°. No title-page. Title on the first page of the text. The pamphlets here entered under this author's name are bound with others in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Macpherson, J. Lectures. Exhortation [in regard to his Method of recovering Persons apparently Dead]. [London, 1785?] 2 pp. No title-page. 12°. [On the State of apparent Death.J [London, 1785?] 2 pp. No title-page. 12 . Relief from accidental Death; or, Summary Directions, in Verse, ex- tracted from the Instructions at large, published by Alexander Johnson, M.D. 112 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. (Introducer of the Practice into the British Dominions) to divulge and gen- erally establish a successful Treatment for recovering Persons, who meet with Accidents that produce suddenly an Appearance of Death ; and to prevent them or any others, from being buried alive : the Whole accompanied with explanatory Notes. - . . London: printed at the Logographic Press. 1789. 16 pp. 12°. JOHNSON, Alexander, M.D. English physician, 1 716-1799. [Circular letter for England, Scotland and Ireland in regard to Saving lives of persons apparently dead.] London, 1790. 2 pp. No title-page. 4 . JOHNSON, Samuel, LL.D. A Dictionary of the English Language : in which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and illustrated in their different Significations, by Examples from the best Writers. To which are prefixed, A History of the Language, and an English Grammar. By Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. In two Volumes. London : printed by John Jarvis, and sold by John Fielding, mdcclxxxvi. 2 vols. Portrait. 4 . Washington's autograph on both title-pages. [JONES, William Todd.] A Letter to the Electors of the Borough of Lisburn. By one of their Representatives. Dublin : printed by P. Byrne. m,dcc,lxxxiv. 56 pp. 8°. Bound with " A Letter to a Merchant at Bristol " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." KEATINGE, George. The Maryland Ahiman Rezon, of Free & Accepted Masons ; containing the History of Masonry, from the Establishment of the Grand Lodge to the Present Time; with their ancient Charges, Addresses, Prayers, Lectures, Prologues, Epilogues, Songs, &c. Corrected from their old Records, faithful Traditions, & Lodge-Books. Compiled by Order of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, by Brother G. Keatinge, W. M. B. L. Baltimore : printed by W. Pechin — for George Keatinge's Book-Store. J 797- (4), 9- 2 7 z PP- 12 . Without autograph or book-plate. Entered on the Inventory " Ahiman Rezon " 1.50. KEEP your Heart. A Sermon, occasioned by the Murder of the Federal Mar- shal of this State, Major Robert Forsyth : preached at the Desire of the BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 113 District Society of Cincinnati at Augusta, and most respectfully inscribed to their President, Governor Mathews. Augusta: printed by John Erdman Smith, mdccxciv. (4), 20 pp. 8°. From information furnished by William Harden, Esq., Librarian of the Georgia Histori- cal Society, it appears that this Sermon was preached by the Rev. Adam Boyd. The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette, of February 8, 1794, has the following notice: "By desire of the Cincinnati, on Sunday next will be delivered, by the Rev. Mr. Boyd, a discourse on the lamentable event — that deprived the society of a worthy member, Major Forsyth, marshal of the state, and slain in, the execution of the duties of his office." Mr. Harden writes that " Dr. Williams, the present rector of St. Paul's Church, Augusta, Georgia, says that Adam Boyd was the full name of the clergyman who preached the Sermon." The Rev. Adam Boyd was Rector of the Church in Augusta from 1790 to 1799. The above information was gained too late to give the Sermon under the author's name in this Catalogue. Bound with " The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Cincinnati." KEITH, Rev. George Skene. English writer, 1752-1823. Tracts on Weights, Measures and Coins. Viz. I. Synopsis of a System of Equalization of Weights and Measures of Great Britain. II. A Comparison of various Pendulums, and Reasons for preferring that which is proposed in the Synopsis. III. Observations on the Equalization of Coins. IV. A new Method of finding pretty accurately the Center of Oscillation in a Pendulum. V. Remarks on Mr. Whitehurst's Method of obtaining Invariable Measures. VI. Remarks on Dr. Rotheram's Observations on the Proposed Plan for equalizing all our Weights and Measures. By George Skene Keith, M. A. Minister of Keith-Hall and Kinkell, Aber- deenshire. London : printed for J. Murray ; — and Cornelius Elliot. m,dcc,xci. 20 - PP- 4°- Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Pieces." Contents given under Barb£ dk Marbois, F. fitat des finances de Saint-Domingue. There is another copy in the Collection which is unbound. Given to Washington by the author, who wrote under date of Jan. 14, 1792 : — " I take the Liberty of writing your Excellency which I hope you will excuse, and of sending you a few Copies of a Pamphlet on Weights, Measures and Coins of which I beg your acceptance. " I write to you as a man of Mind, not as a man of Rank. But I should not trouble you with this Letter, if the Treatise which accompanies it were not the work of much labour, and considered one of the best which has hitherto been published on the subject. 114 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. " In June 1790 I addressed a copy of the first of these Tracts to D'. Nisbet of Carlisle College, to be forwarded to your Excellency. And about five months ago a Copy of the Treatise when printed was sent to London to be forwarded to the President of the United States. But as the conveyance between Britain and America is very irregular, I have given you the trouble of this Letter, which comes by a channel on which I can depend. . . . " As Ml Jeiferson has lately published a plan for the Equalization of Weights & Meas- ures, And as the National Assembly of France has proposed two different theories on this Subject, I found it necessary to add a few pages in writing, — the last three of which I request your Excellency will peruse with attention. . . . " P. S. I shall send to your Order in London 100 Copies to be given to the Members of your Legislature, if you think them worth the carriage to America." — From the original in the State Department. To which Washington replied, under date of June 22, 1792 : — " I have received your letter of the 14* of January, together with the copies of a pam- phlet on Weights, Measures & Coins, which accompanied it. . . . " I have now to request you will accept my thanks for this further mark of politeness and attention in sending me this additional number of your tracts, as well as for the manu- script which accompanied them. The Subject of your Book is of high importance to Society in general, and particularly to the commercial world. If an uniformity of weights & meas- ures could be established upon a proper foundation through the several nations of Europe and in the United States of America, it's advantages would be great indeed, and so important is the object that we ought not to lose sight of it; altho 1 it may not be attained at the pres- ent moment. " I have caused the letter to M r Barclay, and one of the Pamphlets to be sent to Easton agreeably to your request " I am Rev? Sir &c " G? Washington." " The Rev? George Skene Keith of Keith Hall by Aberdeen, N. B." From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. KENDAL, Samuel, D.D. 1753-1814. A Sermon, delivered on the Day of National Thanksgiving, February 19, 1795. By Samuel Kendal, A.M. Pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in Weston. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston, 1795. 31 pp. 8°. An inscription on the bastard title-page has been partly cut away by the binder ; the portion remaining reads : — " For his Ex— George Washington] the Father of U S (?) a friend to Man accept this from a Lover of — '' Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. KENNEDY, John. A Treatise upon Planting, Gardening, and the Management of the Hot- house. By John Kennedy, Gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart. The. second Edition, corrected and greatly enlarged. In two Volumes. London : printed for S. Hooper, m dcc lxxvii. Vol. I. xi, (1), 280 pp. Vol.11. (4), 279 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on both title-pages. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 115 KENNEDY, Patrick. An Answer to Paine's Letter to General Washington: including some Pages of gratuitous Counsel to Mr. Erskine. By P. Kennedy, Esq. Philadelphia: re-published by William Cobbett. Jan. 1798. (2), 42 pp. 8°. " This pamphlet was published in London about four months ago. The infamous Letter of Paine seems to have produced, in Great Britain, that degree of indignation and abhorrence, which the complicated crime of calumny, ingratitude and perfidy, is calculated to excite in every just and generous mind." " Advertisement" signed by P. P. (Peter Porcupine), pseud, of William Cobbett. Given to Washington by Timothy Pickering who wrote : — " William Cobbett has just published the inclosed answer to Paine's insolent letter to you. In his Porcupine's gazette, Cobbett speaks very handsomely of the answer. Phila- delphia, JanY 27, 1798." — From the original in the State Department. [KILTY, William. Chancellor of Maryland, 1757?-! 821. J History of a Session of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, held at the City of Annapolis, commenced in November, 1785. [Annapolis :] Printed in the year m,dcc,lxxxvi. 44 pp. 8°. The author served as a surgeon in the Maryland line. He returned to Annapolis in 1781 and lived there until 1800, when he removed to Washington. From 1806 to 1821 he was Chancellor of Maryland. A manuscript note on the title-page of the Harvard College Library copy reads " by D r Kilty." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts." Contents given under Virginia. Proceedings of the Convention, 20th March, 1775. KIPPIS, Andrew, D.D. English biographer, 1725-1795. An Address, delivered at the Interment of the late Rev. Dr. Richard Price, on the twenty-sixth of April, 1791. By Andrew Kippis, D.D. F.R.S. and S. A. London : printed for T. Cadell and J. Johnson. m,dcc,xci. 2 7 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Ogden, U. An Address, etc. Given to Washington by Samuel Vaughan, as appears by a letter from him dated Lon- don, 10th May, 1791. See under Christie, T. in this Catalogue. [ ] Considerations on the provisional Treaty with America, and the pre- liminary Articles of Peace with France and Spain. London: printed for T. Cadell. m.dcc.lxxxih. 164 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Tracts." Contents given under [Lee, A.] An Appeal, etc. Il6 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. KIRKLAND, John Thornton, D.D. President of Harvard College, 1770- 1840. A Sermon, delivered at the Interment of the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, D.D. Minister of the Church in Federal Street, Boston, June 22, 1798. By John Thornton Kirkland, Minister of the New South Church, Boston. Boston: printed by Manning & Loring. [1798.] 27 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : " His Excellency George Washington Esq." [KNOX, Henry. Revolutionary general, 1750-1806.] A Plan for the general Arrangement of the Militia of the United States. The regulations for the discipline and government of the Militia will be sub- mitted hereafter. [New York, 1 7 86. J 34 pp. 8°. Preceding the title-page is the letter of transmittal to Congress, signed by H Knox, War-Office, 18th March, 1786. Transmitted to Washington by Henry Lee, who wrote : — " I enclose a plan for the government of militia, which does great honor to its author. New York, 21 s ? April '86." — From the original in the State Department. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Militia." Contents given under Pickering, T., jr. An Easy Plan of Discipline. There is also an unbound copy in the Collection. KNOX, Rev. Samuel. An Essay on the best System of liberal Education, adapted to the Genius of the Government of the United States. Comprehending also, an uniform, general Plan for instituting and conducting public Schools, in this country, on Principles of the most extensive Utility. To which is prefixed, an Ad- dress to the Legislature of Maryland on that Subject. By the Rev. Samuel Knox, M.A. President of the Frederick Academy. Baltimore: printed by Warner & Hanna. 1799. 173 pp. 8°- Without autograph or book-plate. Washington declined the dedication of this book, but subscribed for its publication, as appears from the following : — " Your favour of the i6'. h instant has been duly received and I feel grateful for the honor of your proposed Dedication of your [work ?] on Uniform System of Education adapted to the United States to me. " Had I not declined similar honors, in all cases where previous applications have been made, I certainly should, with much pleasure have yielded to one on so important a subject as you have written. — But this being the case I am compelled for the sake of consistency to decline accepting the compliment of yours. I sincerely wish success to your production and shall very cheerfully subscribe to the work Mount Vernon 14 th Oct. 1798." — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 117 KNOX, Thomas. A Letter from Mr. Knox, of Bristol, to the Honorable William Nelson, Esq; of Virginia. Bristol: printed by E.Ward, opposite the Post-Office, 1759. 16 pp. 8°. On the tobacco tax. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Randolph, P.] A Letter from a Gentleman in Virginia, etc. [LAMBART, Richard, Sixth Earl of Cavan. Died, 17 74. J A New System of Military Discipline, founded upon Principle. By a Gen- eral Officer. London : printed for J. Almon. mdcclxxiu. (8), 278 pp. 4°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. [LAMBERT, .] A Letter on the Construction and Use of the improved Foot Plough. By An Essex Farmer. London, printed for C. Dilly. mdcclxxxiv. 55 pp. Plate. 8°. Washington's autograph on title-page. Given to Washington by the author, as shown by the letter here printed, in which also the author's name is disclosed : — " I send you also, under cover with this letter, some seeds, which were given me by an English farmer from the county of Essex, in England, lately arrived in this country to settle, and who appears to be a very sensible and judicious man, and a person of property. He also gave me a pamphlet upon the construction of the kind of plough which he has used for many years. . . . Mr. Lambert, the name of the farmer from whom I had these things. . . . 11* November, 1792." — Washington to Anthony Whiting. Ford's Washington vol. xii. pp. 242-243. Bound with " Notes on Farming," N. Y., 1787, and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Agriculture." [LANDAIS, Pierre. 1 734-1820.] Charges and Proofs respecting the Conduct of Peter Landais. New- York : printed by Francis Childs. [1787.] 18 pp. Sm. 4°. The author was a French naval officer, who at one time commanded the Alliance ; but was dismissed from the American service for alleged misconduct in the action between the Serapis and the Bon Homme Richard. He pressed his claim for restoration for nearly forty years. This pamphlet was written in his defence. Inscribed on the title-page : " His Excellency General Washington." Bound with " Poems on Several Occasions. By a, Gentleman of Virginia " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Poems, &c." LANGDON, Samuel, D.D. President of Harvard College, 17 23-1 79 7. Government corrupted by Vice, and recovered by Righteousness. A Ser- Il8 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. mon preached before the Honorable Congress of the Colony of the Massa- chusetts-Bay in New-England, assembled at Watertown, on Wednesday the 31st Day of May, 1775. Being the Anniversary fixed by Charter for the Election of Counsellors. By Samuel Langdon, D.D. President of Harvard College in Cambridge. Watertown : printed and sold by Benjamin Edes, mdcclxxv. 29 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons.' - Contents given under Coombe, T. A Sermon, etc. LANGDON, Samuel, D.D. President of Harvard College \ 17 23-1797. The Co-incidence of Natural with Revealed Religion. A Sermon at the annual Lecture instituted in Harvard College by the last Will and Testament of the Honorable Paul Dudley, Esq; delivered November 1, 1775. By Samuel Langdon, D.D. President of Harvard College. Boston : printed by Samuel Hall. 1776. 26 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons.'' Contents given under Evans, I. A Sermon delivered at Concord, etc. The Republic of the Israelites an Example to the American States. A Sermon, preached at Concord, in the State of New- Hampshire ; before the Honorable General Court at the annual Election. June 5, 1788. By Samuel Langdon, D.D. Pastor of the Church in Hampton- Falls. Exeter : printed by Lamson and Ranlet. m,dcc,lxxxviii. 48 pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as his sermon " Government corrupted by Vice," etc. This is probably the Sermon acknowledged by Washington in the following letter : — " You will readily believe me when I assure you that the necessary attention to the busi- ness in which I have lately been engaged is the sole cause of my not having sooner acknowl- edged the receipt of your letter of the 8 th of July — and made a proper return for your politeness in sending me the Sermon which accompanied it. — You will now, Sir, please to accept my best thanks for this mark of attention. N. Y. Sept 28 th 1789." — From the Wash- ington Letter Books in the State Department. A Correction of some great Mistakes committed by the Rev. John Cosens Ogden, a Presbyter in the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America, in his late Letters published at Boston. By Samuel Langdon, D.D. Minister of Hampton- Falls, in the State of New-Hampshire. Portsmouth : printed by John Melcher, M,Dcc,xcn. 22 pp. 8°. Half-title leaf missing. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Ogden, TJ. An Address, etc. Concerning this work, see note under Ogden, John Cosens, in this Catalogue. A Discourse on the Unity of the Church as a monumental Pillar of the Truth j designed to reconcile Christians of all Parties and Denominations in BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 119 Charity and Fellowship, as one Body in Christ ; delivered before the Asso- ciation of Ministers convened at Portsmouth, October 12, 1791, and in Substance repeated at a Lecture in Hamptonfalls, January 26, 1792. By Samuel Langdon, D.D. Minister of the Church in Hamptonfalls, in the State of Newhampshire. Printed at Exeter, by Henry Ranlet, 1792. 30 pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as the preceding. Originally inscribed at the top of the title-page : " For the President of the United [States] from his most respectful Se[rvant] the [Author.]." The bracketed portion has been trimmed off by the binder. LATHROP, John, D.D. 1 740-1816. A Discourse on the Peace ; Preached on the Day of Public Thanksgiving, November 25, 1784. By John Lathrop, A.M. Pastor of the Second Church in Boston. Boston: printed by Peter Edes. mdcclxxxiv. 35 pp. 12°. Given to Washington by the author. See letter printed under the next title. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Stith, W. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. A Discourse, before the Humane Society, in Boston : delivered on the Second Tuesday of June, 1787. By John Lathrop, D.D. Boston: printed by E. Russell. 1787. 34, xiii pp. 8°. Pp. i-xiii consist of Appendix : containing a Short Account of the Humane Society. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Orations." Contents given under Rush, B. An Oration, etc. There is another copy in the collection unbound. Inscribed on the bastard title-page : " His Excellency General Washington from his humbl Serv' the Author." This and the preceding pamphlet were given to Washington by the author as appears from the following letter : — " Our worthy an[d] amiable friend General Lincoln asked me, the other day, whether I had sent one of my Discourses delivered before the Humane Society to General Washington, I told him I had not, and indeed the reason I had not was that I had not confidence enough in its merit, to think it worth sending so far. But as General Lincoln assur 11 me your excel- lency wished to see everything of the kind published in America, and that he would take the trouble of sending it, I will ask your acceptance of one of those Discourses for yourself, and one for any friend to whom you may please to give it. " I also take the liberty to send a Discourse delivered on the Peace. I felt myself greatly interested in the events of the War [and] never enjoyed a more happy day than that which [brought] peace, with its innumerable Blessings. Boston 28 Jan 1788." — John Lathrop to Washington. From the original in the State Department. To which Washington replied : — "Sir — I have received your letter of the 28'. h ult? — accompanied by the three pamphlets which you did me the honor to send me. — You will do me the favor, Sir, to accept of my best thanks for the mark of polite attention. 120 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. " The one delivered before the Humane Society is upon a Subject highly interesting to the feelings of every benevolent mind. — The laudable view of Institutions of this nature do honor to humanity. The beneficence resulting from them is not confined to any particular class or nation — it extends its influence to the whole race of mankind and cannot be too much applauded. Mount Vernon February 22? 1788." LATHROP, John, Jr. Poet and writer, 1772-1820. An Oration, written at the Request of the Officers of the Boston Regiment, and intended for Delivery, October 20, 1794. Published by desire. By John Lathrop, jun. A.M. Printed at Boston, by E. W. Weld and W. Greenough. 1795. 16 pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as the preceding work. Dedicated " To George Washington, President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Armies of America.'' Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — " Boston Jany 29 1795 " Will the illustrious Washington pardon the ambition of a young citizen who ventures to lay the enclosed performance at his feet ? Much as I have to expect from his candor and his goodness, yet much I have to fear from my own imperfection and presumtion. . . . " At- a time when the American Militia, are deserving of the highest Eulogy, the oration, which I have the honor to present you, may perhaps claim a perusal on account of it's sub- ject. . . ." — From the original in the State Department. An Oration, pronounced July 4, 1796, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence. By John Lathrop, jun. Boston, printed and sold by Benjamin Edes. 1796. 23 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author. The letter of presentation is here printed : — " Sir, — The enclosed oration solicits your acceptance. The manner in which it was received by an assembly of more than 2000 freemen, is a fresh instance of the warm federal- ism of the inhabitants of Boston, their unabated attachment to your person, — their decided approbation of your administration and their firm confidence in your wisdom and integrity. At the close of that part, which contains a faint tribute to your services, your patriotism and virtues, every voice and every hand united in the loudest acclamations and testimonials of applause. The partizans of faction are silent — they hang their heads. . . . The triumph of Merit, is the severest punishment of Vice, and thus, it was reserved for you, Sir, to inflict the vengeance of heaven upon the sons of lawless anarchy. . . . Boston, July 16, 1796." From the original in the State Department. LAVATER, Johann Caspar. Swiss Protestant preacher and physiognomist, 1741-1801. Remonstrance, addressed to the Executive Directory of the French Republic against the Invasion of Switzerland. By John Caspar Lavater, Rector at Zurich. London: printed for J. Debrett ; and T. Longman. [1798.] 31pp. 8°. Edited and translated (?) by H. Newman. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. I2t [LEAR, Tobias. Secretary to Washington, 1762-1816.] Observations on the River Potomack, the Country adjacent and the City of Washington. New- York: printed by Loudon and Brower. 1794. 30pp. Folded plan. 8°. Given to Washington by the author. Before printing, Lear submitted two copies of his MS. to Washington. One of these is preserved among the Washington papers in the State Department. The other was returned to Lear, as appears from the following : — " I have, however, run over your observations on the Potomac navigation &c. &c. — and in a hasty manner, as I went along at the first reading made the notes & remarks which are returned with one of the copies. German Town 6 November 1793." Washington to Lear. — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " American Revolution." Contents given under Price, R. Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution. LE BLOND, Guillaume. French engineer, 1 704-1 781. The Military Engineer : or, A Treatise on the Attack and Defence of all kinds of fortified Places. . . . Composed by M. Le Blond, Professor of Mathematics, for the use of the French Noblesse. To which is added, A succinct account of three remarkable Sieges at different periods, by which the progress of the Art is pointed out. In two Parts. Illustrated with twenty Copper-plates. London, printed for J. Nourse. mdcclix. Part I. vii, (9), 151 pp. 17 folded plates. Part II. (8), 255 pp. 16 folded sheets. 3 folded plates. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Contents : Part I. A Treatise on the Attack of fortified Places. II. A Treatise on the Defence of fortified Places ; A Memorial : containing a summary account of the principal things to be observed in reconnoitring a place ; A Dictionary of the most necessary terms in use, in fortification, gunnery, the attack, and defence of places ; A Narrative ; or, short Descrip- tion of the famous Siege of Bois-le-Duc, by James Prempart, a French Gentleman, Engineer to the King of Sweden, 1630; A Relation of the Campaign in Flanders : and the Siege of Namur, in 1695 ; A Journal of the Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom, in 1747. [LEE, Arthur. American diplomatist, 1740— 1792.] An Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People of Great Britain, in the present Disputes with America. By An Old Member of Parliament. The third Edition, corrected. London: printed for J. Almon. mdcclxxv. 32 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a pamphlet volume lettered " Tracts " are : — [Lee, A.] Considera- tions upon the French and American War. — [Kippis, A.] Considerations on the provisional Treaty with America. — Ivernois, F. d\ Reflections on the War. 122 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [LEE, Arthur. American diplomatist, i 740-1 792.] Same. The fourth Edition, corrected. London : printed for J. Almon. m dcc lxxvi. 46 pp. 8°. This has been attributed to Richard Glover, Lord Chatham and to Franklin. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Medical Tracts." Contents given under Hodges, N. Loimologia. [ ] A Second Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People, on the Measures respecting America. By the Author of the First. London: printed for J. Almon. 1775. 90 pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as the above. [ ] A Speech, intended to have been delivered in the House of Commons, in support of the Petition from the General Congress at Philadelphia. By the Author of An Appeal to the Justice and Interests of Great- Britain. London: printed for J. Almon. . m.dcc.lxxv. (4), 67 pp. 8°. Bound in the same volume as the above. Extracts from a Letter written to the .President of Congress, by the Honorable Arthur Lee, Esquire, in Answer to a Libel published in the Penn- sylvania Gazette of the Fifth of December, 1778, by Silas Deane, Esquire. In which every ChaTge or Insinuation against him in that Libel, is fully and clearly refuted. Philadelphia: printed by Francis Bailey, m.dcc.lxxx. 74 pp. Sm. 4 . Bound with " Poems on Several Occasions. By a Gentleman of Virginia" and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Poems, &c." [LEE, Charles. Attorney- General of the United States, 1 758-1815.] Defence of the Alien and Sedition Laws, shewing their entire consistency with the Constitution of the United States, and the principles of our gov- ernment. Addressed to the People of Virginia. By Virginiensis. Philadelphia: printed by John Ward Fenno. m,dcc,xcviii. 47 pp. 16. The authority for the author's name is found in a copy of the pamphlet in the Library of Congress which has the name of the above written on the title-page in the handwriting of Oliver Wolcott. [LEE, Henry. Revolutionary general, 1 756-1818.] The Address of the Minority in the Virginia Legislature to the People of that State ; containing a Vindication of the Constitutionality of the Alien and Sedition Laws. [Richmond? 1799.] 16 pp. 8°. " The counter arguments are displayed in the following address submitted to the com- mittee of the whole by the Member from Westmoreland [Henry Lee ?]." Introduction. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 123 [LEE, Henry. Revolutionary general, 175 6-1 8 18. J Plain Truth : addressed to the People of Virginia. Written in February 1799. By A Citizen of Westmoreland County, (Virg.). [Richmond, 1799.] 56 pp. 16 . Opposes the "Virginia Resolutions of 1798." No title-page. Title occupies the upper part of the first page of the text. LEIGH, John, M.D. An experimental Inquiry into theProperties of Opium, and its Effects on living Subjects : with Observations on its History, Preparations and Uses. Being the Disputation which gained the Harveian Prize for the Year 1785. By John Leigh, M.D. Edinburgh: printed for Charles Elliot. . . . m,dcc,lxxxvi. (4), 9-144 pp. 8°. Dedicated to Washington. Given to Washington by the author who wrote : — "I trust that your Excellency will pardon~the liberty which I have taken with your Name, when the Circumstances are made known to you which induc'd me thus to conduct myself. " While I was engag'd in the study of medicine at the University of Edinburgh, the Professors off er'd a premium to any student there, who shou'd write the best Dissertation on Opium ; I enter'd immediately the List of Competitors, and was so fortunate as to gain the premium. " Having effected this, my Friends advis'd me to publish my Work, as the subject was new, and contain'd many Experiments never before made. Sensible of the great Benefits which every infant Production must experience by having a Protector, whose name is suf- ficient to claim for it attention and favour of the World, and sensible also that there was no one on the Continent so welkcalculated to effect this as your Excellency — I was led to take the liberty of Dedicating my Work to you, a Copy of which will now accompany this Letter begging for your Excellency's Patronage and Support. Norfolk OcK. 30 th 1786." — From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " I received your letter of the 30* of October together with your Dissertation on opinion [sic]. You will please Sir, to accept my thanks for the honor which you did me in the dedi- cation of your work. — Altho' I am not desireous of compliments of this kind, I have put off several applications which have been made to dedicate literary productions to me, — yet I should always wish to encourage every useful and beneficial performance as much as is in my power. Mount Vernon 9* Jan* 1787." — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. A LETTER from One of the Society of Friends, relative to the conscientious Scrupulousness of its Members to bear Arms. From the Press 1795. 18 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page, " The President of yf " ; this being all that is left of the in- scription after passing through the binder's hands. 124 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons, &c." Contents given under [White, W.] The Case of the Episcopal Churches in the United States. A LETTER to a Merchant at Bristol, concerning a Petition of S— T — , Esq ; to the King, for an exclusive Grant to the Trade of the River Senegal : wherein the Foundation of Mr. T — 's Claim to such a Privilege is fully stated, and the Injury it will do the African Commerce, considered. By a Mer- chant of London. To which is prefixed, a Copy of the Petition. London : printed for G. Kearsly, m.dcc.lxii. 43 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the bastard title-page. " Edw d Parsons " written at top of same. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Miscellanies," are : Sharp, G. A circular Letter ; A Defence of the . . . Right of the People. — - Jebb, J. Letters addressed to the Volunteers of Ireland. — Observations on a Pamphlet entitled a Letter to the Duke of Portland. — Graydon, Robert. Thoughts on the expediency of forwarding the Establish- ment of Manufactures, etc. — Grattan, Henry. Speech. — Mentor, pseud. The Alarm: or, An Address to the Nobility, etc. — [Jones, W. T ] A Letter to the Electors, etc. — Fox, C. J. Substance of the Speech, Dec. I, 1783. — A Narrative, &c. A LETTER to an American Planter from his Friend in London. London: printed by J. and W. Oliver, m.dcc.lxxi. 24 pp. 16 . On the treatment of slaves. Bound with Bentham, J. Panopticon. LEYDEN. Kunst wordt door Arbeid verkreegen. George Washington, Lierzang. [Te Leyden, ter Boekdrukkerye van Cornells Heyligert. 1789.] (6), 20, 23, (1) pp. 4 . Consists of two poems in Dutch upon Washington, the first by Dirk Erkelens (20 pp.), received the gold medal offered by the Society, an engraving of which is given on one of the preliminary pages ; the other poem is by Gerrit Brender a Brendis, 1751-1802. There are three copies of this work in the Washington Library, one of which is in plush and has a dedicatory poem in manuscript upon the fly-leaves, signed by R. D. Pecker, Secretary of the Society ; the other copies are in boards and are inscribed upon the fly- leaves, " Van wege het Genootschap R. D. Pecker, Secret." Washington acknowledged the gift in the letter here printed from the Letter Books preserved in the State Department : — " To the Protectors and Directors of the Poetical Society of Leyden in Holland. "Gentlemen,— I have received through the hands of W Dumas the Poems and Epistles which you did me the honor to address to me in July last. Gratefully impressed as I am Gentlemen, with this mark of your politeness and attention to me, you will permit me to offer my best thanks therefor, and to assure you that I shall ever entertain a proper sense of the good wishes of your society for my welfare and happiness which were so warmly expressed in your letter to me; — and, at the same time, give me leave to add, that I feel myself flattered by the favorable opinion which those entertain of my sentiments and con- duct who may not have received any personal benefit from my exertions . . . N. Y. June 30* 1790." BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 125 La LIGNE de demarcation, ou Plan qui pourroit etre un des moins mauvais a suivre dans Papprovisionnement des Isles fran9oises de l'Amerique & dans le commerce avec elles. [Paris? 1784?] 12 pp. 4 . No title-page. Title occupies a portion of the first page of the text. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Pieces." Contents given under Barbe de Marbois, F. fitat des Finances de Sainte-Domingue. LINN, William, D.D. 1752-1808. The Blessings of America. A Sermon, preached in the Middle Dutch Church, on the Fourth July, 1791, being the Anniversary of the Indepen- dence of America : at the Request of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order. By William Linn, D.D. New- York — printed by Thomas Greenleaf. m,dcc,xc,i. 39 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author, as appears by the following : — " M rs Washington has received the volume of Sermons, which you have been so polite as to send her. . . . " The President likewise desires you will accept his thanks for the Sermons which you had the goodness to send him on the 18 of July. Philadelphia, October 21, 1791." — Tobias Lear to the Rev. Dr. Linn. From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. Bound with " The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Cincinnati." A Discourse, delivered on the 26th of November, 1795 ; being the Day recommended by the Governor of the State of New- York to be observed as a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, on Account of the Removal of an Epi- demic Fever, and for other national Blessings. By William Linn, D.D. One of the Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New-York. New- York: printed by T. and J. Swords. 1795. 38 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — New-York Dec? 16*1795 "Sir: — " Amidst the weighty cares and business which occupy your mind, particularly at this moment, I can hardly hope to be excused in offering for your perusal a Sermon preached here, on the late thanksgiving day. Much less, I fear, will I be excused for the liberty taken in attempting an encomium upon you. I can only plead in my defence that shameful & cruel abuse with which some public papers have lately teemed, & which excites a becoming indig- nation in the breast of every friend to virtue & good order. . . . W M Linn. , From the original in the Slate Department. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons.'' Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. 126 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. LINN, William, D.D. 175 2-1808. A Discourse on national Sins: delivered May 9, 1798; being the Day recommended by the President of the United States to be observed as a Day of General Fast. By William Linn, D.D. One of the Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New- York. New- York : printed by T. & J. Swords. 1798. 37 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — " Excuse the liberty I take in inclosing to you a discourse delivered on the late fast day. The reasons for the publication, in the manner in which it appears, you will see in the preface. To confirm some of my Sentiments, I have quoted, in the notes, a few passages from your address on your resignation ; & I was sorry that more could not be conveniently introduced from a performance immortal as your fame. New- York May 30* 1798." From the original in the State Department. Washington's letter of acknowledgment follows : — " I rec? with thankfulness your favor of the 30* ult? inclosing the discourse delivered by you on the day recommended by the President of the U. States, to be observed as a general Fast. — I have read them both with pleasure ; — and feel grateful for the favorable Senti- ments you have been pleased to express in my behalf. . . . Mount Vernon 4 th June 1798." — From the press copy. LISLE, Edward. Observations in Husbandry, By Edward Lisle, Esq ; late of Crux-Easton in Hampshire. The second Edition. In two Volumes. London : Printed for J. Hughs, for C. Hitch and L. Hawes . . . m dcc lvii. Vol. I. 398, (2) pp. Portrait. Vol. II. 406, (2) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on both title-pages, with the following note in his handwriting : " Cost Sterling 10/ 1759." The purchase is recorded in the Invoice of Rob'. Cary & Corny. — , August, 1759, pre- served in the State Department. LLOYD, James. U. S. Senator from Maryland. Address of General James Lloyd, to the Citizens of Kent and Queen- Anne's Counties, in Answer to a late calumnious Charge made against him by Robert Wright. Annapolis: printed by Frederick Green, Printer to the State. [1794.] 38 pp. 8°. On page 30 there is printed a letter from Washington to Lloyd acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions of confidence passed by the citizens of Kent County, Maryland, on Sept. 2, 1793- LOGAN, George, M.D. Agricultural writer and statesman, 1753-1821. Fourteen agricultural Experiments, to ascertain the best Rotation of BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 127 Crops : addressed to the " Philadelphia Agricultural Society." By George Logan, M.D. Philadelphia : Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey. m,dcc,xcvti. (4), 41 pp. 8°. Two copies, one of which is interleaved with heavy paper. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sketches and Inquiries." Contents given under Peters, R. Agri- cultural Enquiries. The other copy is unbound, and is inscribed on the verso of the dedication page : " To George Washington, President of the United-States, with Sentiments of respect from the Author." LORD Ch m's Prophecy, an Ode ; addressed to Lieutenant General G - ge. With explanatory and critical Notes, by the Editor. A new Edition. London: printed for J. Almon. m,dcc,lxxvi. 16 pp. 4 . Inscribed at the bottom of the title-page : " For His Excellency General Washington from Mr. Almon." LOSKIEL, George Henry. Moravian missionary, 1 740-1814. History of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. In three Parts. By George Henry Loskiel. Translated from the German by Christian Ignatius La Trobe. London : printed for the Brethren's Society for the furtherance of the Gospel. 1794. xii, 159, 234, 233, (22) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Probably given to Washington by the Society of United Brethren (Moravians), as they gave him a similar work in 1789. See Spangenberg, A., in this Catalogue. LOWELL, John, LL.D. Statesman, 1 743-1 802. An Eulogy, on the Honourable James Bowdoin, Esq. L.L.D. late Presi- dent of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Who died at Boston, November 6, a.d. 1790. Delivered before the Society, January 26, 1791, One of the Counsellors of the Academy. Printed at Boston, by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, mdccxci. 24 pp. 4 . Bound with "A Treaty held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians, 1756," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Treaties." Given to Washington by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as appears by the correspondence here printed : — " By order of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, I am indulged the honor of presenting to your Excellency, in their name, Judge Lowell's Eulogy on the late Governor Bowdoin. 128 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. " Thinking it possible, that some of your friends might be gratified with this tribute to the memory of a gentleman, who had a place in your esteem, I have ventured to forward six copies. Your Excellency's goodness will also excuse my presumption in begging your accept- ance of the latest catalogue of our College. Cambridge 10 Sev*. 1791." — Eliphalet Pearson to Washington. From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " I have received your letter of the io* h of September enclosing by order of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Judge Lowell's Eulogy on the late Governor Bowdoin. I must beg, Sir, you will present my proper acknowledgements to the Academy for this mark of attention, and at the same time receive yourself my thanks for the polite manner in which you have transmitted to me the Eulogy on that worthy Character, and for the catalogue of Harvard College, which accompanied it. Philadelphia, November 14'! 1 1791." — From the original in the Library of the American Academy. LUZAC, Jean. Dutch publicist, 1 746-1807. Ioannis Luzac Oratio de Socrate Cive, publice habita, Die 2 1 . Februarii mdccxcv. quum Magistratu Academico abiret. Probationes & Adnotationes de Socrate ac de Republica Attica, praesertim Disquisitio de Epistatis ac Proedris Atheniensium, et de Socrate Epistate, ad calcem adjectae reperi- untur. Lugduni Batavorum, apud A. et J. Honkoop, mdccxcvi. (4), viii, 134, (2) pp. 4 . Given to Washington by the author, who wrote in rather hesitating English as follows : — " There are at the same time in the movement to which I give up myself, in speaking of your excellency, not only as a public annalist, but as a Litterary man in the dedication to your worthy successor, at the head of the work of which I have the honnor to offer you a copy. Leyden, 10 September 1797.'' — From the original in the State Department. Washington's letter of acknowledgment in which he indulges in some reflections on political experiences, reads in part as follows : — Mount Vernon 2 d Dec r 1797 Sir, — The letter for which I am indebted to your politeness, dated " Leyde the 10 th Sep- tember 1797 " with the book which accompanied it, I had the pleasure to receive about three days since, and in thanking you for both, hasten to acknowledge the sense I have of the favourable sentiments you have been pleased to express of me. In times of turbulence, when the passions are afloat, calm reason is swallowed up in the extremes to which measures are attempted to be carried, but when these subside and the empire of it is resumed the man who acts from principle — who pursues the path of truth, moderation & justice, will regain his influence. — Such I persuade myself will be, if it has not already been, your case. To the writings & conduct of men of this description (amongst whom you have always been placed) America is much indebted. — and as a private citizen for that is the class in which I now move, I offer you my thanks for the part you avow to have acted, — and for the annals you have been pleased to record of one who with pleasure subscribes himself Your most obed' and H*'. e Servant G? Washington. From the press copy. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 129 [MACAtJLAY, Catharine, afterwards Catherine Macaulay Graham. English historian, 1731-1791.J Observations on the Reflections of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, on the Revolution in France, in a Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Stanhope. London, printed for C. Dilly. m.dcc.xc. 95 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph at the top of the caption title, on page 5. Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — " Sometime in the course of the last summer I did myself the honor of sending you my thoughts on the important subject of education. I now send you my observations on M r Burke's reflections on the French revo. a work which has been much read in England both on account of the importance of the subject and the virulent manner in which the Author has abused the French Legislators and supported all those unjust distinctions in society which have so long oppressed and humbled mankind. When you have read M r Burke y r Excellency will not be surprised that he has a large party in this country as it compre- hends the Court, the Dignified Clergy, the Aristocratists and their dependants. The French Revolution I thank God yet stands firm, to the great mortification of the European Aristo- cratists, and the great joy of all those who like myself are zealous friends to equal liberty. Bucknall Berks, March '91." — From the original in the Slate Department. Washington wrote in reply as follows : — "At the same time that I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st of March, with which I have been honored, let me request you to accept my thanks for your polite attention in sending me the pamphlet which accompanied it. The importance of the subject, which has called forth your production and numerous others, is so deeply interesting to man- kind, that every philanthropic mind, however far removed from the scene of action, cannot but feel anxious to see its termination ; and it must be the ardent wish of every good man, that its event may increase the happiness of the human race. Philadelphia, 19 July, 1791." — Sparks, vol. x. p. 169. M'CONNELL, Matthew. An Essay on the domestic Debts of the United States of America. Giving an Account of the various Kinds of public Securities, and, generally in what Manner the Debts arose : with the Provision made and proposed for Pay- ment of the Interest and Principal thereof by Fcederal Measures, and of those adopted by Individual States. To which is subjoined, a Statement of the Foreign Debt, as set forth by the United States in Congress assembled, in their Address and Recommendations of the 18th of April, 1 783. By Mat- thew M'Connell. Philadelphia: printed and sold by Robert Aitken. m.dcc.lxxxvii. iv, (2), 90 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page (the last five letters of his name cut off). Given to Washington by the author, who sent it with a letter dated Phila., 10 th March, 1787, preserved in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " You will please to accept my best thanks for your polite attention in sending me your Essay on the Domestic Debts of the United States which together with your letter of the io'. h instant I have rec d . I have not yet found opportunity to peruse your work but I think 9 130 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. from the contents it must be a useful and valuable performance. Mount Vernon March 23? 1787." _ From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "American Revolution." Contents given under Price, R. Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution. M'CORKLE, Samuel Eusebius, D.D. 1 746-1 811. A Sermon, on the comparative Happiness and Duty of the United States of America, contrasted with other Nations, particularly the Israelites. De- livered in Salisbury, on Wednesday, February 18th; and at Thyatira, on Thursday February 19th, 1795 : Being the Day of General Thanksgiving and Prayer, appointed by the President of the United States. Published by the Request of the Hearers. By the Rev. Samuel E. M'Corkle, D.D. Pastor of the Church at Thyatira and Salisbury, in Rowan County, North-Carolina. Halifax [N. C] : Printed by Abraham Hodge. m,dcc,xcv. 43 pp. 12 . Inscribed on the title-page : " The President of the United States." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Macphkrson, J. Lectures. [McHENRY, James. Secretary of War, 1 753-1816.] Brief Exposition of the leading Principles of a Bank. Humbly Submitted to the Consideration of the Honourable the Legislature of Maryland. Baltimore : printed by Edwards & Allen. 1795. 45 pp. 8°. The words " A Petition and " have been printed in ink at the beginning of the title so as to read " A Petition and Brief Exposition," etc. Given to Washington by James M'Henry, who is shown to be the author by the fol- lowing letter : — Near Baltimore 8 Nov 1795 Sir — I inclose you an exposition of the principles of a new bank proposed to be estab- lished in Baltimore, designed to be laid before our Legislature at Annapolis of which I beg your acceptance and perusal. The thing having been composed at the Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County and the authorities added since my return (which was only Monday week) you will make allowance for some of its defects that such a situation must have unavoidably occasioned. I expect a charter will be granted. . . . James McHenry. From the original in the State Department. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts." Contents given under [Webster, N.] An Examination into the leading Principles of the Federal Con- stitution. [MAC LEOD, Norman, M.P. British officer in the Revolution, 1754-1801.J The State of the Representation of England and Wales, delivered to the Society, the Friends of the People, associated for the Purpose of obtaining a Parliamentary Reform, on Saturday the 9th of February 1793. London : printed by order of the Society, for D. Stuart. [1793.J (4), 38 pp. 4°- BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 13 1 Bound with this are the following by the same author : — Report of the Representation of Scotland. London : printed by order of the Society, for D. Stuart. [I793-] 10, (2) pp. 4 .— Authentic copy of a Petition praying for a Reform in Parliament, presented to the House of Commons on Monday, 6th May, 1793. Published by the Society, The Friends of the People, associated for the Purpose of obtaining a Parlia- mentary Reform. London : printed for D. Stuart. [1793.] 'SPP- 4°- Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " Respectfully offered to General Washington by his faithful & obed'. Serv! Norman Mac Leod M.P. Great Britain." The author served in the British Army in the American Revolution, and at one time it came in Washington's way to do him a kindness, which he acknowledges in the following let- ter, with which he sent a copy of this book : — " Sir — Permit a person who owes you the dearest obligations to intrude himself on your notice, though the circumstance most probably has escaped your memory. — A Captain MacLeod and some other officers of the British army, with their wives, in a very delicate situation, were most humanely sent by you to New York on their parole, in the end of the year 1776; and this saved the lives of the poor women — I am that Captain MacLeod; I have since had the good fortune to arrive at the rank of Major General in the service of my Country, & to represent my native County in Parliament — ... Some attempts have lately been made to meliorate our Constitution : they have hitherto been unsuccessful, but for your amusement I use the freedom of sending some of the publications on that subject. London, March 9* 1795." From the original in the State Department. Washington's letter of reply was as follows : — Philadelphia iothjuly 1795 GenV M?Leod Sir, — Your letter of the 9* of March, and the works which accompanied it, I have had the pleasure to receive. . . . For the books I thank you. You must over rate any civilities which chance may have enabled me, to shew you in course of the War, between Great Britain and this Country. — The view which you are taking of the latter, is flattering to it. — I hope it will deceive none who may turn their attention hitherward. G? Washington. From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. [MAC PHERSON, Sir John. English statesman, 1 745-1821.] The first and second Letter to a noble Earl. With an Appendix. From a Member of Parliament. London: 1797. (4), 24, (2), 21, vii, (1), 66 pp. 8°. Each letter has an independent title-page as follows : — Letter to a noble Earl, from a Member of Parliament, on the late Negotiation, the present Situation of Affairs, and the Measures which ought to be pursued. (2), 24 pp. Second Letter to a noble Earl, from a Member of Parliament, on the late Negotiation, the present Situation of Affairs, and the Measures which ought to be pursued. (2), 21 pp. Appendix to the First and Second Letter addressed to a noble Earl, vii, (1) 66 pp. Inscribed on the main title-page : — " To His Excellency Sir Robert Liston." " Not published " is written against the imprint. 132 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. MACPHERSON, John. Lectures on Moral Philosophy. By John Macpherson. Philadelphia : printed by Zachariah Poulson, junior. 1798. 36 pp. 12 . Inscribed at the top of the title-page : " Hon M IS . Washington ; " and lower down is the autograph of Washington. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Miscellanies " are : — Coke, Thomas, and Asbury, F. An Address, etc. — [Wesley, J.] A Sermon on original Sin. — [Mather, S.] The Dying Legacy of an aged Minister. — M'Corkle, S. E. A Sermon,i795. — [Seabury, S.] An Address, etc. By A Member of the Episcopal Church. — Wesley, J. The important Question. — Passages concerning the Lord's Prayer. — S[pooner], T. A Short Account of the Itch. — Buchanan, G. A Treatise upon the Typhus Fever. — [Johnson, A.] On the State of apparent Death ; Directions for an extension of the practice of recovering persons apparently dead ; [Circular] ; Relief from accidental Death. [Hindmarsh, R.] A Short Account of the Honourable Emanuel Swedenborg. — Wilmer, J. J. Memoirs. — [G., N.] A Scriptural Comment on the Athanasian Creed, MAGAW, Samuel, D.D. 1740-1812. A Sermon preached in Christ-Church, Dover, on Monday, December 27th, 1779, being the Anniversary of St. John the Evangelist; at the Request of and before the General Communication of Free and Accepted Masons of the Delaware State : By Samuel Magaw, M.A. Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap. [1780.J 16 pp. 8°. • Washington's autograph upon the title-page. Bound with this in a pamphlet volume lettered " Masonic Sermons " are : — Smith, W. A Sermon preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, Dec. 28, 1778. — [Magaw, S.] A Sermon preached in Christ-Church, Dover, Dec. 27th, 1780. — Eliot, J. A Sermon de- livered in the Chapel, Boston, June 24, 1782. — Ogden, U. A Sermon delivered at Morris- Town, December 27, 1784. — Yates, P. W. An Address delivered in the Lodge Room at Schenectady, the 27th December, 1783. — Bartlett, J. A Discourse on the Origin, Progress and Design of Free Masonry. — Magaw, S. Things Lovely and of good Report. — Miller, S. A Discourse delivered in the New Presbyterian Church, New York, June 24, 1795. [ ] A Sermon, preached in Christ-Church, Dover; before the General Communication of Free and Accepted Masons of the Delaware State : on Wednesday, December 27th, 1780. Being the Anniversary of St. John the Evangelist. Philadelphia: printed by David C- Claypoole. m.dcc.lxxxi. 16 pp. 8°. Pp. iii and iv are taken up with a dedication " To His Excellency General Washington," in which the author says : " They [the Masons] have honoured me with their particular in- structions, to inscribe this Sermon to your Excellency ; whereby an opportunity is given, not only to them, but to me, of declaring in a public manner, that every species of veneration, and consummate gratitude, is the tribute unquestionably due to consummate Merit ; that in the present age, our World beholds a more than usual Blessing — the Hero, and the Man of Virtue, in the same Personage, to a Charm, united ; that now we have the pleasure with consenting Millions, of revering great endowments conjoined with good. They direct me to tell, that they glory in having Communion with so very illustrious a Brother, — and Master." Bound in the same volume as the preceding. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 133 MAGAW, Samuel, D.D. 1 740-181 2. Things Lovely and of good Report. A Sermon, delivered in St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia. On the 27th of December, 1793: being St. John the Evangelist's Day ; in the Presence of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania : to which is prefixed a Prayer, before the Sermon. Published at their Re- quest. By Samuel Magaw, D.D. Philadelphia : printed by C. Oswald. m,dcc,xciv, 24, (1) pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author, as appears by the following : — " Sir — In venturing to lay before you the discourse herewith presented ; my diffidence is overruled, only by a Desire to pay some Tribute of Duty and Respect, where much is owed. . . . Feb^ 15* 1794." — From the original in the State Department. Bound in the same volume as the preceding. [ ] Notes on the last Illness, and Death, of a most beloved Friend [Mrs. Lucia Magaw]. Philadelphia : printed by William Young. m,dcc,xc. 36 pp. 8°. Autograph of " M. Washington " on the title-page. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Orations." Contents given under Rush, B. An Oration, etc. MAHY, Guillaume Francois, Baron de Cormere. Observations importantes sur les colonies francoises de l'Amerique. Par G. F. Mahy de Cormere. [Lille, de l'Impiimerie de L. Potier.] 1791. (2), 55 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Raynal, &c.'' Contents given under Chastellux, F. J. Marquis de. Discours, etc. MAILHE, Jean Baptiste. French politician, 1 754-1839. Discours qui a remporte le Prix a PAcademie des Jeux Floraux en 1784, sur la Grandeur et l'lmportance de la Revolution qui vient de s'operer dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. Par M. Mailhe, Avocat au Parlement. A Toulouse, de l'imprimerie de D. Desclassan. m.dcc.lxxxiv. 40 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Raynal, &c." Contents given under Chastellux, F. J., Marquis de. Discours, etc. Given to Washington by the author, as appears by a letter in part here printed : — "Le Discours que j'ose mettre sous vos yeux, est infmiment au-dessous de la grandeur du sujet, mais il est du moins un temoignage sincere de l'admiration generate excitee par la revolution a laquelle vos vertus et vos exploits out eu tant de part. Je Suis avec respect Monsieur Votre tres-humble et tres-obeissant Serviteur Mailhe." Toulouse le 19 mai 1784. From the original in the State Department. 134 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. To which Washington replied : — " Your letter of the ia' h of May from Toulouse, & the discourse which accompanied it, do me infinite honor. — I lament that I am not sufficiently acquainted with the French lan- guage to make myself the Master of the beauties of the latter ; & equally so, that my expres- sion will not do justice to my gratitude for the flattering sentiments you are pleased to entertain of me, in the former. — But with a proper sense of the honor done me, I am Sir &c G° Washington." Mt. Vemon 25< h Nov^ 1784. From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. MAIR, John. Book- Keeping moderniz'd : or, Merchant-Accounts by Double Entry, according to the Italian Form. Wherein the Theory of the Art is clearly explained, and reduced to Practice, in copious Sets of Books,. exhibiting all the Varieties that usually occur in real Business. To which is added, a large Appendix. ... By John Mair, A.M. The sixth Edition. Edinburgh : printed for Bell & Bradfute, and William Creech ; and sold by T. Longman. . . . mdccxciii. xi, (1), 620 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. MANDRILLON, Joseph, i 743-1 794. Fragmens de Politique et de Litterature, suivis d'un Voyage a Berlin, en 1784. Offerts comme Etrennes a mes Amis, le Ier. Janvier 1788; Par Mr. Jh. Mandrillon. Des Academies de Haarlem, de Bresse, de Philadelphie, &c. A Paris, et se trouve a Bruxelles, chez Emmanuel Flon. M.DCC.LXxxvm. xviii, 372, (4) pp. 2 folded sheets. 8°. Pp. 178-185 contain " Portrait du General Washington," extraitdu Spectateur americain, 2e. part. ch. v. In a foot-note Mandrillon says : — " Une jeune Demoiselle de Philadelphie vient d'en donner une excellente traduction en Anglois, imprimee dans le Columbian Maga- zine pour Janvier 1787." Pp. 189-197 contain a translation of the circular letter of Wash- ington to the Society of the Cincinnati, May 15, 1784. Inscribed on the verso of the title-page : " A S. E. Monsieur le General Washington de la part de l'Auteur." Attached to the inside of the cover is a letter from the author to Washington as fol- lows : — Mon G£n£ral— Permettez que j'aie l'honneur de vous offrir un exemplaire de mes Frag- ments de politique cV de LittSrature, suivis d'un Voyage a Berlin. Recevez-le avec indulgence et bonte — persuadez-vous Mon General de l'eternelle veneration avec laquelle je ne cesserai d'avoir l'honneur de me dire, Mon General Votre tres humble & tres obeissant Serviteur J 1 ? Mandrillon. Amsterdam ce 24 mai 1788L To which Washington replied : — " I have lately received with a grateful sensibility the Miscellaneous Collection in verse and prose, which you have had the goodness to send me, accompanied by your letter under BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 135 date of May 24th ; for both of which I pray you to accept of my warmest thanks. Mount Vernon, 29 August, 1788." — From the Washington Letter Books in the Slate Department. Later Mandrillon wrote as follows : — " J'ai eu l'honneur d'envoyer il y a quelques mois a Votre Excellence un Exemplaire de mon dernier ouvrage sous le titre de Fragmens de politique et de Littdrature Suivis a"un Voyage a Berlin. II a du vous parvenir, mon General, par le M'. Bainod libraire a Phila- delphie. Je desire que ce nouvel hommage que je rend avec tant de plaisir a votre merite eminent, vous interesse. Votre Excellence verra que j'ai ajoute quelques esquisses nouvelles a votre Eloge. Mais je sens que mes efforts seront toujours fort au dessous du sujet; et j'espere que votre Excellence me jugera plut&t sur l'intention que sur l'execution. Amster- dam 25 Octob. 1788." To this Washington replied : — New York, October 12. 1789. Sir, — At this late hour I do myself the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your let- ter of the 25. of October 1788 — and thank you for the book, which you were so polite as to send me entitled " Literary and Political fragments collected in a journey to Berlin." I am Sir Your most obedient Servant G°. Washington. From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. MANSFIELD, Rev. Isaac. 1 750-1826. A Sermon, preached in the Camp at Roxbury, November 23, 1775; 4 being the Day appointed by Authority for Thanksgiving through the Province. By Isaac Mansfield, jun. A.M. Chaplain to General Thomas's Regiment in the Continental Army. Published at the Request of the Officers in said Regiment. Boston: printed by S. Hall. 1776. 27, (1) pp. 12 . Inscribed at the top of the bastard title-page : " To the Hon^S George Washington Esq. Commander of the late Continental Army this Discourse is most respectfully presented by the Author." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Stith, W. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. The MANUAL EXERCISE as ordered by his Majesty in 1764. Together with Plans and Explanations of the Method generally practis'd at Reviews and Field -Days. Boston, New England: Printed by T. and J. Fleet. [i774-] 39> (0 pp. 2 folded plates. Sm. 4 . Printed in consequence of a Resolve of the Provincial Congress, Oct. 29, 1774, recom- mending the study of this Manual in " order to their perfecting themselves in the Mili- tary Art." Bought by Washington through William Milnor, as appears by the extracts from their letters, as follows : — " The Books containing the Manual Exercise &c, I have sent to Boston for, & expect to receive them in three weeks. Philad? Feb'.? 21 st 1775." — William Milnor to Washington.— From the original in the Slate Department. 136 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. " I think you have not mentioned the receiving the shoulder knots, which I sent some time agone by the post & likewise the 6 copies of Manual Exercise. PhiladMpril 18* 1775." — Same to Same. Bound with "Poems on Several Occasions. By a Gentleman of Virginia" and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Poems, &c." MARCANDIER, . A Treatise on Hemp. In two Parts. Containing I. Its History, with the Preparations and Uses made of it by the Antients. II. The Methods of cultivating, dressing, and manufacturing it as im- proved by the Experience of modern Times. Translated from the French of M. Marcandier, Magistrate of Bourges. London, printed for T. Becket, and P. A. de Hondt. m dcc lxiv. vii, (1), 86 pp. 8°. Pp. 87 el sea. are missing. The title-page is worn. MARINE SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. Charter of the Marine Society of the City of New- York, in the Province of New- York in America. New- York : printed by H. Gaine. m,dcc,lxxxi. 30 pp. F°. Inscribed at the top of the title-page : " For His Excellency General Washington From His very obedient Hu[mble] Servant Alex M Dou[glas] President." The bracketed portions of the above have been trimmed off in binding. Washington's autograph on the title-page Bound with this in a volume lettered " Miscellanies " are : — [Nicholson, W. J.] A Summary Abstract of the Evidence given by the Manufacturers before the Committee of the House of Lords, against the Irish Propositions. — Ireland. A List of the Pensions on the Civil Establishment on the 18th of January, 1787 ; A List of the Pensions on the Military Establishment, on the 18th of January, 1787 ; An Account of the total Amount of all Pensions on the Civil Establishment, on the 25th of March, 1786. — Pro- ceedings of the Cincinnati, at Philadelphia, May, 1787. MARSHALL, Humphry. American botanist, 17 22-1801. Arbustrum Americanum : the American Grove, or, an alphabetical Cata- logue of Forest Trees and Shrubs, Natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnsean System. Containing, the particular dis- tinguishing Characters of each Genus, with plain, simple and familiar Descrip- tions of the Manner of Growth, Appearance, &c. of their several Species and Varieties. Also, some Hints of their Uses in Medicine, Dyes and Domestic Oeconomy. Compiled from actual Knowledge and Observation, and the Assistance of botanical Authors, by Humphry Marshall. Philadelphia: printed by Joseph Crukshank. mdcclxxxv. xx, 174 pp. 8°. P LA N T I N &~^ AND BEING A SECOND EDITION, WITH LARGE AD DITIONS, O F PLANTING and ORNAMENTAL GARDENING, A PRACTICAL TREATISE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME THE FIRST. LONDON; Printed for G. Nicol, Bookfeller to his Majefty, Pali-Mall; G. G. and J. Robinson, in Paternofter Row; and J. Debrett, PiccadUly. M,DCC,XCVI. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 1 37 Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Agriculture." Contents given under Bowler, M. A Treatise on Agriculture. [MARSHALL, William. English agriculturist and philologist, 1 745-1818.] Planting and Rural Ornament. Being a second Edition with large Addi- tions, of Planting and Ornamental Gardening, a practical Treatise. In two Volumes. London : printed for G. Nicol. . . . m,dcc,xcvi. Vol. I. xxxii, 408, (8) pp. Vol. II. xx, 454, (4) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph is written in the upper right hand corner of the title-pages of both volumes. [MARTIN, Alexander. U. S. Senator from North Carolina, 1 740-1807.] A new Scene interesting to the Citizens of the United States of America, additional to the historical Play of Columbus, by a Senator of the United States. Magnus ab integro sec'lorum nascitur ordo. — Vir. Lately per- formed with Applause at the New-Theatre in Philadelphia. [Philadelphia:] Printed by Benj. Franklin Bache. m.dccxcviii. 12 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the first fly-leaf : " To George Washington, Late President of the United States of America most respectfully presented by His very humble Servant — Alex. Martin." The author's letter of presentation, preserved in the State Department, is as follows : — " I beg you to permit the enclosed little dramatic piece to wait on you in your present Retirement, — it was written by me this Session of Congress partly for Amusement, and partly with a View, by bringing forward in this Manner, the most prominent Characters in our late Revolution, to reconcile in some Measure if possible the present jarring political Sentiments that unfortunately distract our public Councils. Philadelphia Feb? 4'. h 1798." — To which Washington replied : — " The last Post brought me your favor of the 4* instant accompanied by a Dramatic piece of Poetry, — for both I thank you. " The latter I have read with pleasure ; highly applauding the motives which gave birth to it : — for lamentable and much to be regretted indeed it is, that in a crisis like the present, when all hearts shou'd be united & at their Post ready to rejoice at the good or repel the evils which await us, that nothing but internal dissent ions & political hostilities are to be found in the councils of our common country. Although no longer an Actor in this Theatre myself I cannot but view these things with deep concern. Mount Vemon 22? Feb? 1798." MARTIN, Luther. Attorney General of Maryland, 1 748-1826. An Address to Robert Lemmon, Esq ; by Luther Martin. Baltimore : printed by M. K. Goddard. 1779. 19 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts." Contents given under Virginia. Proceedings of the Convention, 20th March, 1775. 138 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. MASON, John Mitchell, D.D. 1770-1829. A Sermon, preached September 20th, 1793 ; a Day set apart, in the City of New- York, for public Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, on Account of a Malignant and Mortal Fever prevailing in the City of Philadelphia. By John Mitchel Mason, Minister of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in the City of New-York. New- York : printed by Samuel Loudon & Son. mdccxciii. 64 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Ogden, U. An Address, etc. Mercy remembered in Wrath. A Sermon, the Substance of which was preached on the 19th of February, 1795, observed throughout the United States, as a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer. By John M. Mason, Pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, in the City of New- York. New- York : printed by J. Buel. m,dcc,xcv. (2), 33 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : " Presented to The President of the United States By Your most Obedient Servant Alexander Robertson." There is another copy in the Collection, which is inscribed on the bastard title-page : " Presented to Lady Washington by her most Obed' Humble Serv' Alexander Robertson." Bound in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. MASSACHUSETTS. Debates, Resolutions and other Proceedings, of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, convened at Boston, on the 9th of January, 1788, and continued until the 7th of February following, for the purpose of assenting to and ratifying the Constitution recommended by the Grand Fed- eral Convention. Together with the Yeas and Nays on the Decision of the Grand Question. To which the Federal Constitution is prefixed. Boston : printed and sold by Adams and Nourse. . . . m,dcc,lxxxviii. 219 pp. 12°. This publication is made up of the reports of the debates of the Convention as published in the Boston newspapers the " Independent Chronicle " and the " Massachusetts Centinel." A second edition was published in 1808 and the text was used for Elliott's Debates. The official record of the Convention was not published until 1856, when it was issued by the State of Massachusetts. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Has the book-plate. Given to Washington by Benjamin Lincoln, who wrote : — " I have the pleasure to forward for your Excellencys inspection the debates in our late convention ; they would have been forwarded sooner could they have been obtained from the printer. Boston March 19 th 1788." — From the original in the State Department. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 139 MASSACHUSETTS HUMANE SOCIETY. The Institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts : with the Rules for regulating said Society, and the Methods of Treatment to be used with Persons apparently dead ; with a Number of recent Cases, proving the happy Effects thereof. Boston : printed in the Year 1788. 27 pp. 12 . Given to Washington by the Rev. John Lathrop, who wrote : — " Your approbation of the institution which I had the honour of introducing to you, encourages me to send the inclosed, which have been published by order of the Society. Boston, May 16, 1788." To this Washington replied : — " Your very acceptable favor of the l6th of May, covering a recent publication of the proceedings of the Humane Society has, within a few days past been put into my hands. I observe with singular satisfaction, the cases in which your benevolent institution has been instrumental in recalling some of our fellow creatures, as it were, from beyond the gates of eternity, and has given occasion for the hearts of parents and friends to leap for joy. The pro- vision made for the preservation of shipwrecked mariners is also highly estimable in the view of every philanthropic mind, and greatly consolatpry to that suffering part of the community. These things will draw upon you the blessings of those who were nigh to perish. These works of charity and good will towards men reflect, in my estimation, great lustre upon the authors, and presage an era of still further improvements. Mt. Vernon, 22 June, 1788." — Sparks, ix. p. 388. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Orations." Contents given under Rush, B. An Oration, etc. The MASSACHUSETTS Magazine, or Monthly Museum. Containing the Lit- erature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners & Amusements of the Age. Vol. III. For 1 79 1. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, mdccxci. (2), iii, 795 pp. Plates. 8°. Pp. 139-143 contain "Sketches of the President of the United States, by John Bell, Esq : of Maryland," with a portrait, which is a reprint of a sketch first printed without the author's name in Wharton's " A Poetical Epistle to his Excellency George Washington, Esq.," Annapolis, 1779. Washington's autograph on the title-page. [MATHER, Samuel, D.D. 1 706-1 785.J The Dying Legacy of an aged Minister of the everlasting Gospel, to the United States of North-America. Boston : printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons. m,dcc,lxxxiii. 29 pp. 12°. Inscribed on the bastard title-page : " Dr. Mather of Boston desires his Excellency Gen- eral Washington to accept of this Pamphlet, as a Small Token of his Sincere Regard and Esteem for Him, for his great and amiable Qualities, his noble Achievements and his public and generous Services to these American States. — Accipe, sed facilis." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies.'' Contents given under Macpherson, J. Lectures. 140 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [MATTHEWS, William, M.D.J An Address to the Public. [Baltimore? 1792.J 94 pp. 12 . The lower half of the title-page has been torn off, thus destroying the imprint. The paper related to the author's defeat as a candidate for the House of Representatives of Maryland at the election of 1790. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Dickinson, J.] Letters from a Farmer. MEIGS, Josiah. Educator, 1757-1822. An Oration pronounced before a public Assembly in New- Haven, on the 5th Day of November 1 781, at the Celebration of the -glorious Victory over Lieutenant- General Earl Cornwallis, at York-Town in Virginia, on the 19th Day of October, 1 781. By Josiah Meigs, A.M. New- Haven: printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, mdcclxxxii. 14 pp. Sq. 16 . Written under the name of the author on the title-page : " A Tutor of Yale College." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies.'' Contents given under [Wharton, C. H.] A Poetical Epistle. The MEMORIAL of the Publick Creditors, Citizens of the State of New-Jersey, Trenton: printed by Isaac Collins, m.dcc.xc. 16 pp. 8°. Signed in autograph, " John Cox, Th. Furman, Committee." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts." Contents given under [Webster, N.] An Examination into the leading Principles of the Federal Con- stitution. MENTOR, pseud. The Alarm : or, An Address to the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, of the Church of Ireland, as by Law established. Dublin : printed for Henry Watts. m,dcc,lxxxiii. 44 pp. 8°. Signed, " Mentor." Bound with •' A Letter to a Merchant of Bristol " and other pamphlets in a volume let- tered " Miscellanies." MERCIER, Louis Sebastien. French publicist, 1 740-1814. Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred. Le tems present est gros de l'avenir. Leibnitz. Translated from the French, by W. Hooper, M.A. Philadelphia, printed by Thomas Dobson. m.dcc.xcv. xi, (1), 360 pp. 1 6°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY, 141 MERCURE de France, dedie au roi, compose & redige, quant a la partie litteraire, par MM. Marmontel, de la Harpe & Chamfort, tous trois de l'Aca- deraie Francoise; & par M. Imbert, ancien Editeur : quant a la partie historique & politique, par M. Mallet du Pan, Citoyen de Geneve. Samedi 2 Janvier 1790-17 avril, 1790. A Paris, Au Bureau du Mercure. [1790.J 4 vols. 16 . Washington's autograph in all the volumes. The "partie historique politique " is called " Mercure historique et politique de Bruxelles," and has independent paging. MILL AN 'S universal Register of Court and City-Offices. Containing Lists of Parliament, examined by the Test Rolls, &c. Scotch and Irish Peers. Births and Marriages of Princes. Court and City Offices. Army and Navy, &c. The twentieth Edition 1758. With many Additions not to be found in any other List. London: printed for J. Millan. [1758.] (4), 146, 24 pp. 2 folded .sheets. 16 . Pp. 1-1 2 of the second pagination are missing. Without autograph or book-plate. Entered on the Inventory as " Court Register." MILLER, Patrick. English Inventor, 1731-1815. The Elevation, Section, Plan, and Views, of a Triple Vessel, and of Wheels. With Explanations of the Figures in the Engraving, and a short Account of the Properties and Advantages of the Invention. By Patrick Miller, Esq ; of Dalswinton. Edinburgh: printed in the Year m,dcc,lxxxvii. 13 pp. Folded plate. F°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound in full calf with elaborate ornamentation. Given to Washington by the author who wrote : — " I have requested M'. Swift of Alexandria to deliver this letter and to present you in my name a small Essay on Naval Architecture of which I have to beg your acceptance as a Mark of Respect from a warm admirer of your character. . . . Dalswinton near Dumfries North Britain 2? Feb? 1793." — From the original in the State Department. Washington acknowledged the receipt in a letter dated Philadelphia, 17 July 1793. MILLER, Philip. English gardener, 1691-1771. The Gardeners Kalendar; directing what Works are necessary to be performed Every Month in the Kitchen, Fruit, and Pleasure-Gardens, as also in the Conservatory and Nursery. ... By Philip Miller, F.R.S. Mem- ber of the Botanick Academy at Florence, and Gardener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries at their Botanick Garden in Chelsea. The thir- teenth Edition, adapted to the new Style ; With a List of the medicinal Plants, which may be gathered for Use in each Month. To which is prefixed, A short Introduction to the Science of Botany, illustrated with Copper Plates. ' 142 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by Rivington. . . . 1762. xv, (1), 47, (1), 369, (11; pp. $ folded plates. Frontispiece. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page ; and on the dedication leaf his name appears in a different handwriting. MILLER, Samuel, D.D. 1 791-1850. A Sermon, preached in New- York, July 4th, 1793. Being the Anniver- sary of the Independence of America : at the Request of the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order. By Samuel Miller, A.M. One of the Minis- ters of the United Presbyterian Churches, in the City of New- York. New- York-printed by Thomas Greenleaf. [1793.] 38 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author who wrote : — New York, Aug'. 4, 1793. Sir, — Be pleased to accept of the Sermon herewith transmitted, as a small tribute of that Respect, Veneration, and Gratitude, which are due to you from every American, and among others — from The Author. From the original in the State Department. To which Washington replied : — " It is but a few days since that I had the pleasure to receive your polite letter of the 4 instant, which accompanied the Sermon delivered by you on the 4 of July — and I beg you will accept my best thanks for the attention shewn in forwarding the same to me. Phila. 29 August 1793," — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. Bound with " The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Cincinnati." A Discourse delivered in the New Presbyterian Church, New- York : before the Grand Lodge of the State of New- York, and the Brethren of that Fraternity, assembled in General Communication, on the Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24th, 1795. By Samuel Miller, A.M. One of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Churches, in the City of New- York. New- York: — Printed by F. Childs. 1795. 32 pp. ^8°. Half-title leaf missing. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Masonic Sermons." Contents given under Magaw, S. A Sermon preached in Christ-Church, Dover, December 27th, 1779. A Sermon, delivered in the New Presbyterian Church, New- York, July fourth, 1795, being the nineteenth Anniversary of the Independence of America: at the Request of, and before, the Mechanic, Tammany, and Democratic Societies, and the military Officers. By Samuel Miller, A.M. One of the Ministers of the United Presbyterian Churches, in the City of New- York, New- York — printed by Thomas Greenleaf. 1795. 33 pp. 8°. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 143 Given to Washington by the author. The letter of presentation is here printed from the original preserved in the State Department : — New York, July 30 1795. I do myself the honor to transmit to You, a Sermon delivered in this City on the last Anniversary of American Independence : — and also a Discourse delivered at the request of, & before the Grand Lodge of this State, on the late Festival of S 1 . John the Baptist. Be pleased, Sir, to receive these trifling productions, not as in themselves worthy of Your attention ; but as a small testimony of that high Respect & profound Veneration, which every American Citizen, & indeed, every lover of man, owes to your exalted character. Sam^ Miller. Bound with " The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered" Cincinnati." MINTO, Walter, LL.D. Mathematician, 175 3-1 796. An Inaugural Oration, on the Progress and Importance of the Mathematical Sciences. Delivered at Princeton on the evening preceding the Annual Commencement 1 788, by Walter Minto, L.L.D. Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the College of New-Jersey. Trenton : printed by Isaac Collins, m.dcc.lxxxviii. 5 1 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the verso of the title-page, " His Exc? George Washington Esquire, from his most oW & most h". le Serv^ The Author." A letter from the author presenting another of his works reads as follows : — Erasmus Hall, near New York. 24. Aug. 1787. Sir, — The Rev. D r Mason my friend will present to you a small tract on the theory of the Planets. Its chief merit consists in the discovery of mathematical truth — that the circular orbit of a planet maybe determined by two observations only — which have not been tho't of before. I beg you will do me the favor of receiving it as a small testimony of the esteem & veneration I have for the man who has done so much for the rights & happi- ness of human kind. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most humble serv' Walter Minto. From the original in the State Department. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative, etc. The MONTHLY Review, for November, E775, January, 1778. London, printed for R. Griffiths. 1775, 78. 2 unbound nos. 8°. The January 1778 number has the autograph of Clement Biddle on the first page ; and on the cover is written : — " Co 1 .. Clem'. Biddle Commissi Gen 1 , forage at Camp. By M r . Clem' Smith." The MONTHLY Review enlarged, for May, 1793, December, 1795. London : printed for R. Griffiths. 2 unbound nos. 8°. 144 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [MORRIS, Robert. Secretary of the Treasury, 1 734-1806.] Plan of Association of the North American Land Company. Established February, 1795. Philadelphia : printed by R. Aitken and Son. m,dcc,xcv. 25 pp. 8°. Concerning this pamphlet, and Morris's connection with the Land Company of which it treats, see Sumner's " The Financier and Finances of the American Revolution," vol. ii. pp. 264, et seg. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Whkelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative, etc. MORSE, Jedidiah, D.D. Divine and author, 1761-1826. The American universal Geography, or, a View of the present State of all the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Republics in the known World, and of the United States of America in particular. In two Parts. ... To which are added, An improved Catalogue of Names of Places, and their geographi- cal Situation, alphabetically arranged — an enlarged chronological Table of remarkable Events, from the Creation to the present time — and a List of ancient and modern learned and eminent Men, in America as well as Europe, The whole comprehending a complete and improved System of Modern Geography. Calculated for Americans. Illustrated with Maps of the Countries described. By Jedidiah Morse, A.M. Part I. Being a New Edition of the American Geography, corrected and greatly enlarged. Part II. Containing a geographical Description of the Eastern Continent and Islands. Part I. Printed at Boston, by Isaiah Thomas and Ebene,zer T. Andrews. mdccxciii. (13), 18-696 pp. Folded maps. Part II. Printed at Boston, by Young and Etheridge, for the Author and Thomas and Andrews, mdccxciii. (4), 552 pp. Folded maps. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-pages. Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — " I do myself the honour herewith to present for your acceptance, a Sett of " the Ameri- can Universal Geography." Compiled under the auspices of your Presidency over the United States, — & describing, in a. more particular manner, that distinguished country, whh is so deeply indebted to you, Sir, for her present tranquility & happiness — it is a tribute I owe you — & I most cheerfully pay it. . . . Charlestown June 25* 1793." — From the original in the State Department. To which Washington replied : — " You will therefore be pleased, Sir, now to accept thanks and acknowledgments which are due for your polite attention in sending me a sett of The American Universal Geography — and at the same time to be assured you have my best wishes that you may be amply rewarded for the time & labour spent in producing it. Philada 17 July 1793." — From the Washington Letter Books in the State Department. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 145 The present Situation of other Nations of the World, contrasted with our own. A Sermon, delivered at Charlestown, in the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, February 19, 1795; being the Day recommended by George Washington, President of the United States of America, for Public Thanks- giving and Prayer. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Minister of the Congregation in Charlestown. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston, 1795. 37 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. The Duty of Resignation under Afflictions, illustrated and enforced from the Example of Christ, in a Sermon preached at Charlestown, April 17, 1796. Occasioned by the Death of the Honourable Thomas Russell, Esquire, who died in Boston, April 8, 1 796, aged Fifty-Six. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Minister of the Congregation in Charlestown. Published at the Request of the Mourners. Printed by Samuel Hall, in Cornhill, Boston, mdccxcvi. 31pp. Sm. 4 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this are the following pamphlets all having reference to the death of Thomas Russell. — Thacher, P. A Sermon, April 17, 1796. — [Warren, J.] An Eulogy on the Honourable Thomas Russell. — [Morse, J.] A Monody, sung after the Eulogy. There is another copy in the Collection unbound, which is inscribed on the cover, " The President of the United States from his respectful Serv'. The Author." The American Gazetteer, exhibiting, in alphabetical Order, a much more full and accurate Account, than has been given, of the States, Provinces, Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Gulfs, Sounds, Capes, Mountains, Forts, Indian Tribes, & new Discoveries, on the American Continent, also of the West-India Islands, and other Islands appendant to the Continent, and those newly discovered in the Pacific Ocean . . . with a particular Description of the Georgia Western Territory. The whole com- prising upwards of Seven thousand distinct Articles. Collected and compiled from the best Authorities, and arranged with great Care, by, and under the Direction of, Jedidiah Morse, D.D. . . . Illustrated with seven new and neat Maps. Printed in Boston, at the Presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews. . . . 1797. vm, (551) pp. 8°. ' Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — " I take the liberty to enclose you a copy of my American Gazetteer, which is just from the press & pray you to accept it as a mark of the great and affectionate esteem I bear to your person and character. Charlestown June 8* 1797." — From the original in the State Department. 146 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. To which Washington replied : — "The last Eastern mail brought me your favor of the8' h ins' accompanyed by a copy of the American Gazetteer : — for the latter I pray you to accept my best acknowledgments, & the assurance of my belief that it will be found a most useful & valuable Work — as evidence of this belief, I had just before the receipt of your letter, requested my Correspon- dent in Philadelphia ... to send me a copy, — and for the kind and nattering sentiments which you have expressed for me and M' s . Washington in the former, I offer you my grateful thanks. Mount Vernon 20' h June 1797." MORSE, Jedidiah, D.D. Divine and author, 1761-1826. A Description of the Soil, Productions, commercial, agricultural and local Advantages of the Georgia Western Territory : together with A Summary and impartial View of the Claims of Georgia and of the United States to this Territory, and of the principal Arguments adduced by the Purchasers against these Claims. Collected and stated from various authentic Documents. Extracted, and published in this Form, (by Permission) from Rev. Dr. Morse's American Gazetteer, a new Work. Illustrated with a new and cor- rect Map. Boston : printed by Thomas & Andrews. 1797. 16 - Very imperfect. Only pp. 1-10 are fairly whole. A Sermon, preached at Charlestown, November 29, 1798, on the Anni- versary Thanksgiving in Massachusetts. With an Appendix, designed to illustrate some Parts of the Discourse ; exhibiting proofs of the early ex- istence, progress, and deleterious effects of French intrigue and influence in the United States. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Pastor of the Church in Charlestown. Published by Request. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. December, 1798. 74 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author. Washington's letter of acknowledgment is here printed from the press copy preserved in the Lenox Library : — " The letter with which you were pleased to favour me, dated the first instant, accom- panying your thanksgiving Sermon came duly to hand. — " For the latter I pray you to accept my thanks. — I have read it, and the Appendix with pleasure, and wish the latter at least could meet with a more general circulation than it probably will have, for it contains important information, as little known out of a. small circle as the dissemination of it would be useful if spread before the Community. Mt. Vernon 28 Feb. 1799." Same. Second Edition. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston, 1799. 79 PP- 8°. Bushrod Washington's autograph on the title-page. A Sermon, exhibiting the present Dangers, and consequent Duties of the Citizens of the United States of America. Delivered at Charlestown, April 25, 1799. The Day of the National Fast. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Pastor of the Church in Charlestown. Published at the Request of the Hearers. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 1 47 Charlestown : printed and sold by Samuel Etheridge. 1799. 50 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " Gen 1 . Washington from his respectful & obd r Serv? The Author." The gift was acknowledged by Washington in a letter dated at Mount Vernon, 26th May, 1799. [MORTON, Sarah Wentworxh Apthorp. Poetess and novelist, 1 759-1846.] Beacon Hill. A local Poem, historic and descriptive. Book I. Pub- lished according to Act of Congress. Boston. Printed by Manning & Loring for the Author. 1797. 56 pp. 4 . Inscribed on the verso of the bastard title-page : — "To George Washington — " A Name honored in History — " Loved by the Muses — and immortal as Memory — " The following Poem, originated by Enthusiasm, is presented with Diffidence from "The Author." There is another copy in the Collection, well bound in calf, without autograph or book- plate. On the fly-leaf there are written the following lines : — " When Washington atchieves and Morton sings, How vain the Boast of Conquerors and Kings ; Those brighter Glories challenge our regards, A Hero triumphs, and a Muse rewards : A Hero who with Freedom links his Name, A Muse who gives Loveliness to Fame, With her own Beauties decorates each Line, And paints Perfection with a hand divine." The work was transmitted to Washington by John Dunn of Philadelphia, who wrote as follows : — " The charming Poem which accompanies this was committed to my care near four weeks ago by M r . Morton. By Delays on the Road I have unfortunately retarded your Perusal of a Poem dictated by Taste and Genius and displaying like its author an exalted Veneration for you. Philadelphia JanY 9 th 1798." — From the original in the State Department. MUIR, James, D.D. 1757-1820. A Sermon preached in the Presbyterian Church at Alexandria, on the 9th of May, 1798, being the Day appointed for a General Fast. By the Revd. Doctor James Muir. Philadelphia.: published by William Cobbett. May 9, 1798. 14 pp. 8°. The preacher defended the Administration against the attacks of the opposers of the " Alien and sedition laws." MUSEUM Rusticum et Commerciale : or, Select Papers on Agriculture, Com- merce, Arts, and Manufactures. Drawn from Experience, and communicated by Gentlemen engaged in these Pursuits. Revised and digested by several Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Vols. 1-6. 148 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. London : printed for R. Davis. . . . m dcc lxtv-m dcc lxvi. 6 volumes. Plates. 8°. Washington's autograph on all the title-pages. Bought by Washington who ordered the work of Robert Cary & Co., June 23, 1766, as appears from an entry in his Invoice book, preserved in the State Department, as follows : — "Museum Rusticum, — so far as they have been Published — & siasm. I arrived there in the afternoon of January 23d [17J85. I was the bearer of the letter from Gen. Green, with another from Col. Fitzgerald . . . and also the books from Granville Sharp." An Appendix to the Representation, (printed in the Year, 1769,) of the Injustice and dangerous Tendency of tolerating Slavery, or of admitting the least Claim of private Property in the Persons of Men in England. By Granville Sharp. London : printed for Benjamin White, and Robert Horsefield. m dcc lxxii. 28 pp. 8°. Without autograph or book-plate. Entered on the Inventory, . 50. The Law of Retribution ; or, a serious Warning to Great Britain and her Colonies, founded on unquestionable Examples of God's temporal Vengeance against Tyrants, Slave-Holders, and Oppressors. ... By Granville Sharp. London : printed by W. Richardson, for B. White. . . . m dcc lxxvi. (4), 357 PP- 8°- Without autograph or book-plate. Entered in the Inventory, . 25. A Tract on the Law of Nature and Principles of Action in Man. By Granville Sharp. London: printed for B. White. . . . m.dcc.lxxvii. (4), 447, (1) pp. 8°- Without autograph or book-plate. Entered on the Inventory, . 25. [ ] An Address to the People of England : being the Protest of a private Person against every Suspension of Law that is liable to injure or endanger personal Security. Wherein is shewn that the Claim of personal Protection and Relief from unjust Imprisonment, " by due Process of the Law," (and that "without Delay,") is a "common Right," so indispensably due to all BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 181 innocent Persons, that it cannot be set aside, or withdrawn from any that are so, (who demand it,) without fundamentally subverting the political Con- stitution, or legal Establishment of these Kingdoms, and thereby rendering the Advisers and Promoters of such a Measure guilty of High-Treason. London : printed in the Year m.dcc.lxxvtii. 76 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Political Pamphlets.'' Contents given under Glover, R. The Substance of the Evidence, etc. " By Granville Sharp " is written on the title-page in Washington's (?) handwriting. [SHARP, Granville. English political writer, 1734-18 13.] A Circular Letter to the several petitioning Counties, Cities, and Towns, addressed to their respective general Meetings, against the late Proposition for a triennial Election of Representatives. By Granville Sharp. Third Edition. [London, 1780.] 16 pp. 8°. Bound with " A Letter to a Merchant of Bristol " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies.'' A Defence of the ancient, legal, and constitutional Right of the People, to elect Representatives for every Session of Parliament; viz. not only " every Year once," but also " more if need be " : as expressly required in the old Statute, and confirmed by the general Usage of ancient Times, demonstrated by the Evidence of the original Writs for Election : in a Letter to a member of the Surry Committee. By Granville Sharp. Third Edition. London: printed by Galabin and Baker, m.dcc.lxxx. 16 pp. 8°. Bound with •' A Letter to a Merchant at Bristol," and other pamphlets in a volume let- tered " Miscellanies." [ ] The Legal Means of political Reformation, proposed in two small Tracts, viz. The first, on "Equitable Representation," and the legal means of obtaining it. The second, on " Annual Parliaments, the ancient and most salutary " Right of the People." The sixth Edition. [London: 1780.J 59 pp. 8°. The two tracts have independent title-pages, as follows : — Equitable Representation necessary to the Establishment of Law, Peace, and good Govern- ment : shewn in some Extracts from Mr. Prynne's Brevia Parliamentaria Rediviva, (printed in 1662, and dedicated to K. Charles II.) relative to Examples of joint Elections for Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses for whole Counties, by the same Electors, at one Time and Place. . . . London: printed in the Year m.dcclxxx. pp. (s)-34- Annual Parliaments, the ancient and most salutary Right of the Commons of Great Britain. Being an Extract from Sharp's " Declaration of the People's natural Right to a Share in the Legislature," printed in 1774, p. 157-170. . . . Same imprint, pp. 35-59. 1 82 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Pamphlets." Contents given under Glover, R. The Substance of the Evidence, etc. SHARP, James. An Account of the Principle and Effects of the air Stove-Grates, (which warm Rooms, &c. by a continual Introduction and Exchange of dry fresh Air,) commonly called by the Name of American Stoves : together with a Description of the late Additions and Improvements made to them by James Sharp, (for which his Majesty's Patents for Great-Britain are ob- tained,) No. 15 Leadenhall-Street, London. . . . The eleventh Edition. Sold by B. White . . . London, n. d. 18, (1) pp. 5 folded plates. obi. 4 . Bound with " Philosophical Transactions," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." [SHIPLEY, Jonathan. Bishop of St. Asaph, I7i4(?)-i788.j A Speech intended to have been spoken on the Bill for altering the Charters of the Colony of Massachusett's Bay. The third Edition. London, printed ; Philadelphia : re-printed and sold, by William and Thomas Bradford, m.dcc.lxxiv. vi, 29 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Common Sense, &c." Contents given under Paine, T. Common Sense. SIERRA LEONE COMPANY. Substance of the Report delivered by the Court of Directors of the Sierra Leone Company, to the General Court of Proprietors, on Thursday the 27th March, 1794. London: printed by James Phillips, m.dcc.xciv. 175 pp. Folded map. 8°. Given to Washington by John Jay, who wrote : — " You will also find herewith enclosed a copy of an unofficial Letter to me from Lord Grenville, and a copy of the Memorial mentioned in it. " I have added a printed Report respecting Sierra Leone — the Information it contains may be new and agreeable to You. London 25 Feb* 1795." SIEYES, Emmanuel Joseph, comte. 1 748-1 836. Preliminaire de la Constitution. Reconnaissance et exposition raisonnee des Droits de l'Homme & du Citoyen. Par M. l'Abbe Sieyes. A Versailles, de l'imprimerie de Ph. - D. Pierres. Juillet, 1 789. 24 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Raynal &c." Contents given under Chastellux, F. J., marquis de. Discours, etc. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 1 83 SIMONS, James. A new Principle of Tactics practised by the Armies of the Republic of France ; illustrated and recommended to be practised by the regular militia Armies of the United States. By James Simons, Brigade Inspector. Charleston : from the Press of Timothy & Mason, m.dccxcvii. i 2 pp. 1 page of illustrations. 12 . Two copies. Dedicated " To George Washington, Esqr. President of the United States of America.'' [SINCLAIR, Sir John, Bart.] History of the Origin and Progress of the statistical Account of Scotland. [Edinburgh, 1798.] cvii pp. 8°. No title-page. The title occupies one half of the first page of text. Given to Washington by the author. The gift was acknowledged by Washington as follows : — " It is now some time since I had the honour to receive your favour of the 6 th of June accompanying The History of the Progress of the Statistical Account of Scotland, for which I pray you to accept my best thanks. Mount Vernon, 20th January, 1799-" — From " The Correspondence of Sir John Sinclair" vol. ii. Specimens of Statistical Reports ; exhibiting the Progress of political Society, from the pastoral State, to that of Luxury and Refinement. In- tended to furnish Examples, of the proper Mode of drawing up Accounts, either of parochial, or of other Districts, and of collecting Facts, in order to ascertain, the Principles of statistical Philosophy, and the Sources of national Improvement. By Sir John Sinclair, Bart. London: printed for T. Cadell . . . 1793. xxii, (2), 204 pp. 8°. Without autograph. Other works by Sinclair, are catalogued under Great Britain. Board of Agriculture. SKIRVING, William. The Trial of William Skirving, Secretary to the British Convention, before the High Court of Justiciary, on the 6th and 7th of January, 1 794 ; for Sedition. Containing a full and circumstantial account of all the Proceedings and Speeches, as taken down in Short-Hand, by Mr. Ramsey, Short- Hand Writer, from London. Edinburgh : printed, and sold for William Skirving, by James Robertson. . . . [1794.J 168 pp. Portrait. 8°. SMITH, Samuel Stanhope, D.D., LL.D. 1750-1819. A funeral Sermon, on the Death of the Hon. Richard Stockton, Esq. Princeton, March 2, 1781. By the Rev. Samuel S. Smith, A.M. Professor of Divinity and Moral Philosophy, in the College of New-Jersey. 1 84 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Trenton : printed and sold by Isaac Collins, m.dcc.lxxxi. 48 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Orations." Contents given under Rush, B. An Oration, etc. SMITH, Samuel Stanhope, D.D., LL.D. 1 750-1819. A Discourse on the Nature and Reasonableness of Fasting, and on the existing Causes that call us to that Duty. Delivered at Princeton, on Tues- day the 6th January, 1 795. Being the Day appointed by the Synod of New- York and New-Jersey, to be observed as a -General Fast, by all the Churches of their Communion in those States ; and now published in Compliance with the Request of the Students of Theology and Law in Princeton. By Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D. Vice-President and Professor of Moral Philosophy and Divinity, in the College of New-Jersey. Philadelphia: printed by William Young. m,dcc,xcv. 31 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. The Divine Goodness to the United States of America. A Discourse on the Subjects of national Gratitude, delivered .in the Third Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, on Thursday the 19th of February, 1795, recom- mended by the President of the United States, to be observed throughout the Union as a Day of General Thanksgiving and Prayer. Published at the Request of the Committee of that Church. The second Edition. By Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D. Vice-President and Professor of Moral Philosophy and Divinity, in the College of New-Jersey. Philadelphia : printed by William Young. m,dcc,xcv. 38 pp. 8°. Two copies ; one of which is unbound, and the other is bound in the same volume as the above. SMITH, William, D.D. Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, 1727-1803. A Sermon on the present Situation of American Affairs. Preached in Christ-Church, June 23, 1775. At the Request of the Officers of the Third Battallion of the City of Philadelphia, and District of Southwark. By William Smith, D.D. Provost of the College in that City. Philadelphia. Printed and Sold by James Humphreys, junior. m,dcc,lxxv. (4), iv, 3 2 PP- 8 °- Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Coombe, T. An Address, etc. "On the 23d of June, 1775, Dr - Smith preached in Christ Church a sermon, which at- tracted vast notice. ... It was preached at the request of the officers of the third battalion, volunteer militia, of the city of Philadelphia, and district of Southwark ; commanded by BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 185 Colonel John Cadwalader, afterwards the well-known General. The members of Congress were present ; as also, by the report of Silas Deane ' a vast concourse of people.' " — H. W. Smith. Life and Correspondence of William Smith, D.D. " The chamberlain of London has just ordered ten thousand copies of Dr. Smith's Ser- mon to be printed at his expense, in so cheap a form as to be sold at two-pence each." Richard Price to Franklin. Extracts are printed in H. W. Smith's work cited above. SMITH, William, D.D. Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, 1727-1803. A Sermon preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, (for the Benefit of the Poor) by Appointment of and before the General Communication of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday Decem- ber 28, 1778. Celebrated, agreeable to their Constitution, as the Anniver- sary of St. John the Evangelist. By William Smith, D.D. Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap. mdcclxxdc. 35, (1) pp. 8°. Dedicated " To his Excellency George Washington, Esquire, General and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of North-America ; the Friend of his Country and Mankind, ambitious of no higher Title if higher was possible ; the following Sermon, honoured with his Presence when delivered, is dedicated, in Testimony of the sincerest brotherly Affection and Esteem of his Merit, by Order of the Brethren, John Coats, G. Sec. pro. tem.'' Baker in his " Itinerary of Washington," says that he was honored with the chief place in the procession, supported on his right by the Grand Master, and on his left by the Deputy Grand Master. In the Sermon preached in Christ Church, on this occasion, by the Rev. Brother William Smith, D.D., Washington was alluded to as the Cincinnatus of America. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Masonic Sermons." Contents given under Magaw, S. A Sermon preached in Christ-Church, Dover. [ ] An Account of Washington College, in the State of Maryland. Pub- lished by Order of the Visitors and Governors of the said College for the Information of its Friends and Benefactors. Philadelphia : printed by Joseph Crukshank. m dcc lxxxiv. 50 pp. Folded plate. 8°. The authorship of this pamphlet is shown by a letter from Washington to Smith as follows : — " I thank you for your printed account of Washington College. Mount Vemon 25* Aug! 1784." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative, etc. Two Sermons, delivered in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, before the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the States of New- York, 1 86 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and South-Carolina ; viz. Serrn. I. On Wednesday, July 29, 1789, at the Opening of the said Con- vention. Serm. II. On Tuesday, August 4, 1 789, at the Funeral of the Rev. David Griffith, D.D. Late Bishop-elect of the said Church, in the- State of Virginia. By William Smith, D.D. Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. Both Sermons published at the Request and by Order of the Convention. Philadelphia: printed by Dobson & Lang. m,dcc,lxxxix. 41, (1), pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " To The President of the United States, Humbly presented by the author." Stitched with this is : — Proposals for printing by Subscription a Body of Sermons, Upon the most Important Branches of practical Christianity. By William Smith, D.D. [Philadelphia: printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache. m,dcc,lxxxix. xxiii pp.] Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Ogden, U. An Address, etc . There is an unbound copy in the collection, in stout paper covers, which is inscribed on the title-page : " Ms. Washington — from the Author." In addition to the Proposals, etc., there are stitched in the same covers : — William Smith, D.D. A Sermon, on temporal and Spiritual Salvation; An Exercise, performed at the public Commencement, in the College of Philadelphia, July 17, 1790. Con- taining an Ode, set to Music, Sacred to the Memory of Dr. Franklin. . . . A Sermon on temporal and spiritual Salvation, delivered in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, before the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. By William Smith, D.D. Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. Prepared and published at the Request of the Society. Philadelphia: from the Press of T. Dobson. m,dcc,xc. (2), (3), 25 pp. 8°. Inscription at the top of the title-page has been partly trimmed off by the binder. " To the illustrious President general of the [Society ?] President of the United States of America. By Order — from — The Aut[hor]." The upper half of the first line has been cut away with the portion bracketed. Bound with " The Institution of the Society of Cincinnati," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Cincinnati." [' ] An Exercise, performed at the public Commencement, in the College of Philadelphia, July 17, 1790. Containing an Ode, set to Music, sacred to the Memory of Dr. Franklin. Philadelphia : printed, and sold by William Young. m,dcc,xc. i i pp. 8°. Stitched in the same pamphlet as the second title above. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 187 SMITH, William, -D.D. Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, 1727-1803. Eulogium on Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. President of the American philo- sophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful Knowledge, Fellow of the Royal Society of London, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, of the Royal Society at Gottingen, the Batavian Society in Holland, and of many other literary Societies in Europe and America ; late Minister plenipotentiary for the United States of America at the Court of Paris, sometime President, and for more than half a Century, a revered Citizen, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Delivered March 1, 1791, in the German Lutheran Church of the City of Philadelphia, before the American philosophical Society, and agreeably to their Appointment, by William Smith, D.D. One of the Vice-Presidents of the said Society, and Provost of the College, and Academy of Philadelphia. The Memory of the Deceased was honored also, at the Delivery of this Eulogium, with the Pres- ence of the President, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. . . . Printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache, Philadelphia, 1 792. (4), 40, v, ( 1 ) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " The President of the United States From the Author." " The eulogy was delivered on the 1st of March, 1791, in that grand edifice of old Phila- delphia, the German Lutheran Church on Fourth Street above Arch. Great efforts were made by the Philosophical Society to make the scene impressive. The ceremonies were attended by the President and Mrs. Washington, the Vice-President and Mrs. Adams, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, by the Governor and Legis- lature of Pennsylvania, and by » large number of distinguished, citizens.'' — H. W. Smith. Life and Correspondence of Rev. William Smith, D.D., vol. 2. The Eulogy has been several times reprinted. A lengthy abstract is given in the book cited above, also an interesting anecdote regarding its delivery. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Orations." Contents given under Rush, B. An Oration, etc. [ ] An historical Account of the Rise, Progress and present State of the Canal Navigation in Pennsylvania. With an Appendix, containing, Abstracts of the Acts of the Legislature since the Year 1790, and their Grants of Money for improving Roads and navigable Waters throughout the State ; to which is annexed, " An explanatory Map." Published by Direction of the President and Managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, and the Dela- ware and Schuylkill Navigation Companies. Philadelphia: printed by Zachariah Poulson, jr. mdccxcv. xvi, 77 pp. Folded map. Sm. 4 . t f&nv&^&Q2*t*&&- * 188 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [SMITH, William Loughton. Statesman and diplomatist, 1757-1812.] The Politicks and Views of a Certain Party, displayed. Printed in the Year m,dcc,xcii. 36 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. This has been commonly attributed to Alexander Hamilton. There seems to be good reason for ascribing the authorship to William Loughton Smith of Charleston, South Caro- lina, who was a member of the House of Representatives in Congress from 1789 to 1797. He was a friend of Hamilton's, and in sympathy with his political views. Bound with this in a volume lettered " Political Tracts " are : — [Cobbett, W.] A little Plain English. — [Smith, W. L.] A Candid Examination of the Objections to the Treaty, etc. — [Randolph, E. J.] A Vindication of Mr. Randolph's Resig- nation. — [Cobbett, W.] A New-Year's Gift to the Democrats. [ ] A Candid Examination of the Objections to the Treaty of Amity, Com- merce, and Navigation, between the United States and Great-Britain, as stated in the Report of the Committee appointed by the Citizens of the United States, in Charleston, South- Carolina. By a Citizen of South- Carolina. Charleston: printed. New-York : reprinted for James Rivington. 1795. 43. (3). 5 PP- 8 °- Bound in the same volume as the preceding. The original edition, the title-page of which is reprinted with this edition, was entitled " The Eyes Opened, or the Carolinians convinced, by an Honourable and eloquent Repre- sentative in the Congress of the United States, in the following well received and Candid Ex- amination of the Objections to his Excellency Governor Jay's late Treaty with Great-Britain ; and which has been ratified by President Washington at the City of Philadelphia. New- York : printed for and Sold by J. Rivington. 1795." A Comparative View of the Constitutions of the several States with each other, and with that of the United States : exhibiting in Tables the prominent Features of each Constitution, and classing together their most important Provisions under the several Heads of Administration ; with Notes and Ob- servations. By William Smith, of South Carolina, L.L.D. and Member of the Congress of the United States. Dedicated to the People of the United States. Philadelphia, printed by John Thompson. 1796. (6), 1-4, 6 folded sheets, 9-34 pp., 4 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. Interleaved with blank leaves from pp. 9-34. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " For General Washington from his respectful & most obed Serv. The Author." THE ADVENTURE O F Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, MEMOIRS OF A LADY OF QJJ A L I T Y. By the AUTHOR of RODERICK RANDOM. IN THREE VOLUMES. V O L. I. Refpicere exemplar vita morumquejubeim DoSlumymitatorem, 34 PP- 8 plates. 16°. The militia act has an independent title-page as follows : — An Act for regulating and governing the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts. Together with Rules and Regulations for governing Troops in Forts, and the Militia in actual Service. To which is prefixed, the United States Militia Act, passed in Congress, May, 1793. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. 1794. (2), 34 pp. 16°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : " F. L. Claiborne, Lieut. & Adj? , 1st U. S. Reg' presented to Captain R. S. Blackburn." Without Washington's autograph or book-plate. STEVENS, Benjamin, D.D. 1721-1791. A Sermon occasioned by the Death of the Honourable Sir William Pep- perrell, Bart. Lieutenant- General in his Majesty's Service, &c. who died at his Seat in Kittery, July 6th, 1759, aged 63. Preached the next Lord's-Day after his Funeral. By Benjamin Stevens, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Kittery. Boston : printed by Edes and Gill. m,dcc,lix. vi, 24 pp. Sm. 4°. Bound with " Philosophical Transactions," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Given to Washington by Lady Pepperell, at the hands of the Rev. Joseph Buckminster. Washington's letter of acknowledgment is printed in full below, from M. D. Conway's " George Washington and Mount Vernon " : — New York, December 23, 1789. Sir, — Your letter of the 27 th of November and the Discourse which it enclosed have been duly read. I consider the Sermon on the death of Sir William Pepperell which you were so good as to send me by the desire of Lady Pepperell his Relict as a. mark of atten- 13 194 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. tion from her which required my particular acknowledgments ; and I am sorry, that the death of that lady, which I see announced in the public papers, prevents my thanks being returned to her for her respect and good wishes. You, Sir, will please accept them for your- self in forwarding the discourse, and my request that they may be added to the Rev d Clark with my approbation of the doctrine inculcated. I am, Sir, y rs &c a G° Washington. Mr. Conway says : " This letter to Dr. Buckminster is especially notable, because, though the larger part was dictated, Washington has added in his own hand his approbation of the doctrine of the discourse. It is doubtful if in all his writings similar approval of any state- ment of doctrine can be found. . . . The text selected for [this Sermon] was from the 82nd Psalm, ' But ye shall die like men.' Referring to the previous part of the verse (7), ' I have said ye are Gods,' the preacher said that rulers might in a sense be properly so styled, because governments being appointed of God, magistrates were his representatives. He defined God as a moral governor, engaged in a great plan of wisdom and benevolence. As this world is not a state of retribution, it is requisite that these earthly Gods should be removed by Death as well as other Men, in order to compleat the Plan of the Divine Gov- ernment. Indeed the great ends of the moral administration of God seem to require this, to suppress the progress of vice and promote virtue and goodness in the present state, but especially for the final adjustment of all things with equity.' This, probably, is the doctrine of which Washington intimates his approval." STILES, Ezra, D.D. President of Yale College, 1 727-1 795. The United States elevated to Glory and Honor. A Sermon, preached before His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esq. L.L.D. Governor and Com- mander in Chief, and the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, convened at Hartford, at the Annual Election, May 8th, 1783. By Ezra Stiles, D.D. President of Yale-College. New-Haven : printed by Thomas & Samuel Green. m,dcc,lxxxih. 99 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the bastard title-page : " His Excellency General Washington, from his most humble Serv' Ezra Stiles." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Evans, I. A Sermon, delivered at Concord. Same. Second Edition, corrected. Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, by Isaiah Thomas, mdcclxxxv. 172 pp. 12°. Inscribed on the title-page : " General Washington, Ezra Stiles." Bound with " The Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Cincinnati." Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — " Permit me to ask your acceptance of an Election Sermon, which the Reverend Mr. Morse a Tutor in this College will have the Honor to present to you. . . . Yale College, Nov. 9, 1786." Washington acknowledged this in a letter dated Mount Vernon February 23 d 1787. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 195 STILLMAN, Samuel, D.D. 1737-1807. Thoughts on the French Revolution. A Sermon, delivered November 20, 1 794 : being the Day of annual Thanksgiving. By Samuel Stillman, D.D. Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Boston. Boston: printed by Manning & Loring. 1795. 27 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : " Presid'. of the U. States, From the Author." STITH, William. Historian, and President of W. & M. College, 1689-1755. A Sermon, preached before the General Assembly, at Williamsburg, March 2. 1745-6. By William Stith, A.M. Rector of Henrico Parish. Published at the Request of the House of Burgesses. Williamsburg: printed and Sold by William Parks, m,dcc,xlv-vi. iv, 35 PP- 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Evans, I. A Sermon delivered at Concord. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. A Sermon preached before the General Assembly of Virginia : at Williamsburg, November 1 ith, 1753. By William Stith, A.M. President of William and Mary College. Published at the Request of the House of Burgesses. Williamsburg: Printed and Sold by William Hunter, mdccliii. 32 pp. 1 6°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this are : — Ogden, U. A Sermon, etc. — [Wesley, John.] The great Assize ; The Almost Christian; A Sermon on Faith. — Jebb, J. The Excellency of the Spirit of Be- nevolence. — Porteus, B. A Sermon, 1784. — Ogden, U. A Sermon on practical Religion. — Mansfield, I. A Sermon in Roxbury, Nov. 23, 1775. — Evans, I. A Discourse at, Easton, 17 October, 1779. Winchester, E. Ten Letters. — Whitaker, N. An Antidote against Tory- ism. — Lathrop, J. A Discourse on the Peace. — Trumbull, B. A Sermon, December 11, 1783- STORY, Rev. Isaac. 1 749-1816. A Discourse, delivered February 15, 1795, at the Request of the Pro- prietors' Committee ; as preparatory to the Collection, on the National Thanksgiving, the Thursday following, for the Benefit of our American Brethren in Captivity at Algiers. By Isaac Story, A.M. Pastor of the Second Congregational Society in Marblehead. Printed by Thomas C. Cushing, Salem, mdccxcv. 15 , (1) pp. 8°. A Sermon, preached February 19, 1795, (from Ecclesiastes ix. 18.) being the Federal Thanksgiving, appointed by our beloved President, the illustrious George Washington, Esq. By Isaac Story, A.M. Pastor of the Second Congregational Society in Marblehead. Printed by Thomas C. Cushing, Salem, mdccxcv. pp. (i7)-29. 8°. 196 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. These two Sermons form one pamphlet with the half-title : " Mr. Story's Two Sermons February 15 and 19, 1795." The half-title page was inscribed; but the inscription has been cut off by the binder, leaving only the words : " from his most aff — and devoted S — the Author." Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — " Deign most respected Sire, to accept of the inclosed, as one of the Sermons was com- posed in obedience to your requisition j — please to accept them as a pledge of my venera- tion for your person & public administrations." No date. — From the original in the State Department. STORY, Rev. Isaac. 1 749-1 806. A Sermon, preached August the 15th, 1798, at Hamilton, at the Ordina- tion of the Rev. Daniel Story, to the pastoral Care of the Church in Marietta, and its Vicinity, in the Territory of the United States, North- West of the River Ohio. By his Brother, Isaac Story, Pastor of the Second Congrega- tional Church in Marblehead. Printed by Thomas C. Cushing, Salem, 1798. 43 pp. 8°. SULLIVAN, James. Historian, 177 4- 1839. The History of the District of Maine. By James Sullivan. Illustrated by a new correct Map of the District. Boston: printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. 1795. vii, 421 pp. Folded map. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " To the President of the United States of America. From a high respect to the impor- tant office which you fill with so much lustre and dignity, and from the most profound vener- ation for your personal character, I am induced to ask your acceptance of this volume from " Your most obedient & most humble Servant The Author." SWAINE, John. Every Farmer his own Cattle- Doctor : containing a full and clear Account of the Symptoms and Causes of the Diseases of Cattle, with the most ap- proved Prescriptions for their Cure. By John Swaine. . . . The third Edition, with Additions. London: printed for W. Richardson, m dcc lxxxvi. xii, 189 pp. 12". Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a volume lettered " Cattle Doctor, &c." is " The Farmer's Wife." SWEDENBORG, Emanuel. True Christian Religion ; containing the universal Theology of the New Church : which was foretold by the Lord in Daniel, Chap. vii. 5,13, 14, and in the Apocalypse, Chap. Xxi. 1, 2. By Emanuel Swedenborg, Servant of the BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 197 Lord Jesus Christ. Translated from the original Latin [by John Clowes]. In two Volumes. The third Edition. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Bailey. m,dcc,lxxxix-m,dcc,xcii. 2 vols. 8°. Without autograph or book-plate. This is probably one of the works given to Wash- ington by the New Church Society of Baltimore. See letter printed under Wilmer, J. J., in this Catalogue. Passages concerrrihg the Lord's Prayer, and its internal Sense ; Selected from the Writings of the Hon. Emanuel Swedenborg. Servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. For the Use of the Lord's New Church. London : printed and sold by W. Chalklen. 1789. 57 pp. 12 Bound with Macpherson, J. Lectures. Given to Washington by the Rev. J. J. Wilmer. See letter printed under Wilmer, J. J., in this Catalogue. TAPPAN, David, D.D. 1 752-1803. Christian Thankfulness explained and enforced. A Sermon, delivered at Charlestown, in the Afternoon of February 19, 1795. The Day of General Thanksgiving through the United States. By David Tappan, D.D. Hollisian Professor of Divinity in Harvard College. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston, 1795. 40 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. TAYLOR, George Keith. Substance of a Speech delivered in the House of Delegates of Virginia, on the Bill to amend the Penal Laws of this Commonwealth. By George Keith Taylor. Richmond, printed by Samuel Pleasants, jun. m,dcc,xcvi. 36 pp. Sq. 16 . [TAYLOR, John. United States Senator, 1 750-1824.] Ah Examination of the late Proceedings in Congress, respecting the offi- cial Conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury [Alexander Hamilton] . Printed within the United States. [1793.] 28 pp. 8°. Hostile to Hamilton. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Message, &c." Contents given under United States. A Message of the President of the United States to Congress relative to France and Great Britain delivered December 5, 1793. THACHER, Peter, D.D. 1752-1802. A Sermon, preached to the Society in Brattle Street, Boston, November 14, 1 790. And occasioned by the Death of the Hon. James Bowdoin, Esq. L.L.D. F.R.S. Lately Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By Peter Thacher, A.M. Pastor of the Church in Brattle Street. 198 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, mdccxci. 27 pp. Sm. 4 . Bound with " Philosophical Transactions," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies.'' THACHER, Peter, D.D. 1752-1801. A Sermon, preached to the Society in Brattle-Street, Boston, April 17, 1796 ; and occasioned by the Death of the Hon. Thomas Russell, Esq. By Peter Thacher, D.D. Pastor of the Church in Brattle-Street. Boston: Printed by Benjamin Sweetser. m,dcc,xcvi.' 32 pp. Sm. 4 . Bound with Morse, J. The Duty of Resignation, etc., and other pamphlets having rela- tion to the death of Thomas Russell. THAYER, Rev. John. I7ss(?)-i8i5. A Discourse, delivered, at the Roman Catholic Church in Boston, on the 9th of May, 1 798, a Day recommended by the President, for Humiliation and Prayer throughout the United States. By the Reverend John Thayer, Catholic Missioner. Printed at the pressing Solicitation of those who heard it. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1798. 31 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : " George Washington Esq r — From the author." [TOD, Thomas.] Consolatory Thoughts on American Independence; shewing the great Advantages that will arise from it to the Manufactures, the Agriculture, and commercial Interest of Britain and Ireland. Published for the Benefit of the Orphan Hospital at Edinburgh. By a Merchant. Edinburgh: printed by James Donaldson, 1782. (4), 68 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Miscellanies." Contents given under [Randolph, P.] A Letter from a Gentleman in Virginia. TREATIES of Amity and Commerce, and of Alliance eventual and defensive, between his most Christian Majesty and the Thirteen United States of America. Philadelphia : printed by John Dunlap. mdcclxxviii. (2), 34 pp. 4 . Bound with " A Treaty held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians, 1756," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Treaties.'' The TREATY held with the Indians of the Six Nations, at Lancaster, in Penn- sylvania, in June, 1744. To which is prefix'd, An Account of the first Confederacy of the Six Nations, their present Tributaries, Dependents, and Allies, and of their Religion, and Form of Government. Williamsburg: printed and sold by William Parks. [1744.J xii, 79 pp. 8°. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. [99 Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " America." Contents given under Williams, J. An Enquiry into the Truth of the Tradition, etc. A TREATY held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians, at the Catawba- Town and Broad-River, in the Months of February and March, 1756. By Virtue of a Commission granted by the Honorable Robert Dinwiddie, Esquire, His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, to the Honorable Peter Randolph and William Byrd, Esquires, Members of His Majesty's Council of the said Colony. Published by Order of the Governor. Williamsburg: printed by W. Hunter. m,dcc,lvi. xiv, 25 pp. 4 . Washington's autograph upon the title-page. Bound with this in a pamphlet volume lettered " Treaties " are : — Treaties of Amity and Commerce and of Alliance eventual and defensive between His Most Christian Majesty and the Thirteen United States of America, 1778. — Humphreys, D. A Poem on the Happiness of America. — Lowell, J. An Eulogy on the Honourable James Bowdoin. TREATY of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, conditionally ratified by the Senate of the United States, at Philadelphia, June 24, 1795. To which is annexed, a copious Appendix. Philadelphia : printed by Henry Tuckniss, for Mathew Carey, Aug. 1 2, 1795. 283 pp. 12°. Lettered on the back, " Mr. Jay's Treaty, &c." Washington's autograph on the title-page. The text of the Treaty occupies pp. 5-33 ; the remainder of the volume is taken up with illustrative documents, including the text of the French treaties of 1778, of the Definitive Treaty with Great Britain, 1783; Constitution of the United States; Explanation of the actual Situation of Mr. Jay's Treaty,.from The Aurora, by " Americanus " ; Features of Mr. Jay's Treaty, [by Alexander James Dallas] ; View of the Commerce of the United States, as it stands at present, and as it is fixed by Mr. Jay's Treaty ; [Resolutions and addresses of the citizens of various cities and towns throughout the United States] ; Vindication of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation with Great Britain, by Curtius (Noah Web- ster) ; British proclamations, 1793, 94; Lord Dorchester's Reply to the Indians of the Seven Villages of Lower Canada, 1793 ; Resolutions offered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 3, Mar. 27, and April 7, 1794. Same. Second Edition. Philadelphia, printed by Lang & Ustick, for Mathew Carey. Nov. 2, 1795. 190 pp. 8°. Two copies. The second edition varies from the first in the transposition of certain articles and in the addition of the President's Reply, dated July 28, 1795, *° tne Resolutions of the Citizens of Boston of July 13, 1795 ; and the President's Answer, dated Aug. 20, 1795, to the Resolutions of the New-York Chamber of Commerce, July 21, 1795. 200 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. TRUMBULL, Benjamin, D.D. Historian, 1 735-1820. God is to be praised for the Glory of his Majesty, and for his mighty Works. A Sermon, delivered at North-Haven, December 11, 1783. The day appointed by the United States for a General Thanksgiving on Account of the Peace concluded with Great-Britain. By Benjamin Trumbull, A.M. Pastor of the Church in North- Haven. The second Edition. New- Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green. [1784-] 28 pp. 12°. Inscribed on the bastard title-page : — " His Excellency General Washington Esq., from his most obedient humble Servant the Author." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Stith, W. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. [TRUMBULL, Jonathan. Poet, 175 0-183 1. J M'Fingal : a modern Epic Poem, in four Cantos. Hartford : printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1782. 96 pp. 12 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. Lacks pp. 97 — . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "Common Sense, &c." Contents given under [Paine, T.] Common Sense. TRUXTUN, Thomas. American naval officer, 1755-1822. Remarks, Instructions, and Examples relating to the Latitude & Longitude ; also, the Variation of the Compass, &c. &c. &c. To which is annexed, a general Chart of the Globe, where the Route made by the Author, in differ- ent Ships under his Command, to the Cape of Good Hope, Batavia, Canton in China, the different Parts of India, Europe, and the Cape de Verde Islands are marked, for the purpose of shewing the best Tract of Sea to meet the most favourable Winds, and avoid those perplexing Calms which too often attend Asiatic Voyages: Together with a Short, but general Account of variable Winds, Trade- Winds, Monsoons, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Tuffoons, Calms, Currents, and particular Weather met with in those Voyages, &c. &c. &c. By Thomas Truxtun. Philadelphia, printed by T. Dobson. m,dcc,xciv. (6), 74, 31, xxiii pp. 2 folded plates. F°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. [TUCKER, St. George, LL.D. Jurist and poet, 1752-1827.] Reflections on the Policy and Necessity of encouraging the Commerce of the Citizens of the United States of America, and of granting them exclusive Privileges of Trade. Richmond : printed by Dixon and Holt. [1785. J 16 pp. 8°. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 201 Signed "Columbus." Sent to Washington by Madison who wrote : — " Inclosed herewith are two reports from the Comrs for examining the head of James River &c. and the ground between the Waters of Elizabeth River & N. Carolina — also a sensible pamphlet said to be written by S' George Tucker of this State. Richmond Nov!: n. I78S-" Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative, etc. [TUCKER, St. George, LL.D. Jurist and poet, 1752-1827.] Liberty, a Poem ; on the Independence of America. Richmond : printed by Aug. Davis. m,dcc,lxxxviii. 20 pp. 4 . Printed on heavy paper with wide margins, handsomely bound in tree calf, making a good specimen of early American book-craft. Inscribed (in the handwriting of Judge St. Geo. Tucker) on the verso of the bastard title-page : — " General Washington with the most respectful Compliments of The Author." The fifth page is taken up with the Dedication "To George Washington, Esquire, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America during the War which vindicated their liberties and established their Independence." The 22d Stanza of the Poem reads : — " To latest Time shall the recording page The glorious Annals of Columbia tell ; Enrolled there shall live each patriot sage, And gallant chief who fought, or nobly fell : Thy name, Great Washington, shall first appear ; Thy Country's Ornament, thy Country's Shield! Admiring Ages shall thy Fame revere, Thou first in Virtue, Council, and the Field! May Laurels, ever green, thy brows surround, By Liberty and Fame thy glorious actions crown'd." "I could wish to see some your pieces [poetical] since the siege. I am told that you have undertaken to equip and ornament the Goddess of Liberty in an American dress, dis- daining with a becoming pride the fashions of Versailles, Madrid, and London." — William Price to St. George Tucker. Feb. 6 th , 1782. Mag. of Amer. Hist, vii., p. 438. [TUDOR, William. Lawyer, 1750-1819.J A gratulatory Address, delivered July 5 th, 1790, before the Society of the Cincinnati, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Published by their Order. Printed in Boston, by Benjamin Russell. m.dcc,xc. 14 pp. Sq. 16 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Wharton, C. H.] A Poetical Epistle. TURNER, Nicholas. An Essay on draining and improving Peat Bogs ; in which their Nature 202 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. and Properties are fully considered. By Mr. Nicholas Turner, of Bignor, Sussex. London : printed for R. Baldwin, and J. Bew. And sold by W. Wilson, Dublin, mdcclxxxiv. x, 86,(1) pp. 8°. Bound with Boswell, G. A Treatise on watering Meadows. TURPIN DE CRISSlD, Lancelot, Comte de. 1 709-1 799. An Essay on the Art of War. Translated from the French of Count Turpin, by Captain Joseph Otway. In two Volumes. London : printed by A. Hamilton, for W. Johnston, mdcclxi. Vol. I. (8), xvi, 303 pp. Vol. II. (4), 138, (58) pp. 2 vols, in 1. 25 folded plates. 4 . Washington's autograph on the dedication page. Lettered on the back, " Otway's Art of War." UNITED STATES. Government publications : — 1790. Report of the Secretary of State [Thomas Jefferson], on the Subject of establishing a Uni- formity in the Weights, Measures and Coins of the United States. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. New-York: printed by F. Childs and J. Swaine. m,dcc,xc. 49 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Tracts." Contents given under [Webster, N.] An Examination into the leading Principles of the Federal Con- stitution. 1791. Return of the whole Number of Persons within the several Districts of the United States, according to " An Act providing for the Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States," passed March the first, One thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. Phila- delphia: printed by Childs and Swaine. m,dcc,xci. 56 pp. 8°. Signed in autograph " Th. Jefferson." Two copies. One is unbound ; and one is bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered "American Revolution." Contents given under Price, R. Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution. 1793- A Message of the President of the United States [George Washington] to Congress rela- tive to France and Great-Britain, delivered December 5, 1793. With the Papers therein referred to. To which are added trie French Originals. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by Childs and Swaine, m,dcc,xciii. 102, (1) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. This is the official statement of the Genet imbroglio. The " Papers relative to Great Britain," 116 pp., and the " French Originals," 82 pp., (called for on the title-page) were issued together in a separate pamphlet. There are in the collection three copies of the Message, 102, (1) pp. ; and two copies of the pamphlet containing the documents just described. Bound with this in a pamphlet volume lettered " Message, &c." are : — BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 203 [Taylor, J.] An Examination of the late Proceedings in Congress, respecting the official Conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury. — The Proceedings of the Executive of the United States, respecting the Insurgents. 1795. _ [Callender, J. T.] A Short History of the Nature and Consequences of Excise Laws. Report of the Secretary of State, on the Privileges and Restrictions on the Commerce of the United States in foreign Countries. Published by Order of the House of Represen- tatives. Philadelphia : printed by Childs and Swaine. m,dcc,xciii. 20 pp. 8°. 1794- [Memorial of Thomas Pinckney, Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, the letter of Mr. Hammond, the British Minister, and the letter of Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State to Mr. Hammond relative to the British Instructions of June 8, 1793, authorizing the Seizure of American vessels carrying com to any port in France. Philadelphia, 1794.] 32 pp. 8°. No title. The order of the Senate for the printing of the document occupies the first page. Two copies. A Message [Dec. 30, 1793] of the President of the United States [George Washington] transmitting a Report of the Secretary of State of such Laws, Decrees and Ordinances respecting Commerce in the Countries with which the United States have commercial Intercourse. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by Childs and Swaine. m,dcc,xciv. 12 pp. 8°. [Message Jan. 15, 1794, of the President, transmitting a letter from the French Minister of Dec. 25, 1793, and a copy of the Resolves of the Legislature of South Carolina with affidavits in regard to an alleged proposed Expedition against the Spanish possessions formed in that State under the direction of the French Minister. Philadelphia, 1794.] 11 pp. 8°.] Two copies. No title. The Letter of transmittal from the President occupies the title-page. Stitched in the covers with the above are: [Correspondence between Gouvemeur Morris, Minister to France and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs in regard to the Navi- gation Act, with a copy of a " Report upon the Navigation Act in French," by B. Barrere, communicated by the President to Congress, Jan. 16, 1794: Phila., 1794.] 26 pp.; [Letter from the Minister to England, Thomas Pinckney, to the Secretary of State, Aug. 12, 1793, with a copy of an Order of the Admiralty, in regard to neutral vessels. Philadelphia, 1794.] 4 pp. 8°. A Message April 4, [1794] of the President of the United States to Congress, enclosing three Letters from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States in London ; also a Letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Secretary of State, with his Answer. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Phila- delphia : printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. m.dcc.xciv. 15 pp. 8°. Two copies; one of which is inscribed on the cover: "3 Letters from the French Minister & One from Thos. Pinckney." A Message [May 20, 1794] from the President of the United States to Congress, transmit- ting certain Documents relative to hostile Threats against the Territories of Spain, in the Neighbourhood of the United States. Published by Order of the House of Repre- sentatives. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. m.dcc.xciv. 24 pp. 8°. Two copies. 204 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Consists of correspondence between the Secretary of State and Gov. Shelby of Ken- tucky relative to a design of four Frenchmen to enlist volunteers in Kentucky for a filibus- tering expedition against New Orleans. [Message May 23, 1794, from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a Letter from the Secretary of State to the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty dated May 20, 1794; the Reply of the latter dated May 22, 1794, with a Letter from the Secretary of State in answer to the British Minister, dated April 20, 1794, in regard to Lord Dorchester's Speech, the Simcoe Expedition, and French Privateers. Philadelphia, 1794.] 11 pp. 8°. Two copies. No title-page. A Message [June 4, 1794], of the President of the United States to Congress, transmitting a Letter from the Secretary of State to the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty, with an Enclosure, in Answer to a Letter from the Minister, dated 22d May, 1794. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. m,dcc,xciv. 20 pp. 8°. Consists of a Letter from Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State, to Mr. Hammond the British Minister, complaining of a speech by Lord Dorchester in which he incited the Indians to hostilities against the United States ; also answering complaints of the British Minister concerning the action of this government in regard to French prize vessels. Report of the Commissioners, appointed by the President of the United States of America, to confer with the Insurgents in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. m,dcc,xciv. 38, (1) pp. 8°. On the " Whiskey Insurrection " in Pennsylvania. Report of the Committee appointed to examine into the State of the Treasury Department made to the House of Representatives of the United States on the 22d Day of May, 1794. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. m,dcc,xciv. 86 pp. 8°. Two copies. On the 24th of February, 1794, the House appointed a committee with Abraham Baldwin at the head, to examine into the state of the Treasury Department. This was done in consequence of a request made by Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, who wished to meet the charges of misappropriation and mismanagement of the public funds. " The Report of the Committee of Congress has turned out precisely as your friends here had predicted. The more you probe, examine, and investigate Hamil- ton's Conduct, rely upon it, the greater he will appear. But it was a cruel thing in Congress ... to oblige your persecutors and prosecutors to sit as your judges, and what was more ill- natured to compel them to make a report by which they were obliged . . . mortification surely — to convict you of purity of conduct, unshaken integrity and a competent watchful- ness over the public interest. July 6. 1794. Col. William Heth to Hamilton, quoted by Paul Leicester Ford in his Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana. Rules and Articles for the better Government of the Troops, raised, or to be raised, and kept in pay, by and at the expence of the United States of America. Philadelphia : printed by Steiner & Kammerer. 1794. 62 pp. 12° Two copies. 1795- A Bill to provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the Militia of the United States. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. The Eighteenth of February 1795. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs. m,dcc,xcv. 16 pp. 8°. Two copies. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 205 Letter from the Secretary of War, accompanying sundry Statements & Reports, rela- tive to, I. The present Military Force of the United States. II. Measures which have been pursued to obtain proper Sites for Arsenals. III. Measures which have been taken to replenish the Magazines with Military Stores. IV. Measures which have been taken for opening a Trade with the Indians. V. Progress made in providing Materials for the Frigates, and in building them. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1795.] 22 pp. 8°. Proceedings of the accounting Officers of the Treasury, upon certain Claims not admitted to be valid. Accompanying a Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, received the 24th December 1795. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Phila- delphia.] Printed by F. Childs. [1795.] 31 pp. 8°. Two copies. The Proceedings of the Executive of the United States respecting the Insurgents. 1794. Philadelphia : printed by John Fenno, Printer to the Senate of the United States. m.dcc.xcv. 130 pp. 8°. Contains the following papers concerning the " Whiskey Insurrection " in Western Pennsylvania : Judge Wilson's certificate ; Proclamation by the President, George Washing- ton, Aug. 7, 1794, calling upon the insurgents to disperse; Instructions to Commissioners ap- pointed to confer with the citizens in the western Counties of Pennsylvania ; Report of the Commissioners ; Proclamation by the President of the United States, Sept. 25, 1794, announc- ing the resort to military coercion to put down the insurrection ; The correspondence between the Governour (MifHin) of Pennsylvania and the Secretary for the department of State ; The Report of the Secretary for the department of the Treasury (Alexander Hamilton) to the President of the United States ; Instructions to Governor Lee for the direction of his conduct in the command of the militia army. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Message, &c.'' Contents given under United States. A Message of the President of the United States to Congress rela- tive to France and Great-Britain, delivered December 5, 1793. Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, stating the Amount of their Purchases, and other Proceedings, since their Report of the 18th of November 1794. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia.] Printed by F. Childs. [1795.] 14 pp. 8°. Report made on "behalf of the Board " by John Adams. " Received the 18th Decem- ber 1795." Report of the Secretary of the Treasury [Alexander Hamilton], for the Improvement and better Management of the Revenues of the United States : read in the House of Repre- sentatives of the United States, the second February, 1795, and published by their Order. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs. m,dcc,xcv. ii pp. 8°. Two copies. Report on the State of the Mint, and what further Measures are necessary to render the Institution more beneficial. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs. m,dcc,xcv. 15 pp. 8°. Sundry Estimates and Statements relative to Appropriations for the service of the Year 206 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. 1796, and to the Expenditures of certain Sums heretofore appropriated. Published by order of the House of Representatives, [Philadelphia, 1795.] 2 9 PP- 8°. " Received the 14th December, 1795," at the head of the title-page. 1796. Debates in the House of Representatives of the United States, during the first Session of the Fourth Congress. Part I. upon the constitutional Powers of the House, with respect to Treaties. Philadelphia : printed for Benjamin Franklin Bache, by Bioren & Madan. 1796. 386 pp. 8°. Edited by Bache. On Jay's Treaty. Without autograph or book-plate. Entered upon the inventory . 50. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing a Report of the Director of the Mint, sug- gesting the Expediency of some Alterations in its Establishment, to render it less expensive to the Public, and more accommodating to Depositors. 20th December, 1796, referred to Mr. Page, Mr. Havens and Mr. Goodrich. [Philadelphia, 1796.] 19 PP- 8°. Consists of the annual report of Elias Boudinot on the state of the Mint. Letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing the Estimates referred to in the President's Message of the 29th ultimo, relative to the Treaty with Spain, and other foreign Nations, and with the Indian Tribes. 7th April, 1796. Committed to a Committee of the whole House, on the state of the Union. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1796.] 11 pp. 8°. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying sundry Statements in relation to the annual Expenditures of the War Department, from the Commencement of the present Government, to the 31st of December, 1795 i a ^ so > an explanatory Letter from the Register of the Treasury thereon. 12th December, 1796, ordered to lie on the Table. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1796.] 7, (1), 2, 15, (1), 19 pp. 2 folded sheets. 8°. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying a Report and Estimates of the Sums necessary to be appropriated for the Service for the Year 1797 ; also, a Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures at the Treasury of the United States, for one Year, preceding the first of October, 1796. 16th December 1796, ordered to lie on the Table. [Philadelphia, 1796.] 33 pp. 8°. Two copies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying a Statement exhibiting the amount of Drawbacks paid upon the dutiable Articles exported from the United States, in the Years 1793, 1794, and 1795, made in pursuance of a Resolution of the House, of the First of June last. 16th December 1796, ordered to lie on the Table. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1796.] (4) pp. 1 folded sheet. 8°. Two copies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a Report and sundry Statements exhibiting a View of the Debts of the United States, on the first day of January, in the Years 1790, 1791, and 1796, in pursuance of a Resolution of the House, of the first of June, 1796. 29th December, 1796, read, and ordered to be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 179°-] 39 PP- 8°. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 2C7 [Proclamation Feb. 29, 1796, by George Washington, President of the United States, of a Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between the United States of America and his Britannic Majesty, concluded on the 19th day of November, 1794. Philadelphia, 1796.] 30 pp. 8°. No title-page. Report from the Department of War, relative to the Fortifications of the Ports and Har- bours of the United States. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1796.] 9 pp. 8°. " Received the 20th of January, 1796." A Report of the Attorney General to Congress; containing, a Collection of Charters, Treaties, and other Documents, relative to and explanatory of the Title to the Land situate in the South Western Parts of the United States ; and claimed by certain Com- panies under a Law of the State of Georgia, passed January 7, 1795. Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States. Philadelphia : printed by John Fenno, Printer to the Senate of the United States. 1796. 171 pp. 8°. Report of the Committee, appointed to enquire into the actual State of the Naval Equip- ment ordered by a former Law of the United States, and to report whether any and what further Provision is necessary to be made on this Subject. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1796.] 5 pp. 8°. At the head of the title-page : — " Made the 29th of January, 1796, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next." Report of the Committee on the Memorial of the Commissioners appointed under the Act " For establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States," and on so much of the President's Speech as relates to the Establishment of a National University. 21st December 1796, committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Phila- delphia, 1796.] 6 pp. 8°. Two copies. 1797. Confidential Message from the President of the United States [John Adams], inclosing sundry Documents from the Departments of State and War, relative to the Intercourse of the United States with Foreign Nations. July 3, 1797, Referred to Mr. Sitgreaves, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Dana, Mr. Dawson, and Mr. Hindman. Published by order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: printed by W. Ross. [1797.] 8, (24), 23 pp. 8°. Contains Letter from the Secretary of State, Timothy Pickering, July 3, 1797, in relation to the posts occupied by Spanish troops within the limits of the United States, with correspondence relating thereto; Report of the Secretary of War, June 30, 1797, in regard to the withdrawal of the Spanish garrisons, and on the hostile disposition of the Indians on the Western frontiers. Documents referred to in the President's Speech to both Houses of Congress on the six- teenth May, 1797. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: printed by W. Ross. [1797.] 63 pp. 8°. " Received and read 19th May." Consists of the correspondence between Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and the State Department in regard to the refusal of the French Government to receive Pinckney as the 208 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. successor of Monroe as Minister to France ; with an account of the circumstances of his expulsion from France. Also letter from the Spanish minister, C. Martinez de Yrujo, com- plaining of the injuries done to Spain by the Treaty of 1794 (Jay's) with Great Britain, with the reply of the Secretary of State (Timothy Pickering). Letter from the Secretary at War, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Naval Equip- ment; inclosing sundry Statements relative to the Subject. Accompanying a Report of the Committee appointed on the 16th ultimo, to enquire into the state of the naval equipment. 25th January 1797, committed to a committee of the whole House, on Mon- day next. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797J 11 pp. Folded sheet. 8°. Two copies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying his Report, and two Estimates of the Secretary at War, of the Sums required to be appropriated for the use of the Naval Department ; and the Fortifications erecting for the defence of the Ports and Harbours of the United States. 19th January, 1797, [referred]. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 7 pp. 8°. Letter from Mr. Pickering, Secretary of State, to the Chevalier de Yrujo, Envoy Extraor- dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Catholic Majesty to the United States of America. August 8th, 1797. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 37 pp. 8°. Pickering sent this to Washington, with the following remarks : — " My answer to the rude & insolent letter of the Chevalier de Yrujo, of the 11 th of July being long and a number of copies wanted, I concluded to print it, tho' it is not to be published, unless it should be laid before Congress, and they should order it. I take the liberty to enclose one copy for your perusal. Trenton Sept. 8, 1797." — From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — " I thank you for sending me Your answer to the very improper letter of M r de Yrujo, who merited less respectful treatment. M' Vernon. 30 th Octl 1797." — From the original in the Pickering Collection. A Message from the President of the United States of America [George Washington], to Congress ; relative to the French Republic; delivered January 19, 1797, with the Papers therein referred to. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by W. Ross. [1797.] 92, (56), 16, (372) pp. 8°. " The complaints of the French Minister embraced most of the transactions of our government in relation to France from an early period of the present war , which therefore it was necessary carefully to review. A collection has been formed of letters and papers relating to those transactions, which I now lay before you, with a letter to Mr. Pinckney, our Minister at Paris containing an examination of the notes of the French Minister, and such information as I thought might be useful to Mr. Pinckney in any further representations to be made to the French Government." — From Washington's Message on page 3. This document was issued in two separate pamphlets ; the one in 92 pp., consisting of Pickering's letter of Jan. 16, 1797, to Charles C. Pinckney, Minister Plenipotentiary to France ; the other (52), 16, (372) pp., the Appendix of accompanying documents. Transmitted to Washington by Pickering who wrote : — " A copy of the laws neatly bound, and of my letter to General Pinckney with the documents to which it refers, have been some time packed up for you, Philadelphia July 1, *-791''' — From the original in the State Department. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 209 To this Washington replied : — " That the Statement of facts in the printed letter to Gen 1 . Pinckney will work con- viction, & produce a change of conduct in those who are desirous of information, & not obstinately bent upon wrong measures, I have no doubt ; — and I can say with truth, that my mind has never been alarmed by any fears of a War with France. Mt. Vernon 29 th Aug^ 1797." There is another official issue of Pickering's letter in the collection, without title, but having the following in lieu of it : — Congress of the United States. In Senate, January the 20th, 1797. The following Mes- sage from the President of the United States, was read, communicating the copy of a Letter from the Secretary for the Department of State to the Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the Republic of France. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 104 pp. 8°. Printed with wide margins. A private edition of the Letter was published at Rich- mond, Virginia. See under Pickering, T, in this Catalogue. Message from the President of the United States [John Adams], transmitting a Report, and sundry Documents, from the Secretary of State, relative to the Proceedings of the Com- missioner for running the Boundary Line between the United States and East and West-Florida. June 12th, 1797, ordered to lie on the table. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 36 pp. 8° Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the State of the Naval Equipment, ordered by former Acts of Congress ; and whether any, and what other Naval Force is necessary for the Protection of the Commerce of the United States, and the Support of their Flag. 25th January, 1797, committed to a committee of the whole House, on Mon- day next. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 6 pp. 8°. Report of the Committee appointed on the Fifth instant, to enquire into the progress made in carrying into effect, the act, intituled " An act providing for the Sale of the Lands of the United States, in the Territory North West of the River Ohio, and above the Mouth of Kentucky River." 30th January 1797, committed to a committee of the whole House, on Wednesday next. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 7 pp. 8°. Report of the Committee to whom were re-committed the Petition of Hugh Lawson White, and the Report of the Secretary of War thereon. 17th January 1797, committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 12 pp. 8°. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the Petition of Edward St. Loe Livermore. 24th January, 1797, committed to a committee of the whole House, to-morrow. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 4 pp. 8°. Report of the Committee of Claims, on the Petition of the Widow of the late Scolacuttaw, or Hanging Maw, one of the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation of Indians. 17th January, 1797, referred to the committee of the whole House. . . . Published by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 4 pp. 8°. Two copies. Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred, a Resolution of the House, of the tenth instant, relative to the propriety and expediency of laying a tax upon all theatrical exhibitions ; also of imposing additional Duties, on Articles of foreign 14 210 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Growth or Manufacture, imported into the United States, and on Articles manufac- tured or used within the United States. 23d January, 1797, committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. Published by Order of the House of Represen- tatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 7 pp. 8°. Two copies. Report of the Committee, to whom was re-committed, on the fifth ultimo, a Report of the Attorney-General, relative to the Contract entered into between the United States and John Cleves Symmes : together with the Documents accompanying the same. 9th February, 1797, committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. Pub- lished by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 10 pp. 8°. Report of the Committee, to whom was referred, on the 13th ultimo, the Memorial of the Illinois and Wabash Land Company, by James Wilson, their President. 3d February, 1797, ordered to lie on the table. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 4 pp. 8°, 1798. Instructions to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry, Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to the French Republic, referred to in the Message of the President of the United States of the third instant [April, 1798]. Phila- phia : printed by Way & Groff. 1798. 20 pp. 8°. Pickering sent this with the President's message of April 3, 1798, to Washington with the following comments : — " I do myself the honor to inclose copies of the instructions to and dispatches from the Envoys of the United States at Paris. No statement of the facts described in the letter can give them their proper force : but the facts as related by the envoys, with the manner and all their circumstances, carry irresis- tible evidence to every fair and unprejudiced mind, that this display of corruption and injus- tice exhibits the true character of the French Government. Philadelphia April n 1798." — From the original in the State Department. To this Washington replied : — Mount Vernon, 16 April 1798 Dear Sir : — Your obliging favour of the 1 I th ins', enclosing copies of the Instruc- tions to, & dispatches from the Envoys of the United States at Paris, was received with thankfulness, by the last Post. One would think that the measure of infamy was filled, and the profligacy of, and corruption in the system pursued by the French Directory, required no further disclosure of the principles by which it was actuated than what is contained in the above dispatches, to open the eyes of the blinded ; and yet, I am persuaded that those com- munications will produce no change in the leaders of the opposition, unless there should appear a manifest desertion of their followers. — There is sufficient evidence already in the Aurora, of the turn they intend to give the business, and of the ground they mean to occupy — but I do not believe they will be able to maintain that, or any other much longer. — With very great esteem & regard I am — Dear Sir — Your obed' Serv' G° Washington. Col? Pickering. From the original in the Pickering Collection. Instructions to the Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, to the French Republic, their Letters of Credence and full Powers, and the Dispatches received from them relative to their Mission. Published by the Secretary of State, in conformity with the Resolution of Congress, of the 22d June 1798. Philadelphia : printed by W. Ross. [1798.] 131pp. 8°. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 211 Message of the President of the United States [John Adams] to both Houses of Congress. April 3d, 1798. [Philadelphia, 1798.] 71 pp. 8°. Consists of the famous " X Y Z " correspondence. " George Washington " on the title-page. Anolker edition. In Senate of the United States. April 5th, 1798. Ordered, that five hundred copies of the Message of the President of the United States, of the third instant, together with the dispatches from the Envoys to the French Republic, accompanying the same, be published for the use of the Senate. [Philadelphia, 1798.] 71 pp. 8°, Message of the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress. June 5th, 1798. [Philadelphia, 1798.] 15 pp. 8°. Transmits a communication from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry, dated at Paris, Mar. 9, 1798, reporting an interview had by the Commission- ers with Talleyrand. Sent to Washington, by James Lloyd, who wrote : — " I do myself the honor to enclose a message from the President of the U. States which was communicated to both Houses yesterday. Philadelphia 6 June 1798." Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress. June 18th, 1798. [Philadelphia, 1798.] 64 pp. 8°. Contains the correspondence between the Envoys Extraordinary to the French Repub- lic, Pinckney, Marshall and Gerry, with Talleyrand, consisting of a translation of Talleyrand's letter, of Mar. 18, 1798, replying to the memorial of the Envoys of Jan. 17th, with their reply to the same. " I now have the honor to forward to you the letter of Talleyrand to our Envoys with their Answer." — fames Lloyd to Washington. Philad*2i June 1798. Rules and Regulations respecting the Recruiting Service. [Philadelphia, 1798.] 14, (4) pp. Folded sheet. 8°. Signed in autograph " James McHenry Secy, of War." Given to Washington by McHenry, as shown by a letter of Aug. I, 1798, preserved in the State Department. 1799. Message [Jan. 21, 1797] from the President of the United States [John Adams], accom- panying a Report of the Secretary of State, containing observations on some of the Documents, communicated by the President, on the 18th January, 1799. Published by order of the House of Representatives, and printed by John W. Fenno. [Philadelphia, 1799.] 16 pp. ' 8°. No title-page. The title occupies the upper portion of the first page of the text. Con- sists of Pickering's report on Gerry's conduct in France and the X Y Z imbroglio. Message from the President of the United States accompanying a Report of the Secretary of State, containing Observations on some of the Documents, communicated by the President, on the eighteenth Instant, 21st January, 1799. Ordered to lie on the Table. Published by order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by John Ward Fenno. 1799 (2), 45 (2) pp. 8°. This is another edition of the preceding. Attached to page 15 of this copy there is a sheet containing additions in Pickering's 212 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. handwriting; and at the bottom of pages 18, 19 there are notes by the same hand. This copy was sent to Washington, by Pickering, and the character and significance of the manu- script notes are explained in the letter presenting the document, here printed : — " I have the honor to inclose copies of the President's Communication to Congress on the 18 th & 21 st of January, concerning French affairs. In my report I had noticed (in as gen- tle manner as possible) M r Gerry's conduct, as wrong in principle, and in many particulars very reprehensible : but these (contrary to my wishes) were omitted. There was one omission which I deemed important to retain, as it was the text of my observations on M E Gerry's strange opinion of the sincerity of Talleyrand in his talks of negociation prior to the arrival of the Envoys' dispatches in Europe. For your own eye, I have inserted in the copy of my report now inclosed, the passages referred to, as I had written them. It was this absurd but mischievous opinion which suggested to me the necessity of making a report on the com- munications. I call it mischievous, because many will read and respect- his opinion without examining or discovering that it is without foundation. M r . Gerry's whole letter is calculated to apologize for his improper conduct, so improper as to be inexcusable, and of this he is apparently conscious and hence his laborious but weak attempt to justify it. The report as it now is will wound his feelings, but the direct application of my remarks and of divers other passages omitted were the smallest censures which I thought his conduct merited. My letter of June 25, prefixed to his papers, he will not see in print — for he left France before it could have arrived. Philadelphia, Feb? 2 1799." — From the press copy in the Pickering Collection (Massachusetts Historical Society). Washington's letter of acknowledgment, preserved in the same collection, reads as follows : — Mount Vernon 10 th Feby 1799 Dear Sir — Your letters of the 24 th of the last, and 2 d of the present month, have been duly received ; — for which, & their enclosures, I thank you. — I am not surprised that some members of the H; of Representatives should dis-relish your Report. — It contains remarks, and speaks truths which they are desirous should be unknown to the People. — I wish the parts which were left out, had been retained. — The crisis, in my opinion, calls loudly for plain dealing ; that the Citizens at large may be well informed, and decide, with respect to public measures upon a thorough knowledge of facts. Concealment, is a species of mis-information ; — and misrepresentation and false alarms found the ground work of opposition. — The plan of w? h is, to keep the People as much as possible in ignorance & terror ; for it is believed by themselves that a perfect understanding of our real situation, in regard to our foreign relations would be a death blow to their consequence and struggles, & for that reason, have always something on foot to disquiet the public mind. I am sorry to hear that Mf Gerry is pursuing a mischievous path. — That he was led astray by his own vanity & self importance, and was the dupe of Diplomatic Skill, I never had a doubt ; but these doubts were accompanied by faint hopes (faint indeed they were) that he possessed candour, fortitude & manliness enough to have come forward with an open declaration that, he had been practised upon, & was deceiv'd. — But M r Gerry's mind is not enlarged enough for such conduct as this ; especially, assailed as I presume it was, on his arrival, by those whose labours are unceasing, to inculcate their doctrines of hostility against the proceedings of their own government. — The Session of Congress is drawing fast to a close ; — what traits it will leave behind of strong, & energetic measures, remains to be seen. — Such I hope as will shew that, we are ready at all times to negociate upon fair, honorable terms, but never to be bullied or duped into them. — With very great esteem & reg d I am always Yours. G? Washington. Col? Pickering- BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 213 Message from the President of the United States accompanying sundry Papers relative to the Affairs of the United States, with the French Republic. 22d January, 1799. Pub- lished by order of the Senate. [Philadelphia, 1799.] 123 pp. 8°. Consists of the Message of 18th January, 1799, and stitched in the same covers is the Message of 21st January, 1799. 45, (2) pp. Same. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1799.] 123 pp. 8°. VANCOUVER, Charles. A general Compendium ; or, Abstract of chemical, experimental, and natural Philosophy. To which is added, a complete System of Commerce. ... By Charles Vancouver, Member of the Dublin Society for the En- couragement of Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce. In four Volumes. Vol. I. Philadelphia : printed in the Year m.dcc.lxxxv. viii, 48 pp. Plate. 8°. A statement of the plan of the publication is written on the second page of the cover. This is a specimen number; and is probably all that appeared. The author sent this copy to Washington, and asked permission to dedicate the work to him. Washington declined in a letter dated at Mt. Vernon, 30th June, 1785. [VARLO, Charles.] The finest Part of America. To be sold or lett, from eight hundred to four thousand Acres, in a Farm, all that entire Estate, called Long Island, in New Albion, lying near New York : belonging to the Earl Palatine of Albion, granted to his Predecessor, Earl Palatine of Albion, by King Charles the First. %* The Situation of Long Island is well known, therefore needs no Description here, New Albion is a Part of the Continent of Terra Firma, described in the Charter, to begin at Cape May . . . ; taking its Course into a Square, bending to the North by a right Line 120 Miles. [Then follows a description of the bounds of the grant, comprising a tract 120 miles square.] N. B. Great Encouragement will be given to improving Tenants, by letting the Lands very cheap, on Leases of Lives, renewal for ever. . . . London, 1784. 30 pp. 8°. Lacks the title-page. Title taken from the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, vol. 7, pp. 53-54- Contents : A true Copy of the Grant of King Charles the First, to Sir Edmund Plowden, Earl Palatine of Albion, of the Province of New Albion, in America; Copy of & Lease granted to Sir Thomas Danby, by Lord Earl Palatine, of Albion, of 10,000 Acres of Land, for ever, and Sir Thomas Danby is to plant 100 residenter Settlers thereon, &c. registered in St. Mary, in Maryland, along with many other deeds concerning Albion ; A Release of such Persons as are mentioned in the Grant, in trust for the Earl of Albion, wherein they deliver up their Claim or Trust, in Consideration of 500 Acres of Land, to be given to them and their Heirs, out of the Lands of New Albion ; The Address of the Right Hon. Lord Earl Palatine of Albion, to the Public 214 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. This pamphlet is an exceedingly rare one ; there was a perfect copy in the Library of Charles H. Kalbfleisch, Esq., of New York City ; and Whitehead in his " East Jersey under the Proprietors " mentions two other copies, one as belonging to the late John Rutherford of Newark, N. J., and the other to the late Henry C. Murphy of New York. An examina- tion of the latter's catalogue fails to confirm this statement. William Rawle, the attorney for Varlo in the prosecution of his claims, had a copy, but, it is said, to have long since passed out of the possession of the family. The author of the pamphlet came to this country in 1784 for the purpose of establishing his claims to a third part of the territory embraced in the Plowden patent of New Albion, which comprised all of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania " embraced in a square, the eastern side of which, forty leagues in length, extended (along the coast) from Sandy Hook to Cape May, together with Long Island, and all other isles and islands in the sea within ten leagues of the shores of the said region." To promote the acknowledgment of his claim, Varlo printed the present pamphlet, con- taining a translation of the original charter to Plowden and other documents enumerated in the contents, and distributed it throughout the States whose lands were involved in the Plowden patents. He also issued a proclamation in the form of a handbill, addressed to the people of New Albion in the name of the Earl of Albion. The genuineness of the documents printed by Varlo has been disputed by Penington in an article entitled " An Examination of Beauchamp Plantagenet's Description of the Province of New Albion," published in volume four of the Memoirs of the Historical Society of Penn- sylvania. The authenticity of the Plowden charter of 1634 has been established by the dis- covery in 1880 of the charter in the original Latin, preserved in the Public Record Office at Dublin, where Varlo stated that it existed ; a copy of the latter is printed with an introduc- tory note by G. B. Keen in the Pennsylvania magazine of history, vol. 7, pp. 50-66. Dr. Neill in an article on " Sir Edmund Plowden, Lord Earl Palatinate, Governor and Captain General of New Albion in North America," published in Pennsylvania magazine of history, vol. 5, pp. 206-216, takes ground against the validity of the charter, as no evidence could be adduced of its having had affixed the great seal of England. Varlo's Documents are in part printed in Hazard's " Historical Collections," volume I. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " America." Contents given under Williams, J. An Enquiry into the Truth of the Tradition, etc. VARLO, Charles. A new System of Husbandry. From many Years Experience, with Tables shewing the Expence and Profit of each Crop. That a Farm of a 150 Acres will clear 402I, 4s. sterl. a Year. How to stock Farms to the best Ad- vantage. How the Crops are to follow each other by Way of Rotation. Of Trench-ploughing, shewing how to raise good Crops without Manure. On Rearing, Breeding, and a new discovered cheap Food for Cattle, of Cabbage and Turnip Husbandry of the naked Wheat, with many other new discovered Grains and Grasses suitable for the Land and Climate of America. Also shewing the great profit of Rabbit Warrens, and how to stock them, a Farm- er's and Kitchen Garden Calendar, of all Sorts of Manures, Marls, Clays, Sands, &c. A new invented thrashing Floor, also many chosen Receipts in Physic and Surgery, for the Human Species, and others for the Cure of BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 215 all sorts~of Cattle. To which are annexed a few Hints humbly offered for the perusal of the Legislators of America, shewing how to put a stop to run- away Servants. By C. Varlo, Esq. Philadelphia: printed for the Author, 1785. 2 vols. Vol.1. (16), iv, 17-364 pp. Folded sheet. Vol. II. (8), 5-368 pp. 8°. Without autograph or book-plate. VAUDREUIL, Louis Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis et comte de. 1 724-1802. Observations du Marquis de Vaudreuil, adress6es au Conseil de Guerre a POrient. [Paris, 1784.] 10 pp. 4 . No title-page. The title occupies about one-third of the first page of the text. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Pieces." Contents given under Barbe de Marbois, F., Marquis de. £tat des finances de Saint-Domingue. [VAUGHAN, William, LL.D. English economist, 1751-1835.] New and old Principles of Trade compared ; or a Treatise on the Prin- ciples of Commerce between Nations ; with an Appendix, respecting I. The Principal general Means of aiding Commerce. II. The Balance of Trade. III. The Pre-eminence of Agricultural Industry. IV. A Comparison of Prohibitions, Bounties and Drawbacks. V. The Commerce of Grain. VI. Navigation Laws. VII. Laws concerning the Interest of Money. London : printed for J. Johnson, and J. Debrett. m dcc lxxxviii. xiv, (2), 123 pp. Folded sheet. 8°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : " Gen. Washington." Washington's autograph on the first page. Book-plate. " In this Tract the author contrasts the principles and practical results of the old or monopoly system with the principles and results of the new or free commercial system, as expounded by Smith, Quesnay, Decker, and others ; and shows the superiority of the latter in promoting the use of wealth, and of friendly relations among nations." — J. R. MCulloch. The Literature of Political Economy. [ ] A Review of the Constitution of Great Britain : being the Substance of a Speech delivered in a numerous Assembly on the following Question : " Is the Petition of Mr. Home Tooke a Libel on the House of Commons, or a just Statement of public Grievances arising from an unfair Representation of the People?" By A Friend to the People. London: printed for J. Ridgway. 1791. 54 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " Gen 1 Washington with J. Vaughan's Co[mpliments]." The bracketed portion is trimmed off by binding. 216 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Pamphlets." Contents given under [Glover, R.] Substance of the Evidence, etc. [VAUGHAN, William, LL.D. English economist, 1751-1835.] The Catechism of Man; pointing out from sound Principles, and acknowledged Facts, the Rights and Duties of every Rational Being. London printed : Philadelphia reprinted by D. Humphreys, m.dcc.xciv. (2), 34 pp. 8°. , Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Evans, I. A Sermon delivered at Concord. VIRGINIA. The Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates for the Counties and Corporations in the Colony of Virginia, held at Richmond town, in the county of Henrico, on the 20th of March, 1775. Williamsburg : printed by Alexander Purdie. [1775.] (2), 20 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a. pamphlet volume lettered " Political Tracts " are : — Continental Congress. An Address of the twelve United Colonies ... to the People of Ireland.— [Seabury, S.] Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress. — [Chan- dler, T. B.] What think ye of the Congress Now ? ; A Plan of a proposed Union between Great-Britain and the Colonies. — [Paine, T.] Public Good. — Martin, L. An Address to Robert Lemmon, Esq. — [Humphreys, D.] A Poem, addressed to the Armies of the U. S. — Continental Congress. Address and Recommendations to the States. — [Kilty, W.] History of a Session of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, 1785. There is another copy in the collection, unbound. Ordinances passed at a Convention held at the Town of Richmond, in the Colony of Virginia, on Monday the 17th of July, 1775. Williamsburg: printed by Alexander Purdie. [1775.] 51 pp. 4°. Jhis is probably one of the publications sent by Richard Henry Lee to Washington, mentioned in a letter, dated 26 September, 1775, as follows : — " As I suppose it will be agreeable to you to know what is passing in Virginia, I have inclosed you the proceedings of our last Convention, with two of Purdie's Gazettes." —From Sparks's Correspondence of the American Revolution, vol. i. p. 51. This Convention took decisive steps towards Revolution. Among its first acts was the passage of an ordinance providing for raising an armed force for the protection and defence of the Colony. The introduction of this ordinance occasioned great excitement, as described by Randall in his Life of Jefferson. 'The ordinance as finally passed was drawn up by George Mason, who sent a copy to Washington with the following remarks : " I enclose you the ordinance for raising an armed force, for the defence and protection of the Colony ; it is a little defaced, but is the only copy I have at present with me. You will find some little in- accuracies in it ; but upon the whole, I hope it will meet with your approbation. Oct. 14, 1775." Other important ordinances passed were those providing for the appointment of a Committee of Safety ; regulating elections ; establishing a manufactory of arms, and enact- ing articles for the government of troops. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Pieces." Contents given under Barbe de Marbois, F., Marquis de. Etat des finances de Saint-Domingue. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 2.\"J VIRGINIA. Debates and other Proceedings of the Convention of Virginia, convened at Richmond, on Monday the 2d day of June, 1 788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Con- vention. To which is prefixed the Federal Constitution. [Vol. I.] Petersburg : printed by Hunter and Prentis. m,dcc,lxxxviii. 194 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Principally taken up with the speeches of Randolph and Madison in advocacy of the adoption of the Constitution, and Patrick Henry's in opposition. There are some manu- script corrections scattered through this copy. The 2d and 3d volumes were published in 1789. A copy of the complete work is among Bushrod Washington's books. The Debates were taken in short-hand by David Robertson. A second edition was published at Richmond in 1805. The VIRGINIA GAZETTE, &c. Extra. Richmond: Tuesday, October 2, 1798. (4) pp. F°. Inscribed at the top: "Albemarle Remonstrance." Contains the text of the Remon- strance of the citizens of Albemarle County against the " Alien and Sedition laws." VOLNEY, Constantin Franqois Chassebceuf Boisgirais, Comte de. 1757- 1820. Volney's Answer to Doctor Priestley, on his Pamphlet entitled " Observa- tions upon the Increase of Infidelity, with Animadversions upon the Writings of several modern Unbelievers, and especially the Ruins of Mr. Volney, with this Motto; Minds of little penetration rest naturally on the surface of things. They do not like to pierce deep into them, for fear of labour and trouble ; Sometimes still more for fear of truth — " Philadelphia: printed for the Author. 1797. 15 pp. 8°. WADSWORTH, Benjamin, D.D. 1750-1826. America invoked to praise the Lord. A Discourse delivered on the Day of Public Thanksgiving through the United States of America, February I0 > I 79S- By Benjamin Wadsworth, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Danvers. Printed at Salem, by Thomas C. Cushing. 1795. 31pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. WALKER, Ralph. A Treatise on Magnetism, with a Description and Explanation of a meri- dional and Azimuth Compass, for ascertaining the Quantity of Variation, without any Calculation whatever, at any Time of the Day. Also Improve- ments upon Compasses in General. With Tables of Variation, for all Lati- tudes and Longitudes. By Ralph Walker, of Jamaica. 2l8 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. London: printed by R. Hindmarsh. . . . 1794. 226, (1) pp. 7 folded plates. 8°. Attached to the fly-leaf is a sheet of paper with the following inscription : " M r Ander- son in London uses the freedom at the request of the author with whom he is very intimate to inclose this Book for General Washington, in his father's parcel." WALL, George,, junior. A Description, with Instructions for the Use, of a newly invented Survey- ing Instrument, called the Trigonometer. . . . The whole illustrated with Cuts, and an elegant Engraving of the Instrument. By George Wall, Junior, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia ; printed by Zachariah Poulson, jutf mdcclxxxviii. 32 pp. Plate. 8°. Inscribed on the plate: "To the President of the United States — from the Author." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Wheelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative, etc. WANSEY, Henry. Wool encouraged without Exportation; or, Practical Observations on Wool and the Woollen Manufacture. In two Parts. Part I. Containing Strictures on Appendix No. IV. to a Report made by a Committee of the Highland Society, on the Subject of Shetland Wool. Part II. Containing a brief History of Wool, and the Nature of the Woollen Manufacture as connected with it. By Henry Wansey, F.A.S. London, printed for T. Cadell. 1791. (6), vi, 72, 4 pp. 8°. Appended are two pages containing " Lord Loughborough's Charge to the Grand Jury of Wilts, at the late Assizes at Salisbury, August 6, 1791." On the bastard title-page is inscribed : " With the" Author's respects." The author travelled in this country in 1794. In his "Journal of an Excursion to the United States in the summer of 1794 " he gives an account of an interview which he had with Washington in Philadelphia. The conversation turned upon the subject of wool, and the author says : " I took this opportunity to offer him one of my publications on the Encouragement of Wool, which he seemed with pleasure to receive." Bound with "Notes on Farming " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Agri- culture." WARE, Henry, D.D. 1 764-1845. The Continuance of Peace and increasing Prosperity a Source of Consola- tion and just Cause of Gratitude to the Inhabitants of the United States. A Sermon, delivered February 19, 1795 ; being a Day set apart by the Presi- dent, for Thanksgiving and Prayer through the United States. By Henry Ware, Pastor of a Church in Hingham. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1795. 31pp. 8°. A COLLECTION OF THE SPEECHES OP THE #reiU)enttft!)ellmtet» states TO BOTH HOUSES of CONGRESS,, At the opening of every Session, WITH THEIR ANSWERS. ALSO, THE ADDRESSES to the PRESIDENT, WITH HIS ANSWERS, FROM THE TIME OF HIS ELECTION : WITH AN A PP END IX, CONTAINING The CIRCULAR LETTER of General WASHINGTON to the GOVERNORS of the feveral State*, and his FAREWELL ORDERS, to the ARMIES of America, and the ANSWER. DEDICATED TO THE Citizens of the United States of America. gotltftes starting to 88 of Congteft. PRINTED at BOSTON, By MANNING and LORING, For SOLOMON COTTON, jun. Bookjelier and Stationer, Sold t>y him, at his Sobkftore, No. 51, Marlboiough-Strget yvir, 1796. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 219 WARREN, John, M.D. 1753-1815. An Eulogy on the Honourable Thomas Russell, Esq. late President of the Society for propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others, in North America. . . . Who died at Boston; April 8, 1796. Delivered May 4, 1796, before the several Societies to which he belonged. By John Warren. Boston: Printed by Benjamin Sweetser. m,dcc,xcvi. 31pp. Sm. 4°. Bound with other pamphlets, a]l having reference to the death of Thomas Russell. Contents given under Morse, J. The Duty of Resignation, etc. WARREN, Mrs. Mercy. 1728-1814. Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous. By Mrs. M. Warren. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, mdccxc. 252 pp. 1 6°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " To the President of the United States from his hum. Serv*. The Author." The work was sent to Washington, with a letter dated Plymouth, Sept. 12, 1790; to which Washington replied as follows : — " My engagements, since the receipt of your letter of the 12 th of September, with which I was honored two days ago, have prevented an attentive perusal of the book that accom- panied it — but from the reputation of its author, the parts I have read, and a general idea of the pieces, I am persuaded of its gracious and distinguished reception by the friends of virtue and science. Mount Vernon November 4 th 1790." WASHINGTON, George. A Collection of the Speeches of the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, at the opening of every Session, with their Answers. Also, the Addresses to the President, with his Answers, from the Time of his Election : with an Appendix, containing the Circular Letter of General Wash- ington tc the Governors of the several States, and his farewell Orders, to the Armies of America, and the Answer. Dedicated to the Citizens of the United States of America. Printed at Boston, by Manning and Loring, for Solomon Cotton, jun. July, 1796. 282 pp. 12°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Probably a presentation copy ; the volume being bound in full calf, with elaborate tooling, and gilt edges. WATSON, Richard. Bishop of Llandaff, 1 7 3 7-1 8 1 6. A Letter to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. By Richard Lord Bishop of Landaff. A new Edition. Dublin : printed by P. Byrne. m,dcc,lxxxiii. (2), 78 pp. 8°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Bland, R. A Letter to the Clergy of Virginia. 220 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. WEBB, Lieut. Thomas. Officer of the British Army, and later Methodist preacher, 172 4- 1796. A Military Treatise on the Appointments of the Army. Containing many useful Hints, not touched upon before by any Author : and proposing some new Regulations in the Army, which will be particularly useful in carrying on the War in North-America. Together with a Short Treatise on Military Honors. By Lieutenant Webb, of His Majesty's Forty-eighth Regiment. Philadelphia: printed by W. Dunlap. mdcclix. (2), xiii, (1), in pp. 2 folded plates. 16 . Pp. 91-111 contain "A Short Treatise on Military Honors. By Lieutenant Webb. Philadelphia : printed by W. Dunlap." Without autograph or book-plate. Purchased on Washington's order by William Milnor, who wrote from Philadelphia, Nov. 29th, 1774, that "after the strictest inquiry, I could find no other Treatise on Military Discipline, but the one I have sent you." Washington's ac- count books, in the State Department, contain the record dated Dec. 13, 1774, of a purchase from Milnor, of " M^ Webb's Treatise " at a cost of four shillings. [WEBSTER, Noah, LL.D. Lexicographer, 1758-1843.] An Examination into the leading Principles of the Federal Constitution proposed by the late Convention held at Philadelphia. With Answers to the principal Objections that have been raised against the System. By a Citizen of America. Philadelphia : printed and sold by Prichard & Hall, m.dcc.lxxxvii. 55 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " His Excellency Gen Washington." Washington's auto- graph on the dedication page. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Political Tracts " are : — The Memorial of the Publick Creditors, Citizens of the State of New-Jersey. — United States. Report of the Secretary of State, on the Subject of establishing a Uniformity in the Weights, Measures, and Coins of the U. S. — [Bordley, J. B.] On Monies, Coins, Weights and Measures ; Purport of a Letter on Sheep ; A Supplement to the Essay on Monies, etc. — [Hanson, A. C] Remarks on the proposed Plan of an Emission of Paper. — [McHenry, J.] A brief Exposition of the leading Principles of a. Bank. — [Jefferson, T.] Observations on the Whale-fishery. A Collection of Essays and fugitive Writings. On moral, historical, poli- tical and literary Subjects. By Noah Webster, jun. Attorney at Law. Printed at Boston, for the Author, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. mdccxc. xvi, 414 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Has the book-plate. Washington acknowledged the receipt of the work in a letter to the author dated at New York, August 28th, 1790. NEW SYSTEM AGRICULTURE; O R, A Ptain, Eafy, and Demonstrative Method of fpeedily growing Rich: Proving, by undeniable Arguments, That every Land-owner, in England^ may advance his Eftate to a Double Value, in the Space of One Year's Time. Together with Several very curious Instructions, how to feed Oxen, Cows, and Sheep, to much greater Pro* fit than has ever yet been known in England. By a Country Gentleman. ihe only Gentleman-like ivay of growing Rich is by the Art of Husbandry. „ All other ProfeJJions have fomething in them of the Mean and SuMervient. This alone is Free and Noble ; and the Wealth thus gotten may almofl befaid to be of- a Man's mun Creating. Googe-of Hufbandry. Mali agttur cum Domino, quern villicus Docet. Cato, deAgriculturi. " THE SECOND EDITION. LONDON, Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, mdcclv. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 221 WESLEY, John. Thoughts upon Slavery. By John Wesley, A.M. London, printed : re-printed in Philadelphia, with notes, and sold by Joseph Crukshank. md,cc,lxxiv. 83 pp. 16 . Forms one of the tracts edited by Anthony Benezet, under the title of " The potent Enemies of America laid open." See Benezet, A., in this catalogue. [ ] The Great Assize : a Sermon on Romans xiv. 10. London: printed by John Paramore. 1783. 16 pp. 12 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Stith, W. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. [ ] A Sermon on Salvation by Faith. London: printed by John Paramore. 1783. 12 pp. 12 . Bound in the same volume as the preceding. The Important Question : a Sermon on Matt. xvi. 26. By John Wesley, M.A. London: printed by John Paramore, 1783. 23 pp. 12 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Macpherson, J. Lectures. [ J A Sermon on original Sin. Bath: printed by S. Hazard, m.dcc.lxxxiii. 15 pp. 12 . Bound in the same volume as the preceding. [ ] The Almost Christian. A Sermon on Acts xxvi. 28. London: printed by J. Paramore. 1784. 12 pp. 12". Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Stith, W. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. [WESTON, Edward. English writer, 1 701-1775.?]. New System of Agriculture ; or, A plain, easy, and demonstrative Method of speedily growing rich : proving, by undeniable Arguments, that every Land- Owner, in England, may advance his Estate to a double Value, in the Space of one Year's Time. Together with several very curious Instructions, how to feed Oxen, Cows, and Sheep, to much greater Profit than has ever yet been known in England. By a Country Gentleman. The second Edition. London, printed for A. Millar, mdcclv. 240 pp. 16°. Washington's autograph on the title-page ; and also written there, " cost sterR 3/ 1759." In the " Invoice of Sundry Goods to be Shipp'd by RobS Cary Esq and Company for the use of George Washington, May, 1759," the following order is found: — " The newest and most approved Treatise of Agriculture — besides this, send me a small piece in Octavo — called a New System of Agriculture, or a speedy Way to grow Rich. — Langley's Bopk of Gardening. — Gibson, upon Horses, the latest Edition in Quarto." — From the original in the State Department. 222 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [WHARTON, Charles Henry, D.D. i 748-1 833.] A Poetical Epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esq. Com- mander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, from An Inhabitant of the State of Maryland. To which is annexed, A Short Sketch of General Washington's Life and Character. Annapolis printed 1779 : London reprinted for C. Dilly; J. Almon. . . . m dcc lxxx. 24 pp. Portrait. Sm. 4 . Washington's autograph on the title-page. The authorship of this has been attributed to C. H. Worster and others. That the Rev. C. H. Wharton was the author was shown by Bishop Doane in his " The Remains of the Rev. Charles Henry Wharton, D.D.", Phila., 1834; but the fact does not seem to have been recorded in the bibliographies until its appearance in Baker's Bibliotheca Washingtoniana. The New York reprint of 1865 is printed without any indication of the author's name ; and Stockbridge's Catalogue of the Harris collection, as well as the Brinley Catalogue, gives the author as C. H. Worster. The first edition of which we have definite knowledge is the Annapolis edition of 1779, of which this is a reprint. Bishop Doane thinks there was an edition in 1778, because a cor- respondent of Wharton's wrote, Nov. 2, 1778, "there have been two criticisms on the poem, — the first by the pencil-marker, and writer of the enclosed note ; the other by the celebrated Persian Jones." It is quite possible that the criticisms were made upon manuscript copies, as the author made more than one copy in manuscript. Bishop Doane had a. copy.; and another came into the hands of David Pulsifer of Boston, in 1857, since owned by Dr. Norton, of Everett, Massachusetts. Probably Wharton distributed manuscript copies among his friends for their examination. The editions of which we find any definite description, beside the one under notice, are those issued at Annapolis in 1779; Philadelphia, 1781 : Providence, 1781 ; Springfield, 1782 ; London, 1796 ; New York, 1865 ; and Boston, 1881. This last is printed from the manuscript mentioned above as belonging to David Pulsifer, and varies slightly from the earlier editions. The author of the poem was born in Maryland in 1748 ; he was educated for the priesthood, and at the time of its production was a chaplain to the Roman Catholics of Worcester, England. The object of the publication was the raising of money for the benefit of American prisoners in England. Bishop Doane's Memoir gives some extracts from the author's correspondence in regard to the purpose of the work and the means taken to procure the portrait which the volume contains. Wharton writes in one of his letters, " I have at last got a print from P— s [Paris] of G. W , a tolerably gbod likeness ; but as it is a front face, and only of bust size, I got W [West] to promise to make a full length drawing, in order to get a print engraved." The portrait in the volume is engraved by W. Sharp; but whether or not West made the drawing is not known. The anonymous sketch of Washington, which occupies pp. 14-24 of this edition of the Poetical Epistle, was written by John Bell of Maryland, and has been many times reprinted. The various editions will be noticed in the part of this Catalogue devoted to Washingtoniana. Bound with this in a volume lettered " Miscellanies " are : [Reed, J.] Remarks on Governor Johnstone's Speech. — Boudinot, E. An Oration, delivered at Elizabeth-Town, 4 July, 1793. — Otis, H. G. An Oration delivered July 4, 1788. — Barlow, J. An Oration de- livered at the North Church in Hartford. — Brooks, J. An Oration, delivered to the Society of the Cincinnati. — [Tudor, W.] A gratulatory Address, delivered July 5th, 1790. — Meigs, J. An Oration pronounced before a public Assembly in New-Haven. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 223 [WHARTON, Samuel. Merchant, 173 2-1800.] View of the Title to Indiana, a Tract of Country on the River Ohio. Containing Indian Conferences at Johnson- Hall, in May, 1765 — the Deed of the Six Nations to the Proprietors of Indiana — the Minutes of, the Congress at Fort Stanwix, in October and November, 1768 — the Deed of the Indians, settling the Boundary Line between the English and Indians Lands — and the Opinion of Counsel on the Title of the Proprietors of Indiana. Philadelphia : printed by Styner & Cist, m dcc lxxvi. 46 pp. 8°. Inscribed at the top of the title-page " For his Excellency Gen'. Washington." The name of Indiana was given by the grantees to a tract of land ceded to them by the Indians at Fort Stanwix in 1768. The territory granted covered that forming a large part of the present State of West Virginia. The Indiana Company was merged into a larger undertaking, called the Walpole Company, which had a scheme for founding a State on the Western lands under the name of Vandalia. Franklin was one of the principal promoters of this plan, and gave aid to Samuel Wharton, who spent several years in England trying to procure a patent from the govern- ment. In 1775. the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantation had reported favorably upon the petition, and a grant was about to be given, when the " Lord President of His Majesty's Privy Council requested that the Honorable Mr. Walpole and his associates would wait for the grant aforesaid and the plan of government of Vandalia until hostili- ties, which had commenced between Great Britain and the United Colonies, should cease." In 1780, Franklin presented a Memorial to Congress (printed in vol. 10 of Bigelow's edi- tion of his works) reciting the history of the cause in England, and asking for a grant of the same privileges as were to have been given by the British government. Samuel Wharton, one of the principal grantees of Indiana, is mentioned in several places as having written a pamphlet in support of the Indiana grant ; but not identified. The pre- sent publication is undoubtedly from his pen ; and another entitled " Plain Facts ; being an Examination into the Rights of the Indian Nations of America, to their respective Coun- tries ; and a Vindication of the Grant from the Six united Nations of Indians to the Pro- prietors of Indiana," Philadelphia, 1781, is also by him. The last-named is an enlargement of the first pamphlet, and Wharton's authorship is attested by Du Simitiere in his Note-books preserved in the Library of Congress. Washington's copy of the " View of the Title to Indiana " was sent to him by Col. George Morgan, one of the Indiana grantees, as shown by a letter from him to Dr. John Morgan, dated April 10, 1776, in which he says : — " The 7 th instant I received your favour of the 24'. h Ult°. from Cambridge. As it is chiefly on the Subject of General Washington's 9000 acres of Land in Indiana, I will endeavour to explain the Matter more fully. . . . " For the General's information I inclose him a Copy of our Deed &? Minutes of the Treaty." The Indiana grant interfered with the interests of the Ohio Company, in which Wash- ington was concerned; and he appears to have sought from Dr. Morgan, then in camp at Cambridge, information as to the claims of the Indiana grantees. The schemes of the different western land companies are treated in an article by F. J. Turner on " Western State-making in the Revolutionary era " in the American Historical Re- view for October, 1895. There it is stated that Col. Morgan wrote to a Kentucky friend in 224 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. December, 1780, that he would soon send him a " pamphlet now in the press on the subject " (the rights to the western lands). Mr. Turner advances the opinion that Morgan had reference to Paine's Public Good, which was issued Dec. 30, 1780. In view of the fact that Murgan was in close association with Wharton in the Indiana undertaking, it seems more probable that he refers to the latter's pamphlet "Plain Facts," published in 1781. Paine has been accused of having written his " Public Good " in the pay of the Indiana Company ; and Morgan's supposed reference to it is thought to be evidence of the truth of the charge. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " America." Contents given under Williams, J. An Enquiry into the Truth of the Tradition, etc. WHEELOCK, Eleazar, D.D. President of Dartmouth College, 1711-1779. A Continuation of the Narrative of the Indian Charity-School, in Lebanon, in Connecticut ; from the Year 1 768, to the Incorporation of it with Dart- mouth College, and Removal and Settlement of it in Hanover, in the Province of New-Hampshire, 1771. By Eleazar Wheelock, D.D. President of Dartmouth-College. [Hartford.] Printed [by Ebenezer Watson] in the Year 1771. 61 pp. 8°. A Continuation of the Narrative of the Indian Charity School, begun in Lebanon, in Connecticut; now Incorporated with Dartmouth-College, in Hanover, in the Province of New-Hampshire [May 6, 1771, to Sept. 26, 1772]. By Eleazar Wheelock, D.D. President of Dartmouth-College. New-Hampshire, printed in the Year 1773. 40 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a volume of pamphlets lettered " Miscellanies "are : Wheelock, E. A Continuation of the Narrative of the Indian Charity-School [Sept. 26, 1772-Sept. 26, 1773]. - Jay, Sir James. A Letter to the Governors of the College of New York. — [Smith, W., D.D.] An Account of Washington College. — Bowdoin, J. A philosophical Discourse. — Minto, W. An inaugural Oration. — [Coxe, T.] An Address to an Assembly of the Friends of American Manufactures. — [Fitch, J.] The original Steam-Boat. — Rumsey, J. A Plan, wherein the Power of Steam is fully shown. — Barnes, J. Treatise on the Justice ... of establishing an effectual System for promoting the Progress of useful Arts. — Wall, G., jr. A Description, ... of a newly invented surveying Instrument, called the Trigono- meter. — [Tucker, St. G.] Reflections on the Policy and Necessity of encouraging the Com- merce of the Citizens of the United States. — [Morris, R.] Plan of Association of the North American Land Company. — Blanchard, C. Journal of my forty-fifth Ascension. A Continuation of the Narrative of the "Indian Charity-School, begun in Lebanon, in Connecticut; now incorporated with Dartmouth-College, in Hanover, in the Province of New- Hampshire. [Sept. 26, 1772-Sept. 26, 1773.] By Eleazar Wheelock, D.D. President of Dartmouth-College. Hartford: printed in the Year 1773. 68 pp. 8°. Bound with the preceding. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 225 Pp. 44-68, contain " Abstract of the Journal of a Mission to the Delaware Indians, west of the Ohio, entered upon June 19, 1772, by the Rev. Mess. David Maccluer and Levi Frisbie, who return'd October 2, 1773." WHEELOCK, Eleazar, D.D. President of Dartmouth College, 1711-1779. A Continuation of the Narrative of the Indian Charity-School, begun in Lebanon, in Connecticut; now incorporated with Dartmouth-College, in Hanover, in the Province of New-Hampshire [Sept. 26, 1773, to Feb. 20, 1775]. With a Dedication to the Honorable Trust in London. To which is added An Account of Missions in the last Year, in an Abstract from the Journal of the Rev'd Mr. Frisbie, Missionary. By Eleazar Wheelock, D.D. President of Dartmouth-College. Hartford : printed by Ebenezer Watson, m,dcc,lxxv. 54 pp. Sm. 4 . Pp. 33-54 contain, with a separate title-page : — An authenticated Account of Monies received and expended, for the Use of the Indian Charity-School, incorporated with Dartmouth College, from August 24th, 1773, to March 20th, 1775. . . . With an Appendix containing a short Narrative of the Mission of the Rev. Levi Frisbie, Mr. James Deane, and Mr. Thomas Kendal, to the Indians of the Province of Quebec. Hartford : printed by Ebenezer Watson. Given to Washington by the author, who wrote : — " I enclose my last Narrative, and shall endeavor to give you Account of Occurrences since my last as soon as I am favored with an Opportunity and leisure for it. Dartmouth College, October 15, 1775." Bound with " Philosophical Transactions," and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." WHIG CLUB. Resolutions and Declarations of the Whig Club. [Dublin, 1789.] (2), ix pp. Sm. 4 . At the bottom of page ix., after the printed signature of Thomas Conolly, the Secretary, there is written in the handwriting of Sir Edward Newenham (?), a correspondent of Washington, the following: "This is signed by Leinster, Charlemont, Shannon, Grattan, Hartley, Newenham, and 100 Peers and Commoners. . . ." The Earl of Charlemont was the prime mover in the organization of the Whig Club, and probably the Resolutions were prepared by him. See Hardy's Memoirs of James Caul- field, Earl of Charlemont, vol. ii., pp. 194 et seq. A full account of the Whig Club, with a copy of the Resolutions, are given in Grattan's Memoirs, vol. iii. Bound with " Poems on Several Occasions. By a Gentleman of Virginia " and other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Poems, &c." WHITAKER, Nathaniel, D.D. 1 732-1 795. An Antidote against Toryism, or the Curse of Meroz, and a Discourse on Judges 5th 23. By Nathaniel Whitaker D.D. Pastor of the Presbyterian Con- gregation in Salem, State of Massachusetts-Bay. Published at the Desire of many who heard it. Dedicated to his Excellency General Washington. Newbury- Port : printed by John Mycall. mdcclxxvti. 34 pp. 1 2°. 15 226 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under STITH, W. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. [WHITE, William, D.D. Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1748-1836.] The Case of the Episcopal Churches in the United States considered. Philadelphia : printed by David C. Claypoole. m,dcc,lxxxh. 35 pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Bound with this in a pamphlet volume lettered " Sermons, &c." are : — Wilmer, J. J. A Sermon on the Doctrine of the New-Jerusalem Church ; Consolation, being a Replication to Thomas Paine. — Davidson, R. A Sermon on the Freedom and Happiness of the United States. — Richards, W. Reflections on French Atheism. — [Benezet, A.] A Letter from One of the Society of Friends. — Hewes, J. A Collection of Occurrences and Facts. — [Brothers, R.] A revealed Knowledge of the Prophecies and Times, Book i, ii. A Sermon, on the reciprocal Influence of Civil Policy and Religious Duty. Delivered in Christ Church, in the City of Philadelphia, on Thursday, the 19th of February, 1795, being a Day of General Thanksgiving. By William White, D.D. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: printed by Ormrod & Conrad. March 2d. 1795. 36 pp. 8°. Pp. 3-7 are taken up with a dedication to the President of the United States. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Political Sermons." Contents given under Hart, O. America's Remembrancer. There is another copy in the collection, unbound. — = — A Sermon on the Duty of civil Obedience, as required in Scripture. De- livered in Christ Church and St. Peter's, April 25, 1799, being a day of general Humiliation, appointed by the President of the United States. By William White, D.D. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : printed by John Ormrod. 1799. 26 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " For General Washington, from his most respectful & affectionate humble Servant The Author." Washington acknowledged the gift of the pamphlet in a letter dated at Mount Vernon 30th May, 1799. WILLIAMS, Rev. John, LL.D. English dissenter, 1 726-1 798. An Enquiry into the Truth of the Tradition, concerning the Discovery of America, by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, about the Year, 1 1 70. By John Williams, L.L.D. London: printed by J. Brown, and sold by B. White and Son. . . . M.DCC.XCI. viii, 82, (3) pp. 8°. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 22? Washington's autograph on the title-page. Sent to Washington by Samuel Vaughan. See letter printed under Christie, T., in this Catalogue. Bound with this in a volume lettered " America " are : — [Varlo, C] The finest Part of America, etc. — Edwards, J. Observations on the Lan- guage of the Muhhekaneew Indians. — The Treaty held with the Indians of the Six Nations, at Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, in June, 1744. — [Wharton, S.] View of the Title to Indiana. — Drayton, J. Letters written during a Tour through the Northern and Eastern States. WILMER, Rev. James Jones. Born 1749. A Sermon, on the Doctrine of the New-Jerusalem Church : being the first promulgated within the United States of America. Delivered on the first Sunday in April, 1792, in the Court- House of Baltimore-Town, by James Wilmer, examined and approved for the Ministerial Office, by the late Dr. Terrick, Bishop of London. Baltimore : printed and sold by William Goddard and James Angell. m.dcc.xcii. 23 pp. 8°. Given to Washington by the author ; see correspondence printed below. " The first New Jerusalem Church was, by permission, opened in the Court House of this town by the Rev. Mr. Wilmer, amidst a large assemblage of hearers of various denomi- nations. The Hon. Judge Chase was present, as well as several other liberal and enlightened gentlemen of the bar." — Scharf. Chronicles of Baltimore. The preacher of this Sermon was the first minister to teach the doctrines of the New (Swedenborgian) Church in the United States. In January, 1793, he transmitted to Wash- ington an Address from the Members of the New Church at Baltimore, which was accom- panied by some New Church books. The correspondence begins with the following : — " Allow us, by the first opportunity, to present to Your Excellency, among other Tracts, the Compendium of the New Church, signified by the New Jerusalem in the revelation, as the readiest means to furnish you with a just idea of the Heavenly Doctrines." The Address is dated January 22, 1793, and was signed by Hy. Didier, Secy., pro tern. Lear transmitted under date of January 27, 1793, Washington's reply to this Address, which follows : — To the Members of the New Church at Baltimore Gentlemen, — It has ever been my pride to merit the approbation of my fellow citizens, by a faithful and honest discharge of the duties annexed to those Stations in which they have been pleased to place me ; and the dearest rewards of my Services have been their testi- monies of esteem and confidence with which — they have honored me. But to the manifest interposition of an over-ruling Providence and to the patriotic exertions of united America, are to be ascribed those events which have given us a respectable rank among the nations of the Earth. We have abundant reason to rejoice, that in this land, the light of truth and reason have triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. In this enlightened age and in this land of equal liberty, it is our boast that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest offices that are known in the United States. 228 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Your prayers for my present and future felicity are received with gratitude ; and I sin- cerely wish, Gentlemen, that you may, in your social & individual capacities, taste those blessings which a gracious God bestows upon the righteous G° Washington From the original in the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Lear's letter of acknowledgment brought forth the following reply from Wilmer : — Baltimore, Feby 5, 1793. Sir, — Your polite attention demands our warmest gratitude. By this day's mail is sent a packet to his Excellency, which, I hope will arrive in due order. The Baltimore Journal of to day is enclosed. Allow me respectfully to solicit your attention to the following ode, for Monday next, in one of your Gazettes ; no seasonable opportunity offering here, will plead for the freedom assumed. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your very obliged, and most ob'. humb. serv'. James Wilmer. Tobias Lear Esq^ Baltimore, Feby 1793. ' List of Books sent His Excellency by this days mail 1, Copy of the New Church Liturgy &c. 1, D? J. Wilmers Sermon on opening the new church.* 1, D? [Hindmarsh.] Life of Swedenborg.* 1, Of the 9 Questions. 1, Memoir by J. Wilmer.* 1, [Swedenborg, E.] On the Lord's prayer.* 1, News paper of to day. From the original in the State Department. The titles starred represent books in this collection. For another New Church work in this Collection, which was probably one of the gifts sent by the Baltimore Society, see Swedenborg, E. The True Christian Religion. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under [White, W.] The Case of the Episcopal Churches in the United States. WILMER, Rev. James Jones. Born 1749. Memoirs by James Wilmer. Baltimore: printed by Samuel & John Adams. 1792. 16 pp. 16 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under Macpherson, J. Lectures. Consolation; being a Replication to Thomas Paine, and Others, on Theologies. By James Jones Wilmer, of Maryland. Philadelphia : printed for the Author, by William W. Woodward. 1 794. 80 pp. 8°. The dedication reads: "To George Washington, Esq. as First Magistrate of America, the Senate and House of Representatives of Congress, the following Pages, agreeably to Order, are first, and respectfully presented by the Author." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under [White, W.] The Case of the Episcopal Churches in the United States. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 229 WILMER, Rev. James Jones. Born 1749. An Address to the Citizens of the United States, on National Representa- tion; with a Sketch of the Origin of Government, and the State of Public Affairs. By James Jones Wilmer. Baltimore: printed by William Pechin. [1796.] 16 pp. 8°. WILY, John. A Treatise on the Propagation of Sheep, the Manufacture of Wool, and the Cultivation and Manufacture of Flax, with Directions for making several Utensils for the Business. By John Wily. Williamsburg: Printed by J. Royle, mdcclxv. 52 pp. 12 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Dickinson, JJ Letters from a Farmer. WINCHESTER, Rev. Elhanan. 1 751-1797. Thirteen Hymns, suited to the present Times : Cotainging \sic\ ; the past, present, and future State of America; with Advice to Soldiers and Christians. Dedicated to the Inhabitants of the United Colonies. By Elhanan Winchester. The second Edition. Baltimore : printed by M. K. Goddard. m,dcc,lxxvi. 20 pp. 16 . Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Miscellanies." Contents given under [Dickinson, J.] Letters from a Farmer. Ten Letters addressed to Mr. Paine, in Answer to his Pamphlet, entitled the Age of Reason : containing some clear and satisfying Evidences of the Truth of Divine Revelation ; and especially of the Resurrection and Ascen- sion of Jesus. By Elhanan Winchester. The second Edition. New- York: printed and sold by Samuel Campbell. m,dcc,xcv. 100 pp. 12°. Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Sermons." Contents given under Stith, W. The Nature and Extent of Christ's Redemption. WINTER, Lucretia Wilhelmina Van, nee Van Merken. Dutch poetess, died 1789. Germanicus, poeme, en seize chants. Traduit du Hollandois de Madame Van Winter, nee Van Merken. A Amsterdam chez P. J. Uylenbroek. mdcclxxxvii. iv,(9),4S2 pp. 8°. Engraved title-page. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Given to Washington by the author. Washington's letter of acknowledgment reads : — Mount Vernon, January 8 th 1788 I have received your letter of 26 th Feb>\ accompanied by the Poem entitled Ger- manicus. I consider your sending the latter to me as a mark of polite attention which mer- 230 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. its my warmest acknowledgments. I beg you to accept my thanks for that, as well as for the many obliging expressions in your letter. — The muses have always been revered in every age, and in all Countries where letters and civilization have made any progress — As they tend to alleviate the misfortunes and soften the sorrows of life they will ever be respected by the humane & virtuous. — I am Y'. most Obedl H ble Sert G? Washington Addressed to L. S. Van Winter, L. W. Van Winter, nit Van Merken. — From the Wash- ington Letter Books in the State Department. [WOODS, Joseph. English Quaker.] Thoughts on the Slavery of the Negroes. London : printed and sold by James Phillips, m.dcc.lxxxiv. 32 pp. 8°. WYVILL, Rev. Christopher. The Correspondence of the Rev. C. Wyvill with the right honourable William Pitt. Part I. The second Edition. Published by Mr. Wyvill. Newcastle : printed by S. Hodgson. Sold by J. Johnson, London, and J. Todd, York. 1796. (4), 98 pp. 8°. On Parliamentary Reform. Given to Washington by the Rev. William Gordon, as shown by the following extract from a letter by Ebenezer Hazard to Washington : — "On Saturday Evening I received a Package from London containing among some other things some Pictures of our Friend Doctor Gordon and the Correspondence between Mess r 5 Wyvill and Pitt, one of each of which the D r . directs me to hand to your Excellency." Phila. Nov^ 7. 1796. YATES, Peter Waldron. Lawyer, 1 747-1826. An Address. Delivered in the Lodge Room at Schenectady, the 2 7th De- cember, 1783. On the Festival of St. John the Evangelist. In the Pres- ence of the Officers and Brethren of Union Lodge No. 1, of the City of Albany, St. George's Lodge of Schenectady, and several visiting Brethren, of the Most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons. By Peter W. Yates, Esq ; Counsellor at Law and Master of said Union Lodge. Albany: printed by S. Balentine, 1784. 30 pp. 16 . Inscribed on the verso of the fly-leaf at the end of the pamphlet : — " To His Excellency, General Washington ; From his most Hum. Serv'. Peter W. Yates." Bound with other pamphlets in a volume lettered " Masonic Sermons." Contents given under Magaw, S. A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, Dover, December 27 th , 1779. YOUNG, Arthur. English economist, 1 741-1820. Annals of Agriculture, and other useful Arts. Collected and published by Arthur Young, F. R. S. . . . Vols. I.-XXXI. A TOUR IN IRELAND: WITH GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE of that KINGDOM. MADE IN The YEARS 1776, 1777, and 1778, AND Brought down to the End of 1779. By ARTHUR YOUNG, Efq ; F. R. S. Honorary Member of the Societies of Dublin, York and Majc« Chester j the Oeconomical Society of Berne ; die Palatine Academy of Agriculture, at Manheim, and the Phyfical Society at Zurich. VOL II. D U B L I Nt Printed by James Williams, For Messrs. WHITESTONE, SWEATER, SHEPPARD, WILLIAMS, BURNET, WILSON, JENKIN, WOGAN, VALLAfrlCE, WHITE, BEATTY, BYRN, and BURTON. M.DCC.&XXX. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 23 1 Vols. I-V. London : printed for the Editor, and sold by H. Goldney. M.DCC.LXXXIV-M.DCC.LXXXVI. Vols. VI-XXXI. Bury St. Edmund's : printed for the Editor, by J. Rackham, and sold by William Nicoll [etc.]. mdcclxxxvi — 1798. 31 vols. Plates. 8°. Vol. 18 is in unbound numbers. There are duplicates of vol. xi, nos. 61-64 J v °l- xv > nos. 85, 86; vol. xvii; vol. xix, nos. 6-9. This publication was given to Washington by Arthur Young. The receipt of the volumes as they came to him, are acknowledged by Washington in letters which are printed in " Letters from his Excellency General Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq., F. R. S." London, 1801 ; and in " Letters on Agriculture from his Excellency George Washington," Washington, 1847. Volume I. is inscribed on a fly leaf " To General Washington In testimony of the Ven- eration I feel for so great & good a character. Arthur Young." Washington's book-plate in vols. 1-17. The autograph is on the title-pages of volumes 1-21. Upon the title-pages of vols. 27-30 is the autograph of " M. Washington, 1800." In the State Department at Washington, there are preserved, volumes made up of ex- tracts from the Annals, in Washington's handwriting. " In closely written note books Washington jotted down what attracted his notice in the Annals, classifying his notes by articles, and particular attention being paid to grains and roots, courses of crops, and cattle." — W. C. Ford. YOUNG, Arthur. English economist, 1 741-1820. A Tour in Ireland : with general Observations on the present State of that Kingdom made in the Years 1776, 1777, and 1778, and brought down to the End of 1779. By Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. . . . Dublin : printed by George Bonham, for Messrs. Whitestone, Sleater, Sheppard. m,dcc,lxxx, 2 vols: vol. I. xxxii, 416 pp. Folded plate. Vol. II. (2), 287, (1), 232, (s) pp. 8°. The imprint of vol. ii. has " printed by James Williams " instead of " George Bonham." Washington's autograph on the title-pages. Book-plate. A copy of this work was bought for Washington by William Stephens Smith in 1783. See extract printed under A New Annual Register, in this Catalogue. In 1786 he received another copy, as in a letter of July 20, to Henry Lee, he acknowledges the receipt of some books and says " Young's tour thro' Ireland, I had myself purchased when in New York." In May, 1786, Washington wrote to Biddle : "If you should not have purchased Young's Tour through Great Britain before this reaches you, be pleased to decline doing it, as I have just received a very Polite Letter from that Gentleman, informing me of his having dis- patched a Compleat Sett of his Works for my acceptance. Mt. Vernon, May 18 th , 1786." Biddle Papers. Travels, during the Years 1787, 1788, and 1789. Undertaken more par- ticularly with a View of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and National Prosperity, of the Kingdom of France. By Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. . . . 232 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Bury St. Edmund's : printed by J. Rackham for W. Richardson, mdccxcii. viii, 566, (4) pp. Folded map. 4°. Washington's autograph has been cut out of the title-page. Has the book-plate. Same. The second Edition. 2 vols. Vol. I. London : printed for W. Richardson, viii, 629, (3) pp. Folded map. Vol. II. Bury St. Edmund's : printed by J. Rackham, for W. Richardson. 1794. (2), 336, (4) pp. 4 . Inscribed : " From the Author " on the fly-leaves of both volumes. Washington's auto, graph on the title-pages. The author wrote to Washington concerning the gift, as follows : — " I would have done myself the honour of answering your Excellency's letter . . . long since, but I waited to be able to transmit the second edition with large additions of my Travels. I now have that pleasure, & shall be happy if the book is honoured with a place in your library. . . . Board of Agriculture, London June 2. 1794." Rural Economy, or Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry : designed to explain several of the most important Methods of conducting Farms of various Kinds ; including many useful Hints to gentlemen Farmers, relative to the economical Management of their Business. To which is added, The Rural Socrates, being Memoirs of a Country Philosopher. By the Author of the Farmer's Letters. The third Edition. Burlington, printed by Isaac Neale. M,DCC,xcn. 299, (1) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. Pp. 191-299 contain, " The Rural Socrates : or, A Description of the economical and moral Conduct of a Country Philosopher. Written in German by Mr. Hirzel, President of the Physical Society at Zurich." YOUNG, Major William. Manoeuvres, or Practical Observations on the Art of War : Containing, Vol. I. 1. The Manual Exercise. 2. An Essay on the Command of Small Detachments. 3. A new System of Fortification, by making use of Standing Timber, &c. And General Wolfe's Instructions to Young Officers. Vol. II. 1 . Manoeuvres for a Battalion of Infantry. 2. Manoeuvres for a Battalion, and Brigade of Infantry. 3. Manoeuvres in general, with a short Table, containing above two hun- dred and forty different Movements. With 62 Copper-Plates. By Major William Young. BOOKS FROM WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 233 London: printed for J. Millan. [1771?] (8), 29, 32, (4), ii, 18, (2), ix, (3), 106, 20, (1), 31, (1), 33 pp. Plates. 2 vols, in 1. 16 . The fly-leaf at the end of the volume has some memoranda,in Washington's handwriting, of items treated in the book. The several treatises have independent title-pages and pagination, and same form of im- print, as follows : The Manual Exercise, with Explanations, as Ordered by His Majesty. m,dcc,lxx. 32 PP- An Essay on the Command of Small Detachments. With eight Copper-Plates. m,dcc,lxvi. 29 pp. A New System of Fortification, constructed with Standing Timber, &c, or the Sentiments of a West-India Savage on the Art of War. Represented on a Copper-Plate. Solely meant to prevent the present cruel intended general Massacre of the present Natives of St. Vincent, mdcclxx. (4), ii, 18 pp. The Preface is signed " A Field Officer of Engineers." General Wolfe's Instructions to Young Officers : also his Orders for a Battalion and an Army. Together with the Orders and Signals used in Embarking and Debarking an Army by Flat-bottom'd Boats, &c. And a Placart to the Canadians. To which is pre- fixed the Resolution of the House of Commons for his Monument; and his Character, and the Dates of all his Commissions. Also the Duty of an Adjutant and Quarter- Master, &c. M dcc lxviii. (2), ix, (3), 106 pp. xi plates. 16 . Manoeuvres for a Battalion of Infantry, upon fixed Principles. With seventeen Copper- Plates. Including the late General Wolf's. By a German Officer. m.dcc.lXvi. 20, (1) PP- Manoeuvres for a Battalion of Infantry, upon fixed Principles. With thirty-two Copper- Plates. By a German Officer, m.dcc.lxvii. 31, (1) pp. The Practice of Manoeuvring a Battalion of Infantry. By William Young, late Major of Brigade to the Corps of Grenadiers and Highlanders who served in Germany, and now in the service of Brunswick, m.dcc.lxxi. 33 pp. 5 folded copper-plates. 16 . WATTS, Isaac. The Beauties of the late Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts; containing the most striking and admired Passages in the Works of that justly celebrated Divine, Philosopher, Moralist, and Poet : Equally calculated for the Communication of Polite and Useful Knowledge, and the Increase of Wisdom and Happi- ness. To which is added, the Life of the Author. Elizabeth-Town: printed by Shepard Kollock. m,dcc,xcvi. (2), 229 (5) PP- i8°- Edited by Mason L. Weems. This work comes among the Washington books, but it bears no evidence of its having belonged to Washington. There is a copy now preserved at Mount Vernon, said to have been Washington's, although it is not entered upon the Inventory. pavt n. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON, FORMERLY BELONGING TO JUDGE BUSHROD WASHINGTON; WITH SOME OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON FAMILY. ADDISON, Alexander. Analysis of the Report of the Committee of the Virginia Assembly, on the Proceedings of the other States in Answer to their Resolutions. Philadelphia, 1800. 54 pp. 12 . AFRICAN INSTITUTION. Sixteenth Report of the Directors, 1822. London, 1822. lii ? 412 pp. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington " on the cover. The AFRICAN OBSERVER. Vol. I. nos. 1-10, 12. Philadelphia, 1827-28. 1 1 unbound numbers. 8°. ALLEN, Rev. Benjamin. The Gospel an Antidote to Affliction and Death ; a Sermon, preached at the Interment of Thos. Burgess Ball Hammond, on Tuesday, April 4th, 1820 : also, the Substance of a Sermon preached at the Interment of Capt. Thos. Hammond, on Thursday, April 20th, 1820. Charlestown, Va., 1820. 16 pp. 8°. History of the Church of Christ. Philadelphia, 1823-24. 2 vols, in 20 pamphlets.- 8°. In the original paper covers as issued in numbers. [ALLEN, Rev. John.] An Essay on the Policy of Appropriations being made by the Government of the United States, for purchasing, liberating and colonizing without the Territory of the said States, the Slaves thereof, in Numbers, some of which BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 235 have been published in the Baltimore American, and the whole of them in the Genius of universal Emancipation. By a Citizen of Maryland. Baltimore, 1826. 40 pp. 8°. " Mr. Washington " on the title-page. The author's name is written in under " By a Citizen of Maryland " on the title-page. ALSOP, Richard. A Poem ; sacred to the Memory of George Washington. Adapted to the 2 2d of Feb. 1800. Hartford, 1800. 23 pp. 8°. Dedicated to Martha Washington. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. ist-uth annual Reports. 1817-27. New York, 1817-27. 10 pamphlets. 8°. Two copies of 1st, 10th Reports. Three copies of 3d, 4th Reports. Constitution. Address to the People of the United States ; a Notice of Proceedings ; and a List of Officers. New- York, 1816. 20 pp. 8?. Fourth, seventh, tenth-twelfth anniversary of the American Bible Society. [New York], 1820-27. 5 pamphlets. 8°. Extracts from Correspondence, &c. April, 1820; Feb.-March, 1823; August, 1824; Nov., 1826; Jan., March, July, Sept., Nov., 1827; Sept., 1828 ; April, 1829. New York, 1820-29. 15 pamphlets. 8°. Many of the pamphlets are directed to " Hon. Bushrod Washington, Washington City." AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. Report; compiled from Documents laid before the Board, at the ninth annual meeting, which was held at New Haven, Con. Sept. 10, and ri, 1818. Boston, 1818. 40 pp. 8°. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. The ist-3d, 5th~9th, nth annual Reports of the American Society for colonizing the free People of Color of the United States. 1818-20, 22- 26, 28. Washington, 1818-28. 9 pamphlets. 8°. Two copies of 2d, 6th and 9th Reports. Address of the Board of Managers to the Auxiliary Societies and the Peo- ple of the United States. Washington, July, 1820. 32 pp. 8°. 236 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. Memorial of the President and Board of Managers. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington : printed by Gales & Seaton. 1820. 7 pp. 8°. To the Public. Address of the Boajd of Managers. [Washington, 1822.] 16 pp. 8°. Report of the Board of Managers, January 13th, 1827. [Washington, 1827.] (2), 21 pp. 8°. The AMERICAN Review of History and Politics, and general Repository of Literature and State Papers. Vols. I-1V. Philadelphia, printed for Farrand and Nicholas. 1811-12. 4 vols. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington " on the title-page of volume I. There are also some unbound numbers, with the autograph of G. C. Washington on the covers. The ANALECTIC Magazine, containing Selections from foreign Reviews and Magazines, of such Articles as are most valuable, curious, and entertaining. Vols. 1 j 3-5 ; 6, nos. 31-33, 35, 36 ; 7-9 ; 10, nos. 55, 56, 58-60. Philadelphia, 1813-1817. Illustrated. 7 vols, complete. 3 vols, incom- plete. 8°. The titles vary in minor particulars. The later volumes are called The Analectic Maga- zine & Naval Chronicle. [ARBOUIN, James. i742(?)-i8 2 2.] Dissertations on the regenerate Life ; in Harmony with the theological Views of Baron Swedenborg, the undoubted Messenger of our Lord's second Advent. London: printed and sold by E. and H. Hodson. 1812. xi, (1), 177 pp. 16 . In pencil on the fly-leaf : — " From Myer Fisher by Longstreth." Inscribed on the cover : " Bushrod Washington Esq Mount Vernon, from his Friend of Ury — Care of Jonas King Esq' Washington, D.C." The author of the treatise was born in France, but educated in London, where he was for many years a successful merchant. He was the author of several New Church writings and was a frequent contributor to the Intellectual Repository. The " Dissertations on the Regenerate Life," which was held in high esteem by New Church readers, passed through several editions. The first American edition was published at Savannah in 1859. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 237 ARBUCKLE, James. The Sabbatical Institute, an Oration, delivered before the Orange County Union, October 28, 1828. New-York, 1828. (2), 23 pp. 8°. " Hon. Bushrod Washington " on the title-page. ASHMUN, Jehudi. History of the American Colony in Liberia, from December 1821, to 1823. Compiled from the authentic Records of the Colony. Washington City, 1826. 42 pp. Folded map. 8°. BALL, John, M.D. The modern Practice of Physic. In two Volumes. The third Edition, with large Additions and Amendments. London, mdcclxviii. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : — " Bushrod Washington " " Ann Washington's Book Richmond." BANKS, Henry. A Memorial to the Congress of the U. States, relating to Revolutionary Events. Frankfort, Ky., 1827. 71 pp. 12 . [BARLOW, Joel.] Prospectus of a National Institution to be established in the United States. Washington City, 1806. 44 pp. 8°. " From the: Author to S. Blodget " on the title-page. BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGE- MENT OF AGRICULTURE, ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE; INSTITUTED 1777. Rules, Orders, and Premiums. With a List of the Members of the Society, and of the Premiums granted in 18 14. Bath, mdcccxv. 79 pp. 8°. [Records of the proceedings of the Annual meeting of the Society, Dec. 13, 1814.] (3) PP- F°. Circular. BATH PENITENTIARY AND LOCK HOSPITAL. Proceedings from the Commencement of the Institution in 1816, to the close of the Year 1818; with an alphabetical List of Subscriptions and Donations. 238 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Bath, 1819. 68, (2) pp. 8°. A sheet giving " additional Donations and Subscriptions " is pasted in. " Judge. Wash- ington " in gilt letters on the cover. BEASLEY, Frederick, D.D. A Sermon, delivered before the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Pennsylvania, held in St. James's Church, Philadel- phia, May 3, 1 81 5 ; and published by Request. Philadelphia, 1815. 35 pp. 8°. " Judge B. Washington from the Author." A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind, part first. Philadelphia, 1822. 5, (i), 561 pp. 8°. On the fly-leaf : " Bush. Washington Mount Vemon Presented by the Author." A Vindication of the Argument, a priori, in Proof of the Being and Attri- butes of God, from the Objections of Dr. Waterland. Philadelphia, 1825. 32 pp. 8°. " Hon 1 . Judge Washington respectfully presented by the Author." BEECHER, Lyman, D.D. A Sermon, delivered at Woolcot (Con.) Sept. 21, 1814, at the Installation of the Rev. John Keyes. Andover, 1815. 34 pp. 8°. BEERS, William Pitt. An Oration on the Death of General George Washington ; pronounced before the Citizens of Albany, on Tuesday January 9th, 1800. Albany, [1800.] 17 pp. Sm. 4 . BENSON, Egbert. Memoir, read before the Historical Society of the State of New- York, 31st December, 1816. New York, 1817. 72 pp. 8°. Two copies ; in one of which are inserted slips of paper having manuscript notes by the author ; the other copy has manuscript notes on the margins and in the text. Both copies were presented to Bushrod Washington by the author, as shown by inscriptions on the covers. [ ] Vindication of the Captors of Major Andre. New York, 1817. 99 pp. 12°. Inscribed on the title-page : — " For Judge Washington with respects from E. Benson." Manuscript note by the author at page 98. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 239 BIBB, George M., and others. •Petition to the Congress of the United States. [Washington? 1824.] 12 pp. No title-page. 8°. In regard to the judicial system of the United States, particularly as constituted for the Circuit district of Kentucky. " Mr. Justice Washington " written on the first page. BIBLE. The Holy Bible : with the Apocrypha. Albany, 1816. 756, 181, 234 pp. 8°. Autograph of ■' Bush. Washington " on the title-page and on first inside page of cover. The BIBLE and the Sword ; or, the Appointment of the general Fast vindi- cated : in an Address to the Citizens of America ; concerning the Propriety of opposing British Piracy and Outrage, and of fasting when the Sword is drawn for that Purpose. Baltimore: printed for the Author. 181 2. 21pp. 8°. Signed " A True Republican." BIBLE SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA. The Sixth Report, May 4th, 181 4, Philadelphia, 18 14. 44 pp. 8°. " For Hon. B. Washington from his Obed 1 . Serv'. James Milnor " on the cover. BIBLE SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. First Report. [Washington], 1816. 31 pp. 8°. 5 copies. BIDDLE, Nicholas. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the Years 1 804-5-6. By order of the Government of the United States. Pre- pared for the Press by Paul Allen, Esquire. In two Volumes. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep. . . . 1814. Vol. I. xxviii, 470'pp. Vol. II. ix, (1), 522 pp. 8°. The map belonging to vol. I. has been torn out. Autograph of " Bush. Washington " in both volumes. Elliot Coues says that this narrative " alone is the complete, authentic, and authorized account prepared by Nicholas Biddle from the original manuscripts of Lewis and Clark," but " whose work was faced, prefaced, and defaced by one Paul Allen." This edition is made the basis of his " History of the Expedition of Lewis and Clark," in four volumes, New York, 1893. 240 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. BINNEY, Horace. An Eulogium upon the Hon. William Tilghman, late Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1827. 46 pp. 8°. " Honble B. Washington With the resp' complts. of the Author." BRACKENRIDGE, Hugh Henry. Modern Chivalry : containing the Adventures of a Captain, and Teague O'Regan, his Servant. Philadelphia, 1815. 4 vols, in 2. 12 . Autograph of " Bush. Washington, Mt. Vernon." A BRIEF Sketch of the Origin and present State of the City of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia], 1804. 10 pp. 16°. BUCHANAN, Claudius, D.D. The healing Waters of Bethesda : a Sermon preached at Buxton Wells, to the Company assembled there for the Benefit of the medicinal Waters, on Whitsunday, June 2, 181 1. New- York, 18 12. 40 pp. 8°. Pp. 34-40 contain " Speech relative to the State of the Jews in the East." [BURGESS, Ebenezer.] Address to the American Society for colonizing the free People of Colour of the United States, November 21st, 1818. Washington, 1818. 56 pp. 8°. CALDWELL, Charles, M.D. Character of General Washington. Philadelphia, 1801. 15 pp. 12 . An Oration commemorative of the Character and Administration of Washington, delivered before the American Republican Society of Phila- delphia, on the 2 2d day of February, 18 10. Philadelphia, 18 10. 37 pp. 8°. CARPENTER, T. The Trial of Col. Aaron Burr, on an Indictment for Treason, before the Circuit Court of the United States, held in Richmond, (Virginia) , May Term, 1807 ; including the Arguments and Decisions on all the Motions made during the Examination and Trial, and on the Motion for an Attachment against Gen. Wilkinson. Taken in Short-hand by T. Carpenter. Washington City, 1807. 3 vols. 8°. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 241 " To Judge Washington from his Ob'. S«. Alex' Moore " on the fly-leaves of all the volumes. [CARROLL, Charles, of Carrollton.'] [Last Will and Testament. 1831?] 22, (15) pp. F°. No title-page. The CELEBRATION of the Russian Victories, in Georgetown, District of Columbia; on the 5th of June, 18 13. Including the Oration of Mr. Custis and the Address of Mr. Harper, &c. Georgetown, District of Columbia. 1813. xiv, 43 pp. 12 . CHALMERS, Thomas, D.D. A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, viewed in Connexion with the modern Astronomy. New- York, 181 7. 275 pp. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington." CHANNING, William Ellery. A Sermon, preached in Boston, August 20, 181 2, the Day of Humiliation and Prayer, appointed by the President of the United States, in consequence of the Declaration of War against Great Britain. Boston, 1812. 14 pp. 8°. Pp 15-20 missing. Inscribed " Judge Washington " on the title-page. The CHRISTIAN OBSERVER, conducted by Members of the Established Church. 1820. Vol. 19. New-York, [1820.] 13 unbound numbers. 8°. CINCINNATI, Ohio. Christ Church. A Declaration and Protest of the Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church, Cincinnati, against the Proceedings of Bishop Hobart and the Trustees of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, in relation to the Mission of Bishop Chase to England. Cincinnati, 1823. 14 pp. 8°. " Hon. Bushrod Washington Mount Vernon " written on the cover. CITY of Washington Gazette. Friday, February 5, 1819. 4 pp. F°. Inscribed in the handwriting of Bushrod Washington " 1819. Report of the Coloniza- tion Society." CLARK, Daniel. Deposition of Daniel Clark, the Delegate in the House of Representatives of the United States, from the Territory of Orleans, in relation to the Conduct 16 242 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. of Ge&eral James Wilkinson. January n, 1808. Read. January 13, 1808. Ordered to be printed, and a copy transmitted to the President of the United States. City Of Washington, 1808. 8 pp. 8°. CLARK, Daniel. Proofs of the Corruption of Gen. James Wilkinson, and of his Connexion with Aaron Burr, with a full Refutation of his slanderous Allegations in Rela- tion to the Character of the principal Witness against him. Philadelphia, 1809. (2), 199 pp. 8°. Autograph of Bushrod Washington on the title-page, and also on pp. 3, 4. CLARK, Hugh. A concise History of Knighthood. Containing the religious and military Orders, which have been instituted in Europe. The whole embellished with 82 Copper-Plates. In two Volumes. London, 1784. 2 vols. 8°. Inscribed on the inside of cover : " Price 8/ each Volume P. C. [Penn. currency.] Richard Henry Lee." CLARK, Rev. John. Considerations on the Purity of the Principles of William H. Crawford, Esq. deducible from his Conduct, in Connexion with that of Charles Tait, Esq. towards the Author of this Publication. To which is added, some Remarks upon the Introduction of Africans into this State, contrary to the Laws of the United States, with Suggestions as to the probable Concern of the Indian Agent with one of higher standing in that Business. Augusta [Ga.], 1819. 208 pp. 8°. CLAY, Henry. An Address to the Public ; containing certain Testimony in refutation of the Charges against him, made by Gen. Andrew Jackson, touching the last presidential Election. Washington, 1827. 60 pp. 8°. Page 61 is missing. Speech, before the American Colonization Society, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, January 20, 1827. With an Appendix, con- taining the Documents therein referred to. Washington, 1827. 13, (1), 8 pp. 8°. " Judge Washington From H. Clay " BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 243 CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Rules and Articles for the better Government of the Troops raised, or to be raised and kept in pay, by and at the expence of the United States of America. Philadelphia: printed by John Dunlap. m,dcc,lxxvi. 36 pp. 8°. Autograph of " John Aug'. Washington " on the title-page ; and of " B. Washington " on the cover. CORRESPONDENCE between the Treasurer of the W. Shore of Maryland, and the Third Auditor of the United States Treasury, on the subject of the Claim of the State of Maryland upon the United States, for Interest due upon Sums advanced by the State during the late War. Annapolis, 1827. 35 pp. 3 folded sheets. 8°. Two copies. [COXE, Richard S.] Preliminary Argument in behalf of Mr. [Richard W.] Meade, submitted to the Special Committee of the Senate, to whom the matter was referred. [Washington, 1826.] 24 pp. 8°. No title-page. The title occupies the upper portion of the first page of the text. Signed " Richard S. Coxe, of Counsel with Richard W. Meade." COXE, William. Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, interspersed with historical Relations and political Inquiries. In three Volumes. Dublin, m dcc lxxxiv. 3 vols. 8°. Autograph of Richard Henry Lee in all the volumes. There are several books in the collection from Mount Vernon which once belonged to Richard Henry Lee. The way they came into the possession of the Washingtons is stated in a note written upon a copy of Robertson's History of the Reign of Charles V., which is printed under that title in this catalogue. CRANCH, William. Memoir of the Life, Character, and Writings of John Adams j read March 16, 1827, in the Capitol, in the City of Washington, at the Request of the Columbian Institute. City of Washington, 1827. 70, (1) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : — " Hon. Judge Washington Mount Vernon Virginia." DE LOLME, John Louis. The Constitution of England, or an Account of the English Government, in which it is compared with the republican form of Government, and 244 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. occasionally with the other Monarchies in Europe. The fourth Edition, corrected by the Author. Dublin, m.dcc.lxxvi. ix, (i), 257 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the inside leaf of the cover : — " Gave Col. Carrington, Montagues republics for this Book. Richard Henry Lee." Underneath is the autograph of G. C. Washington, the same being repeated on the title- page. Upon the latter there is also the autograph of " Ed. Carrington, 1787." DENHAM, Dixon, and CLAPPERTON, Hugh. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Dr. Oudney. With an Appendix, published by Authority of the right honourable Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and dedicated by permission to his Lordship, by Major Dixon Denham, of his Majesty's 17th Regiment of Foot, and Captain Hugh Clapperton, of the Royal Navy, the Survivors of the expedition. Boston, 1826. lxiv, 255, (1), iv, 104, 112 pp. 3 plates. Foldedmap. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington Mount Vernon " on the title-page. [DE SAUSSURE, Henry William.] Address to the Citizens of South-Carolina, on the approaching Election of President and Vice-President of the United States. By a Federal Republican. Charleston, 1800. (2), 34 pp. 8°. Opposes the election of Jefferson, and advocates the choice of Adams. DUANE, William John. Letters, addressed to the People of Pennsylvania respecting the Internal Improvement, of the Commonwealth ; by Means of Roads and Canals. Philadelphia, 1811. (2), 125 pp. 8°. DUER, William Alexander. A Reply to Mr. Colden's Vindication of the Steam-Boat Monopoly. With an Appendix, containing Copies of the most important Documents referred to in the Argument. Albany, 18 19. 184, xxvii. pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover: "To the Honb'= Bushrpd Washington, Mount Vernon" DUMOURIEZ, Charles Franqois Duperrier. A Speculative Sketch of Europe. Translated from the French of Mon- sieur Dumouriez. To which are prefixed Strictures upon the Chapter relative to Great Britain. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 245 Dublin, 1798. (2), 114 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover " Judge Washington from T. E." Bushrod Washington's auto- graph on the title-page. DU PONCEAU, Peter Stephen. Eulogium in Commemoration of the Honourable William Tilghman, LL.D. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and President of the American philosophical Society. Delivered before the Society, pursuant to their Appointment, at the University, on Thursday, October n, 1827. Philadelphia, 1827. 46 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : " Presented to the Hon b . le B. Washington. By the Author " DWIGHT, Timothy, D.D. A Discourse, delivered at New-Haven, Feby 22, 1800; on the Character of George Washington, Esq. at the Request of the Citizens. New- Haven, 1800. 55 pp. 8°. Title on cover, "Dr. D wight's Discourse, Feb. 22, 1800. Also, Gen. Washington's Farewell Address " The latter occupies pp. 40-55. Inscribed on the cover : " Hon. Judge Washington ". ELLIOT, Samuel. An Oration, Delivered at Brattleboro', Vt. February 22, 18.12. At the public Celebration of Washington's Birth-Day. By Samuel Elliot. With an Address, to the Washington Benevolent Society, by Jonathan Hunt, Jr. Brattleborough, Vermont, 1812. 19 pp. 8°. " Hon. Bushrod Washington Virginia. Present " on the title-page. EMOTT, James. Speech in the House of Representatives of the United States, 12th January, 181 3, on the bill in addition to the Act entitled, "An Act to raise an additional military force " and for other purposes. Alexandria? [181 3]. 40 pp. 8°. Title-page missing. The EPISCOPAL MANUAL: or an Attempt to explain and vindicate the Doctrine, Discipline and Worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church, as taught in her public Formularies, and the Writings of her approved Divines. By A Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Philadelphia, 1815. 322, (2) pp. 16 . Inscribed on the fly-leaf: "Presented to the Honb'. e Bushrod Washington with the respectful regards of the Author." 246 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. ERSKINE, David Stuart, Earl of Buchan. The Earl of Buchan's Address to the Americans at Edinburgh, on Washington's Birth-Day, February 22d. 181 1. No Place. [1811.] 35 pp. 8°. Contains some items in MS. by the author. Inscribed on the title-page: — "To The Honourable Bushrod Washington Esq'- at Mount Vernon from the admirer of the Illustrious Founder of the United States of America, Buchan." [EVANS, Thomas.] A Series of Letters, addressed to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. President of the United States, concerning his official Conduct and Principles : with Appen- dix of important Documents and Illustrations. By Tacitus. Philadelphia, 1802. 127, (46) pp. 8°. " Honb 1 ? B. Washington " written on the title-page. EVERETT, Edward. Speech, on the Proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States. Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 9, 1826. Washington, 1826. 51 pp. 8°. On the method of electing the President of the United States. EWELL, Thomas. Notes on the Stomach and Secretion, published as an Inaugural Essay : submitted to the Examination of the Rev. J. Andrews, D.D. Provost (pro tempore) , the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsyl- vania, on the third Day of June, 1805 ; for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. Philadelphia, 1805. 28 pp. 8°. FAIRFAX, Ferdinando. Oration delivered in Charlestown, in Virginia, on the fourth of July, 1805. With a few Alterations and Additions, made soon after. Washington, 1808. (73) pp. 12 . Inscribed on the fly-leaf : " To Bushrod Washington Esq. From his old acquaintance and Friend Ferd n ° Fairfax." FIELD, Margaret, vs. HARRISON, C. A Report of the Case between Field and Harrison, determined by the High Court of Chancery, in which the Decree was reversed by the Court of Appeals. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 247 Richmond, m,dcc,xcvi. 32 pp. 8°. Autograph of " Bushrod Washington " on the title-page. [FINLEY, Rev. Robert, D.D.] Thoughts on the colonization of free Blacks. No Place. [1816.] 8 pp. 8°. No title-page. Title at the top of the first page of the text. The FRIEND of Peace. By Philo Pacificus. Vol. I. II, nos. v.-xii. Boston, [18 1 8-1 8 1 9]. 21 unbound numbers. 8°. GEORGETOWN, District of Columbia. Ordinances of the Corporation of Georgetown, with a Table of Contents. Printed by order of the Corporation. Georgetown, D.C., 1824. 26, iii. pp. 8°. GILES, William Branch. Mr. Giles' Speech, in the Senate of the United States, on the Bill for renewing the Charter of the United States' Bank. [Washington, 1811.] 32 pp. 8°. No title-page. The title occupies the upper portion of the first page. " The Honorable Judge Washington " at the top of page i. Letter to the honorable the Legislature of Virginia. [Washington, 181 2.] 29, (1) pp. 8°. No title-page. The title is printed on the first page of the text. On the Bank of the United States. Inscribed on the first page . " The Honorable Judge Washington." GLOUCESTER COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY. Proceedings of a Meeting of a Number of the Inhabitants of Gloucester County, New Jersey, held at the Academy in Woodbury, April 20, 1816. For the Purpose of forming a Society, as auxiliary to the New Jersey Bible Society. With the Constitution, names of Managers and Officers of the Society, and an Appendix. Philadelphia, 1816. 21 pp. 12°. Inscribed on the cover " The Honourable Bushrod Washington — Mount Vernon near Alexandria." [GODMAN, John D., M.D.] Ode suggested by Rembrandt Peak's National Portrait of Washington. Philadelphia, 1824. 8 pp. 8°. " Hon. Bushrod Washington " written at top of the title-page. 248 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. GREAT BRITAIN. Board of Agriculture. General Report on Enclosures. Drawn up by Order of the Board of Agriculture. London, 1808. xi, 392 pp. 8°. [GREEN, Ashbel, D.D.] An Address to the Students and Faculty of the College of New-Jersey. Delivered May 6th 1802. The day on which the Students commenced their Studies, after the burning of the College Edifice. By One of the Trustees, appointed by the Board for the purpose. Trenton, 1802. 16 pp. 8°. HANSON, Alexander Contee. Speech, on the Loan Bill, delivered in the House of Representatives, February 14, 18 14. Georgetown, 18 14. 37 pp. 8°. HARPER, Robert Goodloe. Observations on the Dispute between the United States and France : addressed to his Constituents, in May, 1797. With a Preface and Appendix by the Author. Third American Edition. It has passed through five Edi- tions in England. Philadelphia, May, 1 798. 96 pp. 8°. Autograph of Bushrod Washington on the title-page. HAYNE, Robert Young. Speech, delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the Mission to Panama, March, 1826. Washington City, 1826. 32 pp. 8°. " Hon. Judge Washington with the respects of R. Y. Hayne " on the title-page. HILLHOUSE, James. Propositions for amending the Constitution of the United States, sub- mitted by Mr. Hillhouse to the Senate, on the twelfth Day of April, 1808, with his explanatory Remarks. [Washington, 1808.] 52, 7 pp. 12". The 7 pp. at the end of the pamphlet consist of " Amendments to the Constitution of the United States submitted for Consideration by Mr. Hillhouse, April 12, 1808. Printed by Order of the Senate. 1808." The pamphlet is very ragged at the edges, and some of the leaves have been torn. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 249 HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Memoirs. Vol. I. Part II. [Philadelphia, 1826.] (2), 231-432, (3) pp. 8°. Pp. 231-258 contain " Papers relative to the Valedictory Address of President Washing ton," consisting of a report by a committee, of which William Rawle was chairman, in regard to the authorship of the Address. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : " Judge Washington from his sincere friend & respectful Servant Wm Rawle." HOBART, John Henry, D.D. The Origin, the general Character, and the present Situation of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; a Sermon, preached in St. James's Church, in the City of Philadelphia, on Wednesday, May 1 8th, A.D. 1814, on the Occasion of the Opening of the General Con- vention of the said Church, and of the Consecration of the Right Rev. Bishop Moore, of Virginia. The second Edition. New-York, 1814. 29 pp. 8°. The Security of a Nation. A Sermon, preached in Trinity Church, in the city of New York, on Tuesday, April 13, A.D. 181 5 ; being the Day appointed by the President of the United States, and the Governor of New- York, as a Day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the various public Mercies of his Providence, and especially for the Restoration of the Blessings of Peace. New-York, 1815. (2), 21 pp. 8°. A Charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New- York ; delivered at the Convention of the Church in the said State, in Trinity Church, in the City of New-York, on Tuesday, October 3d, A.D. i8r 5 . New-York, 1815. 52 pp. 8°. A pastoral Letter to the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New- York, on the Subject of Bible and Common Prayer Book Societies. New- York, 1815. 24 pp. 8°. — ] A Reply to "An Answer to Bishop Hobart's pastoral Letter on the Subject of Bible and Common Prayer Book Societies. By an Episcopalian." In a Letter addressed to the Author of the Answer. By Another Epis- copalian. New-York, 1815. 33 pp. 8°. 250 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. HOBART, John Henry, D.D. The moral Efficacy and the positive Benefits of the Ordinances of the Gospel : a Sermon, preached at the Consecration of Trinity Church, in the City of New-Haven, on Wednesday, the 21st day of February, A.D. 1816. New-Haven, 1816. 29 pp. 8°. A funeral Address delivered at the Interment of the Right Rev. Benjamin Moore, D.D. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New- York j and Rector of Trinity Church in the City of New- York, on Fri- day the first Day of March, 18 16, in Trinity Church. To which is annexed an Appendix on the Place of departed Spirits, and the Descent of Christ into Hell. New-York, 1816. 72 pp. 8°. An Address delivered before the Auxiliary New- York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, in Trinity Church, in the City of New- York, on Friday, the 8th Day of March, A.D. 18 16. New- York, 18 16. 36 pp. 8°. • An Address to Episcopalians, on the Subject of the American Bible Society. New- York, 181 6. 12 pp. 12 . " Hon. Judge Washington " written at the top of the title-page. HOFFMAN, David. Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Law ; proposed to be delivered in the University of Maryland; addressed to the Students of Law in the United States. Baltimore, 1821. xii, 9-91, (1) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : " HonW= Bushrod Washington, Alexandria." A Lecture being the third of a Series of Lectures, introductory to a Course of Lectures now delivering in the University of Maryland. Baltimore, April, 1826. 62 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : " For the Hon. Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon." [HOMER, Arthur, D.D.] Bibliotheca Americana ; or, a chronological Catalogue of the most curious and interesting Books, Pamphlets, State Papers, &c. upon the Subject of North and South America, from the earliest Period to the Present, in Print and Manuscript ; for which Research has been made in the British Musaeum, and the most celebrated public and private Libraries, Reviews, Catalogues, BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 251 &c. With an introductory Essay on the present State of Literature in those Countries. London, 1789. (4), 271 pp. 4 . In pencil on the title-page : — "Archibald Lee, May 23, 1812 London 48 Wigmore Street Cavendish Square" HOPKINSON, Joseph, LL.D. Annual Discourse, delivered before the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. On the 13th of November, 18 10. Philadelphia, 1810. 36 pp. 8°. " Judge Washington with the respects of The Author." An Address delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia, at the Opening of the Session of 1826-7. Philadelphia, 1826. 21 pp. 8°. " Honble B. Washington " on the cover. HULL, William. Memoirs of the Campaign of the North Western Army of the United States, A.D. 1 81 2. In a Series of Letters addressed to the Citizens of the United States. With an Appendix, containing a brief Sketch of the Revolutionary Services of the Author. Boston, 1824. 229, x. pp. 8°. " Presented by the Author to the Hon^S Judge Washington " written on the cover. HUNTER, William. Speech, in secret Session of the Senate of the United States, Feb. 2d, 18 1 3. On the Proposition for seizing and occupying the Province of East- Florida, by the Troops of the U. States. Newport (Rhode Island), 1813. 39 pp. 8°. Oration pronounced before the Citizens of Providence, on the Fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth Anniversary of American Independence. Providence, 1826. 46, (3) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : — " Hon. B. Washington from his friend Dutee J. Pearce." INTERESTING Narratives of extraordinary Sufferings and Deliverances of the Crews and Passengers of sundry shipwrecked Vessels. Embellished with a handsome Frontispiece. Philadelphia, 1810. 70 pp. 12 . Frontispiece and pp. 71 etseq. are missing. 252 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. JACKSON, William. Eulogium, on the Character of General Washington, late President of the United States ; pronounced before the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincin- nati, on the twenty second Day of February, Eighteen Hundred. At the German Reformed Church, in the City of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 1800. 44 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " To Bushrod Washington Esquire from his most obed'. Servant the author." JARVIS, Samuel Farmar, D.D. A Discourse on the Religion of the Indian Tribes of North America. Delivered before the. New-York Historical Society, December 20, 1819. New- York, 1820. in pp. 8°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " To the Honourable Brockholst Livingston with the respectful Comp? of the Author." JAY, William. Prize Essays, on the Institution of the Sabbath. The former, by William Jay, Esquire, to whom was awarded the Premium of one hundred dollars, by a Committee of the Synod of Albany. The latter, by Rev. Samuel Nott, Jun. Pastor of the Church in Galway, N. Y. Albany, 1827. 56 pp. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington " on the title-page. [JOHNSON, William.] Remarks, critical and historical, on an Article in the forty-seventh Number of the North American Review, relating to Count Pulaski. Addressed to the Readers of the North American Review, by the Author of the Sketches of the Life of Greene. Charleston, 1825. 36 pp. 8°. Page 37 is missing. " Hon b, . e M r Washington " on the title-page. JOHNSON, Rev. William Lupton. The Nature, Use, and Lawfulness of Oaths : a Discourse, delivered on the nineteenth of October, A.D. 1823. Trenton, N. J., 1824. 35 pp. 8°. KEENE, Richard Raynal. A Letter from Richard Raynal Keene, to Luther Martin, Esq. Attorney- General of Maryland ; upon the Subject of his ' Modern Gratitude.' Baltimore, June- 1802. 53 pp. 8°. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 253 KEMP, James, D.D. Sermon on the Manner in which the Gospel was established, and the Christian Church organized : preached before the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, on the 31st. day of October, 1821. Philadelphia, 1821. 24 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : " To the Hon bIe B. Washington with the best respects of the Author." LATROBE, Benjamin Henry. Characteristic Anecdotes, and miscellaneous authentic Papers, tending to illustrate the Character of Frederic II. late King of Prussia. With explana- tory Notes and Observations, by B. H. Latrobe. Dublin, m,dcc,lxxxvhi. xxiii, (1), 243 pp. 12". " Ann Washington Mount Vernon 1803 " on the title-page. Probably the wife of Bushrod Washington. LEE, Henry. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States. By Henry Lee, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Partisan Legion during the American War. In two Volumes. Philadelphia, 181 2. 2 vols. 2 portraits (Nathaniel Greene, Lord Corn- wallis). 8°. Autograph " Bush. Washington, Mount Vernon " on the fly-leaf of vol. i. LINN, William, D.D. A funeral Eulogy, occasioned by the Death of General Washington. Delivered February 2 2d, 1800, before the New- York State Society of the Cincinnati. New- York, 1800. 44 pp. 8°. Two copies. LOGAN, George, M.D. An Address on the Errors of Husbandry, in the United States. Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture, at their annual Meeting, January 14, 1818. Philadelphia, 1818. n pp. 8°. [LOVETT, John.] Washington's Birth Day : an historical Poem, with Notes and an Appen- dix. By a Washingtonian. Albany, 1812. 55, (1), n pp. Portrait. Sm. 4". 254 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. M'CLEAN, James Sylvanus. A Report of the Trial, of James Sylvanus M'Clean, alias J. Melville, and William L. Graham, before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. On the 28th and 29th of February, and March 1st, 1812, for a Conspiracy to extort money from Stephen Girard, Esq. Philadelphia, 1812. 47 pp. 8°. McHENRY, James. A Letter to the Honourable the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, with the accompanying Documents ; read in that honour- able House, on the 28th December, 1802. Baltimore, 1803. 91 pp. 8°. Preface signed in autograph by James McHenry, and underneath inscribed " Honble Bushrod Washington." MACKENZIE, Sir Alexander. Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans : in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and present State of the fur Trade of that Country. Illustrated with a Map. First American Edition. New-York, 1802. viii, (1), 296 pp. Folded map. 8°. " Bushrod Washington Mount Vernon. Bought at Stockbridge, Massachusetts — price $2." MACKNIGHT, James, D.D. A new literal Translation from the original Greek, of all the Apostolical Epistles. With a Commentary, and Notes, philological, critical, explanatory, and practical. To which is added, a History of the Life of the Apostle Paul. In six Volumes. To which is prefixed, an Account of the Life of the Author. Boston, 1 8 10. 6 vols. Folded map. 8°. " Price $17. Bush. Washington Mount Vernon," on the title-pages of vols. i. and vi. j and autograph on all the title-pages. MARSHALL, John. Speech, delivered in the House of Representatives, of the United States, on the Resolutions of the Hon. Edward Livingston, relative to Thomas Nash, alias Jonathan Robbins. Philadelphia, 1800. 45 pp. 12 . BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 255 MARTIN, Luther. Modern Gratitude, in five Numbers : addressed to' Richard Raynall Keene, Esq. concerning a family Marriage. [Baltimore? 1802.] (2) 163, (1) pp. 8°. MARYLAND. Message of the Governor of Maryland, communicating the Report of the Commissioners appointed to survey the River Potomac. Annapolis, 1822. 92 pp. 8°. Report of the Commissioners appointed to examine into the practicability of a Canal from Baltimore to the Potomac, together with the Engineer's Report. Baltimore, 1823. 69 pp. Folded map. 8°. MASSACHUSETTS PEACE SOCIETY. Fourth, fifth, seventh, annual report. 1819, 20, 22. [Boston, 1819-22.] 3 pamphlets. 8°. MASSY, Rev. Charles, vs. TAYLOUR, T., Marquis of Headfort. A Report of the Trial on an Action for Damages, brought by the Reverend Charles Massy against the most noble the Marquis of Headfort, for crimi- nal conversation with Plaintiffs Wife. Taken in Short-hand by an eminent Barrister. New- York, and Philadelphia, 1804. viii, 95 pp. 8°. MEADE, Richard Worsam. The Claim of Richard W. Meade upon the United States of America, chronologically and concisely stated ; with all the Documents and other Papers connected with it, methodically arranged and specifically referred to. Philadelphia, 1825. 194 pp. 8°. [MEADE, William, D.D.] [Letter to E. B. Caldwell, Secretary of the American Colonization Society, in regard to efforts making to free certain Negroes, lately captured in Africa and brought to America for sale.] Washington City, May 19th, 1819. 4 pp. 8°. A Sermon preached in Christ Church, Alexandria, on Sunday, the 18th of Sept. 1825, on the Occasion of the Death of the Rev. Oliver Norris. Alexandria, 1825. 23, (1), 6 pp. 8°. " Judge Washington to be left with Mr. M. Herbert " written on the cover. On the title-page "Hon.Ji£ Judge Washington 15 Nov. 1825." 256 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [MEADE, William, D.D.] A brief Review of the Episcopal Church in Virginia, from its first Establishment to the present Time ; being part of an Address to the Con- vention of the Church, in Fredericksburg, May 22nd, 1845. Richmond, 1845. 15 pp. 8°. MERCER, Charles Fenton. Speech, on Internal Improvement, delivered in the House of Representa- tives of the United States, March 12, 18 18. Philadelphia, 1818. 49 pp. 8°. Speech, on the Subject of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, delivered in the Convention of Delegates, held at the City of Washington, November 7, 1823. Washington, 1823. 47 pp. 8°. A Discourse on popular Education ; delivered in the Church at Princeton, the Evening before the annual Commencement of the College of New Jersey September 26, 1826. Published at the Request of the American Whig and Cliosophic Societies. Princeton Press, 1826. 86, xli, (1) pp. 8°. Sheet of errata pasted in. Inscribed " To Bushrod Washington, from his god-son the Author." MILLS, Samuel John, and SMITH, Daniel. Report of a missionary Tour through that part of the United States which lies west of the Allegany Mountains ; performed under the Direction of the Massachusetts Missionary Society. Andover, 1815. 64 pp. 8°. " Hon. Bushrod Washington from his friend Sam 1 . J. Mills." The MISSIONARY Herald. Vol. xv. No. 1. January, 1818. Boston, [1818]. 8°. The MONTHLY Review ; or, Library Journal, enlarged. Vol. 82, Appendix ; vol. 83, No. 1. London, 18 17. 2 unbound numbers. 8°. MUSEUM of foreign Literature and Science. Conducted by Robert Walsh, Jr. No. 1. July, 1822. New York, 1822. 8°. In the original covers, unbound. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 2tf NATIONAL Dangers and Means of Escape. [Boston, 1821?] 7 pp. No title-page. 8°. Daily NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. Washington; Tuesday, May 16, 1820. 4 pp. F°. " Judge B. Washington " on the first page. Three columns are devoted to a report of the proceedings of the U. S. House of Representatives on the Slave Trade, including Mercer's Report. NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR PROMOTING INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES. Circular and Address. New York, 1820. 28 pp. 8°. NEPOS, Cornelius. Cornelii Nepotis excellentium imperatorum vita?. Editio prima Americana. Novi Eboraci, 1809. 156 pp. 16 . The NEW & complete whole Duty of Man. Containing a clear and full Account of the Faith as well as Practice of a Christian — & all the Articles of the Christian Faith. Embellished with copper plate cuts. London, [1788?]. 476 pp. 8°. Title-page and pp. 475-476 missing. Originally inscribed " Ann Washington of Mount Vernon." Washington owned two copies of this book, as shown by entries in his Cash book, under dates of Dec. 14, 1764, and May I, 1766. They were probably earlier editions than the above, the date of which is not certain. NEW JERSEY BIBLE SOCIETY. Eighth Report of the Board of Managers, 181 8. Trenton, r8i8. 28 pp. 8°. Autograph of Lewis Washington on p. 28. PARKES, Samuel. A Letter to the Farmers and Graziers of Great Britain, to explain the Advantages of using Salt in the various Branches of Agriculture, and in feeding all kinds of farming Stock. Philadelphia, 1819. xi, (1), 88 pp. 8°. PARRISH, Rev. John. Remarks on the Slavery of the Black People ; addressed to the Citizens of the United States, particularly to those who are in legislative or executive Stations in the general or state Governments ; and also to such Individuals as hold them in Bondage. Philadelphia, 1806. (4), 66 pp. 8°. 17 258 WASHINGTON COLLECTION, PARRY, William Edward. Journal of a second Voyage for the Discovery of a North- West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry, R.N., F.R.S., and Commander of the Expedition. New-York, 1824. vii, (1), xx, 464 pp. Plate. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington, Mt. Vernon " on the fly-leaf. PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Statues, Prints, &c. exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, July, 1818. Philadelphia, 181 8. 19 pp. 8°. PETERS, Richard. Agricultural Inquiries on Plaister of Paris. Also Facts, Observations and Conjectures on that Substance, when applied as Manure. With some additional Notes ; and more recent Facts and Information. Philadelphia, 1 8 10. 129, ix, pp. Facsimile. 8°. Title on cover says " taken from Vol. II. Memoirs, Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture." The pages numbered i-ix consist of " Fac-Simile of General Washington's Hand- Writing; and Sketches of his private Character." " Judge Washington " on the cover. Fac-Simile of General Washington's Hand- Writing ; and Sketches of his private Character. [Philadelphia, 181 1.] vi. pp. Page with facsimile. 8°. No title-page. Title (two lines) at top of first page. A Discourse on Agriculture. Its Antiquity; and Importance, to every Member of the Community ; the Obligations all are under to encourage it. Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for promoting , Agriculture ; on their annual meeting, the 9th of January, 18 16. Philadelphia, 18 16. 40 pp. 8°. " Judge Washington " on the cover. PETERS, Richard, junior. The whole Proceedings in the Case of Olmsted and Others versus Rittenhouse's Executrices, as contained in documents on record in the courts of the United States and Pennsylvania ; together with the Act of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania and other matters in relation to this important subject. Philadelphia, 1809. vi, 108 pp. 8°. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 259 PHILADELPHIA. Ordinances of the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia ; passed since the eighteenth Day of June, one Thousand eight Hundred and Twelve. Philadelphia, 1815. 65 pp. 8°. PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE. Memoirs. Containing Communications on various Subjects in Husbandry and Rural Affairs. Vols. I— III. Philadelphia, 1808-14. Plates. 8°. Appended to Vol. II. is "Fac-Simile of General Washington's Hand-Writing; and Sketches of his Private Character," by Richard Peters, ix pp. Plate. Bushrod Washington's autograph in the second volume. On the fly-leaf of vol. I. inscribed " Presented to Judge Washington By his affte hble Serv' Richard Peters " [PHILLIPS, Isaac] An impartial Examination of the Case of Captain Isaac Phillips, late of the Navy, and Commander of the United States Sloop of War Baltimore, in 1798. Baltimore, 1825. 119 pp. 8°. " Hon. Judge Washington, Washington " on the cover. ■• With the respects of the Author " on the title-page. PICKERING, Timothy. A Review of the Correspondence between the Hon. John Adams, late President of the United States, and the late Wm. Cunningham, Esq. beginning in 1803, and ending in 181 2. Salem, 1824. (4), 194 pp. 8°. [POLETICA, Pierre de.J Apercu de la situation interieure des Etats-Unis d'Amerique et de leurs rapports politiques avec l'Europe. Par un Russe. Londres: chez J. Booth. 1826. ix, (3), 164 pp. 8°. Inserted before the title-page is a sheet of note paper with the following memorandum : "Baron Maltitz has the Honour to present his compliments to Judge Washington and takes great pleasure in sending to him, according to the wish of Mr. Poletica, a copy of his Essay on the United States, which Baron Maltitz has just now received from London. He avails himself of the present opportunity to offer to Judge Washington, assurances of his most respectful consideration. Georgetown, June 29^ 1826." POLITICAL and Commercial Register. Philadelphia, March 20, 181 2. 4 pp. F°. Inscribed "The Hon. 1 B. Washington." Several columns are taken up with an account of the celebrated " Henry letters." 260 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. PORTER, David. An Exposition of the Facts and Circumstances which justified the Expedition to Foxardo, and the Consequences thereof. Together with the Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry thereon, held by Order of the Secretary of the Navy. Washington, 1825. 107 pp. '8°. PORTER, George B. The Trial of Robert W. Houston, versus General John Dicks, and Others, Members of a Court Martial, Nathaniel W. Sample, Brigade Inspector, Molton C. Rogers, Esq. Judge Advocate, and Daniel Moore, Deputy Mar- shal. Being an Action of Trespass, instituted ' in the Court of Common Pleas, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 181 7. 144, 54 pp. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington " on a fly-leaf. The POTOMAC CANAL. Papers relating to the Practicability, Expediency, and Cost of the Potomac Canal ; also, the Act of the Legislature of Virginia, incorporating the Potomac Canal Company. [No place.] August, 1823. 34 pp. 8°. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Minutes of the General Assembly : with an Appendix. A. D. 1827. Philadelphia, 1827. 105-213, (3) pp. 8°. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Journal of the Proceedings of the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in a General Convention, held in St. Peter's Church, in the City of Philadelphia, from Tuesday, November 7th, to Wednesday, November 15th, inclusive, A. D. 1826. New-York, 1826. 101, (1) pp. 8°. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Decision of the Bishops who united in the Consecration of the Rev. Henry U. Onderdonk, D.D. on the Reasons presented to them against the said Act. Philadelphia, 1827. 16 pp. 8°. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Maryland. Journal of a Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Maryland, 1816, 17, 24. Annapolis [etc.], 1816-24. 3 pamphlets. 8°. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 261 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, New York. Constitution and Canons. New York, 1812. 15 pp. 8°. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Pennsylvania. Narrative of the Consecration of the Rev. Henry U. Onderdonk, D.D. with the Address of the Presiding Bishop. Published by the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1827. 20 pp. 8°. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Virginia. Journal of the Proceedings of a Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia, 1815-21, 23, 26, 27. Richmond, 1815-1827. 10 pamphlets. 8°. "The Hon b ! e Bushrod Washington" on the title-page of Proceedings of 181 5. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Address of the Managers, to the Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Philadelphia, 1820. 23 pp. 8°. " Hon. B. Washington " on the cover. The QUARTERLY Theological Magazine, and religious Repository. Con- ducted by the Rev. Charles H. Wharton, D.D. and the Rev. James Aber- crombie, D.D. Vol. III. Nos. 5, 6. Vol. IV. Nos. 1, 2. Jan. - October, 1814. Philadelphia, 1814. 4 unbound numbers. 8°. QUINCY, Josiah, LL.D. 1 772-1864. Speech in the House of Representatives of the U. States, January 30, 1 81 1, on the Influence of Place and Patronage. [Washington, 181 i.J 16 pp. 8°. [ ] An Address of Members of the House of Representatives of the Con- gress of the United States, to their Constituents, on the Subject of the War with Great Britain. Alexandria, 18 12. 35 pp. 8°. Signed by George Sullivan and 32 others. " Bush. Washington Mt. Vernon " on the title-page. " Mr. Quincy was appointed by the Federalists in Congress to prepare an address of the minority to their constituents, which he did in an ample and satisfactory manner. ... It was signed by all the Federal members of the House of Representatives, and published about the time Congress adjourned." — Quincy. Life of Josiah Quincy. 262 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. QUINCY, Josiah, LL.D. 1 772-1 864. Speech in the House of Representatives of the U. States, January 25, 181 2. In relation to Maritime Protection. Alexandria, 1812. 30 pp. 8°. " Hon. Judge Washington with the respects of J. Q." Address, delivered at the fifth Anniversary of the Massachusetts Peace Society, December 25th, 1820. Cambridge, 182 1. 32 pp. 8°. ■ Address to the Board of Aldermen, of the City of Boston, Jan. 3, 1829, on taking final Leave of the Office of Mayor. Boston, 1829. 31 pp. 8°. " Hon. Bushrod Washington with respects of Josiah Quincy." RAVENSCROFT, John Stark, D.D. A Sermon preached . in St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, at the opening of the Virginia Convention, May n, 1820. Philadelphia, 1820. 31 pp. 8°. REMARKS on the Intercourse of Baltimore with the Western Country. With a View of the Communications proposed between the Atlantic and the West- ern States. Baltimore, 18 18. iv, 29, (1) pp. Folded map. 8°. ROBERTSON, William, D.D. The History of America. Dublin: printed for Messrs. Price, Whitestone, [etc.]. m,dcc,lxxvii. 3 vols. 8°. Autograph of William Aug'. Washington in all the volumes. Book-plate of George C. Washington. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century. In three Volumes. London: printed by W. and W. Strahan, for W. Strahan, T. Cadell, [etc.] mdcclxix. 3 vols. 4 . Autograph of Richard Henry Lee, with the following manuscript note : " These Vol. fell to W? Aug'. Washington in a division of Col? Lee's Books among the Legatees." Book- plate of George C. Washington. ROSS, James. Grsecae Grammaticse Westmonasteriensis Institutio compendiaria in usum Juventutis civitatibus americanis studiosae. Accesserunt fini Analysis, Deca- logus, &c. BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 263 Philadelphia, 1813. viii, 100 pp. 12 . Inscribed on the fly-leaf : " The Honble. B. Washington Associate Judge of The United States respectfully from James Ross." Same. Editio secunda, emendatior et nonnullis priore contractior. Philadelphia, 181 7. viii, 100 pp. 12 . On fly-leaf : " The Honble. Judge Washington respectfully from James Ross." [RUSSELL, William.] The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris, in 1763. In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son. A new Edition, carefully corrected. Philadelphia, 1 800-1. 5 vols. 8°. Book-plate of George C. Washington. SANDERS, Prince. Haytian Papers, A Collection of the very interesting Proclamations and other Documents, together with Some Account of the Rise, Progress, and present State of the Kingdom of Hayti. Boston, 1818. 156 pp. 12 . Inscribed on the title-page: " Hon 1 * 5 B. Washington from the Editor Oct. 19* 1818." SEWALL, Thomas. Address on the Effects of Intemperance on the intellectual, moral, and physical Powers. Originally delivered before the Washington City Temper- ance Society. New- York, n. d. 24 pp. 12°. Memoir of Dr. Godman : being an introductory Lecture, delivered Novem- ber 1, 1830. New-York, 1832. 24, 4 pp. 12 . SIMEON, Rev. Charles. An Appeal to Men of Wisdom and Candor ; or four Discourses preached before the University of Cambridge, in November, 1815. First American Edition. Baltimore, 181 7. 87 pp. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington " on the preface page. 264 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [SIMONS, James.] A rallying Point, for all true Friends of their Country. [Charleston, S. C, 1800.] 16 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : — " Hnble Judge Washington." SINCLAIR, Sir John, Bart. Result of an Inquiry, into the Nature and Causes of the Blight, the Rust, and the Mildew ; which have particularly affected the Crops of Wheat on the borders of England and Scotland. Edinburgh, 1809. 74, 17, (1), 60 pp. 8°. SMITH, Samuel Stanhope, D.D. An Oration, upon the Death of Gen. George Washington, delivered in the State-House at Trenton, on the 14th of January, 1800. And published at the Desire of the Committee of the Citizens, &c. of Trenton, at whose Re- quest it was pronounced. The second Edition. Trenton, m,dccc. 45, (1) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : " The Hon ble Bushrod Washington, Esqr from his h b . le Serv'. The Author." The Lectures, corrected and improved, which have been delivered for a Series of Years, in the College of New-Jersey ; on the Subjects of moral and political Philosophy. In two Volumes. Volume II. Trenton, 18 12. 8°. SMITH, Thomas Rhett. An Oration, delivered in St. Michael's Church, before the Inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina, on Monday the fifth of July, 1802. In Com- memoration of American Independence. By Appointment of the American Revolution Society, and published at the Request of that Society. And also of the South-Carolina State Society of Cincinnati. Charleston, 1802. 20 pp. 8°. SOCIETY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIANITY IN PENNSYLVANIA. Fifth Annual Report. Philadelphia, 181 7. 22 pp. 8°. [SPARKS, Jared, LL.D.] A historical Outline of the American Colonization Society, and Remarks on the Advantages and Practicability of colonizing in Africa the free Peo- BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 26$ pie of Color from the United States. From the North American Review for January, 1824. Boston, 1824. 53 pp. 8° " Hon. Bushrod Washington with the best respects of the editor of the N. A. Review, Boston." SPRAGUE, William Buell, D.D. The Gospel the Wisdom of God. A Sermon preached at Salem, February 14, 1827, at the Ordination of the Rev. John P. Cleaveland, as Pastor of the Tabernacle Church. Salem, 1827. 39, (1) pp. 8°. " Hon. Bush. Washington most respectfully from The Author." Intemperance, a just cause for alarm and exertion. A Sermon, preached at West Springfield, April 5th, 1827, the Day of the Annual Fast. New- York, 1827. 26 pp. 8°. " Hon. Judge Washington Very respectfully from the Author" on the cover. Character of Jesus Christ. A Sermon delivered June 13, 1827, before the Hampden Association of Ministers. Hartford, 1827. 31 pp. 8°. STANHOPE, Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield. Letters written by the late right Honorable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq ; with his Lordship's Life, and an Account of his Son ; the Art of Pleasing, an additional Series of Letters ; some Poems ; and several other Pieces on various Subjects. In two Volumes. Vol. I. Boston, mdcclxxix. Vol. II. Newbury-port, mdcclxxix. 2 vols. 12". Autograph of " W? Aug'. Washington " on the title-page of the first volume and on the first page of text of the second volume. On the fly-leaf of the second volume, " William A. Washington, 1789." Washington had a copy of a later edition of this work in four volumes, as shown by an entry in his Cash Books, preserved in the State Department. STAUNTON, Sir George Leonard, Bart. An authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of G reat Britain to the Emperor of China. With a Relation of the Voyage undertaken on the Occasion of His Majesty's Ship the Lion, and the Ship Hindostan in the East India Company's Service, to the Yellow Sea, and Gulf of Pekin ; as 266 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. well as of their return to Europe. Taken chiefly from the Papers of his Excellency the Earl of Macartney, — Sir Erasmus Gower, and of other Gentlemen in the several departments of the Embassy. In two Volumes. Philadelphia, 1799. 2 vols, in 1. Plates. 8°. " W? Aug* Washington " on the title-page. [STEPHEN, James.] War in disguise ; or, the Frauds of the neutral Flags. London, printed: New- York, re-printed, January, 1806. vi, (2), 215 pp. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington, Mount Vernon," on the fly-leaf. STORY, Joseph, LL.D. A Discourse pronounced before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at the An- niversary Celebration on the thirty- first day of August, 1826. Boston, 1826. 58 pp. 8°. " The Honorable Mr. Justice Washington from the Author," on the title-page. SULLIVAN, Richard. Address, delivered at the Seventh Anniversary of the Massachusetts Peace Society, December 25th, 1822. Cambridge, 1823. 25 pp. 8°. TESSIER, Henri Alexandre. A complete Treatise on Merinos and other Sheep, with Plates. Recently published at Paris, by Order of the Government, compiled by Mr. Tessier, Inspector of the Rambouillet establishment and others in France. Trans- lated from the French [by Francis Durand]. New- York, 181 1. v, (1), 158, 17, (1), ( s ) pp. 8°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf : — " Judge Washington will please to accept this from his respectful serv' W. Cranch. feb. 26, 1818." TILGHMAN, William, LL.D. An Eulogium in Commemoration of Doctor Caspar Wistar, late Presi- dent of the American Philosophical Society. Delivered on the nth day of March, 181 8. Philadelphia, 1818. 47 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the cover : — " Judge B. Washington from his friend John Vaughan." BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. ±6? TUCKER, St. George, LL.D. Examination of the Question, " How far the Common Law of England is the Law of the Federal Government of the United States? " Richmond, [1800]. 42 pp. Sm. 4 . Inscribed on the verso of the title-page : — " Bushrod Washington Esqlf With the Respects of the Author." TURNER, Samuel Hulbeart, D.D. Introductory Discourse, delivered at New-Haven, at the opening of the Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, Sept. 13, 1820. Hartford, 1820. 31 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : — " Hon. Bushrod Washington, with the respectful compliments of his obd' Se'rv 1 the Author." UNITED STATES. Government publications. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Report of the Secretary of State, and sundry Documents relative to the Requisition for and Delivery of Jonathan Robbins ; in pursuance of a Resolution of this House, of the 4th instant. 7th February, 1800. Ordered to lie on the table. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Philadelphia, 1800.] 8 pp. 8°. " For Judge Washington " written on the title-pages. Two copies. The Post Office Law, with Instructions and Forms, published for the Regulation of the Post-Offices. 1804. City of Washington, 1804. 70 pp. 8°. Two copies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Letter from Commodore Preble, giving a detailed Account of the Transactions of the Vessels under his Command, from the 9th July, to the 10th of Septem- ber last. 20th February, 1805. Referred. [Washington, 1805.] 28 pp. 8°. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting Copies of all Acts, Decrees, Orders, and Proclamations affecting the commercial Rights of neutral Nations, issued since 1791 : in pursuance of a Resolution of the House, of the eleventh ultimo. December 23, 1808. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. City of Washington, 1808. 139 pp. 8 °- 268 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. UNITED STATES. Government publications. Documents accompanying the Message of the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the first Session of the Twelfth Congress. November 6, 1811. Read, and ordered to be printed. Washington City, 181 1. 319 pp. 9 folded sheets. 8°. Consists of correspondence upon questions at issue with Great Britain ; Orders in Coun- cil ; the affair of the " Little Belt," etc Message from the President of the U. States, transmitting copies of cer- tain Documents obtained from a. secret Agent of the British Government, employed in fomenting Disaffection to the constituted Authorities, and in bringing about Resistance to the Laws, and eventually, in concert with a British Force to destroy the Union of the United States. March 9th, 1812. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington City, 181 2. 50 pp. 8°. Consists of the " Henry letters," which Madison bought, and had published as showing alleged treasonable plans of some Massachusetts Federalists. A VIEW of Exertions lately made for the Purpose of colonizing the free Peo- ple of Colour, in the United States, in Africa, or Elsewhere. City of Washington, 1 8 1 7 . 22 pp. 8°. Three copies. " Hon. B. Washington " written on the title-pages of two copies. A VIEW of the present State of the African Slave Trade. Published by Direc- tion of a Meeting representing the Religious Society of Friends in Pennsyl- vania, New-Jersey, &c. Philadelphia, 1824. 69 pp. 8°. VIRGINIA. Journal of the Senate. [May 4 -June 26, 1779.] Williamsburg : printed by J. Dixon and T. Nicolson. m,dcc,lxxix. 59 pp. 4 . Inscribed on the title-page : " For Col? J. A. Washington." Autograph of Bushrod Washington on the title-page. The Articles of Confederation ; the Declaration of Rights ; the Constitu- tion of this Commonwealth, and the Articles of the Definitive Treaty between Great-Britain and the United States of America. Published by order of the General Assembly. Richmond : printed by Dixon and Holt. [1784.] 25 pp. 12 . BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 269 Inscribed on the cover : " Bushrod Washington, Attorney at Law, Richmond, Virginia, North America " j and on the title-page : " Bushrod Washington, Richmond Virginia Anno Domini ,1786." The names of various persons have been written on the inside of the covers and upon the fly-leaves. » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is one of the most important Revolutionary docu- ments, and bears a striking resemblance in many points to the Declaration of Independence, for which paper it undoubtedly furnished suggestions and in some cases phraseology. It may be said to be definitely settled that the author of this document was George Mason of Gunston Hall, Virginia. The original draft of this instrument was presented to the State of Virginia by General John Mason in 1844, and bears upon it the following memoranda in the hand- writing of George Mason : " Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776. Copy of first Draught by G. M. This Declaration of Rights was the first in America ; it received few alterations or additions in the Virginia Convention (some of them not for the better), and was after- wards closely imitated by the other United States." A facsimile reproduction of this draft is given in Kate Mason Rowland's " Life of Mason." A comparison of the Declaration as drafted by Mason, and as adopted by the Convention shows that the alterations from Mason's draft consisted in the addition of two articles, " not of a fundamental nature," the tenth and fourteenth, so that the two concluding ones in Mason's paper appear as the fifteenth and sixteenth. That Mason was the author of the Virginia Constitution, as well as of the Declaration of Rights, was the common opinion until 1825, when Judge Woodward advanced the theory that Jefferson was the author. Judge Woodward's argument brought out the following from Jefferson : " The fact is unquestionable that the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of Virginia were drawn originally by George Mason, one of our really great men, and of the first order of greatness." The question of the authorship, and the characteristic features of the Constitution are examined in detail in Rowland's Life of Mason. Debates and other Proceedings of the Convention of Virginia, convened at Richmond, on Monday, the 2d day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Con- vention. To which is prefixed the Federal Constitution. Vols. I— III. Petersburg, m,dcc,lxxxviii-m,dcc,lxxxix. 3 vols. 8°. Vol. I is inscribed on the inside of the first cover, " R. Randolph Junior from his Friend W. H. Sargeant," and on the fly-leaf, " Richard Randolph junr of Virginia. January 1st, 1790." Bushrod Washington's autograph is on the covers of vols. 2 and 3. John T. Mason's name also appears in autograph in these volumes. [WALSH, Robert.] A Letter on the Genius and Dispositions of the French Government, in- cluding a View of the Taxation of the French Empire. Addressed to a Friend, by an American recently returned from Europe. Baltimore, 1810. iv, 253 pp. Autograph of " Bush. Washington " on the title-page. 270 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. WASHINGTON, George. The Legacy of the Father of his Country. Address of George Washington, President of the United States, to his fellow Citizens, on declining being con- sidered a Candidate for their future Suffrages. Boston, 1796. 43 pp. 1 6°. Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress, written, during the War between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by his Excellency George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, now President of the United States. Copied, by special Permission, from the original Papers preserved in the Office of the Secretary of State, Philadelphia. New- York, m,dcc,xcvi. 2 vols. 12°. Autograph of " G. C. Washington, 1810," on the title-pages. Letters from his Excellency General Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. containing an Account of his Husbandry, with a Map of his Farm ; his Opinions on various Questions in Agriculture ; and many Particulars of the Rural Economy of the United States. London, 1 80 1. vi, 172 pp. Folded map. 8°. " John Gibson " on the title-page. WASHINGTON to the People of the United States on the Choice of a President. Boston: printed for the Author. 181 2. 28 pp. 8°. An attack on De Witt Clinton, as a presidential candidate. The WASHINGTON Theological Repertory, and Churchman's Guide. Vol. I. nos. 1-8, 10-12. II. nos. 1, 3-10, 12. III. nos. 4, 5, 12. IV. nos. 6-12. V. nos. 1-6, 8-12. VI. nos. 1-9, 11, 12. VII. nos. 1-7, 9-11. VIII. nos. 6-17. New Series, vol. I. nos. 2-5, 7, 12. II. nos. 3, 4. Aug., 1819-Apr. 1829. Washington City, 1819-29. 90 unbound nos. 8°. " Hon. Judge Washington " written on most of the covers. WAYLAND, Francis, D.D., LL.D. The moral Dignity of the missionary Enterprise. A Sermon delivered before the Boston Baptist foreign Mission Society on the Evening of October 26, and before the Salem Bible Translation Society on the Evening of November 4, 1823. Second Edition. Boston, 1824. 39 pp. 8°. WEEMS, Mason Locke. A History, of the Life and Death, Virtues, and Exploits, of General BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 271 George Washington ; dedicated to Mrs. Washington ; and containing a great many curious and valuable Anecdotes. George-Town, [1800]. (4), 80 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page, " For the Honble Bushrod Washington." — God's Revenge against Murder ; or, the drown'd Wife, a Tragedy, lately performed, with unbounded Applause, (Of the Devil and his Court) by Ned Findley, Esquire, one of the grand Company of Tragedians in the service of the Black Prince, who was so highly gratified with Ned's per- formance, that he instantly provided him Rooms in one of his Palaces ; created him a Knight of the Halter, clapped bracelets on his wrists, and an ornament round his neck ; and in a few days promoted him to the ridge- pole of the gallows, at Edgefield, Court-House, South-Carolina. Eighth Edition. Baltimore: printed for the Author, by Bell & Cook, 1814. 54 pp. Portrait. 12 . WEST, Benjamin. Description of the Picture, Christ healing the Sick in the Temple, painted by Benjamin West, Esq. President of the Royal Academy, and presented by the Author to the Pennsylvania Hospital. Philadelphia, 1817. 13, (1) pp. Plate. 8°. Autograph of " Bush. Washington " on the fly-leaf. [WHARTON, Thomas Isaac] Report of the Case of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, versus John Smith, Esq. Marshal of the United States, for the District of Pennsylvania. Containing the Speeches of the Attorney General arid Jared Ingersoll, Esq. on behalf of the Commonwealth, and William Lewis, Esq. on the part of the Defendant. And also the Opinion of the Honorable William Tilghman, Esq. Chief Justice of the State of Pennsylvania. By a Member of the Bar of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, April, 1809. 52 pp. 8°. [ ] Report on Punishments and Prison Discipline : by the Commissioners appointed to revise the penal Code of Pennsylvania. Commissioners : Hon. Judge Shaler, Hon. Judge King, T. I. Wharton, Esq. Second Edition. Philadelphia, 1828. (2), 77 pp. 8°. " For the Hon. Judge Johnson, with the best respects of T. I. Wharton." WHEATON, Henry, LL.D. An Address pronounced at the Opening of the New- York Athenaeum, December 14, 1824. New-York, 1824. 44 pp. 8°. 272 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [WHELPLEY, Rev. Samuel.] Letters addressed to Caleb Strong, Esq. Late Governor of Massachusetts : showing War to be inconsistent with the Laws of Christ, and the Good of Mankind. Second Edition. Philadelphia, 18 1 7. 127 pp. 8 °- The letters are signed " Philadelphus." Autograph of " Bush. Washington " in pencil on the title-page. WHITE, Joshua E. The History of Ann Moor; with a Statement of the Evidence, sub- stantiating the Fact of her long Abstinence, who died at Tutbury in Stafford- shire, England, on the 20th of July, 1811. Savannah, 181 2. 56 pp. 8°. WHITE, Samuel. Mr. White's Speech in the Senate, of the United States, on the Bill interdicting all Intercourse between the United States and the Island of St. Domingo; February 20, 1806. [Washington, 1806.] 27 pp. 8°. WHITELOCKE, Sir Bulstrode. A Journal of the Swedish Ambassy, in the Years M.DC.LIII. and M.DC.LIV. from the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Written by the Ambassador the Lord' Commissioner Whitelocke. With an Appendix of original Papers. In two Volumes. London, m ncc lxxii. 2 vols. 4 . Book-plate of George C. Washington. WILBERFORCE, William. A practical View of the prevailing religious System of professed Christians, in the higher and middle Classes, contrasted with real Christianity. Third American Edition. Boston, 1803. 312 pp. 12°. Autograph of " Bushrod Washington, Mt. Vernon," on the fly-leaf. WILLARD, Joseph. An Address in Latin, by Joseph Willard ; and a Discourse in English, by David Tappan ; delivered before the University of Cambridge, Feb. 21, 1800. In solemn Commemoration of Gen. George Washington. [Boston,] m,dccc. 31 pp. 4°. Inscribed on the fly-leaf, " The Hon'ble Bushrod Washington, Esq. from his respectful & humble Servant Jed h Morse." BOOKS FROM MOUNT VERNON. 273 WILMER, William Holland, D.D. A Discourse delivered in St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, June 24th, 1820, being the Anniversary of St. John the Baptist; at the Request of Brooke Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. Alexandria, 1820. 20 pp. 8°. " With the respects of the Author " on the title-page. WIRT, William. A Discourse on the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who both died on the fourth of July, 1826. Delivered, at the request of the Citizens of Washington, in the Hall of Representatives of .the United States, on the nineteenth October, 1826. Washington, 1826. 69 pp. 8°. " For the Hon. Bushrod Washington with the respects of W5 Wirt." WOLCOTT, Oliver. An Address, to the People of the United States, on the Subject of the Report of a Committee of the House of Representatives, appointed "to examine and report, whether Monies drawn from the Treasury, have been faithfully applied to the Objects for which they were appropriated, and whether the same have been regularly accounted for," which Report was presented on the 29th of April, 1802. Boston, 1802. 112 pp. 8°. Inscribed " Hon. Bushrod Washington, from his obed. Serv'. Oliver Wolcott." WOODBURY, Levi. Speech on the Judiciary Bill. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April ri, 1826. [Washington? 1826.] 31 pp. 12 . [YOUNG, Arthur.] On the Advantages which have resulted from the Establishment of the Board of Agriculture : being the Substance of a Lecture read to that Institution, May 26th, 1809. London, 1809. 60 pp. 8°. [ ] On the Husbandry of three celebrated British Farmers, Messrs. Bake- well, Arbuthnot, and Ducket : being a Lecture read to the Board of Agriculture, on Thursday, June 6, 1811. By the Secretary to the Board. London, 1811. (2), 52 pp. 3 plates. 8°. 18 $art in. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. PAGE 1. Collected Works ........ 274 2. Letters : a. Collections : — Miscellaneous 288 On Agriculture 299 On Western Lands .... 300 b. Single Letters 301 3. Spurious Letters 305 4. Rules of Civility 309 5. Diaries and Journals 310 6. Orderly Books 317 7. Accounts 318 8. Newburgh Addresses, March, 1783 . . 319 PAGE Circular Letter to the Governors of the States, June 18, 1783 320 Farewell Address to the Armies, Nov. 2, 1783 • • • ' 322 Address to Congress on resigning his Commission, Dec. 23, 1783 . . . 323 Opinion concerning his General Officers, i79i 323 Speeches and Messages to Congress, and Proclamations, 1789-97 .... 324' Replies to Addresses of Public Bodies . 330 Farewell Address, 1796 331 Will 339 i. COLLECTED WORKS. OFFICIAL Letters to the honorable American Congress written, during the War between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by his Excellency George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, now President of the United States. Copied, by special Permission, from the original Papers preserved in the Office of the Secretary of State, Phila- delphia. London : printed for Cadell Junior and Davies . . . 1795. 2 vols. Vol. I. viii, 364 pp. Vol. II. (a), 384 pp. 8°. ■ — — Same. Boston: printed by Manning & Loring, for S. Hall, W. Spots- wood. . . . 1795. 2 V °1 S - Vol. I. 340 pp. Vol. II. 356 pp. 12°. Same. Second Boston Edition. Same imprint. 1796. 2 vols. Vol.1. 340 pp. Vol. II. 356 pp. 12°. — Same. New- York : printed and sold by Samuel Campbell. m,dcc,xcvi. 2 vols. Vol. I. 296 pp. Vol. II. 311 pp. 12". WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 27$ Autograph of " G° C. Washington 1810 " on the title-pages of the New York edition. This collection was edited by John Carey, LL.D., a brother of Mathew Carey. In re- gard to his work, he wrote to Washington, from London, March 31, 1795, as follows : — Sir : By the Ship Factor, Captain Bowen, I have the honor of transmitting to Your Excellency two copies of your letters to Congress, written during the first four years of that memorable contest, which, under your auspices, so happily terminated in the establishment of American Independence. If, in any passage, I have mistaken your sense, — if, by any errors of the press, it is obscured, — permit me, Sir, to hope that such mistakes will be excused, when with great truth I declare, that I have used my best endeavors to guard against them, and intend to rectify in a second edition whatever I can discover to be wrong in the first. Respecting the plan of publication that I have adopted, which I fear Your Excellency will at first sight disapprove, and which is far from being satisfactory to myself, — I would beg leave to refer to one of the copies above mentioned, — the one in boards, — containing some manuscript remarks expressive of the motives that influenced me on the occasion. . . . Your Excellency's most obedient Servant John Carey. Copied from the Appendix to Ford's " The Spurious Letters attributed to Washington." From the above it appears that the editor sent two copies of his work to Washington. One of these was sold at auction in Philadelphia, in May, 1895, when it fetched the handsome sum of $1650.00. The whereabouts of the other copy, which had manuscript notes by the Editor, is unknown. A COLLECTION of the Speeches of the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, at the Opening of every Session, with their Answers. Also, the Addresses to the President, with his Answers, from the Time of his Election. With an Appendix, containing the Circular Letter of General Washington to the Governors of the several States, and his farewell Orders, to the Armies of America, and the Answer. Dedicated to the Citi- zens of the United States of America. Printed at Boston, by Manning and Loring, for Solomon Cotton, jun. July, 1796. 281 pp. 12°. Three copies. Two have a correction printed in two lines on the last page. Contents. Speeches of the President, to Congress, April 30, 1789-Dec. 12, 1795, an< ^ tne Answers; Message to the House of Representatives, in consequence of their requesting the Papers relative to the British Treaty, Mar. 30, 1796; Addresses of Bodies to Washington, and his Answers: .the Citizens of Baltimore Apr. 17, 1789; the President and Supreme Ex- ecutive Council of Pennsylvania, Apr. 20, 1789; the Judges of the Supreme Court of Penn- sylvania, Apr. 20, 1789; the Trustees and Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, Apr. 20, 1789; Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, Apr. 20, 1789; the Mayor, Corporation, &c. of Alexandria, Apr. 16, 1789; the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen of Philadelphia, Apr. 20, 1789; the Ministers and Elders of the German Reformed Congregations in the United States, June, 1789; the German Lutheran Congregation in and near Philadel- phia, Apr. 20, 1789 ; the Delaware Society for promoting domestic Manufactures, April, 1789; the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York, May 9th, 1789; the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, May, 1789; the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, May, 1789; the Corporation of Washington College, July 11, 1789; the 276 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Governor and Council of North Carolina, June 19, 1789 ; the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Aug. 19, 1789; the Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania, Sept., 1789; the Religious Society of Quakers, Oct., 1789; the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati, Sept. 14, 1789; the Mayor, &c. of Hartford, Oct. 21, 1789; the First Presbytery of the Eastward, Newburyport ; the Synod of the'Reformed Dutch Church, Oct., 1789; the Legislature of Massachusetts, July 9, 1789; the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, Oct. 27, 1789; the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, Oct. 27, 1789; the Trustees of Dartmouth College, Aug. 22, 1789; the Legislature of Connecticut, Oct. 17, 1789; the Congregational Ministers of New Haven, Oct. 17, 1789; the President and Fellows of Harvard University, Oct. 27, 1789; the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, Oct. 27, 1789; Marblehead, Oct. 29, 1789 ; Salem, Oct. 29, 1789; Newburyport, Oct. 30, 1789; Portsmouth, Nov. 2, 1789; the Executive of New Hampshire, Nov. 3, 1789; the Legislature of New Jer- sey, Dec, 1789; the South Carolina Society of the Cincinnati; the Roman Catholics, Dec, 1789 ; the General Assembly of Georgia, Dec, 1789 ; the Delegates of the State Societies of the Cincinnati, May 4, 1790 ; the Convention of South Carolina, July 3, 1790; the Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers, June, 1790; the Convention of the Universal Church, 1790; the Inhabitants of Camden, S. C, May 21, 1791 ; Providence, Aug. 17, 1790; the Corporation of Rhode Island College, Aug. 19, 179°; Kin g David's Lodge of Newport, Aug. 17, 1790; the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Aug. 17, 1790; the Inhabitants of Elizabeth Town, Oct., 1790; the Hebrew Congregations in the Cities of Philadelphia, New York, Charleston, and Richmond, Dec, 1790 ; the Grand Lodge of Ancient York Masons, in Pennsylvania ; the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of Massachusetts, Dec, 1792; the Merchants and Traders of Philadelphia, May, 1793; of Baltimore, May 27, 1793; the Baltimore Mechanical Society, June, 1793; the Inhabitants of Alexandria, July, 1793! the Inhabitants of Fairfax County, in regard to the Neutrality Proclamation, 1793; the Trustees of a School at Germantown, Nov., 1793; Artillery Company of Newport'; the Citizens of Harrisburg, — Addresses from Bodies on the British Treaty, with the Replies : the Resolutions of the Town of Boston ; the Merchants and Traders of Philadelphia ; the Citizens of Frederick County, Maryland. — Address of the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic on his presenting the Colours of France to the United States, with the An- swer; Address of the Emigrant Society. — Appendix: Circular Letter from His Excellency George Washington, to the Governors of the several States, June 18, 1783; Farewell Ad- dress of Washington, Nov. 2, 1783, to the Armies of the United States, and the Answer of the Officers. LEGACIES of Washington : being a Collection of the most approved Writings of the late General Washington, with an Appendix, containing a Sketch of the Life of this illustrious Patriot, &c. &c. Trenton, printed by Sherman, Mershon & Thomas, m.dccc. 283 pp. Portrait (Baker, 128). 12 . Contents. Gen. Washington's Address to Congress on his Appointment to the Com- mand of the American Armies in 1775; Circular Letter to the Governors of the several States, Newburg, June 18, 1783 ; Farewell Address to the Armies of the United States, Rocky-hill, near Princeton, November 2, 1783; Answer to the Same, West Point, November 15, 1783 ; Address to Congress on the Resignation of his Commission ; Answer of Congress ; Inaugural Speech to Congress, April 30, 1789; Answer of the Senate, May 16, 1789; Wash- ington's Reply ; Answer of the House of Representatives to the President's Speech ; Reply, Speech to Congress on his second Election to the Presidency, Dec. 3, 1793 ; Answer of the WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 277 Senate to the President's Speech ; Reply ; Answer of the House of Representatives to the President's Speech ; Reply ; Farewell Address, to his fellow Citizens, on declining their future Suffrages for the Presidency, 17th September, 1796; Letter to the President of the United States, on accepting the Command of the American Army, in 1798 ; Biographical Outline of Gen. George Washington, by J. M. Williams; [The Newburgh Addresses :] Anonymous Ad- dress to the Army [by John Armstrong] ; Address of Washington to the Army in answer to the above, Mar. 15, 1783; Last Will and Testament; Account of the last Illness and Death of General Washington, by the attending Physicians ; Account of his Funeral ; Proceedings of Congress on the Annunciation of the Death of General Washington ; Funeral Oration, 26th Dec, 1799, by Henry Lee; Proclamation of the President of the United States, appoint- ing Feb. 22, 1800, as a Day for observing the Death of Washington ; President's Message, Jan. 8, 1800 ; Letter from Martha Washington to the President, Mount Vernon, Dec. 31, 1799. — Addresses of various Bodies to President Washington and his Answers : the Legislature of New Jersey, Dec. 1, 1789; the Delegates of the State Societies of the Cincinnati in Gen- eral Meeting, May 4, 1790; the Ministers and Elders of the German Reformed Church; the Ministers, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen of the German Lutheran Congregation ; the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, May 26, 1789 ; the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, May 29, 1789; the first Presbytery of the Eastward, Newbury Port, Oct. 28, 1789; the Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, Oct. 9, 1789; the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Episcopal Church, in General Convention ; the Religious Society of Quakers; the Roman Catholics. — Eulogy on the Life of Gen. George Washington, Jan. 2d, 1800, by Thomas [R. T.] Paine ; Eulogy, written by a Member of the Senate of the United States; Subscribers' Names ; Table of Contents. WASHINGTON'S Monuments of Patriotism, being a Collection • of the most interesting Documents, connected with the military Command and civil Administration of the American Hero and Patriot. To which is annexed, an Eulogium on the Character of General Washington, by Major William Jackson. Philadelphia : printed for J. Ormrod, by Francis & Robert Bailey. 1800. 338, 44 pp. Portrait (Baker, 117). 8°. The Eulogium is separately paged and has an independent title-page. Contents. Appointment of Washington to the Command of the Army, 1775;. Commis- sion ; Extracts from Washington's Letters to Congress, respecting the Evacuation of Boston ; Communication to Congress, respecting his Refusal of a Letter from Lord Howe, im- properly addressed ; Resolve of Congress in regard to it ; General Orders in regard to the anonymous [Newburgh] Addresses, Mar. n, 1783; Circular Letter to the Governors of the several States, June 18, 1783; Orders on the Cessation of Hostilities, April 18, 1783; Resolutions of Congress for an equestrian Statue of Washington ; Address of Congress to Washington on the successful Termination of the War; His Reply; Farewell Orders to the Armies of the United States, Nov. 2, 1783; Answer of the Officers of the Armies, Nov. 15, 1783; Speeches of the President to Congress, April 30, 1789-Dec. 8, 1795, w ' tn tne Answers of Congress ; Address of Washington to Congress upon resigning his military Commission, Dec. 23, 1783, with the Answer of the President of Congress; Address to the People of the United States announcing his Intention of retiring from public Service ; Message to the House of Representatives, negativing an Act for an apportionment of Representatives, April 5, 1792 ; Message relative to France and Great Britain, Dec. 5, 1793 ; Message to the 278 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Senate, nominating Mr. Jay, Envoy Extraordinary to his Britannic Majesty, April 16, 1794 , Message to both Houses of Congress, respecting the Territories of Spain, May 20, 1794; Message to the House of Representatives, in consequence of their requesting the Papers relative to the British Treaty, March 30, 1796; Message relative to the French Republic, Jan. 19, 1797 ; Message to the House of Representatives, negativing the Act for disbanding the Army, Feb. 28, 1797; Proclamation of Neutrality, Apr. 22, 1793; Proclamations concern- ing the Western [Whiskey] Insurrection, Aug. 7, 1794, Sept. 25, 1794; Proclamation recom- mending Feb. 19, 1793, as a Day of Fasting and Prayer; Letter to the Secretary of State, declaring certain Letters ascribed to him, to be Forgeries, Mar. 3, 1797 ; Letter on accepting the Command of the Army in 1798. — Eulogium, on the Character of General Washington, by Major William Jackson. WASHINGTON'S Political Legacies. To which is annexed an Appendix, con- taining an Account of his Illness, Death, and the national Tributes to his Memory, with a biographical Outline of his Life and Character. Boston, printed for John Russell and John West. 1800. 208, xiv, pp. 8°. The portrait belonging to this work (an engraving by Harrison after Savage) is missing; and in its place is inserted a wood-cut of unknown origin. Contents. Gen. Washington's Appointment to the Command of the Army, in 1775; Order on the Cessation of Hostilities, Apr. 18, 1783; Circular Letter to the Governors of the several States, June 18, 1783; The Address of Congress to Washington in acknowledg- ment of his eminent Services ; His Answer ; Farewell Address to the Armies, Nov. 2, 1783 ; Address to Congress on resigning his military Commission ; Reply of Congress ; Inaugural Speech to Congress, April 30, 1789 ; Address to his fellow Citizens, on declining being con- sidered a Candidate for their future Suffrages ; Letter to President Adams on accepting the Command of the American Army in 1798; Appendix : Proceedings in Congress on the Death of Washington ; Addresses of Condolence, by Congress ; Resolutions of Congress for per- petuating the Memory of Washington ; Funeral Oration, by Henry Lee ; Proclamation by President Adams, appointing the 22d Day of February for the Observance of Washington's Death ; Particular Account of the last Illness and Death of Washington ; The Funeral ; The President's Message, communicating a Letter from Mrs. Washington ; Biographical Outline of General George Washington, by J. M. Williams ; The Newburgh Addresses. The WRITINGS of George Washington ; being his Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and other official Papers, official and private, selected and pub- lished from the original Manuscripts ; with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations. By Jared Sparks. Boston, 1834-37. 12 vols. Portraits. Plans. 8°. The method followed by Sparks in editing the Washington letters has been the subject of much controversy. Lord Mahon in the sixth volume of his History of England attacked the integrity of Sparks's work. In reply, Sparks printed three letters in the Evening Post in April, 1852, which were republished in a pamphlet entitled " A Reply to the Strictures of Lord Mahon and Others on the Mode of editing the Writings of Washington," Cambridge, 1852. This pamphlet, with the addition of a review of Lord Mahon's History by J. G. Palfrey, from the North American Review, was republished in England later in the same year. The publication of Sparks's Reply called forth " A Letter from Lord Mahon to Mr. Sparks, being an WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 279 Answer to his Reply to the Strictures of Lord Mahon and Others . . .," in which he retracted his most serious charge that Sparks had made " unauthorized additions," but reaffirmed what he termed the far lesser charges of " corrections and omissions." As a rejoinder, Sparks issued another pamphlet entitled " Letter to Lord Mahon, being an Answer to his ' Letter addressed to the Editor of Washington's Writings,' " Boston, 1852, in which he replied to Mahon's charge, namely, " that a desire to save the dignity of Washington, and a tender- ness for the people of New England caused the corrections and omissions." Lord Mahon's worst charges had been based upon a comparison of the Reed letters as they appeared in W. B. Reed's " Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed," with the text of the same as given by Sparks. Shortly after the publication of Sparks's Reply, a " Reprint of the original Letters from Washington to Reed " was brought out by W. B. Reed. To show Sparks's changes, the original letters were given verbatim from the manuscript with Sparks's variations in parallel columns. Sparks now published " Remarks on a Reprint of the original Letters from Washington to Joseph Reed," in which the text as printed by W. B. Reed and that of the Letter Books were printed side by side. From this the differences between the text of the Letter Books, upon which Sparks depended, and that of the letters sent out, were discoverable, and also the extent of Sparks's editoriarcorrections. The whole con- troversy is gone over in detail from a standpoint friendly to Sparks, by Prof. Herbert B. Adams, in a chapter on " Lord Mahon and the Reed Letters " in his " The Life and Writings of Jared Sparks." Contents. Vol. I. Preface ; Contents of the twelve Volumes ; Life of George Wash- ington. Appendix : Origin and Genealogy of the Washington Family ; Last Illness and Death of Washington ; Proceedings of Congress in Consequence of the Death of Washing- ton : Speech of John Marshall in the House of Representatives, and Resolutions adopted by the House, December 19th, 1799 ; Letter from the Senate to the President of the United States ; The President's Answer ; Joint Resolutions. — Character of Washington, designed for a monumental Inscription ; Washington's Will. Boston : American Stationers' Company. John B. Russell. 1837. xxix, (3), 586 pp. Maps. Facsimiles. Portraits. Vol. II. Official Letters relating to the French War, and private Letters before the American Revolution : Correspondence from March, 1754, to May, 1775. Appendix : Rules of Civility and decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation ; Letters to boy friends ; Extracts from a Journal of his Voyage to Barbadoes, 1751; Journal of a Tour over the Allegany Mountains [to the Ohio], 1753 ; Death of Jumonville ; Battle of the Great Meadows [Fort Necessity] j Braddock's Defeat ; Address of the Officers to Colonel Washington, on his resigning the Command of the Virginia Forces, 1758 ; The Ohio Company ; Walpole's Grant ; The Association agreed upon at Raleigh Tavern ; Fairfax County Resolves ; Amer- ican Independence ; Brief Extracts from a Diary kept at Philadelphia, while in attendance at the First Congress ; Independent Companies in Virginia, 1774-75 ; Extracts from Wash- ington's Diary, 1760 ; Journal of a Tour to the Ohio River, 1770. Boston : Russell, Odiorne, and Metcalf, and Hilliard, Gray, and Co. 1834. xvi, 534 pp. 4 Plans. Facsimile of Washington's Signature. Portrait. Vol. III. Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers relating to the American Revolu- tion : Correspondence from June, 1775, to J ulv > J 776. Appendix: Washington's Appoint- ment as Commander-in-Chief of the American Army; General Washington's Arrival in Cambridge ; State of the Army at Cambridge, when Washington took the Command ; Re- turns of the Army ; Indians in the Revolutionary War ; Correspondence between General Charles Lee and General Burgoyne; Gen. Gage's Answer to Gen. Washington, Aug. 13, 28o WASHINGTON COLLECTION. 1775; Dr. Benjamin Church ; Correspondence between General Gage and Lord Dartmouth ; Marine Operations ; The Burning of Falmouth; The Imprisonment of James Lovell; Lord Drummond ; Evacuation of Boston ; The Washington Medal ; General Schuyler, and the Tories ; Address of the Committee of Safety of Berkshire County in regard to a Tory plot, and General Schuyler's Conduct. Same Imprint and Date, xix, (1), 540 pp. 2 plans. Portrait. Vol. IV. Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers relating to the American Revolu- tion, from July, 1776, to July, 1777. Appendix : Memorandum of what passed at the Interview between His Excellency General Washington and Colonel Paterson, Adjutant-General of the Army under General Howe, 20 July, 1776; General Howe to General Washington, Staten Island, 1 Aug., 1776; Lord Howe to General Washington, 19 Aug., 1776; Battle of Long Island ; American Loyalists in the British Service ; Operations of the Army from Harlem to White Plains, 1776; General Howe to General Washington, n Nov., 1776; Capture of General Lee ; Battle of Trenton ; Prisoners ; Washington's dictatorial Powers ; L6rd Howe to General Washington, New York, 17 Jan. 1777 ; Letters from Gen. Howe to Gen. Wash- ington, New York, 23 Jan., 27 Feb., 21 Apr., 22 May, 5 June, 1777. Same Imprint and Date. (6), 560 pp. Vol. V. Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers relating to the American Revolu- tion, from July, 1777, to July, 1778. Appendix : Marquis de Lafayette ; Battle of the Brandy- wine; Battle of Germantown ; Storming of Forts Montgomery and Clinton ; Duche's Letter; Conway's Cabal ; General Howe's Letters to Washington, Philadelphia, Nov., Dec, 1777 ; General Burgoyne to General Washington, Cambridge, 25 November, 1777 ; Encampment at Valley Forge ; Baron Steuben ; Proposed Enterprise against Canada, under the Marquis de Lafayette; General Howe to Washington, Philadelphia, 5, 14 Feb., 10, 15 Mar., 1778; The President of Congress to Washington, Yorktown, 14 April, 1778; British Forces in America (statistics) ; Affair at Barren Hill ; Instructions to Sir Henry Clinton ; Battle of Monmouth. Same Imprint and Date. (6), 558 pp. 6 Plans. Vol. VI. Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers relating to the American Revo- lution, July, 1778, to Mar., 1780. Appendix: Correspondence between the President of Congress and the Marquis de Lafayette, Sept., 1778-Aug., 1779; Sir Henry Clinton to Washington ; Exchange of Prisoners ; General Arnold's Trial ; Lord North's Views at dif- ferent Stages of the American War ; Storming of Stony Point ; Substance of a Conference between General Washington and the Chevalier de la Luzerne ; Correspondence of the Marquis de Lafayette on American Affairs, after his Return from America. Same Imprint and Date. (4), 556 pp. Plan. Vol. VII. Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers relating to the American Revolu- tion, Mar., 1780-April, 1781. Appendix : French Army in America under the Command of Count Rochambeau ; General Greene's Account of the Action at Springfield, in New Jersey ; Memorandum for concerting a Plan of Operations with the French Army ; Letter from the Count de Rochambeau to General Washington, on the Arrival of the French Army at New- port ; Letters from General Greene respecting the Quartermaster's Department, 26, 27 July, 1780; Interview between the French Commanders and Lafayette at Newport; Official Let- ters and other Papers relating to the Treason of Arnold; Captain Nathan Hale; Letters concerning the Transactions of Lord Cornwallis and Lord Rawdon in the Carolinas ; Plan of an Attack on New York Island proposed by the Marquis de Lafayette ; Revolt of the New Jersey Line. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 28 1 Same Imprint. 1835. 566 pp. Map. Vol. VIII. Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers relating to the American Revo- lution, April, 1781-Dec, 1783. Appendix: March of the Detachment under the Marquis de Lafayette to Virginia ; Substance of a Conference between General Washington and Count de Rochambeau at Weathersfield, May 22, 1781 ; Extracts from intercepted Letters written by Lord George Germain to Sir Henry Clinton, Whitehall, Feb. 7, Mar. 7, 1781 ; Let- ter from Count de Grasse to Count de Rochambeau, St. Domingo, 8 July, 1781 ; Letters from Count de Vergennes to the Marquis de Lafayette, Versailles, 10 March, 19 April, 11 May, 1781 ; Letter from Count de Grasse to General Washington, concerning Operations in the Chesapeake, Cape Henry, 23 Sept., 1781 ; Capitulation at Yorktown : Correspondence between Earl Cornwallis and Washington ; Letters on various Subjects from Sir Guy Carle- ton to General Washington, New York, 7 May, 20 June, 7 July, 1782,6 April, 12 May, 12, 19, 24 Nov., 1 Dec, 1783 ; A Sketch of the State of Opinions in the old Congress, drawn up by Mr. Madison : Vermont, and the Western Territory ; Letter from Count de Vergennes to General Washington respecting Captain Asgill, 29 July, 1782 ; Newburgh Addresses ; Order of the public Audience of General Washington in Congress, and the President's Answer to his Address on resigning his Commission ; General Washington's Expenses while acting as Commander-in-Chief of the American Armies. Same Imprint and Date. (4), 572 pp. Plan. Vol. IX. Private Letters after the American Revolution, Dec. 28, 1783 — 14 April, 1789. Appendix : First general Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati ; Respecting the Proposi- tion for investing Congress with additional Powers for commercial Purposes ; Commercial Propositions introduced by a Committee to the Virginia House of Delegates, 14 Nov., 1785; Opinions of Jay, Knox, and Madison respecting the Principles and Features of a new Form of Government, 1787 ; An Abstract of the general Principles of ancient and modem Confedera- cies; Extracts from Washington's Diary, May9~Sept. 17, 1787; Mr. Madison's Remarks on the Constitution, and Reply to George Mason's Objections ; Letters from Madison, Lee, and Lincoln, on the Location of the Seat of Government, Choice of the President, and other Topics. Same Imprint and Date. (4), 558 pp. Vol. X. Correspondence official and private, while President of the United States and afterwards, 5 May, 1789-1 Nov., 1794. Appendix : Appointment of George Washington as President of the United States ; Queries by the President, respecting the System of Conduct to be adopted by him in his private Intercourse ; Remarks of the French Minister [Count de Moustier] on the Mode ,of Intercourse to be pursued between him and the President ; Wash- ington's Habit in reading Despatches and other important Papers ; Sentiments expressed by the President to the Committee from the Senate, appointed to confer with him on the Mode of Communication between the President and the Senate respecting Treaties and Nomina- tions ; Letter from the Governor of Rhode Island, giving Reasons why that State did not accede to the Union ; Washington's Visit to Boston, on his Tour through the Eastern States, 1789; Communication from Major Beckwith to the Secretary of the Treasury; Letter from the National Assembly of France to the President of the United States, 20 June, 1790; Let- ter from John Jay to President Washington, N. Y., 23 Sept., 1791 ; Letter from Lafayette to President Washington respecting the State of Affairs in France, Paris, 15 Mar., 1792; Let- ters from Jefferson, Hamilton, and Randolph, urging President Washington to consent to be a Candidate for a Second Election ; On the Dissensions in the Cabinet and the private Dif- ferences between Hamilton and Jefferson ; Proceedings of the Executive in Consequence of 282 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. the Violation of the excise Law [Whiskey Insurrection] ; Questions Submitted by the Presi- dent to the Cabinet respecting a Proclamation of Neutrality, and the Reception of a French Minister, 18 April, 1793 ; Minutes of a Conversation between Mr. Jefferson, Secretary of State, and M. Genet; Letter from Henry Lee to President Washington, 14 June, 1793 [on Neutrality] ; Question submitted by the President to the Judges of the Supreme Court, 1793, on the Treaty Rights of France ; Rules adopted by the Cabinet as to the Equipment of Ves- sels in the Ports of the United States by belligerent Powers, and Proceedings of the French Minister ; Opinions of Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison as to the Power of the President to convene Congress at any other Place, than that to which they have adjourned; Letter from Alexander Hamilton to President Washington, April, 1794 [in regard to attacks upon his conduct as Secretary of the Treasury] ; On the Appointment of an Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Great Britain, 1794; Letters from Henry Lee and Patrick Henry [in regard to the relations between Washington and the latter]. Boston: Russell, Shattuck, and Williams, and Hilliard, Gray, and Co. 1836. (4), S 6 3 PP- Vol. XI. Correspondence, official and private, while President of the United States and afterwards, 27 Nov., 1794-12 Dec, 1799. Appendix : Suggestions for establishing a Col- lege, to be supplied with Professors from Europe; Notes submitted to the President in regard to the British Treaty, by Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State, 1795 ; Edmund Randolph's Resignation of the Office of Secretary of State; Remarks of John Jay on certain Points of the British Treaty ; Opinions of the Cabinet advising Mr. Monroe's Recall from France ; Letter from the Secretary of State, Timothy Pickering, to President Washington, 21 July, 1796; Paper relating to the Imprisonment of Lafayette at Olmutz; Remarks of Washington on Monroe's " View of the Conduct of the Executive of the United States," copied from manuscript Sources ; Letters respecting the Appointment of Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the Provisional Army ; Letters from Knox, Hamilton, and Pickering, on Military Rank in the Provisional Army; On the relative Rank of the Major-Generals in the Provisional Army ; Letter from President Adams to George Washington, 9 Oct., 1798 ; Sketch of the Quotas of Troops to be furnished for the Provisional Army in the South- ern States ; Replies of General Knox and General Pinckney to the Secretary of War, on the Subject of their Appointment in the Provisional Army; Queries proposed by the Secretary of War to the Commander-in-Chief of the Provisional Army; Political Opinions of Patrick Henry, 1799; Considerations on the political Relations between the United States and France, in a. Letter from Joel Barlow; Instructions from the Secretary of War to the Inspector-General of the Provisional Army ; Remarks on the Diversity of Opinions in the Cabinet, relative to a Mission to France, 1799 ; Letters from Timothy Pickering and James McHenry. Same Imprint and Date. (4), 578 pp. 8°. Vol. XII. Speeches and Messages to Congress, Proclamations and Addresses: Speeches to Congress, April 30th, 1789-Dec. 7th, 1796; Messages to Congress, Aug. 7th, 1789-Jan. 19th, 1797; Proclamations: for a National Thanksgiving, Oct. 3d, 1789; concerning the Location of the permanent Seat of Government ; Offering a Reward for apprehending Persons, who had committed Outrages upon the Cherokee Indians ; Warn- ing the Insurgents in the Western Parts of Pennsylvania to desist from their Opposi- tion to the Laws ; concerning the Western Insurrection ; for a National Thanksgiving, Jan. 1, 1795; granting Pardon to the Western Insurgents. — Addresses to Bodies: — the Mayor, Corporation, and Citizens of Alexandria, April 16th, 1789; the Citizens of Baltimore, April 17th, 1789; the Delaware Society for promoting domestic Manufac- WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 283 tures, April, 1789; the State Society of the Cincinnati in Pennsylvania, April 20th, 1789; the President and Executive Council of Pennsylvania, April 20th, 1789; the Mayor, Re- corder, Aldermen, and Common Council of Philadelphia, April 20th, 1789; the President and Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, April 20th, 1789; the Ministers, Church- Wardens, and Vestry-Men of the German Lutheran Congregation, in Philadelphia, April 20th, 1789; the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of New York, May 9th, 1789; the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, May, 1789; the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, May, 1789 ; the Gen- eral Committee, representing the United Baptist Churches in Virginia, May, 1789; the Ministers and Elders of the German Reformed Congregations in the United States, June, 1789; the Governor and Council of North Carolina, June 15th, 1789; the Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts, July 9th, 1789; the Directors of the Society of the United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, July, 1789; the Senate and Assembly of New York, July, 1789 ; the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church, August 19th, 1789 ; the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College, August, 1789; the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, September, 1789; the Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America, October, 1789; the Religious Society called Quakers, at their Yearly Meeting, October, 1789; the Legislature of Connecticut, October, 1 789 ; the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, October 27th, 1789; the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, October 27th, 1789; the Presi- dent and Fellows of Harvard University, October 27th, 1789; the Inhabitants of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 2d, 1789; the Executive of the State of New Hampshire, November 3d, 1789 ; the Legislature of New Jersey, December, 1789 ; the Roman Catholics of the United States, December, 1789; the General Assembly of Georgia, December, 1789; the General Assembly of Virginia, April 27th, 1790; the Delegates of the State Societies of the Cincinnati, assembled at their triennial General Meeting, May, 1790; the Hebrew Con- gregation of Savannah, May, 1790; the People of South Carolina, May, 1790: the Freemen of Newport, August 16th, 1790 ; the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of King David's Lodge in Newport, August 16th, 1790; the Corporation of Rhode Island College, August 17th, 1790; the Inhabitants of Providence, August 17th, 1790; the Convention of the Universal Church, lately assembled in Philadelphia, 1790; the Legislature of Rhode Island, 1790; the Governor and Council of North Carolina, August 26th, 1790; the Intendant and Wardens, Representatives of the Citizens of Charleston, May 3d, 1791 ; the Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah, May 13th, 1791 ; the Congregational Church and Society at Medway, formerly St. John's Parish, in Georgia, May, 1791 ; his Excellency Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, May 20th, 1791 ; the Inhabitants of Camden, South Carolina, May 25th, 1791 ; the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Massachusetts, January, 1793; tne Members of the New Church in Baltimore, January, 1793; the Merchants and Traders of Philadelphia, May 16th, 1793; the Merchants and Traders of Baltimore, May, 1793; the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Salem, Massachusetts, June, 1793 ; the Inhabitants of Alexandria, July 4th, 1793 ; Nicholas Cruger, Chairman of a Meeting of the Citizens of New York, August 18th, 1793; t^ e Inhabitants of Richmond, August, 1793; the Inhabitants of New London, August, 1793; the Citizens of Annapolis, September, 1793; the Burgesses and other Citizens of Har- risburg, October 4th, 1794; the Inhabitants of Carlisle, October, 1794; the Merchants and Traders of Philadelphia, August 20th, 1795 ! *^ e Inhabitants of Camden and Orangeburgh Districts, South Carolina, Sept. 14th, 1795; the Inhabitants of Georgetown, South Carolina, Sept. 14th, 1795; the Citizens of Frederic County, Virginia, Dec. 16th, 1795; Farewell Ad- dress to the People of the United States, September 17th, 1796; Addresses: to the Council and Assembly of New Jersey, November 21st, 1796; the General Assembly of Virginia, 284 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Dec. 27th, 1796 ; the House of Representatives of South Carolina, January 24th, 1797 ; the Assembly of North Carolina, Jan. 25th, 1797; the Senate of Pennsylvania, January, 1797; the Senators and Representatives of Delaware, Feb. 2d, 1797 ; the Assembly of Rhode Island, February, 1797 ; the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, Feb. 17th, 1797 ; the Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts, Feb., 1797 ; the Clergy of different Denomi- nations, residing in and near Philadelphia, March, 1797 ; the Citizens of Alexandria and its Neighbourhood, March, 1797. — Appendix : Correspondence on Agriculture, Affairs of Busi- ness, and miscellaneous Topics, 17 59-1 798; Agricultural Papers: Directions for G. A Washington, respecting the Management of the Plantations and other Affairs at Mount Vernon, 31 March, 1789; A View of the Work at the several Plantations at Mount Vernon, in 1789, and general Directions for the Execution of it ; Directions concerning Crops for the River Farm, and Operations thereon, for the Year 1800 ; Extracts from an Agricultural Diary, 1785; Extract from a. Diary for December, 1799; Washington's farewell Address [dis- cussion of its Authorship]; Religious Opinions and Habits of Washington; Names and Rank of the General Officers of the Continental Army in the Revolution ; Names of General Washington's Aides-de-Camp during the Revolution ; Governors or Chief Magistrates of the several Colonies and States during the public Life of Washington ; Members of Congress before the Adoption of the Constitution ; Members of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the United States in 1787; Washington's Cabinet during his Presidency; Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States during Washington's Administration ; American Ministers and diplomatic Agents at foreign Courts during Washington's Adminis- tration. Indexes : Letters written by Washington to Individuals and public Bodies ; Letters addressed to Washington by various Persons ; Miscellaneous Letters ; Speeches and Mes- sages to Congress ; Proclamations ; Addresses ; General Index. Boston : American Stationers' Company. John B. Russell. 1837. viii, 592, (1) pp. Portrait of Martha Washington. Plan. LEBEN und Briefwechsel Georg Washingtons. Nach dem Englischen des Jared Sparks im Ausziige bearbeitet. Herausgegeben von Friedrich von Raumer. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1839. 2 vols. 8°. Contents. Vol. 1. Georg Washingtons Leben. xiv, 559 pp. Vol. 2. Ausziige aus Washingtons Schriften : Regeln der HSflichkeit und des Anstandes in Gesellschaft und im Umgange; Beschliisse, welche unter Washingtons Vorsitz den i8ten Juni 1774 zu Fairfax gefasst wurden; Ueber den Gedanken der amerikanischen Unabhangigkeit ; Briefe, 18. Jun. 1775-12. Dec. 1799; Anonyme Adressen, welche bei den Officieren der Armee cir- culirten [Newburgh Addresses] ; Ordres, welche der General Washington an die Armee erliess, 18. April, 1783 ; Circularschreiben an die Gouverneurs aller Staaten bei Entlassung der Armee, 8. Jun. 1783; Washingtons Adresse an den Congress bei Niederlegung seiner Stelle, 23. Dec. 1783; Washingtons Abschiedsadresse an das Volk der Vereinigten Staaten, vom I7ten September 1796. x, 533 pp. VIE, correspondance et Merits de Washington. Publics d'apres l'<§dition am^ricaine et precedes d'une introduction sur l'infiuence et le caractere de Washington dans la Revolution des Etats-Unis d'Amerique ■ par M. Guizot. Paris : Librairie de Charles Gosselin. mdcccxxxx. 6 vols. 8°. Atlas F°. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 285 Contents. Vol. 1. Introduction sur 1'influence et le caractere de Washington dans la revolution des fitats-Unis d'Am^rique, par M. Guizot ; Vie de Washington [par J. Sparks]. clxxi, (1), 291 pp. Vol. 2. Vie de Washington. Appendice : Premiers ecrits de Washington [Rules of Civility] ; Extrait du journal d'un voyage de Washington dans les monts Alleghanys a seize ans, 1748; Sur les opinions religieuses et les moeurs de Washington; Derniere maladie et mort de Washington ; Actes du Congres a la suite de la mort de Washington ; Resolutions adoptees par les deux Chambres du Congres. Vol. 3. Correspondance de Washington, 29 mai 1754-14 novembre 1778. (2), 424 pp. Vol. 4. Correspondance, 18 decembre 1778-5 avril 1783. (2), 428 pp. Vol. 5. Correspondance, 9 avril 1783-28 juillet 1795; Lettre circulaire adressee aux gouverneurs de tous les fitats, 8 juin 1783; Adresse d'adieu aux armees des fitats-Unis, 2 novembre 1783 ; Adresse au Congres, en resignant ses pouvoirs, 23 decembre 1783. (2), 435 PP- Vol. 6. Correspondance, 29 juillet 1795-25 mars 1799 ; Messages et Proclamations : Discours d'inauguration aux deux Chambres du Congres, 30 avril 1789; Message aux deux Chambres du Congres, touchant le ministre francais Genet et les relations avec la France, 5 decembre 1793; Message a la Chambre des Representants, expliquant les raisons du President pour ne pas acquiescer a sa reclamation du 24 courant, par laquelle, elle de- mandait une copie des instructions, des correspondances et des autres documents relatifs au traite qui venait de se conclure avec la Grande-Bretagne, 30 mars 1796; Proclama- tion pour une action de graces nationales, 3 oct. 1794; Adresse au Maire, a la Corpora- tion, et aux Citoyens d'Alexandrie, 16 avril 1789; aux Citoyens de Baltimore, 17 avril 1789; aux Habitants de Camden et d'Orangeburg, dans la Caroline du Sud, 14 septem- bre 1795; aux Habitants de George-Town, Caroline du Sud, 14 septembre 1795; Adresse d'adieu au peuple des fitats-Unis, 17 septembre 1796. Appendice : Journal d'un voyage du Major Washington sur les monts Allegany, 1753; Documents sur la mort de M. de Jumonville; Sur l'origine des projets d'independance des fitats-Unis; Declaration faite par les representants des fitats-Unis d'Amerique reunis en Congres ; Nomination de Washington au commandement en chef ; Commission du General Washington ; Sur le pouvoir dictatorial confie a Washington ; Sur les mecontentements de l'armee americaine [Newburgh letters] ; Sur la repugnance de George III. a un accommodement avec les fitats-Unis ; Sommaire des principes generaux des Confederations anciennes et modernes ; Depenses du General Washington, pendant qu'il a exerce les fonctions de commandant en chef de l'armee americaine ; Questions posees par Washington sur le systeme de conduite qu'il devait adopter dans ses relations privees ; Lettres de Jefferson, d'Hamilton et de Ran- dolph, pressant le President Washington de consentir a etre candidat pour une seconde election ; Dissensions dans le cabinet et altercations privies entre Hamilton et Jefferson. Atlas. 21 plates (maps, portraits, facsimiles). The LIFE of Washington, in the form of an Autobiography ; the Narrative being, to a great extent, conducted by Himself, in Extracts and Selections from his own Writings. By Rev. Charles W. Upham, Author of the < Life of Sir Henry Vane.' In two Volumes. Boston : Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb. 1840. 2 vols. Vol. 1. 402 pp. Vol. 2. 388 pp. 12°. Only a few copies of this edition are known to exist ; the work having been sup- pressed as infringing on Sparks 's copyright. The plates were transferred to England, and issued in 1851 under the title given below. 286 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The editor, Mr. Upham, was unaware of the existence of the London edition until a copy was shown him by Dr. Samuel A. Green, Librarian of the Historical Society, in the summer of 1869.' The LIFE of General Washington, first President of the United States, written by Himself, comprising his Memoirs and Correspondence, as prepared by him for Publication, including several Letters now first printed. Edited by the Rev. C. W. Upham, of Boston, U. S. In two Volumes. London : George Willis, mdcccli. 2 vols. Vol. I. 443 pp. Portrait. II. 423 PP- 8°. The engraved title-pages and the portrait of Franklin belonging in vol. ii. are missing. Same. London : Office of the National illustrated Library, mdccclii. 2 vols. Vol. I. 443 pp. Portrait. Vol. II. 423 pp. Portrait of Franklin. Engraved title-pages. 8°. Two copies ; one of which is extra-illustrated. The WRITINGS of George Washington. Collected and edited, by Worthington Chauncey Ford. New York & London : G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1889-93. J 4 vols - 8 °- This edition contains letters not printed in Sparks's collection, but omits many which are found there. Consequently both editions must be consulted by the historical student who wishes to have all the printed material before him. Mr. Ford claims for his edition greater textual exactness. The relative merits of Sparks and Ford are discussed by Prof. Herbert B. Adams in the introduction to his " The Life and Writings of Jared Sparks." Contents. Vol. I. Preface; Journal of a Survey, 1748; Journal to the Ohio, 1753; Journal, Mar-April, 1754 (Fort Necessity) ; Letters, 1752-1757. 1889. xxv, (1), 513 pp. Folded map. 2 plans. Vol. II. Letters, Jan. 31, 1758-June 26, 1775 ; Diary for 1768 ; Journal kept during the Session of the House of Burgesses in 1770; Journal, 1760, at Mount Vernon ; Journal of a Tour to the Ohio river, Oct. 5-Dec. 1, 1770 ; Journey to New York, 1773 (Diary) j Advertise- ment of the Ohio lands, July 15, 1773; Journal kept during the Session of the House of Burgesses, 1774; at the Virginia Convention, Aug., 1774; at the Continental Congress, Aug. 30-Sept. 27, 1774; Instructions for William Stevens, 6 March, 1775; Acceptance of the ap- pointment to the Command of the Army; Commission as Commander-in-Chief; Answer to an address of the New York provincial Congress, 26 June, 1775. 1889. xvi, 502 pp. Vol. III. Letters, July 4, 1775-Mar. 31, 1776; Answer to an Address of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, July 4th, 1775; To the Inhabitants of Canada; Poem by Phillis Wheatley ; Note on the Evacuation of Boston, by the Editor ; Answer to an Address from the General Assembly of Massachusetts. 1889. xviii, 509 pp. Facsimile. Vol. IV. Letters, April i-Oct. 22, 1776. 1889. xviii, 505 pp. Vol. V. Letters, Nov. 6, 1776-July 31, 1777. 1890. xxi, (1), 522 pp. Vol. VI. Letters, Aug. 1, 1777-Apr. 30, 1778. 1890. xxi, (1), 511 pp. Vol. VII. Letters, May 1, 1778-July 29, 1779 ; Thoughts upon a Plan of Operations for the Campaign of 1778. 1890. xix, (1), 506 pp. Vol. VIII. Letters, Aug. 2, 1779-Oct. 18, 1780; Circular letter to the States, 24 Feb, 1780, 18 October, 1780. 1890. xxiii, (1), 508 pp. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 287 Vol. IX. Letters, Oct. 19, 1780-May i, 1782 ; Circular letter to the New England States, 5 Jan., 1781 ; Substance of a Conference between General Washington and Count De Roch- ambeau, at Weathersfield, 22 May, 1781, with Washington's Diary; Circular letter to the States, 24 May, 1781 ; Questions by Rochambeau, and replies by Washington ; Diary, July 21-23, 1781 ; Circular letter to the States, 2 August, 1781; 21st Aug., 1781 ; Questions by Washington, and answers by Count de Grasse; Circular letter to the States, 22 Jan., 1782; Same, 31 Jan., 1782; Circular to the Eastern and Middle States, 5 Mar., 1782; Plan of Campaign, Newburgh, 1 May, 1782. 1891. xxii, 507 pp. Vol. X. Letters, May 3, 1782-Oct. 3, 1785; Circular letter to the States, 4 May, 1782 ; The Newburgh Address, 1783; Substance of a Conference between Gen. Washington and Sir Guy Carleton, at an Interview at Orangetown, 6th May, 1783 ; Circular letter addressed to the Governors of all the States on disbanding the Army, Newburgh, 8 June, 1783 ; Ad- dress to the President and Members of Congress, 26 August, 1783 ; Observations upon a. Peace Establishment; Farewell Orders to the Armies of the United States, 2 Nov., 1783; Address to Congress on resigning his Commission, 23 Dec, 1783. 1891. xxi, (1), 507 pp. Vol. XI. Letters, Oct. 7, 1785-Dec. 5, 1790; Inaugural Speech to both Houses of Con- gress, April 30th, 1789; Sentiments expressed by the President to the Committees from the Senate, appointed to confer with him on the mode of Communication between the President and the Senate respecting Treaties and Nominations, Aug. 8, 1789; Speech to both Houses of Congress, Jan. 8th, 1790. 1891. xxi, (1), 510 pp. Vol. XII. Letters, Dec. 8, 1790-Dec. 18, 1794; Speech to Congress, 8 Dec, 1790; Ad- dress to Cornpianter, Halftown, and Great-Tree, Chiefs of the Seneca Nation of Indians ; Communication of Sentiments to Benjamin Hawkins, on Indian Affairs ; Speech to both Houses of Congress, Oct. 25th, 1791 ; Speech to both Houses of Congress, Nov. 6th, 1792 ; Agricultural Correspondence [extracts] ; Questions submitted by the President to the Secre- taries and Attorney-General, 18 Apr., 1793; Proclamation of Neutrality, 22 Apr., 1793; Speech to both Houses of Congress, Dec. 3d, 1793 ! Message, respecting Genet, and the Relations with France, Dec. 5, 1793; Message, relative to Transactions with Spain, Dec. 16th, 1793; Message, 20 Jan., 1794; Proclamation warning the Insurgents in the Western Parts of Pennsylvania, to desist from their Opposition to the Laws ; Proclamation concern-" ing the Western Insurrection ; Speech to both Houses of Congress, Nov. 19, 1794; Opinion of his General Officers. 1891. xxii, 514 pp. Folded plan. Vol. XIII. Letters, Dec. 21, 1794-May 17, 1798; Reply to an address of the Selectmen of Boston in regard to Jay's Treaty, 28 July, 1794 ; Speech to both Houses of Congress, Dec. 8th, 1795 ; Message to the House of Representatives, March 30th, 1796, declining to furnish certain papers in regard to the negotiations with Great Britain ; Draft of Farewell address ; Farewell Address to the People of the United States, Sept. 17, 1796, with Hamilton's Draft; Speech to both Houses of Congress, Dec 7th, 1796; Message to both Houses of Congress, on the Injury Sustained by American Commerce from French Cruisers, Jan. 19th, 1797 ; Remarks on Monroe's " View of the Conduct of the Executive of the United States." 1892. xx, 501 pp. Vol. XIV. Letters, May 22, 1798-Dec 12, 1799; Instructions for the Management of Farms ; Extract from a Diary, December, 1799 ; Last Illness and Death : Tobias Lear's Account ; Particular Account, by the attending Physicians ; Tobias Lear to William Augus- tine Washington, December 15th, 1799; Same, to Burges Ball; Proceedings in Congress; Mrs. Washington to President Adams, Dec. 31st, 1799; Same, to Governor Trumbull, 15 Jan., 1800; Will of George Washington. Appendix; Letter from Washington to Lund Washington, Camp at Cambridge, Augt. 20th, 1775; The Washington Family; Washing- ton's Aides-de-Camp. Indexes. [1893 ] xvi, 528 pp. 288 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. MAXIMS of Washington ; political, social, moral, and religious. Collected and arranged by John Frederick Schroeder, D.D., a Citizen of the United States. Third Edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company, m.dccc.lv. xxiv, (i3)-42.3 pp. 12". MAXIMS of Washington : being his Utterances on various Subjects. Collected and arranged by Rev. William Hutchison. (In An illustrated History of Washington and his Times, edited by Rev. William Hutchison, pp. 577-593- Norwich, Conn., 1868.) RULES of Conduct, Diary of Adventure, Letters, and farewell Addresses. By George Washington. With Introductions and Notes. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston. [1887.] 106 pp. [River- side literature Series, number 24.] Portrait. 12 . Contents. Rules of Conduct ; A dangerous Errand : Extracts from the Diary of the Expedition to the Ohio, 1753; With General Braddock: Letters of Washington, 15 Mar., 20 Apr., 5 May, 14 May, 28 June, 18 July, 1755 ; A Virginia Planter: Letters of Washington to Bryan Fairfax, 20 July, 24 August, 1774; Commander-in-Chief: Letter to the President of Congress ; to Mrs. Martha Washington ; to Lund Washington. — In Camp at Cambridge : Letter to the President of Congress, 10 July, 1775; to John Augustine Washington, 27 July, 1775 ; to Joseph Reed, 14 January, 1776. — Mr. Washington or General Washington : Letter to the President of Congress, 14 July, 1776. — At Valley Forge: Letter to the President of Congress, 23 December, 1777. — Farewell to the Army, Nov. 2, 1783; Farewell Address to the People of the United States, Sept. 15, 1796; Events in the Life of George Washington. 2. LETTERS. a. Miscellaneous Collections. LETTERS to various individuals, Oct. 17, 1753-Nov. 12, 1799. (In The Historical Magazine. New York, 1857-69.) Namely : — Winchester .... Oct. 17, 1753 . to Gov. Dinwiddie. vol. 5, pp. 6-7. Camp Jan. 3, 1754 . to Gov. Dinwiddie. 2d ser., vol. 3, pp. 283-284. Mt. Vernon . . . . Dec. 26, 1774 . to Jas. Mercer. vol. 11, pp. 96-97. Camp at Cambridge . Aug. 30, 1775 . to John Dickinson. vol. 3, p. 243. Cambridge .... Nov. 17, 1775 . to Gen. Ward. 2d ser., vol. 3, pp. 153-154. New York .... June 12, 1776 . to Lund Washington (extract) vol. 6, p. 349. Heights of Harlem . Sept. 30, 1776 . to Lund Washington. vol. 7, pp. 33-34. Falls of the Delaware Dec. 10, 1776 . to Lund Washington. vol. 7, pp. 34-35. Morristown .... Jan. 23, 1777 . to Phila. Light Horse. vol. 11, p. 115. Bucks Co Aug. 21, 1777 . to George Clymer. vol. 3, p. 33. Valley Forge . . . Jan. 1, 1778 . to Henry Laurens. vol 2, pp. 259-260. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 289 Valley Forge Valley Forge White Plains Middlebrook West Point Robinson House Robinson's . Bergen County, Philadelphia . Newburgh . Headquarters Newburgh . New York . Philadelphia . Mt. Vernon . Mt. Vemon . Mt. Vernon . Philadelphia . Philadelphia . Philadelphia . Mt. Vernon Mt. Vemon Mt. Vernon Mt. Vemon Mt. Vemon Mt. Vernon New York N Feb. 8, 1778 . Apr. 18, 1778 . Sept. 12, 1778 , May 29, 1779 . Sept. 29, 1779 July 31, 1780 . Sept. 26, 1780 , Oct. 9, 1780 . Sept. 3, 1782 . Jan. 5, 1782 Jan. io, 1782 . June 17, 1783 . Nov. 26, 1783 . Decj 10, 1783 . Mar. 15, 1787 . Oct. 10, 1787 . Jan. 22, 1788 . Sept. 8, 1791 . Dec. 31, 1793 • Aug. 30, 1795 . Aug. 10, 1796 . Jan. io, 1798 . July 30, 1798 . Aug. 15, 1798 . June 25, 1799 . Nov. 12, 1799 . Nov. 12, 1799 . vol. vol. vol. to Hon. Thomas Nelson, to Henry Laurens, to Henry Laurens, to Lund Washington, to Henry Laurens, to Nathaniel Shaw, to Gov. Clinton, to Dr. Benjamin Franklin to Gov. Lee. to Maj. Gen. Lincoln. 2d ser., vol. 5, p. 396, to Hon. John Morin Scott. 5, pp. 6-7. 2, p. 260. 2, pp. 260-261. vol. 7, P- 35- Vol. 2, p. 26l. vol. 16, p. 301. vol. 11, p. 27. vol. 13, pp. 245-246. vol. 10, p. 76. V 2d sen, vol. 3, pp. 232-233. to Major Billings, to returned exiles from New York to Dr. McHenry. to Gen. Jas. Mercer, to Jas. Madison, Jr. to Dr. Stuart, to Gen. Knox, to Rev. Dr. White, to Rt. Hon. Lord Landsdown. "I vol. 3, p. 243. vol. 11, p. 45. VOl. 12, p. 361. vol. 15, pp. 141-142. vol. ii, pp. 117-118. vol. 3, p. 243. vol. 3, p. 33. vol. 3, p. 33. [ 2d ser., vol. 12, p. 298. to Gen. Jas. Marshall. vol. 12, p. 81. to Sam. Williams. vol. 6, p. 181. to Sec. of War. 2d ser., vol. 2, p. 365. to Rev. Mr. Boucher. vol. 4, p. 153. 2, p. 366. 7, p. 244. to Jas. McHenry, I 2dQl Sec. of War. ) to Managers at Alexandria, vol. to Corporation of New York, ac- cepting the free- dom of the city, vol. 8, pp. 65-66. LETTERS of Washington. Seventy now for the first time published. 1754 to 1780. Nos. 1-70. {In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pp. 104-149.) Nineteen now for the first time published. 1780-1781. Nos. 71-89. {In Same, pp. 496-511.) Thirty now for the first time published. 1781. Nos. 90-119. {In Same, 1880, vol. 4, pp. 121-145.) Thirty-two now for the first time published. 1782-1783. Nos. 120-15 1. {In Same, 1880, vol. 5, pp. 116-129.) 19 290 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Namely : — i. Alexandria 22 March, 1754 . 2. Mount Vernon 1756. 3. Fort Loudon July 12, 1757. 4. Alexandria Novr. 13th, 1757 , 5. Mount Vernon July 14th, 1761. 6. The Warm Springs . . . 26th Aug., 1761 7. Mount Vernon C^ ^] • ■ • 8. Mount Vernon 17th July, 1763 9. Fredk. Warm Springs . . 18th Augt, 1769 10. Mount Vernon May 13th, 1770 11. Mount Vernon Dec'r 3d, 1772 12. Mount Vernon April 20th, 1773 13. Cambridge 30th Oct., 1775 14. Cambridge 15 November, 1775 15. Cambridge 27th Novr., 1775 16. Cambridge Dec. 14, 1775 . 17. Cambridge 22d March, 1776 18. Cambridge 28th March, 1776 19. New York 23d April, 1776 20. Head Quarters June 14th, 1776 21. Head Quarters, New York . 15 July, 1776 . 22. Morristown Jan. n, 1777 . 23. Morristown 12th Jan., 1777 24. Morristown Jan. 12th, 1777 25. Morristown Jan. 14, 1777 . 26. Morristown Jan. 15th, 1777 27. Morristown Feby. 10th, 1777 28. Morristown Feby. 14, 1777 29. Morristown Feby. 23d, 1777 30. Camp near Clove .... July 24th, 1777 31. Near Pottsgrove .... 24th Sept., 1777 32. Head Quarters Sept. 25th, 1777 33. Head Qrs. Philad. County . 15th Octob., 1777 34. White Marsh Deer. 2d, 1777 35- [ Dec '> '777] • 36. Valley Forge 30th Deer., 1777 37. Valley Forge Jany. 7th, 1778 38. Valley Forge 14th April, 1778 39. [Paramus] 14 July, 1778 . 40. White Plains July 22d, 1778 . 41. White Plains Augt. 12, 1778. 42. Head Quarters 4th October, 1778 43. Frederick bg 25 October, 1778 . 44. Head Quarters Dec. 17, 1778 , 45. Head Quarters 21 Dec, 1778 to William Fairfax. to Rev. Mr. Charles Green. to Rev. Mr. Charles Green. to Geo. Wm. Fairfax. to Geo. Wm. Fairfax. to Colo. Jno. Armstrong. to Revd. Mr. Boucher. to Colo. Saml. Washington. to Col. Fielding Lewis. to Joseph Reed. to The Honble. Governor Cooke. to Joseph Reed. to Honr. Governor Cooke. to Doctr. Morgan. to Joseph Reed. to Joseph Reed. to Colo. Clinton. to Hon'ble Nicholas Cooke. to Henry Sherburne. to Colonel Reed. to Henry Sherburne. to [Col. Jos. Reed]. to [Col. Jos. Reed]. to Col. Henry Sherburne. to [Committee of Congress]. to [Col. Jos. Reed]. to Lord Stirling. to [Lord Stirling]. to Lord Stirling. to Gov. Clinton. to [Col. Jos. Reed]. to the Officers and Soldiers in the Militia in the Counties of Hun- terdon, Burlington [etc.]. to [Lord Stirling]. to Brigr. Genl. Smallwood. to Col. Shreve. Memorandum of instructions to Colo. Laurens. to Col. Henry Jackson. to Count D'Estain[g]. to Lord Stirling. to Lord Stirling. to Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Stevens. to Lord Stirling. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. -291 46. 3d March, 1779 . . to President Reed. 47. Middle brook March 20th, 1779 23d March, 1779 48. . . to Brig. Genl. Knox. 49. March 29th, 1779 . . to President Reed. 50. Middle brook April 8th, 1779 12 April, 1779 . 19th April, 1779 4th May, 1779. May 1 2th, 1779 . to President Reed. 51. Head Quarters . . to Brig. Genl. Knox. . to Gov. Reed. 52. Middle Brook S3- 54- Middle Brook . . to Brig. Genl. Knox. . to Genl. Knox. 55- May 20th, 1779 . to [Council of State of Pennsyl vania]. 56. 27th May, 1779 . . to Brig. Gen. Knox. 57- 28th May, 1779 . to Brig. Gen. Knox. 58. May 30, 1779 . . . to Brigadier Gen. Knox. 59- June 4th, 1779 . to General Knox. 60. 4th June, 1779 . to Brig. Genl. Knox. 61. June, 1779 . . . to Major General Knox. 62. June 13th, 1779 . to Col. Neilson. 63- July 1 2th, 1779 . . to Brigadier Genl. Knox. 64. 15th Augt., 1779 . . to His Excellency, John Jay, Esquire, President of Congress 65. West Point . . 20th August, 1771 j . to Brig. Genl. Knox. 66. West Point . . 31st August, 177c 1 2th Nov., 1779 Nov. 18th, 1779 . to Col. Bland. 67. 68. West Point . . to Genl. Knox. . to Genl. Knox. 69. Nov. 23d, 1779 . to Genl. Knox. 70. Morristown . . Dec. 8th, 1779 . to Genl. Knox. 7i- Head Quarters, Morristown, 14th Febry., 1780 . to Colo. Jackson. 72. 73- Morristown May 5th, 1780 . June 3, 1780 . . to Fielding Lewis. . to Major Genl. Greene. Head Qrs., Morris Town . 74- [Springfield, N. J.] . . . June 7, 1780 . . to Major Genl. Lord Stirling. 75- 76. 20th July, 1780 August 1st, 1780. to Mrs. President Reed. Peeks Kill . . . to His Excellency Govr. Reed. 77- Head Quarters, County, Bergen > 22nd July, 1780 . to Joseph Jones. 78. Head Qrs., Orange Town . Aug. 10th, 1780 . to Mrs. Presidt. Reed. 79- Head Qrs., Orange Town . 20th Aug., 1780 . to Gov. Joseph Reed. 80. Sept. 9th, 1780 Octr. 4, 1780 . . Oct. 22, 1780 . . to Honble. Joseph Jones. . to William Bingham. . to Hon. Wm. Fitzhugh. 81. 82. Head Qrs., Passaic Falls . 83- Head Quarters, Preckness . 8th Novem., 1780 . to Abraham Skinner. 84. Head Qrs., Passaic Falls . 8th Novr., 1780 . . to The Honble. William Fitzhugh. 85. Head Qrs., Passaic Falls . 19 November, 178 . to His Excellency Gov. Livingston. 86. 28th Nov., 1780 . . to Col. Tallmadge. 87. 88. 10 Deer., 1780 . . . to His Excellency Gov. Livingston. . to C. W. Peale. 1 2th Deer., 1780 . 89. 90. 91. 21st Deer., 1780 . . to Brig. Gen. Clinton. . to Gov. Nash. Jany. 23d, 1781 . Feb'y8th, 1781 . New Windsor . . . to Gov. Clinton. 292 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. 92. New Windsor Feb. 13, 1781- . . . to William Livingston, Gov. of New Jersey. 93- New Windsor 1 March, 1781 . . . to Gov. Livingston. 94- New Windsor Mar. 23, 1781 . . . to Gov. Livingston. 95- New Windsor Mar. 24, 1781 . . to Joseph Jones. 96. New Windsor . . . Mar. 25, 1781 . . to Wm. Fitzhugh. 97- New Windsor April 8th, 1781 . . to Maj. Tallmadge. 98. New Windsor 8th April, 1781 . to Gov. Livingston. 99. New Windsor 15 April, 1781 . . . to Gov. Clinton. 100. New Windsor . April 25th, 1781 . to Capt. Craig. 101. Head Quarters . 2d May, 1781 . . to Lt. Col. Stevens. 102. New Windsor . May 7th, 1781, . . to Gov. Clinton. 103. New Windsor 27th May, 1 78 1 . to Gov. Livingston. 104. New Windsor . June 9, 1 781 to Gov. Livingston, 105. New Windsor 15 June, 1781 . . to Gov. Livingston. 106. 10th July, 1781 . to Joseph Jones. 107. 13th July, 1781 . to Gov. Livingston. 108. 30th July, 178.1 . to Gov. Clinton. 109. 5th August, 178c . to Gov. Clinton. no. Dobbs Ferry - 8th Aug., 1781 . to Major General Nathaniel Greene. III. Camp near Dobbs' Ferry 8th Aug., 1781 . to Honorable William Fitzhugh. 112. 20 Aug., 1781 . . to Gov. Livingston. "3- 114. 21st Aug., 1781 . 25 day of Augt., 1781 to Gov. Livingston, to Colonel Cortland. 115. 8th September, 1781, to Committee of Citizens of Bal- timore. 116. Head Quarters, near York Octr. 27th, 1781 . to Thomas Jefferson. 117. Head Quarters, near York Nov. 4, 1781 . . to Thomas Jefferson. 118. Head Quarters, near York ) 5th Nov., 1 78 1 . to Commanders of Ships of War, Town, etc. 119. Mount Vernon 15th November, 178] to Honr. Joseph Reed. 120. Phila. . . . 6 Feb., 1782 . . to Count De Grasse, 121. Phila. . . . Feb. 8, 1782 . . . to Col. William Fitzhugh. 122. Newburgh . . April 1st, 1782 to Rev. E. Stiles. I23. Newburgh . . 17 April, 1782 . . . to The Honble- William Fitzhugh. I24. Newburgh . . 22d April, 1782 . . to Major Genl. Lincoln. I2J. Newburgh . . Aprl. 22d, [i7]82 . to Bryan Fairfax. 126. New Burgh . 25th April, 1782 . . to Comfort Sands, Esq., & Co. 127. Head Quarters 23rd May, 1782 . to Gov. Clinton. 128. Head Quarters 24 May, 1782 . . to Capt. Machin,, Lt. Forman, En- sign Swarthout. 129, Headquarters 21st June, 1782 . to Timothy Edwards. 130. Philada . . . July 22nd, 1782 . . to Mrs. Stockton. I3I- Head Quarters 6th Augst., 1782 . . to Col. Marinus Willett. 132. Head Quarters n August, 1782 . to Gov. Livingston. 133- Head Quarters Sept. 25, 1782 . . to Col. Webb. '34- Head Quarters November n, 1782 to Colo. S. B. Webb. 135- Head Quarters Deer. 3rd, 1782 . . to Major Tallmadge. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 293 136. Head Quarters December 10, 1782 137. Newburgh 23rd Deer., 1782 138. Philadelphia Dec. 25th, 1782 139. Head quarters January 21, 1783 140. Newburgh Feb. 18, 1783 . 141. Headquarters 31st March, 1783 142. Head Quarters New Burgh, April 14, 1783 . 143. Newburgh 21 April, 1783 . 144. Newburgh 21st May, 1783 145. Newburgh June 7th, [17183 146. Headqis., Newburgh . . . July 15th, [17383 147. Albany 4 Aug., 1783. 148. Newburgh 12th Augt., 1783 149. Head Quarters, Newburgh . 17th Augt., 1783 150. Instruction for Howe. Given at Rockyhill this 9th 151. Philadelphia December 10, 1783. to Major Tallmadge. to Gov. Clinton, to Lord Stirling, to Major Tallmadge. to Baron Steuben, to Colo. Theo. Bland, to Col. Marinus Willett. to Lt. Colo. Smith, to Lt. Colo. Smith, to [Lt. Col. Cobb], to Gen. Schuyler. to Gov. Clinton, to Colo. Willett. day of Nov., 1 783. Second Series, nos. 1-30. Thirty now for the first time published. 1754- 1777. (In Magazine of American history,. 1881, vol. 6, pp. 126-140.) Same: Nos. 31-52. Twenty-two now for the first time published. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 7, pp. 134-144.) 1777. 1. Wills Creek 24 Apr., 1754 . 2. Fort Cumberland . . . Sep. 20, 1755 . 3. Fort Loudon, June 16, 1757. 4. Mt. Vernon Sept. 30, 1757 . 5. Mt. Vernon Sept. 30, 1757. 6. Nabeau Jan. 5, 1758 . 7. Camp-at-River 26 June, 1758 , 8. Pearsall 30 June, 1758 . 9. Fort Cumberland . . . July 29, 1758. 10. Mt. Vernon Oct. 30, 1762. n. Lottery Ticket .... 1768. 1 2. [Mt. Vernon] May 30, 1768 . 13. April 20, 1773 . 14. Mt. Vernon Feb. 12, 1774. 15. Mt. Vernon Mar. 6, 1775 . 16. Camp at Cambridge . . Aug. 4, 1775 . 17. Camp at Cambridge . . Aug. 29, 1775 . 18. Cambridge 27 Feb., 1776 19. Cambridge Mar. 19, 1776 , 20. Cambridge 24 Mar., 1776 21. Headquarters, New York . July 8, 1776 22. Headquarters, New York . 26 July, 1776 23. Head Quarters, New York, 17 Aug., 1776 to Gov. Dinwiddie. to Commissary Dick. to Rev. Richard Peters. to Capt. Geo. Johnston, to Capt. Waggener. to David Wilper. to Rev. J. Boucher, to Dr. James Carter. to Jno. Washington. to Col. Lewis Morris. to Jos. Reed. to Major Gen. Ward. to Lord Stirling. to the Church and Congregation at Woodstock, to Col. Seymoure. to Gen. Clinton, to Robt. Yates. 294 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 3°- 3 r - 3 2 - 33- 34- 35- 36. 37- 38- 39- 40. 41. 42. 43- 44. 45- 46. 47- 48. 49. 50. S 1 - 52- Col. Morris's on the Heights of Harlem, Trenton . . . Head Quarters Morris Town . Morris Town , Head Quarters Head Quarters, Morris Town, Morris Town Morris Town Morris Town East Greenwich, R. I. . . Clove White Plains Headquarters in the Clove Chester on Delaware . . Camp at the Cross Roads, Bucks County, Neshameni Camp . . . Wilmington Wilmington Camp Pawlen's Mill . . Camp Pawling's Mill . . Pawling's Mill Headquarters Head Qrs. at Frederick Wampol's, Headquarters . . Head Quarters Stall, White Marsh Head Quarters . Headquarters . . \ Sept. 30, 1776 . 5 Dec, 1776 . Jan. 1, 1777 • 3 March, 1777 . 12 March, 1777 28 March, 1777 I 29 Mar., 1777 9 Apr., 1777 11 Apr., 1777 26 Apr., 1777 May 14, 1777 July 15, 1777 21 July, 1777 22 July, 1777 Aug. 1, 1777 J 10 Aug., 1777 Aug. 17, 1777 31 Aug., 1777 Sept. 3d, 1777 6 Oct., 1777 7 Oct., 1777 Oct. 8, 1777 Oct. 8, 1777 • 9 Oct., 1777 31 Oct., 1777 7 Nov., 1777 8th Nov., 1777 10 Nov., 1777 Nov. 11, 1777 to Lund Washington. to Richard Dallam. to Prest. of Council of Mass. Bay. to Col. Israel Shreve. to Col. Mordecai Gist. to Capt. McLean. to Col. Rumsey. to Gov. Thomas Johnson, to Gov. Thomas Johnson. to Gov. Thomas Johnson, to Brig. Gen. Varnum. to Col. S. B. Webb, to Gov. Clinton, to Council of Safety, to Maj. Gen. Sullivan. to Col. Morgan. to Delegates of Md. to Col. Mordecai Gist, to Gov. Johnson, to Brig. Gen. Vamum. to Brig. Gen. Varnum. to Brig. Gen. Varnum. to Brig. Gen. Varnum. to Gen. Farnum. to Brig. Gen. Varnum. to Gen'l Varnum. to Gen'l Varnum. to Genl. Varnum. to Gen. Varnum. "UNPUBLISHED Washington letters : to Bouquet, 1758, with notes by William Henry Smith. {In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 19, pp. 1 16-143.) These letters were written from the Camp at Fort Cumberland, twenty of them in July and August, 1758, and two dated Sept. 2 and Nov. 29, 1758. TJiey are here printed from the Bouquet Papers preserved in the British Museum. The editor prints some extracts in parallel columns with the text of Sparks. The divergences give the editor opportunity to declare that if Mahon had had access to the original Bouquet letters, he " would never have qualified the indictment, as he did, as to additions." This charge was noticed by Dr. Winsor, in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts His- torical Society, who remarked that the discrepancies are fully explained by the fact that Sparks depended upon the Letter Books, " in which Washington revised his early draughts thirty years after the originals were sent to his correspondent." WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 2% FOUR unpublished letters from Washington's family correspondence : Presi- dent Washington to his sister, Mrs. Betty Lewis, Mount Vernon, Oct. 7, 1772; Mrs. Betty Lewis to Washington, Jan. 29, 1793, April 6, 1793; President Washington to his nephew, Major George Lewis,' 7th April, 1796. (In Magazine of American history, 1884, vol. n, pp. 71-74.) LETTERS to Tench Tilghman, and others. 23d Mar., 1773; 9th of July, 1782 ; 10th Jan., 2d Oct., 1783 ; 18 May, 1784 ; 2d June, 14 July, 29 Aug., 1785 ; May iolh, 1786; 5 June, 1786. (In Memoir of Lieut. Col. Tench Tilghman, pp. 109-122. Albany, 1876.) CORRESPONDENCE between General George Washington and Richard Henry Lee, July 10, 1775, to Aug. 2, 1789. (In Lee, R. H., Memoir of the Life of Richard Henry Lee, vol. 2, pp. 1-36. Phila., 1825.) TRUMBULL and Washington Letters, 13 July, 1775, to 10th June, 1783. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Collections, 5 th series, vol. 10, pp. 1-28 1. Boston, 1888.) Contains in letters from Washington. Pp. 326-329 contain a list of the letters ; those that have been printed in other publications being indicated. The WASHINGTON-DUCHE Letters. Now printed, for the first time, from the Original Manuscripts, with an introductory Note by Worthington Chauncey Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : privately printed. 1890. 38 pp. Sheet containing facsimile of a page of Duchd's letter. Sm. 4 . The original letter by Duche to Washington was for a long time undiscovered. Sparks stated his inability to find it, but it was finally brought to light by the present editor, who found it enclosed in Washington's letter to the President of Congress of Oct. 16, 1777. The Duche letter first got into print at the hands of Rivington the Tory printer of New York. The Rivington text was used by Sparks in his edition of Washington's Writings. The present text is the first printed from the manuscript. The pamphlet also includes a letter from DucM to Washington, of Aug. 5, 1775, concern- ing the dedication to him of a sermon preached to Dickinson's battalion on the 7th of July, 1775 ; extract from Washington's letter to the President of Congress enclosing the offensive Duche letter of Oct. 8, 1777 ; a letter from Washington to Francis Hopkinson in regard to the same ; Hopkinson's letter to Duche, Nov. 14, 1777 ; and letters which passed between Duche and Washington in 1 783 in regard to the wish of the former to return to America. LETTERS to Gen. William Heath, 5 October, 1775, to May 15, 1783. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Collections, 5 th series, vol. 4, pp. 1-285. Boston, 1878.) 296 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. LETTERS to Joseph Reed. Cambridge, 30th Oct., 1775, to Feb. 1, 1776. (In Reed, W. B. Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed, vol. 1, pp. 123-T50, 157-181. Phila., 1847.) Other letters of the following dates are also printed in these volumes : — Vol. I. Brunswick, Nov. 30, 1776. Middlebrook, April 27, 1779. Trenton Falls, 23 Dec, 1776. Middlebrook, May 8, 1779. [Middle Brook], 4th June, 1777. Middlebrook, May 20, 1779. Middle brook, 14th June, 1777. West Point, July 29, 1779. West Point, 22d August, 1779. West Point, Aug. 22, I779. Morristown, Jan. 14, 1777. West Point, 4 Oct., 1779. Morristown, Jan. 15, 1777. West Point, Oct. 22, 1779. Middlebrook, 29th May, 1777. Morristown, 16 Dec, 1779. Whitemarsh, Dec. 2, 1777. Morristown, May 28, 1780. Vol. II. Middle Brook, Dec. 12, 1778. Bergen County, 4 July, 1780. Head Quarters, Mar. 23, 1779. Orangetown, 20 Aug., 1780. Middlebrook, April 8th, 1779. Passaic Falls, Oct. 18, 1780. Middlebrook, April 19th, 1779. To Mrs. Reed, 20th July, 1780. To Mrs. Reed, Orange Town, Aug. 10, 1780. To Mrs. Francis, Mrs. Hillyas, Mrs. Clarkson, Mrs. Bache, and Mrs. Blair, New Windsor, 13th February, 1781. REPRINT of the original Letters from Washington to Joseph Reed, during the American Revolution. Referred to in the Pamphlets of Lord Mahon and Mr. Sparks. By William B. Reed. Philadelphia: A. Hart, late Carey and Hart. 1852. 155 pp. 8°. Concerning the motive of this edition of the Reed letters, see note to Sparks's Washing- ton in this Catalogue. LETTERS to Hon. Meshech Weare, President of State of New Hampshire, and other Officials of the same State, 17 76-1 782. (In New Hampshire historical Society. Collections, vol. 2, pp. 150-194. Concord, 1827.) LETTERS to Major-General Putnam: Amboy, 2 2d May; Trenton, Dec. 3d, 1776; Camp on Schuylkill, Sept. 23, 1777; Camp at Pennebeckers Mill, Sept. 28th, 1777 ; Headquarters, Oct. 1, 15, 1777. Cleveland, 1877. 80 pp. 8°. (Western Reserve and Northern Ohio historical Society. Tract 46.) LETTERS to Lund Washington : Col. Morris's on the Heights of Harlem, 30th September, 1776; Falls of the Delaware, Southside, December 10, 1776; Headquarters, Middlebrook, May 29, 1776. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 12, pp. 53-56. Boston, 1873.) WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 297 DEFENCES of Philadelphia, in 1777. Correspondence between Washington and his general Officers. (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1895, vo1 - l8 > PP- 1-19, 163-184, 329-353, 463-495.) " The following documents form a part of a volume I have some years intended to complete, a full record of the councils of war held by Washington with his general officers during the Revolution." — W. C. Ford. LETTERS to the Marquis de Chastellux : New- Windsor, Jan. 28, June 13, 1 781 ; Philadelphia, Jan. 4, 1782 ; Princeton, Oct. 12, 1783 ; Mount Vernon, Feb. 1, June 2, 1784; Sept. 5, 1785 ; Aug. 8, 1786; April 25, 1788.) (In Chastellux, Francois J., marquis de. Travels in North America, in 1780-81-82, pp. 388-399. New York, 1827.) The letters of June 13, 1781, Oct. 12, 1783, are printed in Ford's Washington; the one of June 2, 1784, is in Sparks. CORRESPONDENCE of Washington and De Grasse, 2oth-28th Oct., 1781 ; and Lafayette, 15th Nov.-2ist Dec, 1781 ; and Rochambeau, 5th Feb., 29 Dec, 1782; and the French Officers, 7th Dec, 1782-ioth May, 1783. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 7, pp. 19-31.) CORRESPONDANCE du Comte de Rochambeau, depuis le d^but de son commandement aux Etats-Unis jusqu'a la fin de la campagne de Virginie. (In Doniol, H. Histoire de la participation de la France a I'^tablissement des Etats-Unis d'Am^rique, tome 5, pp. 309-390. Paris, 1892.) Gives the letters from Washington to Rochambeau, from August 21, 1780, to August 28, 1781. CORRESPONDANCE du Lord G. Germain, avec les G6n<5raux Clinton, Corn- wallis & les Amiraux dans la station de l'Amerique, avec plusieurs lettres intercepted du G6n6ral Washington, du Marquis de la Fayette & de M. de Barras, chef d'Escadre. Traduit de l'Anglais sur les originaux publics par ordre de la Chambre des Pairs. Berne, chez la Nouvelle Societe typographique. 1 782. 304 pp. 2 folded sheets. Portrait of Washington. Baker. 8° . " These papers were never published by order of the House of Lords as stated on the title-page. The active and intelligent Collector of Secret Intelligence for France was so ingenious as to get access to and to copy, translate, and print many of the papers laid on the table of the House of Lords. This book was probably printed by our Allies, the French, in 1782 to influence the Peace Negotiations going on in Paris. It is not in the Library of Par- liament, nor was I able to find a. copy in any library in London till one was very recently procured by the British Museum. Several libraries in America possess it. The State Library of Berne has it. The copy containing Manuscript Notes by Clinton, now in the 298 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Library of the Department of State at Washington, has the above imprint [Londres et Ver- sailles, chez Poincot], and a portrait of Washington ; others bear the imprint Berne, chez la Nouvelle Societe Typographique, 1782." — 3. F. Stevens, The Campaign in Virginia, 1781. The Washington letters here given in translation are : To Col. Dayton, 28 May, 1781 (in Sparks, 8 : 58) ; to Gen. Sullivan, 29 May, 1781 (Stevens, 1 : 500) ; to Lt. Col. Smith, 30 May, 1781 ; to Samuel Huntington, 30 May, 1781 ; to Lund Washington, 31 May, 1781 ; to John Parke Custis, 31 May/1781 ; to La Fayette, 31 May, 1781 (two). The CAMPAIGN in Virginia 1 781. An exact Reprint of six rare Pamphlets on the Clinton-Cornwallis Controversy, with very numerous important unpub- lished manuscript Notes, by Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. And the omitted and hitherto unpublished portions of the Letters in their Appendixes added from the original manuscripts. With a Supplement containing Extracts from the Journals of the House of Lords. A French translation of papers laid before the House. And a Catalogue of the additional Correspondence of Clinton and of Cornwallis, in 1780-81 : about 3,456 papers relating to the Contro- versy or bearing on Affairs in America. In two volumes. Compiled, col- lated and edited (with biographical notices in a copious index,) by Benjamin Franklin Stevens. London, 1888. 2 vols. Vol. I. xxix, (1), 507 pp. Vol. II. 465 pp. 1.8°. Contains the following letters from Washington : — To Earl Cornwallis, 18th October, 1781, vol. 1, pp. 193-196. To General Sullivan, 29 May, 1781, vol. 1, pp. 500-501. To Lund Washington, 31st May, 1781, vol. 1, pp.502-503. To Lafayette, 31st May, 1781, vol. 1, pp. 503-504. To Lafayette, 31st May, 1781, vol. 1, pp. 505-507. To Count de Grasse, Sept. 26, 1781, with notes by Sir Henry Clinton, vol. 2, pp. 165-169. WASHINGTON-IRVINE Correspondence. The official Letters which passed between Washington and Brig.-Gen. William Irvine and between Irvine and others concerning military Affairs in the West from 1781 to 1783. Ar- ranged and annotated, with an Introduction containing an Outline of Events occurring previously in the Trans-Alleghany Country. Illustrated. By C. W. Butterfield. Madison, Wis. David Atwood. 1882. vi, (2), 430 pp. Portraits. 8°. The portrait of Washington is a steel engraving by J. C. Buttre^ after Stuart ; of Irvine by same engraver from B. Otis's painting after Pine. LETTERS to Jeremy Belknap: Mount Vernon, 5th January, 1785; Philadel- phia, May 9, 1794 ; Mount Vernon, r5th June, 12th July, 1798. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 4, pp. 136-138. Boston, i860.) WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 299 On Agriculture. SELECTIONS from the Correspondence of George Washington and James Anderson, LL.D. F.R.S. F.A.S.E. &c. &c. Author of several Performances, and Editor of " Recreations in Agriculture, Natural History, Arts, and mis- cellaneous Literature." Charlestown : printed and sold by Samuel Etheridge. 1800. 79 pp. 8°. LETTERS from his Excellency George Washington, President of the United States of America, to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M. P. on agricultural and other interesting Topics. Engraved from the original Letters, so as to be an exact fac simile of the Hand Writing of that celebrated Character. London : the Letter-press by W. Bulmer and Co. ; the Letters engraved by S. J. Neale ; and the Work Sold, by G. and W. Nicol. 1800. 57 pp. 4 . Two copies. One copy was presented to the Athenaeum by W. W. Seaton. Inserted is a letter from Seaton to Daniel Webster, in which he requests him to present the volume to the Athenaeum ; also a portrait of Washington, engraved by J. W. Steel after Dickinson (Baker, No. 36). LETTERS from General Washington to Sir John Sinclair, on Agricultural Mat- ters; 20th October, 1792-20^ January, 1799. {In The Correspondence of Sir John Sinclair, vol. 2, pp. 16-32. London, 1831.) Consists of fifteen letters, some of which are not printed in the separate editions. WASHINGTON on Agriculture. Correspondence with Sir John Sinclair. {In Magazine of American history, 1889, vol. 21, pp. 330-338.) Copied from the originals in the British Museum. Fac-similes of these letters are printed in " Letters on Agriculture from his Excellency George Washington. Edited by Franklin Knight," Washington, 1847. LETTERS from his Excellency General Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq, F.R.S. containing an Account of his Husbandry, with a Map of his Farm ; his Opinions on various Questions in Agriculture ; and many Particulars on the Rural Economy of the United States. London : printed by B. M'Millan . . . sold by W. G. and J. Richardson. 1801. vi, 172 pp. 8°. " John Gibson " on the title-page. LETTERS from his Excellency George Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. and Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M. P. containing an Account of his _ Husbandry, with his Opinions on various Questions in Agriculture ; and many Particulars of the Rural Economy of the United States. 300 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Alexandria: printed by Cotton and Stewart. 1803. 128 pp. 8°. LETTERS on Agriculture, from his Excellency George Washington, President of the United States to Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. and Sir John Sinclair, Bart., M. P. with statistical Tables and Remarks, by Thomas Jefferson, Richard Peters, and other Gentlemen, on the Economy and Management of Farms in the United States. Edited by Franklin Knight. Washington : published by the Editor. 1847. 198 pp. Portrait (Baker 322). 4 plates. Map. 4 . Pp. 137-171 consist of fac-similes of Washington's letters to Sir John Sinclair. This copy is extra illustrated by the insertion of portraits of Arthur Young, Washington (Baker 99) ; Sir John Sinclair. WASHINGTON as a Farmer, extracts from his domestic Letters, 1 793-1 796.- Originals in the Archives of the Long Island historical Society. (In Magazine of American history, 1883, vol. 9, pp. 125-133.) Consists of extracts from Letters, which are printed in full in Conway's " George Wash- ington and Mount Vernon." GEORGE WASHINGTON and Mount Vernon. A Collection of Washington's unpublished agricultural and pergonal Letters. Edited with historical and genealogical Introduction, by Moncure Daniel Conway. Brooklyn, N. Y. Published by the Long Island historical Society. 1889. xcii, 352 pp. Portrait. 8°. Forms Vol. IV. of the Memoirs of the Long Island historical Society. Pp. ix-xcii. contain " Historical and Genealogical Introduction." " With the exception of the papers collected by the editor, and used in the Introduction and the Appendix, this volume consists of 127 Washington MSS., of which nearly all are letters to the manager of his Mount Vernon estates during his absence while President." — Preface. INSTRUCTIONS for the Management of the Farms for the Year 1800. (In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by Worthington C. Ford, vol. 14, pp. 222-240. New York, 1893.) On Western Lands. The WASHINGTON-CRAWFORD Letters. Being the Correspondence be- tween George Washington and William Crawford, from 1767 to 1781, con- cerning Western Lands. With an Appendix, containing later Letters of Washington on the same Subject ; and Letters from Valentine Crawford to WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 301 Washington, written in 1774 and 1775, chronologically arranged and care- fully annotated. By C. W. Butterfield. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. 1877. xi, 107 pp. 8°. LETTER from Washington, Mount Vernon, Jan. 31, 1770, to Charles Washing- ton ( ?) in regard to Western Lands. (In Magazine of American history, 1889, vol. 22, pp. 165-167.) WASHINGTON'S Letter to Benjamin Harrison, Gov. of Va. on the Opening of Communication with the West. Mount Vernon, 10 October, 1784. Boston, 1896? 16 pp. 16 . (Old South Leaflets. General Series, no. 16.) Also letter to the Chevalier de Chastellux, Princeton, 12 October, 1783; to Thomas Jefferson, Mount Vernon, 29 March, 1784; to Benjamin Harrison, Mount Vernon, 22 January, 1785; Extract irom Washington's Will. CORRESPONDENCE between General Washington and General Irvine, in 1788, on Western Improvements. (In Historical magazine, 1863, vol. 7, pp. 45-48.) A Letter to David Stuart, 15 Jan., 1788, describing his Western Lands, is printed in Ford's " Wills of George Washington." See p. 340 of this Catalogue. Washington's advertisements of lands are printed in the following : — General Washington's lands. A significant advertisement of 1773. (In Magazine of American history, 1887, vol. 18, pp. 437-438.) Advertisement of Western Lands, July 15, 1773. (/« Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 13, pp. 478-479.) Advertisement of the Ohio Lands, July 15, 1773. (In The Writings of George Wash- ington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 2, pp. 386-387.) Advertisement of his Western Lands, from the Pennsylvania Gazette of Sept. 22, 1773. (In Historical Magazine, vol. 8, 1863, pp. 366 and 367.) b. Single Letters. LETTER to Gov. Hamilton, relative to the Surrender of the Fort, in the Forks of the Monongahela, to the French, Philadelphia, 6 May, 1754. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Collections, vol. 6, pp. 139-140. Boston, 1801.) TWO unpublished Letters to his Brother-in-law [Col. Burwell Bassett], Mount Vernon, June 20, 1773, Feb. 12, 1774. (In Magazine of American history, 1884, vol. n, pp. 258-259.) LETTER to Burwell Bassett. Philadelphia, June 19, 1775. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 15, pp. 303-304. Boston, 1878.) 302 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. WASHINGTON at Cambridge. Washington's Letter to the President of Con- gress, on his Arrival at Cambridge to take Command of the Army. July 10, !77S- Boston, 1896. (?) 8 pp. 1 6°. (Old South Leaflets, General Series, no. 47.) LETTERS to the Hon. I. Palmer. Cambridge Augt. 7, 1775, Augt. 22d, 1775. {In Massachusetts historical Society. Collections, 3d series, vol. 8, pp. 345-347- Boston, 1843.) TWO interesting letters of Washington: to Lund Washington, Aug. 20, 1775 ; to George Mason, Mar. 27, 1779. {In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 19, pp. 162-166.) THREE interesting Letters from Washington's Secretary [Stephen Noylan], in 1775. Addressed to Captain William Bartlett. Cambridge, 15 th Novem- ber, 2nd, 10th December, 1775. {In Magazine of American history, 1890, vol. 23, pp. 414-415.) LETTER to Hon. James Bowdoin. New York, June 10th, 1776. {In Massachusetts historical Society. Collections, 2d series, vol. 8, p. 193. Boston, 1 8 19.) LETTER to Joseph Reed, Middle Brook, June 23d, 1777. {In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 7, pp. 137-138. Boston, 1864.) This letter is by mistake printed in Ford's Washington, with the date Jan. 23, 1777. It first appeared in " The Life of Esther de Baedt, afterwards Esther Reed," with that date, from whence it was copied by Ford. The true date is June 23d. LETTER to His Excellency Nicholas Cooke, Esq., Governor of Rhode Island, Head Quarters, 2d January, 1778. {In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 6, p. 201. Bos- ton, 1863.) LETTER to Brig. Gen. Weedon, dated Valley Forge, Feb. 10, 1778. {In American historical Record, 1872, vol. 1, p. 516.) The SUBSTANCE of General Burgoyne's Speeches, on Mr. Vyner's Motion, on the 26th of May; and upon Mr. Hartley's Motion, on the 28th of May, 1778. With an Appendix, containing General Washington's Letter to Gen- eral Burgoyne, &c. London: printed for J. Almon. mdcclxxxviii. 42, (6) pp. 8°. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 303 Washington's Letter, dated Head-Quarters, Pennsylvania, March nth, 1778, occupies two pages of the Appendix. LETTER to Governor George Johnstone, Valley Forge, June 18, 1778. (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1890, vol. 13, pp. 483-484.) TWO unpublished letters of Washington: to Col. Otho Williams, June 11, 1779; to Gov. John E. Howard of Maryland, Aug. 30, 1789. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 20, p. 506.) LETTER of General Washington to Joseph Reed, President of Pennsylvania. Head Quarters, West Point, 4th October, 1779. (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1893, vol. 16, pp. 83-8S-) . Also in Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed, vol. 2, pp. 179-181. LETTER to Brigadier General Gansevoordt, New Windsor, Feb. 7, 1781. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 20, p. 139.) Not printed by Sparks or Ford. 1 781. YORK TOWN. Letter from Noah Webster to George Washington, and from George Washington to Noah Webster. From the Original in the possession of Gordon L. Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. Privately printed. 1881. (9) ff. (printed on alternate pages only) . Portrait. L. 8°. " Forty copies printed. No. Thirty Seven, Paul L. Ford," manuscript note on verso of title-page. [FACSIMILE of a letter to J. Mitchell, 5 Nov., 1 782, for the ordering of a pair of leather breeches.] (In the Autograph, vol. 1, pp. 9, 10.) LETTERS to George Augustine Washington, Newburgh, 14th Nov., 1782; Mount Vernon, 6th Jan., 1785. Facsimiles. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 20, pp. 141-143.) Not printed by Sparks or Ford. LETTER to Brig. Gen. Putnam. Head Quarters, Feb. 2, 1783. m (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 6, p. 234. Bos- ton, 1863.) SOLDIER and Sage. Memorials of George Washington and Benjamin Frank- lin. [Edited by B. F. De Costa.] Philadelphia : McCalla & Stavely. 1876. 18 pp. 18 . 304 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Consists of a reprint of a Letter from Washington to the Indian Commander, dated at Newburgh, 14th April, 1783, stating that the preliminary articles of peace have been ratified, and asking him to prevent Indian depredations ; and two letters from Franklin to Bouquet, dated Aug. 16 and Sept. 30, 1764, respectively; with preliminary note by the Editor. LETTER to Major Gen. Heath. Head Quarters, June 24, 1783. {In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 4, pp. 289-290. Boston, i860.) A BENDING OAK. Washington to Mrs. Stockton. [Letter from Washing- ton, dated Mount Vernon, Feb. 18th, 1784, to Mrs. Richard Stockton in acknowledgment of a poem written by her in his honor.] {In Magazine of American history, 1882, vol. 10, pp. 251-252.) LETTER to ^Eneas Lamont, Mount Vernon, Jany. 21st, 1785. Facsimile. Broadside. LETTER to Francis Hopkinson, May 16, 1785. Broadside. Same. Facsimile. Broadside. ONE of Washington's Letters. [To Francis Hopkinson, in regard to sitting for a Portrait to Robert E. Pine. Mount Vernon, May 10, 1785. Facsimile of the Letter, and notes by J. G. Tyler.] {In Magazine of American history, 1892, vol. 28, pp. 60-62.) [LETTER to Nicholas Pike, Mount Vernon, June 20th, 1 788, acknowledging the receipt of his "System of Arithmetic."] Boston, 1884. Leaflet, 4 pp. LETTER to Gen. Knox, 1789. With Remarks on Washington and Manufac- tures, by Augustine C. Robinson. {In Maine historical Society. Collections, vol. 4, pp. 49-61. Portland, 1856.) LETTRE de M. Washington, President des Etats-Unis, a M. le President de PAssemblee Nationale ; imprimee par ordre de l'Assemblee Nationale. [Jany. 27th, 1 79 1. In English and French.] [Paris, 1 79 1.] 7 pp. 8°. Pp. 5-7 contain the letter of the President of the Assemblee Nationale, dated zo June, 1790, to which the above is a reply. LETTER to the Earl of Buchan, Philadelphia, April 22d, 1793. {In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 19, pp. 342-343.) WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 305 LETTER to the Earl of Buchan on the principle that should guide the United States in connection with foreign Politics, on the new city of Washington, etc. Philadelphia, 22 April, 1793. Holograph. 2 pp. letter-press and fac- simile. (In British Museum. Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary, and other Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, 1st series, no. 20. London, 1895O LETTER to Honble. Jonathan Williams. Philadelphia, March 2d, 1795. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 9, p. 473. Bos- ton, 1867.) LETTER to the President of- the United States, on accepting the Command of the American Army, in 1798. (In Legacies of Washington, pp. 83-86. Trenton, 1800.) The LAST Letter of Washington. To James Anderson, Mount Vernon, 13th Dec r 1799. With facsimile. (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, r893, vol. 17, pp. 279-280.) 3. THE SPURIOUS LETTERS. LETTERS from General Washington. To several of his Friends in the Year 1776. In which are set forth a fairer and fuller View of American Politics, than ever yet transpired, or the Public could be made acquainted with through any other Channel. London: printed for J. Bew. m.dcc.lxxvii. (2), 73 pp. 12 . This is the first edition of the collection of the seven letters, which Washington declared to be fabrications. The letters were put out with all the appearances of genuineness, the compiler ingeniously explaining in the preface how they came into his hands. He pretended that they were taken from Billy, Washington's old body servant, who had been brought a prisoner into the English camp. The London edition was reviewed by John Carey in the Critical Review, who cast doubt upon the integrity of the letters. A copy of the number of the magazine containing the article, sent by Carey to Washington, is in the Athenaeum Collection. See page 61 of this Catalogue. The letters were first reprinted in this country in Rivington's Gazette, with the exception of the letter to Mrs. Washington, which was put out as a broadside, probably at New York. From these sources they were reprinted in other newspapers, and early in 1778 the whole col- lection was published in a volume by Rivington at New York, and also by another publisher at Philadelphia. The titles of these issues are given below. When the publication came to Washington's notice, he wrote to Richard Henry Lee, disavowing the authorship of the letters, saying : — 3o6 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. " These letters are written with a great deal of art. The intermixture of so many family circumstances (which, by the by, want foundation in truth) gives an air o£ plausibility, which renders the villainy greater ; as the whole is a contrivance to answer the most diabolical purposes. Who the author of them is, I know not. From information, or acquaintance, he must have had some knowledge of the component parts of my family ; but he has most egregiously mistaken facts in several instances. The design of his labors is as clear as the sun in its meridian brightness." It has been suggested that the author of the forged letters was a "young Episcopal clergyman," the Rev. John Vardill, an American, then (1776) living in England. A letter from Tilghman, quoted by Worthipgton C. Ford in his edition of Washington's Writings, gives the name of John Randolph as the probable fabricator of the letters ; and a manuscript note upon a copy of the broadside issue of the letter to Mrs. Washington, preserved in the Du Simitiere Collection, which reads " Spurious : wrote in London by a Mr. Randolph of Virginia," affords contributory evidence to the theory of Randolph's authorship. Tilghman's letter reads : " The letters published under General Washington's signature are not genuine. . . . He suspects Jack Randolph for the author, as the letters contain a knowledge of his family affairs that none but a Virginian could be acquainted with. The sentiments are noble, and such as the General himself often expresses." The " Jack Randolph " named was John Randolph, father of Edmund, Washington's first Secretary of State. He was Attorney-General of Virginia under Lord Dunmore, and acted as an intermediary between the latter and the House of Burgesses after Dunmore's flight from Williamsburg in 1775. At the outbreak of the Revolution, Randolph sailed for England, and for a time resided with Lord Dunmore. During his residence abroad, he was in constant correspondence with Jefferson, who considered him friendly to the American cause. LETTERS from General Washington, to several of his Friends in the Year 1776. In which are set forth, a fairer and fuller View of American Poli- ticks; than ever yet transpired, or the Public could be made acquainted with through any other Channel. Together with the Reverend Mr. Jacob Duche's (late Chaplain to the Congress) Letter to Mr. Washington, and an Answer to it, by Mr. John Parke, a Lieutenant-Colonel in Mr. Washington's Army. [New York:] Printed [by J. Rivington] in the Year 1778. (2), 53 pp. 12°. Two copies. This is assigned to Rivington's press on the authority of Worthington C. Ford, who has compared the type with that of Rivington's newspaper. The edition given below was probably published at Philadelphia. LETTERS from General Washington, to several of his Friends in the Year 1776- In which are set forth, a fairer and fuller View of American Politics, than ever yet transpired, or the Public could be made acquainted with through any other Channel. Together with the Reverend Mr. Jacob Duchess (late Chaplain to the Congress) Letter to Mr. Washington, and an Answer to it, by Mr. John Parke, a Lieutenant-Colonel in Mr. Washington's Army. [Philadelphia.] Printed in the Year 1778. (2), 52 pp. .12°. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 307 The pamphlet has actually 53 pp., the same number as the Rivington issue, but two pages being numbered 48 cause the apparent discrepancy. This is given in Hildebum's "Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania." This edition is not described by Worthington C. Ford in his bibliography of the " Spu- rious Letters ; " and it was apparently unknown to him. The fact of there being a difference in these issues has hitherto escaped notice. The type of the pamphlet is distinctly different from that of the Rivington edition, the pagination varies, as noted above, and the title-page has the word " Politics " so spelled, while in the Rivington it is given " Politicks." fn 1795, at a critical period of American politics, the Letters were republished at Phila- delphia as a part of the hostile- attacks on Washington ; and in 1796 they were issued as " Epistles, domestic, confidential, and official," by Rivington at New York. These editions are described below. LETTERS from General Washington to Several of his Friends, in June and July, 1776 ; in which is set forth, an interesting View of American Politics, at that all-important Period. Philadelphia: republished at the Federal Press. 1795. 44 pp. 8°. Two copies. " The following letters are at this time republished from a Boston Edition, now out of print, as furnishing an interesting appendix to the Official Letters of General Washington, which have lately made their appearance." — Preface. This is a reprint of the 1778 edition of the "Spurious Letters," brought out at the time when much bad feeling existed in consequence of Washington's action in regard to Mr. Jay. It was intended to add to the disaffection towards him, by showing that he had always entertained teelings of partiality for England. The Boston edition spoken of in the preface is believed by Ford to be imaginary, as no such edition can be traced. In 1796 the letters were reproduced in the work next described below. EPISTLES domestic, confidential, and official, from General Washington, writ- ten about the Commencement of the American Contest, when he entered on the Command of the Army of the United States. With an interesting Series of his Letters, particularly to the British Admirals, Arbuthnot and Digby, to Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Sir Guy Carleton, Marquis de la Fayette, &c. &c. To Benjamin Harrison, Esq. Speaker of the House of Delegates in Virginia, to Admiral the Count de Grasse, General Sullivan, respecting an attack of New- York ; including many applications and ad- dresses presented to him with his answers : Orders and Instructions, on im- portant occasions, to his Aids de Camp, &c. &c. &c. None of which have been printed in the two Volumes published a few months ago. New- York : printed by G. Robinson, . . . and sold by James Rivington. m,dcc,xcvi. (2), xiv, 303 pp. Portrait (Baker 132). 8°. Three copies ; two of which have the printed leaf (described below) containing Wash- ington's letter to Pickering, in which he designates the forged letters contained in the volume. January 1, 1796, Rivington wrote in a letter to Bradford, of Philadelphia, the following in regard to the intended publication of this work : — 308 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. " As I shall soon have ready the Epistles, Domestick & Confidential of General [Wash- ington] together with his Letters, Orders & Instructions to his own Generals as Sullivan, La Fayette, &c, &c., to Mr. Speaker Harrison of Virginia House of Delegates — To Lord Corn- wallis, Sir Henry Clinton, Admirals Digby & Arbuthnot, to Admiral the Comte de Grasse, &c. ... In one Octavo Volume upwards of three hundred pages, in half binding, price twelve shillings, with the best likeness of the General by way of Frontispiece, a book far more momentous than any yet produced respecting the General's conduct and character, or ever was digested, not one of which is in the two Octavo volumes published the last Summer : of these I request you to write in a post or two how many to send, as no person shall have one copy before you." — Printed in Henkels' Catalogue, No. 712. The spurious letters occupy pages 4-66 of the volume, the remainder (pp. 67-303) is taken up with a collection of miscellaneous letters called the Appendix. Shortly after the appearance of the work, Washington wrote to Pickering denouncing the publication, and giving a list of the fraudulent letters. Pickering caused this letter to be published in the United States Gazette, and it was afterward printed in page form, and it is found inserted in some of the copies. Worthington C. Ford says in the preface to his edition of the " Spurious Letters " : — " In a few copies of the Epistles I find pasted into the front a reprint of the Washington- Pickering letter, printed in octavo form, and probably designed to protect the seller in case any question should arise, rather than disabuse the misplaced confidence of the buyer in the genuineness of his purchase. When I came across this leaf in one copy of the Epistles in my father's collection, I thought it unique, and it was long before I came across another. In the catalogue of Henry Steven's sale of 1872 mention is made of the ' rare page printed to match ' the book, and the catalogue adds, ' This ought to have ended the matter, but it did not, for to this day there are writers who from choice or warped moral vision give credit to lies rather than truth.' " Washington's letter reads in part as follows : — " At the conclusion of my public employments, I have thought it expedient to notice the publication of certain forged letters, which first appeared in the year 1777, and were obtruded upon the public as mine. They are said by the editor to have been found in a small portmanteau that I had left in the care of my mulatto servant, named Billy, who, it is pretended, was taken prisoner at Fort Lee, in 1776. The period, when these letters were first printed, will be recollected, and what were the impressions they were intended to pro- duce on the public mind. It was then supposed to be of some consequence to strike at the integrity of the motives of the American Commander-in-Chief, and to paint his inclinations as at variance with his professions and his duty. Another crisis in the affairs of America having occurred, the same weapon has been resorted to, to wound my character and deceive the peo- ple." This letter furnishes a list of the fabricated epistles, and after an explicit disavowal of them it closes with the request that the declaration " may be deposited in the office of the Department of State, as a testimony of the truth to the present generation and to posterity." Washington adverts to the same in, a letter to Benjamin Walker, of Jan. 12, 1797, and again in writing to the Rev. Wm. Gordon, the historian, under date of Oct. 15, 1797. Same. London: Re-printed for F. and C. Rivington. 1796. xvi, 303 pp. 8°. The SPURIOUS LETTERS attributed to Washington. With a bibliographical Note, by Worthington Chauncey Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : privately printed. 1889. 166 pp. Sm. 4 . WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 309 Contents. Preface; Bibliography; Reprint of the London, 1777, edition of the Letters from General Washington, to several of his Friends in the Year 1776; Letters from John Carey to Washington and Jefferson in regard to the Carey Collection of the " Official Let- ters " ; How Washington became Commander-in-Chief; Particulars of the Life and Character of General Washington; Extract from a Letter in Lloyd's Evening Post of August 17, 1778, signed an Old Soldier ; The Aurora's Farewell to Washington ; Index. LETTER to Mrs. Washington, June 24, 1776. (In Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 47, pp. 629-631. London, 1777.) Spurious letter. The SPURIOUS LETTERS: Letter to Lund Washington, 12 June, 1776; John Parke Custis, 18 June, 1776 ; Mrs. Washington, 24 June, 1776 ; Lund Washington, July 8, 1776 ; 15 July, 1776 ; 16 July, 1776 ; July 22, 1776. (In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 4, pp. 132-137, 160-163, I 77~ l8l > 219-221, 254-258, 264-267, 288-291. New York, 1889.) 4. RULES OF CIVILITY. RULES of Civility and decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation. Extracts. (In The Writings of George Washington, selected and published by Jared Sparks, vol. 2, pp. 412-415. Boston, 1836.) GEORGE WASHINGTON'S fifty-seven Rules of Behavior. With an historical Preface by William O. Stoddard. Denver, Colo: W. H. Lawrence & Co. 1887. 95 pp. 3-2". RULES of Conduct. (In Rules of Conduct, Diary of Adventure, Letters, and farewell Ad- dresses, by George Washington, pp. 8-13. [Boston, 1887.]) WASHINGTON'S Rules of Civility and decent Behavior in Company and Con- versation. A paper found among the early Writings of George Washington. Copied from the Original with literal Exactness, and edited with Notes, by J. M. Toner, M. D. W. H. Morrison. 'Washington, D. C. 1888. 34 PP- 8°. WASHINGTON'S Rules of Civility and decent Behavior in Company and Con- versation. [Extracts.] (In Magazine of American History, 1889, vol. 21, pp. 339-34°.) 3IO WASHINGTON COLLECTION. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S Rules of Civility traced to their Sources and restored. By Moncure D. Conway. New York: United States Book Company. [1890.] 180 pp. 16 . Pp. 55-180 contain Washington's Rules, with the French text from which they are de- rived. The remote source of these rules is shown by Mr. Conway to have been a work composed in 1595 at the College of La Fleche by the " pensionnaires," entitled "Bienseance de la Conversation entre les Hommes." The work was translated into Latin by Father PeVin, the latter adding a chapter of his own. This was translated into French, and pub- lished in 1663, as " Les Maximes de la Gentillesse et de l'Honnestete" en la Conversation entre les Hommes." From this last, and from an English version by Francis Hawkins entitled " Youth's Behaviour," containing some additional precepts, were derived, but not at first hand, the Rules written in Washington's copy book. Mr. Conway's theory is that Washington took down these precepts from the oral instructions of Jean Marye, a French Catholic teacher, whose school he attended at Fredericksburg. The YOUTH of George Washington. An authentic Record. By J. M. Toner. {In Magazine of American history, 1892, vol. 27, pp. 378-384.) Memoranda from his Rules of Civility, journals, and account books, etc. 5. DIARIES AND JOURNALS. Survey Made for Lord Fairfax, 1747-8. JOURNAL of my Journey over the Mountains ; by George Washington, wfoile^ surveying for Lord Thomas Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in the Northern Neck of Virginia, beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-8. Copied from the Original with literal Exactness and edited with Notes, by J. M. Toner, M. D- Albany, N.Y. Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1892. 144 pp. 10 plans. Small 4 . JOURNAL of a Survey, 1748. {In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 1, pp. 1-6. New York, 1889.) Tour to Barbadoes, 1751-2. The DAILY Journal of Major George Washington, in 1751-2, kept while on a Tour from Virginia to the Island of Barbadoes, with his invalid Brother, Maj. Laurance Washington, Proprietor of Mount Vernon on the Potomac. Copied from the Original with literal Exactness and edited with Notes, by J. M. Toner, M. D. " Albany, N. Y. : Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1892. 88 pp. Frontis- piece. Small 4°. Extracts from this Journal are printed in Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washing- ton, vol. ii., pp. 424-427. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 311 Expedition to the Ohio, 1753. T&e JOURNAL of Major George Washington, sent by the Hon. Robert Din- widdie, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief of Virginia, to the Commandant of the French Forces on Ohio. To which are added, the Governor's Letter : and a Translation of the French Officer's Answer. With a new Map of the Country as far as the Mississippi. Williamsburgh printed, London, reprinted for T. Jefferys. mdccliv. 32 pp. Folded map. 8°. Two copies ; one of which lacks title-page and map. The first edition of this Journal was published at Williamsburgh in 1754 and is excessively rare, not more than three copies being known to be in existence. The present edition is also rare ; a copy brought $80.00 at the Brinley Sale in 1880. MAJOR George Washington's Journal to the River Ohio, &c. (In The Boston Gazette, or, Weekly Advertiser, April 16, 23, 30; May 7, 14, 21, 1754.) MAJOR George Washington's Journal sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, Esq. his Majesty's lieutenant governor, and Commander in chief of Virginia, to the Commandant of the French forces on the Ohio. Nov. 26, 1753-Jan. n, 1754. (In The Philadelphia monthly Magazine, 1798, vol. 1., pp. 17-20, 65-71, 121-124.) Forms part of Condie's Memoirs of Washington, published in this volume. JOURNAL of a Tour over the Allegany Mountains, 1753. (In The Writings of George Washington, selected and published, by Jared Sparks, vol. 2, pp. 432-447. Boston, 1834.) WASHINGTON'S Journal of his Mission to the French Commandant at Fort Le Bceuf, 1753. (In Rupp, I. D. Early History of Western Pennsylvania, appendix, pp. 34-50. Pittsburg, 1846.) From Sparks's Edition of Washington's Writings, Vol. I., pp. 4 2 7~447- WASHINGTON'S Journal of a Tour over the Allegheny Mountains, 1753. (In The Olden Time, edited by N. B. Craig, vol. 1, pp. 12-26. Pitts- burgh, 1846. Reprinted, Cincinnati, 1876.) WASHINGTON'S Journal of a Tour to the Ohio, in 1753. With Notes by John G. Shea. (In The Diary of George Washington, from 1789 to 179 1. Edited by B. J. Lossing, pp. 203-248. New York, i860.) 312 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The JOURNAL of Major George Washington, sent by the Hon. Robert Din- widdie to the Commandant of the French Forces in Ohio. With a Map. New York : reprinted for Joseph Sabin. 1865. 46 pp. 8°. Reprint of the London edition of 1754. WASHINGTON'S Journal of a Tour to the Ohio, in 1 753. With Notes by John G. Shea. 30 pp. {Appended to Blanchard, Robert. The Discovery and Conquest of the Northwest. Chicago, 1880.) JOURNAL to the Ohio, 1753. {In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 1, pp. 9-40. New York, 1889.) The Expedition to the Ohio, 1754. MEMOIRE contenant le Prdcis des Faits, avec leurs Pie'ces justificatives pour servir de Reponse aux Observations envoy^es par les Ministres d'Angleterre dans les Cours de l'Europe. A Paris, suivant la copie de PImprimerie royale. m.dcclvi. xii, 275, (1), 12 pp. 12°. This is a reprint of an edition in quarto issued by the French Government, and trans- mitted to the Courts of Europe as a justification of the War with England. It recounts among the aggressions of the British the two expeditions led by Washington in 1753 and 1754 respectively, in the course of which the killing of Jumonville by men under Washing- ton's command is called an assassination. This expression was embodied in the terms of capitulation at Fort Necessity, but escaped the notice of the interpreters for Washington, and was thus allowed to go as an admission of the charge on Washington's part. In this volume was printed for the first time, in a French translation, Washington's Journal of the expedition of 1754, which, with other papers, had been found by the French at Fort Necessity after the departure of the English troops. The volume was translated into English and first published at Philadelphia in 1757, and also in the same year at New York. The other papers relating to Washington's Expedition here printed are : Copie des ordres donnes a M. de Jumonville par M. Contrecceur le 23 mai, 1754; Copie de la Sommation dont M. de Jumonville etoit por-teur; Lettre e"crite par M. de Contrecceur, le 2 Juin, 1754, a- M. le Marquis du Quesne ; Journal de la campagne de M. de Villiers, 1754; Capitulation accordee par M. de Villiers, Capitaine commandant les troupes de Sa Majeste, a celui des troupes Angloises dans le fort de Necessite, le 3. Juillet, 1754; Traduction d'une Lettre ecrite du fort du Quesne par Robert Stobo Anglois, un des dtages fournis pour surete de la capitu- lation accordee aux troupes Angloises commandees par le sieur Washington. The volume also contains translations of Braddock's papers captured at the Battle of the Monongahela, and closes with a copy of the Declaration of War against Great Britain, dated the 9th of June, 1756. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 313 A MEMORIAL containing a Summary of Facts, with their Authorities. In Answer to the Observations sent by the English Ministry to the Courts of Europe. Translated from the French. New- York : printed and sold by J. Parker and W. Weyman, 1 75 7. iv 190 pp. 8°. Lacks the half-title. This is a reprint of the edition published at Philadelphia during the same year. Same. New- York : printed and sold by H. Gaine. 1757. iv 190 PP- 8°. Pp. 71, 72, 123-126, are imperfect. These two issues are identical in text, with the exception of the imprint, and that the words " Translated from the French " are printed in different type. The title-pages are also the same. Upon the Parker and Weyman issue these words are printed in gothic type and upon Gaine's they are in italics. Pp. 70-96 contain Washington's Journal of 1754. Hildeburn says that " Proposals for publishing, by subscription, a translation, appeared in the Pa. Gazette, Feb. 17, 1757. In May the subscribers were informed that the volume was ready for delivery. Two editions (of the same translation) were also printed in New York in 1757 under the same title.. A translation also appeared in London in "The Conduct of the late Ministry." Part of it was appended to the edition of Livingstone's Review of thej, Military Operations in North America, printed in Dublin, 1757. "The Mystery Reveal'd," published at London in 1759, also had a translation. A MEMORIAL containing a summary view of the facts, with their authorities, in answer to the Observations sent by the English Ministry to the Courts of Europe. Translated from the French. New York, printed and sold by H. Gaine. 1757. (In The Olden Time, edited by N. B. Craig, vol. 2, pp. 142-277. Pitts- burgh, 1846. Reprinted, Cincinnati, 1876.) The Journal occupies pp. 191-210. JOURNAL, March-April, 1754. (In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 1, pp. 46-124. New York, 1889.) " To preserve the continuity of the story I have embodied such of Washington's letters as written during his march to the Ohio into a translation of a journal which the French cap- tured at Fort Necessity. ... I have compared the following with the French and believe it to be the most accurate translation yet made." — W. C. Ford. JOURNAL of Colonel George Washington, Commanding a Detachment of Vir- ginia Troops, sent by Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, across the Alleghany Mountains in 1 754, to build Forts at the Head of the Ohio. It comprises the History of Marches, Campings, and Events, a Skirmish with the French, and the Death of their Leader, De Jumonville. 314 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The Journal fell into the hands of the enemy, who, in 1756, printed a ver- sion of it into French ; a new translation of this into English is what is here given in the absence of the original. To complete the history of the Expe- dition, an Appendix is added in the form of a Diary, supplying an Account of the Battle of the Great Meadows and the Capitulation of Fort Necessity ; the Retreat of the Army ; with Copies of original muster and pay Rolls of the Virginia Regiment, and other Documents connected with this Expedition. Edited, with Notes, by J. M. Toner, M. D. Albany, N. Y. : Joel MunselFs Sons, Publishers. 1893. 273 pp. Plans. Sm. 4 . The Braddock Campaign, 1755. The BRADDOCK Campaign. From the Manuscript of Washington. Illus- trated. With Facsimile from a Passage in the MS. (In Scribner's Magazine, 1893, vol. 13, pp. 531-537.) Printed from the original manuscript in the possession of Henry G. Pickering. Mr. Pickering states that the manuscript was given by Washington to Col. Humphreys for the latter's intended biography of Washington. " This narrative is in autograph, covering some ten pages of manuscript in folio size, and is in part responsive to detailed, and numbered questions put by Colonel Humphreys." The narrative is here first published. French and Indian Wax, 1756-57. NOTES on his Journey to Boston, Feb. 4-Mar. 14, 1756. (In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited, by W. C. Ford, vol. 1, pp. 231-233. New York, 1889.) AN Address to the Troops under his Command, 1756. (In Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1895, vol. 2, pp. 345- 346.) MEMMS. respect'g the Militia, April and May, 1756. (In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 1, pp. 269-276. New York, 1889.) EXTRACTS from a memorandum book kept by Washington, while in Com- mand at Fort Winchester in 1756-57. (In Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1896, vol. 3, pp. 200- 203.) Mount Vernon, 1760. EXTRACTS from Washington's Diary. Jan. i-May 18, 1760. (In The Writings of George Washington, selected and published by Jared Sparks, vol. 2, pp. 509-515. Boston, 1836.) WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 315 JOURNAL, Jan. i-May 22, 1760. {In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 2, pp. 140-169. New York, 1889.) " This Journal is the earliest daily record of Washington's life at Mount Vernon that I have been able to find. It is printed nearly in full, the omitted sentences being merely records of the weather from day to day." Mount Vernon, 1768. DIARY for 1 768. {In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 2, pp. 230-256. New York, 1889.) " The private diaries of Washington, during the earlier years of the series, were written in interleaved Virginia Almanacs ; but the later years are continued in note-books of uni- form size and binding. ... I have printed one month in full ; but for the rest of the year have omitted this weather record." Tour to the Ohio, 1770. JOURNAL of a Tour to the Ohio River. 1770. {In The Writings of George Washington, selected and published by Jared Sparks, vol. 2, pp. 516-534. Boston, 1836.) JOURNAL kept by George Washington, from October 5 th, to December ist, 1770, on a tour down the Ohio, for the purpose of viewing lands to be apportioned among the old Soldiers who had served in the French War. {In Rupp, I. D- Early History of Western Pennsylvania, appendix, pp. • 392-406. Pittsburg, 1846.) JOURNAL of a Tour to the Ohio River in 1770. {In The Olden Time, edited by N. B. Craig, vol. 1, pp. 416-432. Pitts- burgh, 1846. Reprinted,' Cincinnati, 1876.) JOURNAL of a Tour to the Ohio River, 1770. {In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 2, pp. 285-316. New York, 1889.) WASHINGTON'S Tour to the Ohio. From his Journal of a Tour to the Ohio River in 1770. Boston, 1896. (?) 12 pp. 16 . (Old South Leaflets. General Series, No. 41.) Journey to New York, 1773. JOURNEY to New York, May 10-June 8, 1773. Diary. {In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 2, pp. 382-384. New York, 1889.) 316 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Virginia Convention, 1774. DIARY while attending the House of Burgesses, 1774; at the Virginia Con- vention, Aug. 1-7, 1 7 74. (In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 2, pp. 412-417 ; 426-427. New York, 1889.) Brief extracts from this Diary are printed in Sparks's edition of The Writings of Wash- ington, vol. ii., pp. 503-505. Continental Congress, 1774. DIARY while attending the Continental Congress of 1774, Aug. 30-Sept. 27. (In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 2, pp. 437-440. New York, 1889.) DIARY of Col. George Washington, for August, September and October, 1774, [while attending the First Continental Congress] . With Notes, by J. M. Toner. (In American historical Association. Annual Report for 1892, pp. 113- 169. Washington, 1892.) May-November, 1781. WASHINGTON'S Journal. May to November, 1781. From the original manuscript in the Library of the Department of State. (In Magazine of American history, 1887, vol. 6, pp. 108-125; vo1 - 7. pp. 122-133.) DIARY, August i-August 14, 1781. (In Magazine of American history, 1889, vol. 20, pp. 56-60.) Fills a gap in the Diary, published in vol. 6 of the Magazine of American history. Constitutional Convention, 1787. EXTRACTS from Washington's Diary, kept while attending the Constitutional Convention of 1787. (In Pennsylvania magazine of History and Biography, 1887, vol. 11, pp. 296-308.) 1789-91. DIARY of Washington : from the first day of October, 1 789, to the tenth day of March, 1790. From the original Manuscript, now first printed. [Edited by Benson J. Lossing.] New York: 1858. 89, (1), ii. pp. Woodcut vignette from a miniature by Robertson. One hundred copies privately printed. No. 83. J. C. B[revoort]. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 317 The DIARY of George Washington, from 1789 to 1791 ; embracing the Open- ing of the First Congress, and his Tours through New England, Long Island, and the Southern States. Together with his Journal of a Tour to the Ohio, in 1753. Edited by Benson J. Lossing. New York: Charles B. Richardson & Co. mdccclx. 248 pp. Por- trait. 12°. 6. ORDERLY BOOKS. ORDERLY BOOK kept at Valley Forge, 18 May-n June, 1778. 79 pp. MS. Sm. 4 . This volume was purchased at a sale of Washingtoniana in i860. The catalogue de- scribed it as an Orderly Book of the Army of Washington, on its march through New Jersey, and "supposed to be in the handwriting of Washington, Knox, and other distin- guished generals." The volume, however, contains nothing in the handwriting of Washington, but most of the orders are in the handwriting of Major Samuel Shaw, Aide-de-Camp to General Knox. It contains Washington's orders, written in a manner to indicate that they were taken at first hand. One of the Washington Orderly Books, preserved in the War Department, is in the same handwriting, at least it so appears from a facsimile given in the American Historical Record of December, 1873. The editor of the Record (B. J. Lossing) says that " any one familiar with the writing of Washington will not for a moment doubt the genuineness of the Orderly Book* as his;" but this facsimile has been compared with Major Shaw's Letters in the Knox Papers, and it seems quite certain that the handwriting is his, and not Washington's. This is not the only time that the handwritings of Washington and Shaw have been con- fused. In the Transactions of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, there was lately pub- lished a facsimile of a draft of the Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, which was put forward by the Editor as Washington's ; an opinion which, however, he retracted after having his attention called to Shaw's Letters. Brief extracts from this Orderly Book were printed with prefatory remarks by Charles Eliot Norton, in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts historical Society (June, 1863), vol. 7, pp. 132-136. Inserted in the volume is a broadside containing the Resolutions of Congress of May 15, 1778, providing for half-pay for officers of the army for seven years after the war. REVOLUTIONARY Orders of General Washington, issued during the Years 1778, '80, '81 & '82, selected from the MSS. of John Whiting, Lieut, and Adjutant of the 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Line, and edited by his Son Henry Whiting, Lieut. Col. U. S. Army. New- York & London : Wiley and Putnam. 1844. 255 pp. 8°. WASHINGTON'S Orderly Books. With Notes, by Benson J. Lossing. July i-Aug. 8, 1779; Sept. 26, 1780-Jan. 9, 1781; June 19-Aug. 10, 1781; 318 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Sept. 27, 1781; Oct. 7-Oct. 31, 1781; Apr. 27-May 30, 1782; June 12, 1782-Feb. 15, 1783. {In American historical Record, 1873-74, vol. 2, pp. 540-550; vol. 3, pp. 21-28; 72-78; 114-120; 171-177; 211-215; 257-261; 311-315; 403-406; 457-462; 496-499; 543-546. Potter's American Monthly, 1875, vol. 4, pp. 33-37 ; 114-118; 187-191 ; 351-35S ! 43'2-436; vol. 5, pp. 674-677.) The original of the Orderly Book covering July i-Aug. 8, 1779, is in the handwriting of Major Samuel Shaw. See note to preceding title. GENERAL Orders, Williamsburgh, i5th-2 5th Sept., 1781. {In Pennsylvania magazine of History and Biography, 1882, vol. 5, pp. 300-302.) 7. ACCOUNTS. MONUMENTS of Washington's Patriotism : containing a Fac-Simile of his public Accounts, kept during the Revolutionary War ; and some of the most interesting Documents connected with his military Command and civil Ad- ministration. Third Edition, with Additions and Embellishments. Pub- lished by the Trustees of Washington's manual labour School and male orphan Asylum, for the benefit of that Institution. Washington: 1841. (10), 104 pp. 4 plates. Portraits. F°. Preceding the title-page are ten pages of facsimile reproductions of commendatory notices of the plan of publishing a third edition. The Portrait of Washington is a lithograph after Rembrandt Peale ; and the volume also has a lithograph from Houdon's bust. There is inserted a steel engraving by Sadd from G. Stuart's picture " Washington at Dorchester Heights." See Baker, no. 320. Contents. Introduction : Ancestry of Washington ; Chronological statement of the Events of his life ; Lines, by the Rev. William Jay ; Monumental inscription ; Facsimile of Washington's Accounts ; Facsimiles of Continental money ; Plan of a line of march to Fort Duquesne (facsimile of Washington's MS.); Public documents connected with the mili- tary command and civil administration of Washington: Resolutions of Congress, June 15, 1775, appointing him commander in chief; Circular letter to the Governors of the several States, 1783; Resolutions of Congress to erect an equestrian statue of Washington; Wash- ington visits Princeton by request of Congress ; Farewell address to the Army ; Washington takes leave of the officers of the Army in New York ; Speech on resigning his Commission ; Inauguration as President; Proclamation for a day of Thanksgiving, Jan. 1, 1795; Farewell Address to the People of the United States ; Letter accepting the Command of the Army in 1798; Funeral Oration on the Death of Washington, by Henry Lee; Constitution of the United States. Same. Fourth edition. Washington. Published by Franklin Knight, 1844. (10), 78 pp. 4 plates. Portraits. F°. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 319 GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S Account with the United States, from 1775 t0 I 783, as written by himself. Published by John Hutchings, Brooklyn. 1857. (3), 66 pp. Portrait in wood on the title-page. F°. Lithographed facsimile of Washington's account book. DEPENSES du general Washington, pendant qu'il a exerce les fonctions de commandant en chef de l'armee americaine. {In Vie, correspondance et ecrits de Washington, par M. Guizot, vol. 6, PP- mS 1 *,- Paris > 183a) TABULATED Statement of Washington's household expenses, 1789. From the original in the Library of the State of New York, with a facsimile illus- tration. {In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pp. 91-95.) EXCERPTS from the Account- Books of Washington. By Dr. J. M. Toner. {In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1892, vol. 16, pp. 75-82.) 8. THE NEWBURGH ADDRESSES, 1783. The above designates two anonymous letters addressed to the Officers of the Army at Newburgh in 1783, Washington's Address to the Officers on Mar. 15, and other correspond- ence occasioned by them. The NEWBURGH ADDRESSES. 20 pp. {In Continental Congress. Address and Recommendations to the States. Paper, no. viii. Philadelphia, m,dcc,lxxxiii.) A COLLECTION of Papers, relative to Half- Pay and Commutation of Half- Pay, granted by Congress to the Officers of the Army. Compiled, by Permission of His Excellency General Washington, from the Original Papers in his Possession. Fish- Kill : printed by Samuel Loudon. m,dcc,lxxxiii. 36 pp. 8°. Contains the " Newburgh Addresses," with Letters of Washington, of Oct. 11, 1780, Mar. 18, June 27, 1783. {In The last official Address of his Excellency George Washington, pp. 27-48. Hartford, 1783.) {In Epistles, domestic, confidential, and official of George Washington, pp. 228-254. New York, 1796.) {In Legacies of Washington, pp. 1 18-129. Trenton, 1800.) 3 20 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. {In Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, pp. 27-39. Philadelphia, 1800.) {In Washington's Political Legacies, pp. 192-208. Boston, 1800.) {In The Washingtoniana, appendix, pp. 60-77. Lancaster, 1802.) {In The Writings of George Washington, selected and published by Jared Sparks, vol. 8, pp. 551-566. Boston, 1835.) {In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 10, pp. 168-174. New York, 1891.) A HELIOTYPE of Washington's autograph Address to the Officers of the American Army, at Newburg, N. Y., March 15, 1783. Together with Let- ters of Colonel Timothy Pickering, Governor John Brooks, Judge Dudley A. Tyng, and William A. Hayes, printed from the Originals, authenticating the Autograph, or describing the Scene at the Delivery of the Address. [Boston.] Published by the Massachusetts historical Society. 1876. 8, (11) pp. F°. REDE, welche der General Washington am 15 ten Marz vor den versammelten Officieren hielt. {In Leben und Briefwechsel Georg Washingtons. Nach dem Englischen des Jared Sparks im Ausziige bearbeitet. Herausg. von F. von Raumer, vol. 2. PP- 3*l-33 2 - Leipzig, 1839.) 9. CIRCULAR LETTER, June 18, 1783. A COLLECTION of Papers, relative to Half- Pay, and Commutation thereof, granted by Congress to the Officers of the Army. Together with a Circular Letter, from His Excellency General Washington, to the several Legislatures of the United States. Boston : printed by Order of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. m,dcc,lxxxiii. 24 pp. 8°. Pp. 17-24 contain Washington's Letter, dated Newburgh, June 11 (sic), .1783, which is designated as his Resignation and Farewell Address in many publications. The LAST OFFICIAL ADDRESS, of his Excellency General Washington, to the Legislatures of the United States. To which is annexed, a Collection of Papers relative to Half- Pay, and Commutation of Half-Pay, granted by Congress to the Officers of the Army. Hartford : printed by Hudson and Goodwin, m.dcc.lxxxiii. 48 pp. 8°. Washington's Circular Letter, pp. 3-12. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 32 1 GENERAL WASHINGTON'S Resignation and Address, in a Circular Letter to the Honorable the President of the State of New- Hampshire. New- Hampshire : printed, and to be sold at the Printing-Office in Exeter. m.dcc.lxxxiii. 16 pp. Sm. 4 . Two copies : in one is inserted a portrait of Washington taken from the Universal Magazine; the other lacks title-leaf. The address is dated Head-Quarters, Newburgh, June n (sic), 1783. A CIRCULAR LETTER from George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, to his Excellency William Greene, Esq. Governor of the State of Rhode Island. London: printed for J. Stocksdale. mdcclxxxiii. (4), 24 pp. 8°. The Letter is dated at Head-Quarters, Newburgh, June 18, 1783. CIRCULAR LETTER to the Governors of all the States, June 18, 1783. — — (In The European Magazine, 1783, vol. 4, pp. 100-104.) (In The Gentleman's magazine, 1783, vol. 53, pt. 2, pp. 699-701 ; 787— 789. (In A Collection of the Speeches of the President of the United States, pp. 263-275. Boston, 1796.) (In Legacies of Washington, pp. 6-21. Trenton, 1800.) (In Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, pp. 40-61. Phila., 1800.) (In Washington's Political Legacies, pp. 16-37. Boston, 1800.) (In The Washingtoniana, appendix, pp. 1-12. Lancaster, 1802.) (In Monuments of Washington's Patriotism, pp. 66-71. Washington, 1841.) (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 55-77- New York > l86 S-) (In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 10, pp. 254-265. New York, 1891.) WASHINGTON'S " Legacy." Circular Letter addressed to the Governors of all the States on Disbanding the Army. Boston, 1896 (?) 12 pp. 16 . (Old South Leaflets. General Series, no. 15.) 322 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. CIRCULARSCHREIBEN an die Gouverneurs aller Staaten bei Entlassung der Armee. 18 Juni, 1783. (In Leben und Briefwechsel Georg Washingtons; Nach dem Englischen des Jared Sparks im Ausziige bearbeitet. Herausg. von F. von Raumer, vol. 2 . PP- 339-354- Leipzig, 1839.) 10. FAREWELL ADDRESS TO THE ARMIES, NOV. 2, 1783. FAREWELL ORDERS to the Armies of the United States, November 2, 1 783. (In A Collection of the Speeches of the President of the United States, pp. 275-280. Boston, 1796.) (In Epistles, domestic, confidential, and official, of George Washington, pp. 268-277. New York, 1796.) — (In Legacies of Washington, pp. 21-27. Trenton, 1800.) — (In Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, pp. 72-80. Philadelphia, 1800.) — (In Washington's Political Legacies, pp. 41-49. Boston, 1800.) — (In The Washingtoniana, appendix, pp. 12-16. Lancaster, 1802.) — (In The Writings of George Washington, selected and published by Jared Sparks, vol. 8, pp. 491-496. Boston, 1835.) — (In Monuments of Washington's Patriotism, pp. 73-74. Washington, 1841.) — (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 81-94. New York, 1865.) — (In Rules of Conduct, Diary of Adventure, and farewell Addresses, by George Washington, pp. 77-82. Boston, [1887].) (In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 10, pp. 330-334. New York, 1891.) WASHINGTON'S ABSCHIEDSADRESSE an die Armee der Vereinigten Staaten, Rocky Hill bei Princeton, den zweiten November, 1783. (In Leben und Briefwechsel Georg Washingtons. Nach dem Englischen des Jared Sparks im Auszttge bearbeitet. Herausg. von F. von Raumer, vol. 2 . PP- 354-36o. Leipzig, 1839.) WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 323 11. ADDRESS TO CONGRESS ON RESIGNING HIS COMMISSION, DEC. 23, 1783. ADDRESS to Congress on the Resignation of his Commission. {In Legacies of Washington, pp. 30-31. Trenton, 1800.) {In Washingtoniana, appendix, pp. 77-78. Lancaster, 1802.) {In Washington's Political Legacies, pp. 50-52. Boston, 1800.) — {In Monuments of Washington's Patriotism, pp. 76-77. Washington, 1841.) — {In Washingtoniana, pp. 95-97. New York, 1865.) {In The Writings of George Washington, selected and published by Jared Sparks, vol. 8, pp. 504-505. Boston, 1835.) WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS on resigning his Commission. With two folded sheets of facsimiles. {In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 7, pp. 104-106.) The facsimiles are of the original draft of Washington's address found among the McHenry papers. {In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 10, pp. 338-339. New York, 1891.) WASHINGTONS ADRESSE an den Congress bei Niederlegung seiner Stelle. Annapolis, den 23sten December, 1783. {In Leben und Briefwechsel Georg Washingtons. Nach (Jem Englischen des Jared Sparks im Ausziige bearbeitet. Herausg. von F. von Raumer, vol. 2, pp. 360-362. Leipzig, 1839.) 12. OPINION CONCERNING HIS GENERAL OFFICERS, 1791. WASHINGTON'S OPINION of his general Officers. With a facsimile illustra- tion, and portrait. {In Magazine of American history, 1879, v °l- 3> PP- 81-88.) "General Washington's Opinion of the Field Officers of the Revolution alive in 1791." {In The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 12, pp. 506-514. New York, 1891.) 324 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. 13. SPEECHES AND MESSAGES TO CONGRESS, AND PROCLAMATIONS. These are collected in the 12th volume of Sparks's edition of Washington's Writings ; some of them are printed in " Washington's Monuments of Patriotism," 1800 ; The " Legacies of Washington ; " Ford's edition of Washington's Writings, and other works, the titles and contents of which are given 011 pages 274-288 of this Catalogue. See these publications for other items not entered here. A COLLECTION of the Speeches of the President of the United States to both Houses of Congress, at the Opening of every Session, with their Answers. Also, the Addresses to the President, with his Answers, from the Time of his Election. With an Appendix, containing the Circular Letter of General Washington to the Governors of the several States, and his farewell Orders, to the Armies of America, and the Answer. Dedicated to the Citi- zens of the United States of America. Printed at Boston, by Manning and Loring, for Solomon Cotton, jun. July, 1796. 281 pp. 12 . Three copies. Two have a correction printed in two lines on the last page. The contents are given on page 275 of this Catalogue. SPEECHES and Messages to Congress, April 30, 1789-Dec. 7, 1796. {In The Speeches, Addresses, and Messages of the several Presidents of the United States, pp. 29-94. Philadelphia, 1825.) SPEECHES and Messages to Congress, April 30, 1789-Dec. 7, 1796. {In Williams, E. The Addresses and Messages of the Presidents, vol. 1, pp. 31-64. New York, 1846.) SPEECHES and Messages to Congress, and Proclamations, April 30, 1789-Feb. 28, 1797. {In Richardson, J. D. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, pp. 51-224, 587. Washington, 1896. 53d Cong. 2d Session. House of Representatives. Miscellaneous Documents, vol. 3 7.) WASHINGTON'S Inaugurals. April 30, 1789; December 3d, 1793. Boston, 1896 (?) 12 pp. 16 . (Old South Leaflets. General Series, no. n.) INAUGURAL Speech to both Houses of Congress, April 30, 1789. {In Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789, pp. 29-31. New York, [1789].) Also printed in Legacies of Washington, 1800, pp. 34-39; Washington's Monuments of WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 325 Patriotism, 1800, pp. 88-95; Washington's Political Legacies, 1800, pp. 55-63; Monuments of Washington's Patriotism, 1841, pp. 79-81 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washing- ton, vol. 12, pp. 1-6; Ford's edition, vol. 11, pp. 381-386. Same.. (In The Washingtoniaha, pp. 70-76. Baltimore, 1800.) Same. (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 100-108. New York, 1865.) Same. (In Moore, Frank. American Eloquence, vol. 1, pp. 252-254. New York, 1864.) PROCLAMATION appointing Nov. 26, 1789, a Day of Thanksgiving. Oct. 3, 1789. (In Hough, F. B. ed. Proclamations for Thanksgiving, issued by the Con- tinental Congress, Pres't Washington [etc.], pp. 30-32. Albany, 1858.) Also printed in Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 119-120. SPEECH to both Houses of Congress, January 8, 1790. (In Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1790, PP- 5~7- New York, 1790.) Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 106-112 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 7-1 1 ; Ford's edition, vol. n, pp. 456-459. SPEECH to both Houses of Congress, Dec. 8, 1790. (In Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1791, pp. 5-7. Philadelphia, 1.791.) Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 1 23-1 31 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 12-17 ; Ford's edition, vol. 12, pp. 1-4. SPEECH to both Houses of Congress, Oct. 25, 1791. (In Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the First Session of the Second Congress, pp. 6-10. Philadelphia, 1792.) Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 141-154; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 18-27 ; Ford's edition, vol. 12, pp. 77-84. SPEECH to both Houses of Congress, November 6, 1792. (In Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the Second Session of the Second Congress, pp. 5-9. Philadelphia, 1793.) Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 162-174; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 27-35; Ford's edition, vol. 12, pp. 205-209. PRESIDENT'S Speech, Nov. 6, 1792. Draft by Hamilton. (In Hamilton, A. Works. Edited by H. C. Lodge, vol. 7, pp. 61-68. New York, 1886.) 326 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. SPEECH to both Houses of Congress, Dec. 3, 1793. (In Journal of the House of Representatives of the U. S. at the First Ses- sion of the Third Congress, pp. 9-14. Philadelphia, 1 793.) Also printed in Legacies of Washington, 1800, pp. 46-54! Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 184-195; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 36-42; Ford's edition, vol. 12, pp. 350-356. .PRESIDENT'S Speech, December 3, 1793. Newspaper broadside. F°. (Diary Extraordinary, Friday Morning, December 6, 1 793. New- York.) The CONTRAST : being the Speech of King George III. at the Opening of his Parliament, 1794, and the Speech of President George Washington, at the Opening of the Congress of the United States, December 3, 1793. London: printed for H. D. Symonds. [1794.] 24 pp. 8°. Pp. n-20 contain Washington's Speech of Dec. 3, 1793; pp. 21-24 nis Message to Con- gress of Dec. 5, 1793. SPEECH, December 3, 1793. Draft by Hamilton. (In Hamilton, A. Works. Edited by H. C. Lodge, vol. 7, pp. 75-77. New York, 1886.) MESSAGES to both Houses of Congress, Dec. 5, 1793. (In Journal of the House of Representatives of the U. S. at the First Ses- sion of the Third Congress, pp. 17-19. Philadelphia, 1793.) Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 294-298; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 96-98 ; Ford's edition, vol. 12, pp. 350- 358. A MESSAGE of the President of the United States to Congress relative to France and Great- Britain, delivered December 5, 1793. With the Papers therein referred to. To which are added the French Originals. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: printed by Childs and Swaine, m,dcc,xciii. ioz, (i) pp. 8°. Washington's autograph on the title-page. This is the official statement of the Genet imbroglio. The " Papers relative to Great Britain "116 pp., and the " French originals " 82 pp. (called for on the title-page) were issued together in a separate pamphlet. There are in the Collection three copies of the Message> 102, (1) pp. ; and two copies of the pamphlet containing the documents just described. A MESSAGE [Dec. 30, 1793] of the President of the United States transmit- ting a Report of the Secretary of State of such Laws, Decrees and Ordi- nances respecting Commerce in the Countries with which the United WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 327 States have commercial Intercourse. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. .Philadelphia: printed by Childs and Swaine. m,dcc,xciv. 12 pp. 8°. [MESSAGE Jan. 15, 1794, of the President, transmitting a letter from the French Minister of Dec. 25, 1793, and a copy of the Resolves of the Legis- lature of South Carolina with affidavits in regard to an alleged proposed Expedition against the Spanish possessions formed in that State under the direction of the French Minister. Philadelphia, 1794. n pp. 8°.] Two copies in Washington's Library. No title. The Letter of transmittal from the President occupies the title-page. A MESSAGE 4 April, [1 794] of the President of the United States to Congress, enclosing three Letters from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States in London ; also a Letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Secretary of State, with his Answer. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. m,dcc,xciv. 15 pp. 8°. Two copies in Washington's Library : one of which is inscribed on the cover : " 3 Let- ters from the French Minister & One from Thos. Pinckney." A MESSAGE [20 May, 1794] from the President of the United States to Con- gress, transmitting certain Documents relative to hostile Threats against the Territories of Spain, in the Neighbourhood of the United States. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. m,dcc,xciv. 24 pp. 8°. Washington's copy. Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 301-302 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 103-104. [MESSAGE 23 May, 1794 from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a Letter from the Secretary of State to the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty dated May 20, 1794 ; the Reply of the latter dated May 22, 1794, with a Letter from the Secretary of State in answer to the British Minister, dated April 20, 1 794, in regard to Lord Dorchester's Speech, the Simcoe Expedition, and French privateers. Philadelphia, 1794.] 11 pp. 8°. Two copies in Washington's Library. No title-page. 328 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. A MESSAGE [4 June, 1794] of the President of the United States to Congress, transmitting a Letter from the Secretary of State to the Minister Plenipoten- tiary of his Britannic Majesty, with an Enclosure, in Answer to a Letter from the Minister, dated 2 2d May, 1794. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. m,dcc,xov. 20 pp. 8°. Washington's copy. The PROCEEDINGS of the Executive of the United States respecting the Insurgents. 1794. Philadelphia : printed by John Fenno, Printer to the Senate of the United States, m.dcc.xcv. 130 pp. 8°. Washington's copy. Contains among other papers the Proclamation by the President, Geo. Washington, Aug. 7, 1794, calling upon the insurgents to disperse ; Proclamation by the President of the United States, Sept. 25, 1794, announcing the resort to military coercion, to put down the insurrection. These Proclamations are also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 315-322 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 125-132. SPEECH to both Houses of Congress, Nov. 19, 1794. {In Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the Second Session of the Third Congress, pp. 26-35. Philadelphia, 1794.) Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 204-220 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 44-54 ; Ford's edition, vol. 12, pp. 491-498. PROCLAMATION appointing Feb. 19, 1795, a Day of Thanksgiving for the Suppression of the Whiskey Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania, 1st Jan., !795- {In Hough, F. B. ed. Proclamations for Thanksgiving, issued by the Continental Congress [etc.], pp. 33-35. Albany, 1858.) Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 321-322 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 132-134. SPEECH to both Houses of Congress, December 8, 1795. (In Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States at the First Session of the Fourth Congress, pp. 8-15. Philadelphia, 1795.) Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 232-244; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 56-63; Ford's edition, vol. 12. WASHINGTON'S Speech to Congress, December 8, 1795. Draft by Hamilton. (In Hamilton, A. Works. Edited by H. C. Lodge, vol. 7, pp. 1 1 1-1 18. New York, 1886.) WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 329 In the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the United States, Monday, the 4th of January, 1796. A Message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States as followeth. [Philadelphia, 1796.] 7 pp. 8°. No title-page. Also printed in Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, p. no. [PROCLAMATION Feb. 29, 1796, by George Washington, President of the United States, of a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, between the United States of America and his Britannic Majesty, concluded on the 19th day of November, 1794. Philadelphia, 1796.] 30 pp. 8°. No title-page. Washington's copy. MESSAGE to the House of Representatives in reply to their Request for the Papers in regard to the Treaty Negotiations with Great Britain, Mar. 30, 1796. (In Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States at the First Session of the Fourth Congress, pp. 292-296. Philadelphia, 1795.) Also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 303-309; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. n 2-1 16. MESSAGE for, Washington to Congress in Reply to a Call for Papers relating to the Treaty with Great Britain, Mar. 30, 1796. Draft by Hamilton. (/« Hamilton, A. Works. Edited by H. C. Lodge, vol. 7, pp. 1 18-137. New York, 1886.) SPEECH to both Houses of Congress, Dec. 7, ^96. (/« Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States at the Second Session of the Fourth Congress, pp. 8-16. Philadelphia, 1796.) Also printed in Sparks's edition of Washington's Writings, vol. 12, pp. 65-77. A MESSAGE from the President of the United States of America, to Congress ; relative to the French Republic; delivered January 19, 1797, with the Papers therein referred to. Published by Order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia : printed by W. Ross. [1797.] 92, (56), 16, (372) pp. 8°. The Message occupies page 3 ; it is also printed in Washington's Monuments of Patri- otism, 1800, pp. 310-31 1 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 117-118. See note on page 208 of this Catalogue. There is another official issue of Pickering's letter which forms the body of the docu- ment, in the Collection, without title, but having the following in lieu of it : — Congress of the United States. In Senate, January the 20th, 1797. The following Mes- sage from the President of the United States, was read, communicating the copy of a 330 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Letter from the Secretary for the Department of State to the Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to the Republic of France. [Philadelphia, 1797.] 104 pp. 8°. Printed with wide margins. Washington's copy. 14. REPLIES TO ADDRESSES OF PUBLIC BODIES. The 1 2th volume of Sparks contains the most complete collection of the above; several are printed in the Legacies of Washington, Trenton, 1800. See page 279 of this Catalogue. TO HIS EXCELLENCY George Washington, Esquire. The Address of the Citizens of New York, who have return'd from Exile, in behalf of themselves and their suffering Brethren. With Washington's Reply, Nov. 20, 1783. {In Historical magazine, 1867, new series, vol. 1, page 45.) ANSWER to an Address from "The Yankee Club of Stewartstown," in the County of Tyrone, and Province of Ulster, Ireland. Mount Vernon, Jan. 20, 1784. {In Historical magazine, 1869, new series, vol. 5, p. 202.) TO THE PRESIDENT of the United States. The Address of the Religious Society called Quakers, from their yearly Meeting for Pennsylvania, New- Jersey, Delaware, and the western parts of Virginia and Maryland. With the Answer. 1789. {In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1889, vol. 13, pp. 245-247.) Washington's Answer is on pages 246-247. ADDRESS from the Roman Catholics of America, to George Washington, Esq. President of the United States. London : printed by J. P. Coghlan, m,dcc,xc. [Reprinted in facsimile, with notes, by John G. Shea. Albany, Munsell, 1857.] n, (1) pp. Por- traits. Facsimile of Washington's Reply. F°. Washington's Reply, dated Mar. 12, 1790, occupies pages 7-8. This copy is extra illus- trated. The book as first issued by Dr. Shea contained the following illustrations : Portrait of Washington, engraved by O'Neill after Savage ; Portrait of Archbishop Carroll. There are inserted the following: Engraved dedication "To George Washington, 1790," Portrait of Washington (bust) ; Portrait of Charles Carroll of Carrollton ; Portrait of Washington (vignette), engraved by H. B. Hall after Sharpless (Baker, no. 394) ; Portrait of Washington engraved by H. B. Hall, N. Y., 1865; same, engraved by H. B. Hall after Wertmueller (Baker no. 176) ; Portrait of Benjamin Franklin ; Portrait of John W.. Francis. " Nine illustrations — No= 2 & 14, issued with the work, the rest inserted by me." — Pencil note in the handwriting of Dr. Shea on the fly-leaf . The entire edition was issued as presents by Dr. Shea. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 33 1 REPLY to Address of the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of King David's Lodge in Newport. [Aug. 17, 1790.] MS. sheet. Signed in autograph by Washington. The original Address of the Lodge is also in the Athenaeum Collection. REPLY to the Address of the New Church at Baltimore, 1793. {In Historical magazine, 1874, 3d ser., vol. 3, p. 77.) ADDRESSES of the City of New York to George Washington, with his Replies. New York, 1867. viii, 14 pp. Portrait. Facsimile. Woodcut on title- page. 8vo, large paper. 75 copies privately printed. Two copies. The Portrait is an engraving by O'Neill " from an original contemporary picture in the possession of William Menzies." On the title-page is a woodcut medallion portrait of Wash- ington, engraved by William Barritt from a French medallion. Inserted in one of the copies are : A portrait of Washington, engraved by Durand after Trumbull, and a portrait of Sir William Shirley engraved by McLellan after Hudson. 15. FAREWELL ADDRESS, 1796. In addition to the works given in this list, this address is also to be found in the follow- ing collected works, the titles and contents of which are given on pages 274-288 of this Catalogue : — Legacies of Washington, 1800, pp. 60-83 ; Washington's Monuments of Patriotism, 1800, pp. 258-291 ; Washington's Political Legacies, 1800, pp. 64-97 ; Monuments of Washington's Patriotism, 1841, pp. 83-91 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 12, pp. 214-235; Upham's Life of Washington, vol. 2, pp. 319-337 ; Rules of Conduct, etc., 1887, pp. 83-104; in Ford's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 13, pp. 277-325; in German in Raumer's Leben und Briefwechsel, vol. 2, pp. 509-533; in French in Guizot's Vie, cor- respondance et ecrits de Washington, vol. 6, pp. 153-172. ADDRESS of George Washington, President of the United States, to the People of America. Presented 19th September, 1796. On apprizing them that he declined being considered among the number of those, out of whom a choice is to be made of one, to administer the executive government of the United States. Bennington: from the Press of A. Haswell, Annoque Domini, 1796. 45 pp. 1 6°. The LEGACY of the Father of his Country. Address of George Washington, President of the United States, to his fellow Citizens, on declining being con- sidered a Candidate for their future suffrages. Printed at Boston, by John Russell — and sold at his office . . . and by David West. 1796. 43 pp. 16°. 332 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The LEGACY of the Father of his Country. Address of George Washington, President of the United States, to his fellow Citizens, on declining being considered a Candidate for their future Suffrages. Printed at Stockbridge, by Loring Andrews, 1796. 26 pp. 8°. A LETTER to the People of the United States of America, from General Washington, on his Resignation of the Office of President of the United States. Second Edition. London : printed by Cooper and Graham, for J. Debrett. 1 796. 32 pp. 8°. The PRESIDENT'S Address to the People of the United States. No Place. [1796.] 16 pp. No title-page. 8°. RESIGNATION of General Washington, 1796. (In The European magazine, 1796, vol. 30, pp. 367-375.) FAREWELL Address, Sept. 17, 1796. (In The Gentleman's magazine, 1796, vol. 66, pt. 2, pp. 1089-1095.) A VERSIFICATION of President Washington's excellent farewell Address to the Citizens of the United States. By a Gentleman of Portsmouth, N. H. [Jonathan M. Sewall.] Published according to Act of Congress. Portsmouth, New Hampshire : printed and sold by Charles Peirce. 1798. 54 PP- 4°- The ADDRESS of the late General George Washington to the People of the United States. No place. [1800.] 19-40 pp. 8°. The ADDRESS of the late George Washington, when President, to the People of the United States, on declining being considered a Candidate for their future Suffrages. Printed by Joshua Cushing. Salem, 1800. 32 pp. 8°. GEORGE WASHINGTON to the People of the United States, announcing his intention of retiring from public life. Philadelphia: printed by H. Maxwell for A. Dickins and H. Maxwell. 1800. 40 pp. Portrait, engraved by D. Edwin. 8°. ADDRESS of George Washington, on declining being considered a Candidate for the Presidency of the United States. 2 1 pp. (Appended to Abbot, S. An Eulogy on the illustrious Life and Character of Washington. Haverhill, [1800].) WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 333 — {In MacWhorter, D. A funeral Sermon, pp. 25-44. Newark, 1800.) — {In Dwight, T. A Discourse delivered at New Haven, Feb. 22, 1800, on the Character of George Washington, pp. 40-55. New Haven, 1800.) — (In Frisbie, L. An Eulogy on the illustrious Character of the late General George Washington, pp. 39-61. Newburyport, 1800.) There are two copies of Frisbie's Eulogy in the Collection ; one of which is without the Address, and the other lacks pp. 49-56. 22 pp. {Appended to Kirkland, J. T. A Discourse occasioned by the Death of General George Washington, Dec. 29, 1799. Boston, 1800.) {In Osgood, D. A Discourse, delivered Dec. 29, 1799, pp. 21-40. Boston, 1800.) The CONSTITUTION of the State of Massachusetts, and that of the United States ; the Declaration of Independence, with President Washington's Fare- well Address. Recommended by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to the Inhabitants of the several towns, to be read as a School-Book in common Schools, Portland: Printed for Isaac Adams. [1800?] 119 pp. I2 °- 24 pp. (Appended to Pierce, J. A Eulogy on George Washington. Boston, 1800.) 24 pp. (In Charlestown, Mass. Proceedings of the Town of Charles- town, in respectful testimony of the distinguished Talents and prominent Virtues of the late George Washington. Charlestown, 1800.) Two copies of this, separate from the Proceedings, are in the Collection. 30 pp. (In Dorchester, Mass. Public Expressions of Grief for the Death of George Washington. Charlestown, 1800.) (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 76-100. Baltimore, 1800.) — (In West, S. Greatness the Result of Goodness. A Sermon, occasioned by the Death of George Washington, pp. 19-40. Boston, [1800].) — (In The Washingtoniana, appendix, pp. 17-34. Lancaster, 1802.) 334 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The DECLARATION of the Independence of the United States, and the Con- stitution, with its several Amendments. And the Constitution of Vermont, with an Extract from the Laws of the State, regulating Freemen's Meetings : to which is added the Valedictory Address of the illustrious George Wash- ington, on his retiring from the Presidency of the United States. Compiled by Clark Brown. Montpelier : printed by Benjamin H. Wheeler, for Brown & Parks. 1807. 76 pp. 16 . WASHINGTON'S farewell Address, to the People of the United States. Pub- lished for the Washington Benevolent Society. Second Edition. New York: printed by J. Seymour. 1809. 45 pp. Portrait (Baker, 275). 12°. WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States. Baltimore: printed by John L. Cook. 1810. 24 pp. 8°. WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States. Pub- lished for the Washington Benevolent Society. Salem: printed by Dodd and Rumsey. 1811. 36 pp. 12 . GENERAL George Washington's Farewell Address to the Citizens of the United States of America. Charlestown : printed by Hans Lund. Sold by Charles Williams, Boston. 1812. 8 pp. 8°. VALEDICTORY Address of Washington to the People of the United States. Published by the Washington Benevolent Society of Massachusetts. [Boston: John Eliot, jr., printer.] 1812. 62 pp. 32 . The VALEDICTORY Address, of the late illustrious George Washington, to the People of the United States. Windsor : published by P. Merrifield & Co. Wright & Sibley, printers. 1812. 61 pp. 32". WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address, to the People of the United States. Pub- lished for the Washington Benevolent Society. Printed at the Balance Press, Albany. 181 2. 39 pp. 16 . WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States. Pub- lished for the Worcester Washington Benevolent Society. Boston: printed by Joseph T.Buckingham. 181 2. 47 pp. Portrait. 12°. Portrait, same as Baker, 275. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 335 WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States. Pub- lished for the Brimfield Washington benevolent Society. Brookfield: printed by E. Merriam & Co. 1812. 46 pp. 12 . WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States. Pub- lished for the Washington benevolent Society. Greenfield : printed and sold by Denio & Phelps. 181 2. 40 pp. Por- trait. 12°. Portrait engraved by Gimbrede after Stuart. WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States. Also, the Constitution of the United States, with its Amendments. Published for the Washington benevolent Society. Windsor: printed and sold by T. M. Pomroy. 181 2. 71 pp. Portrait engraved by S. Reed. 32°. The Portrait is not mentioned in Baker. The FREEMAN'S GUIDE: containing the Federal Constitution and the Constitutions of the different States of the United States : with the latest Amendments. To which are prefixed, the Declaration of Independence, and Washington's Farewell Address to the Citizens of the United States. Charlestown, (Ms.) printed and published by Solomon B. Braga. 1812. 294 pp. 12°: Washington's Farewell Address, pp. 7-21. WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address, to the People of the United States. Pub- lished for the Washington Benevolent Society. Hudson: published by William E. Norman. 1813. 47 pp. 12°. WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States. To- gether with the Constitution of the United States, with all the Amendments. To which is added, the Declaration of Independence. Worcester, Mass. Printed by Isaac Sturtevant. 181 3. 76 pp. Por- trait (Baker, 331). 16°. WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States. Pub- lished for the Washington Benevolent Society. Hartford : printed by Hale & Hosmer. 1813. 64 pp. Portrait (Baker, 308). 12°. {In Clark, Jonathan. Life of General Washington, pp. 99-143. Albany, 1813.) 336 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The CONSTITUTION of the United States, together with Washington's Farewell Address. Philadelphia : printed at the Office of the United States Gazette, for the Washington Benevolent Society for the County of Washington, Ohio. 1815. 54 pp. Portrait. 12 . POLITICAL Hand Book ; containing Washington's Farewell Address, the Con- stitution of the United States, and the Constitution of Maryland. Baltimore : printed for the public benefit. 1815. 115 pp. 18 . (In The Speeches, Addresses, and Messages of the several Presidents of the United States, pp. 94-115- Philadelphia, 1825.) WASHINGTON'S Valedictory Address to the People of the United States, pub- lished in September, A. D. 1796. Printed in pursuance of a Resolution of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, adopted on the 24th of Feb- ruary, A. D. 1834. Harrisburg : printed by Henry Welsh. 1834. 14 pp. 8°. Printed in pursuance of a Resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, adopted February 21, 1838. Harrisburg : Thompson & Clark, printers. 1838. 16 pp. 8°. Same. Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. Harrisburg: Holbrook, Henlock & Brattan, printers. 1840. 16 pp. 8°. Same. Harrisburg: J. M. G. Lescure, printer to the state. 1846. 13 pp. 8°. Same. Harrisburg: A. Boyd Hamilton, state printer. 1856. 12 pp. 8°. (/« The Native American, pp. 13-53. Philadelphia, 1845.) (In Williams, E. The Addresses and Messages of the Presidents, vol. 1, pp. 69-78. New York, 1846.) WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America. New York, 1850. (12), 55, (1), xlix pp. 3 Portraits (1 in- serted). F°. Edited with a preface by James Lenox. Only 54 copies were printed of the folio edi- tion. Inscribed " Presented to the Athenaeum Library of Boston, Massachusetts, by James Lenox, New York, May, 1850." An interesting note concerning the edition is given in Stevens's " Recollections of James Lenox." The text of the address is printed from Washington's manuscript, which is entirely in the autograph of Washington. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 337 The Appendix contains : Statement of Mr. Claypoole in regard to the first publication of the Address ; Report made by William Rawle, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Dec. 16, 1825 ; Letter from Chief Justice Jay to Richard Peters, in regard to the authorship of the Address ; Paper on the authorship, by Jared Sparks ; Notice respecting the two Por- traits accompanying this Volume. POOLE'S statistical View of the executive and legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, 1851. To which is added the Farewell Address of Gen. Washington, September 17th, 1796. Fifth Series. Boston: printed by Wier & White. 185 1. 22 pp. 8°. The Farewell Address occupies pp. 15-22. FAREWELL Address of George Washington to the People of the United States of America, September 17, 1796. With a German translation, by F. W. Bogen, Pastor of the German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Boston. New- York: Daniel Fanshaw. Boston: F. W. Bogen. 1852. 71pp. 16 . Has a title-page in German, and the English and German text are printed on opposite pages. (In Washington's Birthday. Congressional Banquet at Washington, in honor of George Washington, February 22, 1852. Reprinted, as reported and published by William Hincks and F. H. Smith, pp. 4-11. Boston, 1852.) The DECLARATION of Independence, Constitution of the United States, General Washington's Orders on the Cessation of Hostilities, and his Fare- well Address. Illustrated with Portraits of Washington and Jefferson. New York: Thomas Frere, publisher. [1854.] 52 pp. 8°. FAREWELL Address to the People of the United States, embellished with arabesque designs and illuminations. Philadelphia, [1858]. Broadside. (In Irving, Washington. Life of George Washington, vol. 5, pp. 332-35 1. New York, 1859.) Also in subsequent editions. WASHINGTON'S original or preparatory Draught of a Farewell Address ; Fare- well Address from an autograph Copy ; Farewell Address from Sparks's Edi- tion of The Writings of Washington. (In Binney, H. An Inquiry into the Formation of Washington's Farewell Address, pp. 177-182, 209-250. Philadelphia, 1859.) 338 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address. Delivered September 17th, 1796. New York : D. Appleton and Company. 1861. 24 pp. 8°. FAREWELL Address. Worcester, 1861. Broadside. CONSTITUTION des Etats-Unis suivie de Conseils de Washington au peuple Americain. Paris : E. Dentu. 1862. 32 pp. 8°. Brief extracts from the Farewell-Address. WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address; the Proclamation of Jackson against Nullification; and the Declaration of Independence. Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. Washington: Government printing Office. 1862. 30 pp. 8°. r4 pp. {In Grand and imposing Celebration of the 2 2d of February, 1864, in Commemoration of George Washington, by the Students of Eastman National business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. [Poughkeepsie, 1864.]) {In Moore, Frank. American Eloquence, vol. 1, pp. 254-261. New York, 1864.) {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 108-143. New York, 1865.) {In [Frost, J.] An illustrated History of Washington and his Times. Edited by William Hutchinson, pp. 613-626. Norwich, Conn., 1868.) The DECLARATION of Independence of the United States of America, 1776 ; and Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796. Boston: printed by Order of the City Council. 1876. 57 pp. Plate. 4°. WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address. Original Draft by Hamilton. {In Hamilton, A. Works. Edited by H. C. Lodge, vol. 7, pp. 143-169. New York, 1886.) WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address to the People of the United States. Boston, 1896 (?) 16 pp. 16 . (Old South Leaflets. General Series, no. 4.) WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address. No Imprint. Engraved Broadside. With portrait after Stuart, by G. Fairman. WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. 339 1 6. WILL. In addition to the titles given in this list, the Will is to be found in the following col- lected works, the titles and contents of which are given on pages 274-287 of this Catalogue : Legacies of Washington, 1800, pp. 130-161 ; Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington, vol. 1, pp. 569-586; Upham's Life of Washington, vol. 2, pp. 368-387 ; Ford's edition, vol. 14, pp. 271-308. The WILL of Gen. George Washington, to which is annexed a Schedule of his Property, directed to be sold. Stonington-Port, (Connecticut), printed at the press of S. Trumbull, for Peter Crary. February, 1800. Copied from the 1st Edition, printed at Alexandria, from the Record of the County Court of Fairfax. 35 pp. 12 . GENERAL WASHINGTON'S Will. [Philadelphia:] Printed by Freneau & Paine. [1800.] 16 pp. 8.°. The LAST WILL and Testament of George Washington. Worcester : printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun., February, 1800. 23 pp. 8°. The LAST WILL and Testament of Gen. George Washington. Boston: printed for John Russell and Manning & Loring. Feb., 1800. 24 pp. 8°. The LAST WILL and Testament of General George Washington. With a Schedule of his Property directed to be sold. Philadelphia : printed by H. Maxwell. 1800. 26 pp. 8°. (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 247-298. Baltimore, 1800.) (In The Washingtoniana, appendix, pp. 37-59. Lancaster, 1802.) (In Irving, W. Life of George Washington, vol. 5, pp. 358-370. New York, 1859.) Also in subsequent editions. (In Lossing, B. J. The Home of Washington, pp. 413-419. New York, 1859O (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 347-399. New York, 1865.) AUTHENTICATED Copy of the last Will and Testament of George Washing- ton, Mt. Vernon, embracing a Schedule of his real estate and notes thereto 340 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. by the Testator. To which is added Historical Notes and biographical Sketches by the Publisher. A. Jackson, publisher, Washington, D. C, 1868; (6), 29, 4, 10, 15 pp. 8°. Wood-cut portrait of Washington on the title-page and on the cover. The ONLY authenticated Copy, full and complete, of the last Will and Testa- ment of George Washington, of Mt. Vernon, embracing a Schedule of his Real Estate and explanatory Notes thereto by the Testator. To which is added important historical Notes, biographical Sketches and Anecdotes. Second Edition, by W. H. Newton. [Wilmington, Del. : James & Webb, Printers. 1876.] 65 pp. 8°. WILLS of George Washington and his immediate Ancestors. Edited by Worth- ington Chauncey Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical printing Club. 189 1. 210 pp. Sm. 4 . Contents. — The Will of John Washington, great-grandfather of George Washington, 1675 i tne Will of Lawrence Washington (Emigrant), 1675; °f Lawrence Washington, grand- father of George Washington, 1698 ; of Augustine Washington, father of George Washing- ton, 1743; of Mary (Ball) Washington, mother of George Washington, 1788; Letters from George Washington, to Betty Lewis, 13 September, 12 Oct., 1789, to Col. Burges Ball and Charles Carter, jr., 18 Oct, 1789; Will of Lawrence Washington, half-brother of George Washington, 1752; Will of George Washington, 1799; Letter from George Washington to David Stuart, 15 Jan., 1788, describing his Western Lands; Will of Bushrod Washington, nephew of George Washington, 1826; Will of John Augustine Washington, nephew of Bushrod Washington ; Will of John Custis. Index. p>at* iv. WASHINGTONIANA. PAGE i. Biographies of Washington 341 2. Biographical Sketches and Essays . . . 358 3. Biographical Details : a. Itinerary, Headquarters, etc. . . 367 6. Public Service 370 e. Land Enterprises and Public Im- provements 376 d. Mount Vernon 377 e. Relics 379 /. Miscellaneous 381 4. Orations, Eulogies, and Proceedings at Anniversary Celebrations : a. Funeral Orations, and Observances of the Death of Washington . 384 PAGE b. Birthday Commemorations, etc. . 423 c. Anniversaries of Inauguration . . 444 5. Poetry and Fiction 447 6. Monuments 451 7. Portraits and Medals 454 8. The Washington Family ....... 461 9. Bibliography; Washington's Writings and Library : a. Bibliography 466 b. Washington's Writings .... 466 c. Library and Papers 468 d. Catalogues of Washingtoniana . . 469 i. BIOGRAPHIES. BANCROFT, Aaron. An Essay on the Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army, through the Revolutionary War ; and the First President of the United States. By Aaron Bancroft, A.A.S. Pastor of a Congregational Church in Worcester. Worcester : printed by Thomas & Sturtevant, sold by Thomas and An- drews, I. Thomas and I. Thomas, Jun. October, 1807. (4), vii, (1), 552 pp. Portrait (Baker, 212). 8°. Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Army through the Revolutionary War, and the first President of the United States. By Aaron Bancroft, A.A.S. Pastor of a Congregational Church in Worcester. London: printed for John Stockdale. 1808. xii, 560pp. Colored Por- trait inserted. 8°. Reprint of the above. 34 2 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. BANCROFT* Aaron. The Life of George Washington. ... By Aaron Bancroft, Pastor of a Congregational Church in Worcester. In two Volumes. Stereotyped by T. H. Carter & Co. Boston. Boston: published by T. Bedlington. 2 vols. Vol. I. 1825, 223 pp. Portrait (Baker, 226). Vol. II. 1826, 218 pp. Plate. Engraved title- pages. 12°. Same. Boston: published by Lewis & Sampson. 1844. 2 vols. Vol. I. 223 pp. Vol. II. 218 pp. 12". A reissue of the 1826 edition without the portrait or engraved titles. Same. Two volumes in one. Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Co. 1852. Portrait. Woodcut. 12°. BROWN, Emma E. Young Folks' Life of Washington. By E. E. Brown. Boston : D. Lothrop Company. [1883.] 377 pp. Woodcuts. Portrait on wood after Stuart. 12 . CECIL, E. Life of George Washington. Written for Children. By E. Cecil. Boston : Crosby, Nichols, and Company. 1859. (4), 258 pp. Wood- cuts. 16°. CLARK, Jonathan.' Life of General Washington, late President of the United States ; together with his Farewel Address, and A Short Account of the American Revolu- tionary War. By Jona. Clark. Albany: printed by Packard & Van Benthuysen. 1813. 143, (1) pp. Portrait after Wright (woodcut). 12°. CONDIE, Thomas. Memoirs of George Washington, Esq., late President of the United States, with a good likeness, engraved from an original painting, taken at the close of the war. {In The Philadelphia monthly Magazine, 1798, vol. 1, pp. 7-20; 65-71 ; 121-127; 241-249; 297-308.) Biographical Memoirs of the illustrious Gen. George Washington, late President of the United States of America, &c. &c. Containing a History of the Principal Events of his Life, with Extracts from his Journals, Speeches to WASHINGTONIANA. 343 Congress, and Public Addresses. Also a Sketch of his private Life. Fourth Edition. Brattleborough : printed by William Fessenden. 181 1. 211pp. Por- trait on wood. 16°. Same. Brattleborough: published by William Fessenden. 18 14. 287 pp. 12°. [ ] Same. To which is added, An Oration upon his Death, by the Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, President of the College of New Jersey. A new Edition, improved. Trenton: printed and published by James Oram. 181 1." 143 pp. Woodcut. 12 . Memoirs of Gen. George Washington, First President of the United States of America. A new Edition, with Corrections and Additions. Hartford : published by W. S. Marsh. 1813. 98 pp. 16 . CORRY, John. The Life of George Washington, . . . Including the Declaration of In- dependence, and the Constitution of the United States. By John Corry. First American Edition, from the second London Edition, with Corrections, Additions and Improvements. New York: printed by, and for John Low, 1807. 349, vii. pp. Portrait (Baker, 327). 12 . With the additions and changes in the edition, it is said that very little of Corry's work remains, but enough to prevent the attribution of it to him on the title-page from being a complete misstatement. This is not the First American edition, as one appeared at Balti- more in 1801. The compilations published under Corry's name are very numerous and of great variety of text. The distinctive features of the various editions are pointed out by Baker in his Bibliotheca Washingtoniana. The Life of George Washington, interspersed with biographical Anec- dotes of the most eminent Men who effected the American Revolution. By John Corry. New- York : printed and published by Walter W. Hyer. 1807. 216 pp. Portrait. 12 . [ ] Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington, late President of the United States of America, and Commander in Chief of their Armies, during the Revolutionary War. Dedicated to the Youth of America. From Sidney's Press, for I. Cooke & Co. N. Haven : 1809. 144 pp. Portrait after Stuart. Woodcuts. 12 . 344 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [ ] Same. Same Imprint. 1811. 144 pp. Portrait. Woodcut on title- page. 12°. r ] Life of General George Washington, . . . Dedicated to the Youth of America. Poughkeepsie : printed by Paraclete Potter. 181 2. 143 pp.' 24°. Lacks portrait. [" ] Biographical Memoirs of the late Illustrious General George Wash- ington. . . . Barnard, Vt. Published by Joseph Dix. 1813. I. H. Carpenter, printer. 160 pp. Portrait, (Baker, 308). 24 . [ ] Life of George Washington. Dedicated to the Youth of America. Bridgeport : printed and sold by Lambert Lockwood. 1815. 107,(1) pp. 24°. A reprint with some omissions of " Biographical Memoirs," New Haven, 1809. CUSTIS, George Washington Parke. Recollections and private Memoirs of Washington, by his adopted Son, George Washington Parke Custis, with a Memoir of the Author, by his Daughter, and illustrative and explanatory Notes, by Benson J. Lossing. With Illustrations. New York: published by Derby & Jackson, i860. 644 pp. Portraits. 2 sheets of fac-similes. 8°. The Portraits are of Custis, Washington (Baker, 4), and Eleanor Parke (Custis) Lewis. DRAGOUMES, Nikolas. Bios r. OiacriyKiwos, fieTapa.(r6th e* tov 'AyyXmov vtto N. Apayovfir). 'Ev 'A6rjvai (0. 45-562 pp. Plates. 8°. The Portrait of Martha Washington which appeared with No. 2 is missing. Consists of the monthly numbers as issued in covers. The Life of George Washington. By Jared Sparks. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1852. xix, (1), 562 pp. Por- trait (Baker, 27). 8°. This is a revised edition of the Life published as the first volume of Sparks's edition of the Writings of Washington. The additions consist of numerous foot-notes, and the inser- tion of the " Rules of Behavior," notes on Washington's expenses while Commander-in- Chief, the " Religious opinions and habits of Washington," and on the authorship of the Farewell Address. Same. Two Volumes in One, abridged by the Author. Auburn: Derby & Miller. 1851. Vol. I. ix, (1), 330 pp. Portrait after Houdon, (Baker, 107). Vol. II. viii, 344 pp. 12 . Same. Authorized Edition. Dessau: Katz Brothers. 1855. xii, 371 pp. 16 . Forms vol. ix. of " Standard American Authors," published under the superintendence of Dr. Karl Elze. — Vie, correspondance et ecrits de Washington. Publies d'apres l'edition am^ricaine et pr6c6d£s d'une introduction sur l'influence et le caractere de Washington dans la revolution des Etats-Unis d' Amerique ; par M. Guizot. Paris : Librairie de Charles Gosselin. mdcccxxxx. 6 vols. 8°. Vols. I, 2 contain a translation from Sparks's Life of Washington. — Leben und Briefwechsel Georg Washingtons. Nach dem Englischen des Jared Sparks im Ausziige bearbeitet. Herausgegeben von Friedrich von Raumer. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1839. 2 vols. 8°. Vol. I. contains a translation of Sparks's Life of Washington. Full descriptions of the last two titles will be found on page 284 of this Catalogue. 356 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. SPARKS, Jared. Illustrations of the principal Events in the Life of Washington. To be completed in twelve numbers, each embellished with four highly finished Engravings. From original Paintings by the most eminent Artists. No. I. Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston : published by Charles Thomas and Company. [1842.] 2 plates. Engraved title-page. 4 . Portrait of Washington from the Stuart painting in the Boston Athenaeum, engraved by Joseph Andrews. TOWNSEND, Virginia Frances. Life of Washington. By Virginia F. Townsend. Illustrated. New York: Worthington Co. 1887. 267 pp. Portrait after Stuart. 16 . UPHAM, Charles Wentworth: The Life of General Washington, first President of the United States, written by Himself, comprising his Memoirs and Correspondence, as pre- pared by him for Publication, including several Letters now first printed. Edited by the Rev. C. W. Upham, of Boston, U. S. In two Volumes. London : George Willis, mdcccli. 2 vols. Vol. I. 443 pp. Portrait. Vol. II. 425 pp. 8°. The engraved title-pages, and the portrait of Franklin belonging in vol. ii. are missing. Same. London : Office of the National illustrated Library, mdccclii. 2 vols. Vol. I. 443 pp. Portrait. Vol. II. 423 pp. Portrait of Franklin. Engraved title-pages. 8°. Two copies, one of which is extra-illustrated. VENEDEY, Jacob. Georg Washington. Ein Lebensbild. Von J. Venedey. Freiburg im Breisgau. Friedrich Wagner' sche Buchhandlung. 1861. (2), 223 pp. 16 . WEEMS, Mason Locke. A History, of the Life and Dea,th, Virtues, and Exploits of General George Washington : dedicated to Mrs. Washington ; and containing a great many curious and valuable Anecdotes, tending to throw much light on the private as well as public life and character of that very extraordinary Man : the whole happily calculated to furnish a Feast of true Washingtonian Enter- tainment and Improvement, both to ourselves and our children. WASHINGTONIANA. 357 Printed for the Rev. M. L. Weems, of Lodge No. 50, Dumfries. By Green and English. Georgetown. [1800.] (4), 80 pp. 8°. Inscribed on the title-page : " For the Honble Bushrod Washington." WEEMS, Mason Locke. A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits, of General George Washington. Faithfully taken from authentic Documents, and now in a third Edition, improved, respectfully offered to the perusal of his Country- men ; as also of all others who wish to see human nature in its most finished form. By the Rev. M. L. Weems, of Lodge No. 50, Dumfries. Elizabeth-Town: printed by Shepard Kollock, for the Author. [1800.] 61 pp. Portrait after Stuart, (Baker, 340). 8°. A reprint in smaller type of the third edition of Philadelphia, 1800. The Life of George Washington ; with curious Anecdotes, equally honor- able to Himself, and exemplary to his Young Countrymen. Tenth Edition, greatly improved. Embellished with eight Engravings. By NL L. Weems, formerly Rector of Mount- Vernon Parish. Philadelphia: printed by Matthew Carey. 18 14. 228 pp. Portrait. 12 . Same. Twelfth Edition. Greatly improved. Embellished with eight Engravings. Philadelphia : printed by Matthew Carey. 1814. 228 pp. Frontispiece. Portrait. 12 . , Same. Twenty-ninth Edition. Greatly improved. Embellished with eight Engravings. Frankford near Philadelphia : Published by Joseph Allen. 1826. 228 pp. Portrait. 12 . Same. Embellished with six Engravings. Philadelphia : published by Joseph Allen, and sold by Grigg & Elliott. 1833. 228 pp. Portrait. 12 . — Same. Same Imprint. 1837. 228 pp. Portrait. 12° WITT, CORNELIS DE. Histoire de Washington et de la fondation de la R^publique des Etats- Unis. Par Cornelis de Witt. Precede" d'une Etude historique sur Washing- ton. Par M. Guizot. Paris: Didier, Libraire-editeur. 1855. civ, 491 pp. Portrait (Baker, 229). Map. 8°. 358 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Same. Septieme Edition. Paris : Librairie Academique. Didier et Cie. 1876. civ, 464 pp. Map. Sm. 8°. 2. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ESSAYS. BAKER, William Spohn. Character Portraits of Washington as delineated by Historians, Orators and Divines, selected and arranged in chronological Order with biographical Notes and References. By W. S. Baker. Philadelphia : Robert M. Lindsay. 1887. 351pp. Frontispiece. 4°. Edition 350 copies. Early Sketches of George Washington. Reprinted with biographical and historical Notes. By William S. Baker. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company, mdcccxciv. 150 pp. Por- trait after Rembrandt Peale. 4 . Consists of the following articles upon Washington : George Mercer, 1760; Anonymous, 1775 ; Jonathan Boucher, 1776; Bennet Allen, 1776; Anonymous, 1777; An Old Soldier, 1778; Anonymous, 1779; John Bell, 1779; Anonymous, 1780; John F. D. Smith, 1784; Thomas Jones, 1785; Jedidiah Morse, 1789; David Ramsay, 1789; Samuel Stearns, 1791 ; James Hardie, 1795. , AMPERE, Jean Jacques. Washington. (In Revue des deux mondes, 1885, 2 e s6r., vol. 11, pp. 630-643.) BAILEY, Rufus William. [Sketch of the Character of Washington.] (In The Patriarch, 1841, vol. 1, pp. 49-64.) BALDWIN, M. M. Washington and William the Silent : a parallel. (In Magazine of American history, 1889, vol. 22, pp. 41-48.) [BELL, John.] A Sketch of Washington's Life and Character. Maryland, May 3, 1779. (In [Wharton, C. H.] A Poetical Epistle to his Excellency George Washington, pp. 14-24. Annapolis, printed 1779; London, reprinted, 1780.) Also printed in other editions of Wharton's poem. See titles of the same in the section " Poems " in this Catalogue. WASHINGTONIANA: BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS. 359 [ ] Same. (In The Massachusetts Magazine, 1791, vol. 3, pp. 139-143.) Portrait (Baker, 77). [ ] Memoirs of George Washington, Esq., Commander in Chief of the American Forces. (In New London County historical Society. Records and Papers, part v., volume i., pp. 43-49. New London, 1894.) Reprinted from the Universal Magazine. BROGLIE, Victor Claude, Prince de. A pen Portrait of Washington. Fragments from the Journal of Prince de Broglie. (In Magazine of American history, 1891, vol. 26, pp. 439-442.) " From a French paper of 1843," translated by Horatio King. CALDWELL, Charles. Character of General Washington. By Charles Caldwell, M. D. Philadelphia: printed at the Office of "The True American." 1801. 15 pp. 12°. CARSON, Hampton Lawrence. George Washington. With Portrait. (In his History of the Celebration of the one hundredth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution of the United States, vol. 1, pp. 139- 144. Philadelphia, 1889.) CLARK, Willis Gaylord. An Address on the Characters of Lafayette and Washington : pronounced before the Washington Society of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., on July 4, 1840. By Willis Gaylord Clark. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, printer. 1840. 24 pp. 8°. CLARKE, James Freeman. Washington and the Secret of his Influence. (In his Memorial and biographical Sketches, pp. 281-300. Boston, 1878.) COMBES, Francois. Washington et les Etats-Unis d'Amerique. (In his Les Liberateurs des Nations, pp. 442-463. Paris, 1874.) 360 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. DE COSTA, Benjamin Franklin. The traditional Washington vindicated. {In Magazine of American history, 1880, vol. 5, pp. 81-104.) DUYCKINCK, Evert Augustus. George Washington. With Portrait. {In his Portrait Gallery, vol. 1, pp. 123-138. New York, 1873.) ELSNER, Heinrich. Das Leben Washingtons. Portrait. {In his Befreiungskampf der nordamerikanischen Staaten, pp. 499-657. Stuttgart, 1835.) ENTERTAINING Anecdotes of George Washington ; exhibiting his Patriotism and Courage, Benevolence and Piety ; with other excellent Traits of Char- acter. * With Engravings. Boston: Carter, Hendee, and Co. 1833. 138 pp. 10 woodcuts in the text. Sq. 1 6°. Frontispiece lacking. Same. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, and Co. 1839. 138 pp. 10 woodcuts in the text. Sq. 16 . Portrait on wood after G. Stuart, engraved by Longacre, inserted in place of the frontis- piece. Same. New Edition. Boston : published by Otis Clapp. 1846. 140 pp. 10. woodcuts in the text. Frontispiece. Sq. 16 . ETOURNEAU, . Le general Washington et Madame la gene>ale Washington. Biographies par M. Etourneau. Orn6es de Portraits historiques graves sur acier. Paris, Bestel et Cie. i860, v, (1), 96 pp. Portraits. Sm. 8°. GIRARDIN, Saint-Marc. Washington. {In his Essais de litterature et de morale, vol. 1, pp. 269-309. Paris, 1876.) [GRISWOLD, Rufus Wilmot, editor^ Washington and the Generals of the American Revolution. Complete in two Volumes, with sixteen Portraits on Steel, from original Pictures. WASHINGTONIANA: BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS. 361 Philadelphia : published by Carey and Hart. 1847. Vol. I. xii, 324 pp. Vol. II. 336 pp. 1 6°. The Sketch of Washington occupies pp. 1-60 of vol. 1. The work was edited by Griswold, with the assistance of William Gilmore Simms, E. D. Ingraham, and others. The Washing- ton Sketch is usually attributed to Griswold, but Baker says that it has, with some show of probability, been ascribed to Horace Binney Wallace. HAYDEN, Sidney. Washington and his Masonic Compeers. By Sidney Hayden, Past Master of Rural Amity Lodge No. 70, Pennsylvania. Illustrated with a copy of a Masonic Portrait of Washington, painted from life, never before published, with numerous other Engravings. Second Edition. New- York : Masonic publishing and manufacturing Co. 1866. 407 pp. Portraits. Woodcuts in the text. 8°. Pp. 1-208 are devoted to a biographical sketch of Washington. HEADLEY, Joel Tyler. Washington and his Generals. By J. T. Headley. New York: Baker and Scribner. 1847. 2 vols. Vol. I. 348 pp. Por- traits. Vol. II. 372 pp. Portraits. 12°. "George Washington," vol. 1, pp. 15-91. HOIT, T. W. The model Man : an Oration on Washington, in which he is compared with the Sages and Heroes of Antiquity ; together with an Analysis of his Character, and the Annunciation of him as the model Man. By T. W. Hoit, President of the Saint Louis Literary and Philosophical Association. St. Louis, Mo. : 1866. 46, (1) pp. 8°. JONES, Thomas. Biographical Sketch of George Washington. [1785.] {In his History of New York during the Revolutionary War, vol. 2, pp. 344-349. New York, 1879.) JUDSON, L. Carroll. George Washington. (In his A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and of Washington, pp. 292-303. Philadelphia, 1839.) KAPP, Friedrich. George Washington. {In Historical magazine, 1867, 2d series, vol. 1, pp. 164-166.) ■ George Washington. (In his Aus und iiber Amerika, vol. 1, pp. 3-36. Berlin, 1876.) 362 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. KIRKLAND, Caroline Matilda Stansbury. Washington. Illustrated. (In her Homes of American Statesmen, pp. 1-61. New York, i860.) LAMB, Martha Joanna Reade (Nash). George Washington. With illustrations and portraits including full-page reproduction of Stuart's portrait in the Lenox Library. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 19, pp. 97-113.) [LIEBER, Francis.] Washington and Napoleon. A Fragment. Two hundred Copies printed for the Metropolitan Fair, held in behalf of the Sanitary Commission, in the month of April. New York. 1864. 12 pp. Sq. 12 . Washington and Napoleon. (In his Miscellaneous Writings, vol. 1, pp. 413-441. Philadelphia, 1881.) LINCOLN, Robert W. George Washington. With woodcuts and portrait. (In his Lives of the Presidents of the United States, pp. 1-70. New York, 1836.) M'GUIRE, Edward Charles. The religious Opinions and Character of Washington. By E. C. M'Guire. Second Edition. New York : Harper & Brothers. 1847. 414 pp. 12 ." MACKAY, Charles. Washington. (In his The Founders of the American Republic, pp. 1-142. Edinburgh and London, 1885.) MALDEN, Henry. Life of Washington. (In his Distinguished Men of modern Times, vol. 4, pp. 83-96. London, 1838.) MORSE, Jedidiah. Sketch of the Life of General Washington. (In his The American Geography, pp. 127-132. Elizabethtown, 1789.) WASHINGTONIANA : BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS. 363 Same. {In The Massachusetts Magazine, 1789, vol. 1, pp. 286-296.) A reprint of the above with the omission of the last three paragraphs. — — Biographical Sketch of George Washington. 26 pp. {Appended to Proceedings of the Town of Charlestown, on the Death of George Washington. Charlestown, 1800.) " The Sketch, which occupies twenty-six separate pages of the pamphlet, is fuller in detail and more complete than the previous one by the same writer in the ' American Geography,' although much of the original phraseology is retained. In furnishing some additional matter and facts, Dr. Morse cites as authority the letter by John Bell, Esq., of Maryland, as published in the Massachusetts magazine, for March, 1791." — Baker. Same. {In Memory of Washington, pp. 13-48. Newport, R. I., 1800.) Same. {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 7-32. Baltimore, 1800.) Same. {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 10-45. New York, 1865.) MYERS, Frederick. George Washington. {In his Lectures on great Men, pp. 434-472. London, 1856.) A NATION'S MANHOOD j or, Stories of Washington and the American War of Independence. By the Author of "Sunlight through the Mist," etc. With Illustrations. London: John F. Shaw and Co. 1861. viii, 358 pp. 4 woodcuts. 12 . NOTT, Samuel, Jr. A Discourse on the Death of President Harrison, delivered at Wareham, May 14, 1841. With an Appendix, on the Principles and Character of Washington. By Samuel Nott, Jr. Boston: published by Whipple & Damrell. . . . 1841. 48 pp. 12 . Cover title " Lessons of Piety and Patriotism, from Harrison and Washington." PARKER, Theodore. Washington. {In his Historic Americans, pp. 73-146. Boston, 1870.) PARTON, James. The traditional and the real Washington. With medallion portrait. {In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pp. 465-489.) PERRY, Benjamin Franklin. George Washington. {In his Biographical Sketches of American Statesmen, pp. 297-307. Philadelphia, 1887.) 364 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. The PHILADELPHIA monthly magazine, or, Universal Repository of Know- ledge and Entertainment. Volume first, for 1798. Philadelphia: printed for Thomas Condie. [1798.] 358, 55, (1) pp. Portrait of Washington. Plates. 8°. Pp. 7-20; 65-71; 121-127; 241-249; 297-308 contain " Memoir of George Washington, Esq., late President of the United States, compiled by Thomas Condie." POTTER, Eliphalet Nott. Washington as a Model in his Library and Life. By Rev. Eliphalet Nott Potter, D.D. . . . New York : E. & J. B. Young & Co. [1895.] xiv, (2), 220 pp. Por- trait of Potter. 1 6°. QUENARD, Philippe. Washington, Commandant-General des Etats Unis, et President du Con- gres. 2 pp. With Portrait. {In his Portraits des personnages celebres de la Revolution, vol. 1. Paris, 1796.) REIMANN, Eduard. Die Anfange Washingtons. Von Dr. Ed. Reimann. {In Historische Zeitschrift, i860, vol. 4, pp. 70-89.) REMUSAT, Charles de. Vie, correspondance et ecrits de Washington. (In Revue des deux mondes, 1840, 4 e ser. vol. 21, pp. 1-28.) ROBIN, Claude C. A Frenchman's Estimate of Washington in 1781. With a woodcut of a Portrait by J. Hillier, jr. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 20, pp. 137-139.) RUSH, Richard. Washington in domestic life. From original Letters and Manuscripts. By Richard Rush. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1857. 85 pp. 8°. SLAUGHTER, Philip. Christianity the Key to the Character and Career of Washington. A Dis- course delivered before the Ladies of the Mt. Vernon Association of the Union, at Pohick Church, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia, on the thirtieth day of May, 1886. [Second edition.] By Philip Slaughter, D.D., Historiographer of the Diocese of Virginia. New York : Thomas Whittaker. [1886.] 48 pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA: BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS. 365 TOWNSEND, Virginia Frances. George Washington. With Portrait. (Jn her Our Presidents, or the Lives of the twenty-three Presidents of the United States, pp. 1-23. New York, 1889.) TRELAWNY, Edward John. Tribute to the Memory of Washington, by the Poet Shelley. (In Magazine of American history, 1889, vol. 21, pp. 426-427.) TUCKERMAN, Henry Theodore. The Character and Portraits of Washington. By Henry Tuckerman. New York: G.P.Putnam. 1859. 104 pp. 10 portraits. 2 plates. 4 . Only 1 56 copies printed. Portraits, Baker, 8, n, 98, 166, 101, 381, 144, 238, 237, 176. The " Character of Washington " was first published in the North American Review and later included in Tuckerman's " Essays, biographical and critical," Boston, 1857. TYNG, Stephen Harrison. Washington, an exemplification of the Principles of Free Masonry : an Oration delivered in the Metropolitan Hall, in the City of New York, Nov. 4, A. L. 5852, at the centennial Commemoration of the Initiation of George Washington into the Order of Free and Accepted Masons. By Stephen H. Tyng, D.D. Together with an Account of the Proceedings. Published by order of the M. W. Grand Lodge. New- York : printed by Robert Macoy. 1852. 31pp. 8°. VERNON, Merle. Washington : the Soldier and the Christian. Dedicated to the Officers and Soldiers of the United States Army By Merle Vernon. Published by the Military Post Library Association, New York. [186-?] 60 pp. 32 . WATSON, John Francis. Notes on the private Character of General Washington. (In Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Collections, vok 1, pp. 137-143. Philadelphia, 1853.) . Same. (In Historical Magazine, 1864, vol. 8, pp. 98-101.) WILLIAMS, J. M. Biographical Outline of Gen. George Washington. (In Legacies of Washington, pp. 87-117. Trenton, 1800.) Same. (In Washington's Political Legacies, pp. 146-191. Boston, 1800.) 366. WASHINGTON COLLECTION. WILSON, James Grant. General Washington. With Portrait after Houdon. {In his Sketches of illustrious Soldiers, pp. 305-326. New York, 1874.) WILSON, Thomas. General George Washington. Portrait after Stuart. {In his The Biography of the principal American military and naval Heroes, vol. 1, pp. 209-277. New York, 181 7.) Based on the abridgment of Corry in the " American Nepos." WINTHROP, Robert Charles. George Washington. With Portrait. {In Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, pp. 373-382. New York, 1889.) ' Washington, Bowdoin, and Franklin, as portrayed in occasional Addresses : by Robert C. Winthrop. With a few brief Pieces on kindred Topics, and with Notes and Illustrations. Boston : Little, Brown, and Company. 1876. 186 pp. Facsimile of letter from Lamartine to Winthrop. 5 facsimiles of MSS. Plate with view of Washington monument. 8° . Pp. 9-28 contain the Oration on the laying of the Corner-Stone of the National Monu- ment to Washington, July 4, 1848. The other addresses on Washington are : Washington's Doubts, from a Speech in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, March 26, 1838; Washington's Pre-eminence, from an Oration before the New England Society of New York, December 23, 1839; Washington at the Siege of Boston, from an Address at Brookline, February 22, 1873; President Washington in Boston, 1789, from an Address at the Opening of the first Musical Festival in Boston, May 21, 1857. WOODWARD, Thomas. Life of Washington. {In his The Columbian Plutarch, pp. 157-216. Philadelphia, 1819.) WYATT, Thomas. Gen. George Washington. Plate of Washington Medals. {In his Memoirs of the Generals, Commodores, and other Commanders who distinguished themselves in the American Army and Navy during the Wars of the Revolution and 181 2, pp. 9-16. Philadelphia, 1848.) WASHINGTONIANA: ITINERARY, ETC. 367 3. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS. a. Itinerary, Headquarters, etc. ALLEN, Irving. President Washington in Boston. (In New England Magazine, 1894, new series, vol. 9, pp. 688-691.) BAKER, William Spohn. Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to Dec. 23, 1783. By William S. Baker. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott Company. 1892. (4), 334 pp. Portrait after C. W. Peale. 8°. Reprinted from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 14, pp. m-142, 253-280, 335-363; vol. 15, pp. 41-87, 143-190, 291-320, 394-428. Washington after the Revolution, 1 784-1799. [Itinerary.] (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1894-96, vol. 18, pp. 389-418 ; vol. 19, pp. 22-50, 307-339, 428-459 ; vol. 20, pp. 41-76, 176-203, 334-3 6 9-) To be continued. Thus far brought down to 1793. BEAN, Theodore W. Washington at Valley Forge, one hundred years ago ; or, the Footprints of the Revolution. By Theo. W. Bean. Norristown, Pa. : printed by Charles P. Shreiner. 1876. 63 pp. 6 maps. 8°. BUCK, William J. Washington's Encampment on the Neshaminy. (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1877, vol. 1, pp. 275-284.) CAMPBELL, Charles A. Robinson's house in the Hudson Highlands, the headquarters of Wash- ington. Illustrated. (In Magazine of American history, 1880, vol. 4, pp. 109-117.) Smith's house at Haverstraw, N. Y., Washington's headquarters. Illus- trated. (In Magazine of American History, 1880, vol. 5, pp. 21-33.) CARRINGTON, Henry Beebee. Valley Forge. Illustrated. (In Magazine of American History, 1882, vol. 8, pp. n 2-1 16.) 368 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. COLEMAN, Charles Washington, Jr. The Wythe House, Williamsburg, Virginia, Washington's headquarters. Illustrated. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 7, pp. 270-275.) CONWAY, Moncure ,Daniel. New York as the Federal Capital, and during Washington's first Term, 1 789-1 793. Map. Illustrations in the text. Folded plate with portrait of Washington surrounded with historic and patriotic emblems. (In Wilson, J. G., editor. Memorial history of the City of New York, vol. 3, pp. 45-86. New York, 1893.) DAVIS, W. W. H. Washington on the West Bank of the Delaware, 1776. Read before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, January 12, 1880. (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1880, vol. 4, pp. 133-163O DEANE, Charles. General Washington's headquarters in Cambridge. A Paper read before the Massachusetts Historical Society in September, 1872. By Charles Deane. Fifty copies reprinted from the Proceedings. Boston: Press of John Wilson and Son. 1873. 9 pp. Woodcut in the text. 8°. EAGER, J. M. Spot where Washington delivered his Newburgh address. (In Historical magazine, 1863, vol. 7, pp. 351-352.) HARRISON, Constance Cary. Washington in New York in 1789. Illustrated. Portraits. (In The Century Magazine, 1889, new series, vol. 15, pp. 850-859.) HAVEN, Charles C. Thirty Days in New Jersey, ninety years ago : an Essay revealing new Facts in connection with Washington and his Army in 1776 and 1777, by C. C. Haven. Trenton: printed at the "State Gazette" Office, January, 1867. 72 pp. 8°. HEADLEY, Joel Tyler. Reasons for the Centennial at Washington's headquarters, Newburgh, N. Y. Prepared by J. T. Headley. At the request of the Trustees. WASHINGTONIANA: ITINERARY, ETC. 369 Newburgh, N. Y. : Journal book and job printing establishment. 1881. 16 pp. Woodcuts. 8°. Title on cover "Newburgh 1783-1883 Centennial." LAMB, Martha Joanna Nash (Reade.) Washington's historic luncheon in Elizabeth (New Jersey) . The Homes of Elias Boudinot and Governor Livingston. Illustrated. (In Magazine of American history, 1889, vol. 21, pp. 361-380.) MANGUM, A. W. Visit of General George Washington to Salisbury, North Carolina. (In Historical magazine, 1874, 3d series, vol. 3, pp. 30-31.) NELSON, William. Washington's headquarters at Preakness. With Illustration and map. (In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pt. 2, pp. 490-495.) RAYMOND, Marcus D. Washington at Tarrytown. (In Magazine of American history, 1891, vol. 25, pp. 247-249.) SMITH, Wilson Cary. The Miller house, Washington's headquarters at the White Plains Illustrated. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 7, pp. 108-118.) The Roger Morris house, Washington's headquarters on Harlem Heights. With illustration and fac-simile. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 6, pp. 89-104.) STEVENS, John Austin. The De Wint House at Tappan, N. Y., Washington's headquarters. Illustrated. (In Magazine of American history, 1880, vol. 5, pp. 105-112.) Houses visited by Washington. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 6, pp. 150-152.) Itinerary of General Washington, 15 June, 1775 to 23 December, 1783. (In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pp. 152-157.) Washington's headquarters at Pompton. With a view of the house. (In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pp. 89-90.) Washington's headquarters during the Revolution. (In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pp. 157-160.) Washington's headquarters during the Revolution. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 6, pp. 147-150). 24 370 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. STRYKER, William Scudder. Washington's reception by the People of New Jersey in 1789. By William S. Stryker, Adjutant General of New Jersey. Printed for private distribution. Trenton, N. J. : Naar, Day & Naar, book and job printers. 1882. 22 pp. 8°. SUMNER, William Hyslop. Some Recollections of Washington's Visit to Boston. By William H. Sumner. Reprinted from the New England historical and genealogical Register, for April, i860. [Boston, i860.] 8 pp. 8°. TUTTLE, Joseph Farrand. Washington, in Morris County, New Jersey. {In Historical magazine, 1871, 2d series, vol. 9, pp. 349-378.) WASHINGTON at Valley Forge, together with the Duche Correspondence. Published by J. M. Butler, Philadelphia. [Cop. 1858.] 91 pp. 3 plates. Portraits: Washington and the Duch6 Letter, Jacob Duch^. 12 . WASHINGTON'S farewell to his Officers at Fraunces Tavern, New York, 4th December, 1 783. From contemporaneous accounts. With steel engraved view of the house and sketch of the interior. (In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pp. 150-152.) WHARTON, Anne Hollingsworth. Washington's New York residence in 1789. {In Lippincott's monthly magazine, 1889, vol. 43, pp. 741-745.) b. Public Service. ADAMS, Charles Francis. Remarks on the Appointment of Washington to the Command of the Army. .{In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 4, pp. 68-75. Boston, i860.) AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. The Relations between Hamilton and Washington. Report of the Council, October 22, 1883. Worcester, Mass. : printed by Charles Hamilton, 1884. 15 pp. 8°. The report was written by George Bancroft. WASHINGTONIANA: PUBLIC SERVICE. 37 1 [BARBE DE MARBOIS, FRANgois, Marquis de.'] Complot d'Arnold et de Sir Henry Clinton contre les Etats-Unis d'Amerique et contre le General Washington. Septembre 1780. Orne de deux por- traits et d'une carte. Chez P. Didot l'aine, imprimeur du roi. A Paris, m,dccc,xvi. (21), xliv, 184 pp. 8°. The portraits are of Arnold and of Washington, engraved by Adam after Du Simitiere. BARTON, R. T. The first Election of Washington to the House of Burgesses. A Paper read before the Virginia historical Society, December 22, 1891. By R. T. Barton, Winchester, Va. {In Virginia historical Society. Collections, new series, vol. 11, pp. 113- 125. Richmond, 1892.) CHAPMAN, T. J. Washington's first public service. [The expedition of 1753.] {In Magazine of American history, 1885, vol. 14, pp. 249-256.) COMMISSION of George Washington as Lieutenant-General and Commander- in-Chief of all the Armies raised or to be raised for the Service of the United States. Philadelphia, 4 Jan., 1 798. A photograph of the' original. Washington, 1896. Broadside. The CONDUCT of Washington, compared with that of the present Administra- tion, in a Series of Letters and official Documents, with Notes. By a Friend of Truth, and of honorable Peace. Boston: True & Rowe, printers. 1813. 31pp. 8°. Also another Edition : FACTS and Documents, relating to the State of the Controversy between America and Great Britain ; and the Disposition of the two Cabinets to make Peace. Collected for the Use of the American People. By a Friend of Truth, and of honorable Peace. Boston: True and Rowe, printers. 1813. 31pp. 8°. CRAIG, Neville B. George Washington and Henry Bouquet. {In his The Olden Time, vol. 1, pp. 262-265. Pittsburgh, 1846. Re- printed, Cincinnati, 1876.) On the controversy between Washington and Bouquet as to the route to be taken in the advance 011 Fort Duquesne. 3;2 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. DANIEL, P. V. Jr. Historical errors corrected. [The Washington- Randolph episode.] (In Magazine of American history, 1885, vol. 13, pp. 589-593.) [DUANE, William.] A Letter to George Washington, President of the United States : contain- ing Strictures on his Address of the Seventeenth of September, 1796, notify- ing his Relinquishment of the Presidential Office. By Jasper Dwight, of Vermont. Printed at Philadelphia, for the Author, Dec, 1796. 48 pp. 8°. DUCHE, Jacob. • Rev. Jacob Duchd's Letter to General Washington. Oct. 8, 1777. [Philadelphia : Henkels. 1892.] 8 pp. 8°. This is printed in numerous publications. It was first printed from the original manu- script in Ford's " The Washington-Duche Letters," Brooklyn, 1890. Previously the text depended upon was that published in Rivington's Gazette of Nov. 29, 1777. The letter was a bold plea to Washington to abandon the American cause. FORD, WORTHINGTON ChAUNCEY. George Washington, how he became Commander-in-Chief. (In The Nation, 1889, vol. 48, pp. 481-482.) FREEMAN, Edward Augustus. Greater Greece and Greater 'Britain ; and George Washington the ex- pander of England; two lectures, with an Appendix. By Edward A. Freeman. London: Macmillan and Co. 1886. (4), 143 pp. 8°. GIBBS, George. Memoirs of the Administration of Washington and John Adams, edited from the Papers of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury. By George Gibbs. In two Volumes. New York: printed for the Subscribers. 1846. Vol. I. xvi, 574 pp. Portrait. Vol. II. viii, 555 pp. Washington's Administration is treated in vol. 1, pp. 1-450. GIST, Christopher. Journal of Mr. Christopher Gist, who accompanied Major George Wash- ington in his first visit to the French Commander of the Troops on the Ohio, J 753- (In Massachusetts Historical Society. Collections, 2d series, vol. 5, pp. 101-108. Boston, 1836.) WASHINGTONIANA: PUBLIC SERVICE. 373 Same. With maps. {In Gist, C. Journals, with historical, geographical, and ethnological Notes, by W. M. Darlington, pp. 80-86; 147. Pittsburgh, 1893.) [HORRY, Charles Lucas Pinckney.] A Five Minutes' Answer to Paine's Letter to Gen. Washington. London: printed by L. F. J. Gransart, Moorfields. Anno 1797. 44 pp. 8°. - Concerning the authorship of this work, see note on pp. 103-104 of this Catalogue. HUMPHREYS, David. The Conduct of General Washington, respecting the Confinement of Captain Asgill, placed in its true point of light, by David Humphreys. With a Preface and Appendix. New York : printed for the Holland Club, m,dccc,lix. 35 pp. 8°. Reprint of a collection of letters made by Colonel Humphreys and printed in the New Haven Gazette in 1786. Washington, in acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the letters, wrote to the author, under date of Dec. 26, 1786, as follows : — "For your publication respecting the treatment of Captain Asgill, I am exceedingly obliged to you. The manner of making it is the best that could be devised, whilst the mat- ter will prove the illiberality as well as the fallacy of the reports, which have been circulated on that occasion, and which are fathered upon that officer as the author." JONES, John Gale. An Oration, delivered on Tuesday, November 29, 1796, at the Great Room, in Brewer Street, on the Resignation of General Washington, including a short Review of his Life, Character, and Conduct, by John Gale Jones. London: printed by T. C. Jones and J. S. Jordan. [1796.] xiii, (1), 33 PP. 8°- Pasted on the fly-leaf is a slip of paper having a print of a small medallion portrait of Washington. KENNEDY, PATRICK. An Answer to Mr, Paine's Letter to Gen. Washington: or Mad Tom convicted of the blackest Ingratitude. Including some Pages of gratuitous Counsel to the Author of the "Cause and Consequences, &c." By P. Kennedy, Esq. London : printed for the Author : and sold by Messrs. Rivington ; and R.White, 1797. (4), 55 PP- 8 °- Same. The third Edition. Same imprint. (2), 55 pp. 8°. Lacks half title-leaf. 374 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. LA FAYETTE, Marie Jean Paul Joseph Roche Yves Gilbert du Motter, Marquis de. [Proclamation to the French Canadians, in French.] Broadside. " Sur la Riviere Connecticut, le mille Septe cens quatre Vingts. Signe, La Fayette." Concerning this Proclamation, Washington wrote to Lafayette, 19 May, 1780: "We talked of a proclamation to the Canadians.. If it is not already done, I think it ought not to be delayed. It should be in your own name, and have as much as possible an air of proba- bility. Perhaps it will be more plausible to have two different kinds made, one intimating to them the arrival of a. French fleet and army in the River St. Lawrence, to co-operate by the way of Rhode Island, where, to answer some important purposes, they are to touch, and dwelling on the happy opportunity it will afford them to renew their ancient friendship with France, by joining the allied arms and assisting to make Canada a part of the American confederation, with all the privileges and advantages enjoyed by the other members. . . . The other should be drawn on the supposition of the fleet and army being already arrived, and should contain an animating invitation to arrange themselves under the allied banners. In both proclamations you should hold yourself up as a French and American officer, charged both by the King of France and by Congress with a commission to address them upon the occasion. It may indeed be well to throw out an idea, that you are to command the corps of American troops destined to co-operate with the French armament. The more mystery in this business the better. It will get out, and it ought to seem to be against our intention." The proclamation was sent out, and, as was intended, it came into the hands of Sir Henry Clinton. The object of the paper was to mislead the British commander and distract his attention from New York. The good effect that it might have had, is thought to have been destroyed by the disclosure of the true character of the proclamation by Arnold, who had been intrusted with several copies by Washington, before the former's treason. Clinton was for a time deceived by it, as he wrote to Lord George Germain, " I have the honor to transmit to you the copy of a proclamation, which I have reason to believe the Marquis de Lafayette intended to have published in Canada, if the proposed expedition against that province had taken place." LOSSING, Benson John. Washington's Life Guard. (In Historical magazine, 1858, vol. 2, pp. n 7-134.) [LOWELL, John.] The New- England Patriot : being a Comparison of the Principles and Conduct of the Washington and Jefferson Administrations. The whole founded upon indisputable Facts and public Documents, to which Reference is made in the Text and Notes. Boston: printed by Russell and Cutler, r8io. 148, 12, (1) pp. 8°. MINUTES of a Conspiracy against the Liberties of America. Philadelphia : John Campbell. m,dccc,lxv. xiv, iv, 114 pp. 4 . Number 50 of an edition of 250 copies. Consists of a reprint of " Minutes of the Trial and Examination of certain Persons, in the Province of New York, charged with being engaged WASHINGTONIANA: PUBLIC SERVICE. 375 in a Conspiracy against the Authority of the Congress, and the Liberties of America. Lon- don : printed for J. Bew, m,dcc,lxxxvi," with introductory matter concerning the Hickey Plot, which is the subject of the publication. The conspiracy known as the " Hickey " plot was a scheme against Washington, whom it was proposed to capture and carry off. The principal conspirator, Thomas Hickey, one of Washington's life guards, was condemned and executed. PAINE, Thomas. Letter to George Washington, President of the United States of Amer- ica. On Affairs public and private. By Thomas Paine, Author of the Works entitled, Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, &c. Philadelphia: printed by Benj. Franklin Bache. 1796. 76 pp. 8°. Thomas Paine's Letter to the late General Washington, when President of the United States. Dated, Paris, June 30, 1795. A new edition. New- York : printed for and published by R. D. Taylor. 1802. 34 pp. 8°. Bound with Ramsay, D. The Life of George Washington. N. Y., 1807. PEABODY, Andrew Prescott. Oration on the 100th anniversary of Washington taking command of the Continental Army, July 3, 1775. (In Hoyt, A. H. and others. Centennial Orations, 1874-1875, pp. 83- 93, Boston, 1875.) PRESIDENT II. being Observations on the late Official Address of George Washington, designed to promote the Interest of a certain Candidate for the Executive, and to explode the Pretentions of Others. Addressed to the People of the United States. Newark, New Jersey, printed by Daniel Dodge, and Co. 1796. 16 pp. 8°. REMARKS occasioned by the late Conduct of Mr. Washington, as President of the United States, m.dcc.xcvi. Philadelphia : printed for Benjamin Franklin Bache. 1797. iv, 84 pp. 8°. The RUSH anonymous Letter. (In Historical magazine, 2d series, i87r, vol. 9, pp. 46-47.) On the authorship of the anonymous letter to Patrick Henry, dated Yorktown, 12th Jan. 1778, in which Washington was maligned. STEPHEN, Adam. The Ohio Expedition of 1754. (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1894, vol. 18, pp. +3-5 o.) From the original MS. in the Rush Collection preserved in the Library Company of Philadelphia. 376 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. TUTTLE, Joseph Farrand. Duche's Letter to Washington. (In Historical magazine, 1870, 2d series, vol. 8, pp. 1-6.) The letter occupies pp. 3-6. WINTHROP, Robert Charles. Remarks concerning Washington's assumption of the Command of the Army at Cambridge. With woodcut of Washington's Headquarters at Cambridge. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 4, pp. 56-63. Boston, 1858.) c. Land Enterprises and Public Improvements. ADAMS, Herbert Baxter. Washington's Land Speculations. Washington's Public Spirit in Open- ing a Channel of Trade between East and West ; with Plan. (In his Maryland's Influence in founding a national Commonwealth, pp. 72-113. Baltimore, 1877.) " Fund-Publication, no. xi, of the Maryland historical Society." The same papers are republished in a revised form in the work catalogued below. Maryland's Influence upon Land Cessions to the United States. With minor Papers on George Washington's Interest in Western Lands, the Potomac Company, and a National University. (hi Johns Hopkins University. Studies in historical and political Science, 3d series, pp. 1-102. Baltimore, 1885.) BARNARD, Charles Francis. The Land of the disinterested Washington. A monograph by Charles F. Barnard. [Boston: press of J. W. Robinson. 1877.] 15 pp. 8°. Imprint taken from the cover. DALYELL & Co. et al. vs. Posey and Washington ; Bill in Chancery, Sept. 1769. MS. Sheet. The defendant was charged with having illegally mortgaged his lands to Washington. FAIRFAX, Thomas, 6th Baron Fairfax. Lease of Land supposed to have been surveyed by Washington. Parch- ment. With Seal. [FORD, WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY.] Washington as an Employer and Importer of Labor. Brooklyn, N. Y. : privately printed. 1889. 78 pp. Small 4 . WASHINGTONIANA: MOUNT VERNON. Z77 Consists of reprints of contracts, agreements, etc. with employees made by Washington, with copies of letters in regard to a proposition to import German Palatines as settlers on his lands in Ohio. PICKELL, John. A new Chapter in the early Life of Washington, in connection with the narrative History of the Potomac Company. By John Pickell. New York : D. Appleton & Co. 1856. 178 pp. 8°. ROWLAND, Kate Mason. The Mount Vernon Convention, 1785. (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1887, vol. 11, pp. 410-425.) In regard to the navigation and jurisdiction of the Potomac. The Commissioners of Virginia and Maryland for the settlement of the " navigation and j urisdiction of the Poto- mac " met at Mt. Vernon. Washington was instrumental in having the Commission appointed, as promoting his ideas of the extension of navigation to the west. TONER, Joseph Meredith. George Washington as an Inventor and Promoter of the Useful Arts. An Address delivered at Mount Vernon, April 10, 1891, by J. M. Toner, M. D. Reprint from Proceedings "of the Patent Centennial Congress held in Washington, D. C, 1891. Washington, D.C. : Press of Gedney& Roberts Co. 1892. 69, (8) pp. 8°. Same. Same imprint. 313-379 pp. 8°. — Same (In Proceedings and Addresses. Celebration of the beginning of the Second Century of the American Patent System at Washington, D. C. April 8, 9, 10, 1891, pp. 313-379. Washington, 1892.) — Washington as a Promoter of Inventions. (In Magazine of American history, 1891, vol. 25, pp. 496-500. Extracts from addresses before the Patent association. d. Mount Vernon. [COOPER, Susan Fenimore.] Mount Vernon : a Letter to the Children of America. By the Author of " Rural Hours," etc. New York : D. Appleton and Company, m.dccc.lix. 70 pp. Portrait. Plate. 1 6°. Portraits after C. W. Peale (Baker, 8). 378 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [CUNNINGHAM, Ann Pamela.] An Appeal for the future preservation of the Home and Grave of Washington. Philadelphia : T. K. and P. G. Collins, printers. 1855. 24 pp. 8°. [ ] An Appeal for the purchase and future preservation of the Home and Grave of Washington. March, 1857. By the Ladies' Mount Vernon Asso- ciation of the Union, organized by a Southern Matron in April, 1854. Charleston: printed by A.J.Burke. 1857. 8pp. 8°. Also another copy with different title-page (omitting all between the words) " March, 1857 " and the imprint, on the above. The ILLUSTRATED Mount Vernon Record, organ of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union : containing important official Matter of the Association, Appeals of Vice Regents and Lady Managers, Monthly Reports of the Secretary, Lists of all Contributors to the Fund, together with a great Variety of valuable and highly interesting Matter relative to the Colonial and Revolutionary History. Vol. I., II., July, 1858 to June, i860. Philadelphia: Devereux and Company. [1859-60.] Vol.1. (4), 184 pp. Woodcuts. Vol. II. (4), 184 pp. Woodcuts. 4°. LOSSING, Benson John. Mount Vernon and its Associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial. By Benson J. Lossing. Illustrated by numerous Engravings, chiefly from Drawings by the Author, engraved by Lossing & Barritt. New York: W. A. Townsend & Company. 1859. 376 pp. Portrait after Stuart. Plate. Woodcuts. Sq. 8°. Portrait. Baker, 244. The Home of Washington, or Mount Vernon and its Associations. By Benson J. Lossing. New York: Virtue and Yorston. [1870.] 446 pp. Portrait. Plate. Illustration on wood. First issued as " Mount Vernon and its Associations," New York, 1859. Pp- 376-39 2 contain the inventory of Washington's Library at Mt. Vernon. ROSSITER, Thomas Prichard. A description of the Picture of the Home of Washington after the War. Painted by T. P. Rossiter and L. R. Mignot. With historical sketches of the Personages introduced. By T. P. Rossiter. New York : D. Appleton and Company, m.dccc.lix. 52 pp. 12 . WASHINGTONIANA: RELICS. 379 STAPLES, HAMILTON B. A Day at Mount Vernon. {In American antiquarian Society. Proceedings, April 30, 1879, pp. 71- 79. Worcester, 1879.) [STRICKLAND, William.] Tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart. 1840. 76 pp. 4 Plates. 8°. UNITED STATES. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an original Letter from Mrs. Washington, in answer to a Letter from him, written in pursuance of the Resolution of Congress, requesting her Assent to the Inter- ment of the Remains of General Washington in the Capitol, at the City of Washington. 8th January, 1800. Referred to the joint Committee appointed to prepare and report measures expressive of the profound sorrow with which Congress is penetrated on the death of General George Washington. Published by order of the House of Representatives. [Washington, 1800.] (3) pp. 8°. Mrs. Washington assented to the request of Congress, but the proposed action was never taken. WINEBERGER, J. A. The Home of Washington at Mount Vernon, embracing a full and accurate Description, as well as of the Birthplace, Genealogy, Character, Marriage, and last Illness of Washington, together with Incidents pertaining to the Burial of Washington, Removal from the old family Vault, and his being placed in the new Tomb, in a marble Sarcophagus. By J. A. Wineberger. Washington: Thomas McGill, Printer, i860. 69 pp. 8°. Home of Washington at Mount Vernon and its Associations : embracing the Birthplace, Genealogy, Courtship, and Marriage of Washington. With Illustrations. By J. A. Wineberger. Washington: McGill & Witherow, printers and stereotypers. [1866.] 99 pp. Folded map. Portrait. 16°. e. Relics. BARNES, J. R. A Relic of Washington's Saddle. [Poem.] {In Magazine of American history, 1889, vol. 22, pp. 76-77.) DISCOVERY of Washington's original Seal in Illinois. {In Historical magazine, 1863, vol. 7, pp. 1 61-163.) 380 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. DWIGHT, Theodore Frelinghuysen. Washington's Sword. {In Magazine of American history, 1887, vol. 17, page 257.) Note on the same, pp. 351, 352. PROCEEDINGS in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the Presentation of the Sword of Washington and the Staff of Franklin, February 7, 1843. Washington: printed by Gales and Seat'on. 1843. X S PP- 8°. Contains an account of Washington's Sword. QUINCY, JOSIAH. Description of the Gorget of Washington. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 12, pp. 45-46. Boston, i860.) The " RIBAND of blue," —the baldrick of Washington. (In Historical magazine, 1858, vol. 2, pp. 97-98.) RUTTENBER, Edward Manning. Catalogue of Manuscripts and Relics in Washington's Head-Quarters, Newburgh, N. Y. With Historical Sketch. Prepared for the Trustees, under Act of May n, 1874, by E. M. Ruttenber. Newburgh, N. Y. : E. M. Ruttenber & Son, Printers. 1874. 74 pp. Frontispiece. Woodcuts. 8°. Same. Same Imprint. 1879. 75 pp. Frontispiece. Woodcuts. 8°. UNITED STATES. Mount Vernon relics. Report [of a Committee on the Judiciary March 7, 1870, stating the history of certain Washington relics belonging to Mrs. R. E. Lee, and transferred in 1862 from Arlington to the Patent Office]. [Washington, 1870.] 5 pp. 8°. (House of Representatives. 41st Con- gress, 2d session. Report no. 36.) WARREN, Charles H. Military Dress of Washington ; Washington not a Marshal of France. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 12, pp. 151-154. Boston, i860.) WINTHROP, Benjamin Robert. The Washington Chair, presented to the Massachusetts historical Society by Benjamin R. Winthrop, Esq., of New York. [Boston, 1856.] 7 pp. Woodcut. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS. 38 1 Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Society. The chair is " constructed of timber taken from the house in which Washington dwelt at the period of his inauguration as first President of the United States." WINTHROP, Benjamin Robert. The Washington Chair, presented to the New York historical Society by Benjamin Robert Winthrop, 1857. New York: Charles B. Richardson. [1857.] 10 pp. Woodcut. Plate. 8°. /. Miscellaneous. BARNES, Albert. Washington. An Incident in the Revolutionary War. [Washington's habit of prayer at Valley Forge.] {Leaves from the Christian Keepsake, pp. 255-266.) BIDDLE, Charles J. General Washington and Major Andr6. (7/2 Historical magazine, 1857, vol. 1, pp. ^3-205.) Was Washington a Marshal of France ? (In Historical magazine, 1859, vol. 3, pp. 280-283.) BOWERS, Mrs. John M. Reminiscences of President and Martha Washington. (/# Magazine of'American history, 1889, vol. 21, pp. 427-428.) DAVIES, SAMUEL. Religion and Patriotism the Constituents of a Good Soldier. A Sermon preached to Captain Overton's Independant Company of Volunteers, raised in Hanover County, Virginia, August 17, 1755. By Samuel Davies, A.M. Minister of the Gospel there. Philadelphia, printed: London; re-printed for J. Buckland. . . . 1756. (2), 38 pp. 8°. A foot-note on p. 12 reads : "Asa remarkable Instance of this [the diffusion of ' some Sparks of Martial Fire through our Country '], I may point out to the Public that heroic Youth Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a Manner, for some important Service to his Country." See a notice of this sermon by S. A. Green, in the Proceedings of the Mass. Hist. Soc, 1892, 2d series, vol. 7, p. 454. FERNOW, Berthold. Washington's military Family. With a cut of the badge of the Society of the Cincinnati, sent to Washington from France. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 7, pp. 81-103.) 382 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. GASPE, Philippe Aubert de. Jumonville and Washington. (In Historical magazine, 1863, vol. 7, pp. 163-165.) GREEN, Samuel Abbott. General Washington. Prediction made concerning him in 1755. [Boston, 1892.] 2 pp. 8°. No title-page. Caption title. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. A notice of a Sermon by Samuel Davies, published at Philadelphia in 1756, in which Washington's name was mentioned in terms of praise. Washington's Indian Name. (In Historical magazine, 1873, 2d ser., vol. 4, pp. 316-317). HALE, Edward Everett. Freneau and Washington. {Cutting from The Critic, August 4, 1888.) Concerns certain passages in a Commencement poem written by Freneau in 1771 where- in Washington was praised in high terms. An examination of the first edition (1772) shows that Sir William Johnson was the hero celebrated, and that Washington is unmentioned. In an edition of his collected poems in 1786 the author substituted Washington's name for Johnson's, so as to make it appear that as early as 1772 he had appreciated Washington's qualities and prophesied his career. HARRISON, Constance Cary. Washington at Mount Vernon after the Revolution. Illustrated. {In The Century Magazine, 1889, new series, vol. 15, pp. 834-850.) [HENDEE, Mrs. M. J. Upham.] The experiences and opinions of George Washington from spirit life. San Francisco : 1878. 40 pp. 8°. " The main contents of this pamphlet were written by Washington, in 1868, using the mediumship of Mrs. M. J. Upham Hendee. The preface was written by my request, in May, 1878. . . . T. B. Clarke." — Introduction. JACKSON, James. Memoir on the last sickness of General Washington and its treatment by the attendant physicians. By James Jackson, M. D. Boston: privately printed, i860. 31pp. 12 . " The following Memoir was drawn up, at the request of Mr. Everett, to be attached to his Life of Washington." — Note by the author. WASHINGTONIANA : MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS. 383 [LEAR, Tobias.] Last Words of General Washington. [Philadelphia, 184-?] 7 pp. 8°. Consists of the account of the last illness and death of Washington, as noted by Tobias Lear. Printed in numerous other publications. LUKENS, Henry Clay. Washington and David Stewart Erskine [Earl of Buchan] . (In American historical Record, 1873, vol. 3, pp. 178-179.) In regard to a box made of oak from the tree that sheltered Sir William Wallace after the battle of Falkirk, which was given by the Earl of Buchan to Washington. MAGAZINE of American History. The numbers for February, 1879, February, 1880, August, 1887, February, December, 1888, are devoted to articles upon Washington, which have been entered in their respective places in this Catalogue. MAZZEI, Filippo. Du G&ie'ral Washington & du Marquis de la Fayette, relativement a la Soci6t6 de Cincinnatus. (In his Recherches sur les Etats-Unis, vol. 4, pp. 115-126. A C0II6, 1788.) MOORE, George Henry. Washington as an angler. With extracts from his diaries, 1787-89. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 19, pp. 144-149.) PERKINS, Charles Callahan. Washington's Birthplace. With reproductions of pencil sketch by C. C. Perkins, and of map of site of Washington's birthplace, drawn by Gen. Sherman, Oct. 31, on board the Tallapoosa. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 17, pp. 239- 242. Boston, 1880.) RITNER, Joseph. Vindication of General Washington from the stigma of adherence to Secret Societies, by Joseph Ritner, Governor of the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania, communicated by request of the House of Representatives, to that body, on the 8th of March, 1837, with the Proceedings which took place on its Reception. Together with a Letter to Daniel Webster, and his Reply. Boston: printed by Ezra Lincoln. 1841. 48 pp. 8°. 384 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. RUSHTON, Edward. Expostulatory Letter to George Washington, of Mount Vernon, in Vir- ginia, on his continuing to be a Proprietor of Slaves. By Edward Ruishton. Liverpool printed. 1797. 24 pp. 12°. TONER, James Meredith. Washington and his Mother. Dr. Toner on the false Charges of unfilial Conduct. (In Magazine of American history, 1892, vol. 28, pp. 368-371.) WASHINGTON'S signature. With facsimiles. [A summary of Dr. Persifor Frazer's results in composite photography.] (In Science, 1886, vol. 8, pp. 349-35 1 -) WASHINGTON and the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. (In Historical magazine, 1863, vol. 7, pp. 110-112.) 4. ORATIONS, EULOGIES, AND PROCEEDINGS AT ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS. a. Funeral Orations, and Observances of the Death of Washington. Including those of February 23, 1800, the day recommended by Congress to the people of the United States on which "publicly to testify their grief for the death of Gen. GEORGE WASHINGTON, by suitable eulogies, orations, and discourses, or by public prayers." EULOGIES and Orations on the Life and Death of General George Washington, First President of the United States of America. Boston : printed by Manning & Loring, for W. P. & L. Blake . . . 1800. 304 pp. 8°. Contents. Funeral Oration by Henry Lee; Eulogy, by George Richards Minot; by Jonathan Mitchel Sewall ; Oration, by Gouverneur Morris ; Eulogy, by Thomas Paine, A. M. ; by John Brooks ; Oration, by David Ramsay ; Masonic eulogy, by George Blake ; Oration, by Fisher Ames; Eulogy, by Timothy Bigelow; by John Davis; Funeral Eulogy, by William Linn, D. D. ; Oration, by Jeremiah Smith ; by Joseph Blyth ; by Isaac Parker ; Funeral Oration, by John M. Mason; Eulogium, by William Jackson; Eulogy, by Charles Pinckney Sumner j Funeral Oration, by Josiah Dunham ; Discourse, by John Thornton Kirkland. MEMORY OF WASHINGTON : comprising a Sketch of his Life and Char- acter ; and the National Testimonials of Respect. Also, a Collection of Eulogies and Orations. With a copious Appendix. Newport, R. I. Printed by Oliver Farnsworth. 1800. 246, (6) pp. Portrait. 12 . WASHINGTONIANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 385 Contents. Character of Washington. Written in 1798. By an American.— Biographical Sketch of Washington, by J. Morse, D. D. ; Gen. Marshall's Address to Congress, on the report of Gen. Washington's death ; President's message to Congress, enclosing Col. Lear's letter, announcing the death of Washington; Gen. Marshall's second address to Congress, proposing the adoption of sundry resolutions for paying suitable honors to the memory of Washington ; Addresses of condolence of the House of Representatives and Senate, and the President's answers ; Resolutions of Congress, for perpetuating the memory of Wash- ington; President's orders to the Army and Navy, directing funeral honors to be paid to Washington ; General orders from Gen. Hamilton ; President's Proclamation for celebrating the 22d day of February, 1800; Particular account of the last illness and death of Wash- ington ; Account of the funeral ; Funeral Oration, by Henry Lee ; Eulogy, by Thomas (Robert Treat) Paine ; Eulogy, by G. R. Minot ; Masonic Eulogy, by George Blake ; Ora- tion, by Fisher Ames ; Extract from a sermon, by Rev. Dr. Wharton ; Extracts from the funeral Oration, delivered at Paris, by Louis Fontanes ; Character of Washington, taken from "The Courier," a London paper, of 24th January, 1800. Appendix. Subscribers' names. [RICHARDS, George, compiler.} Hymns and Odes composed on the Death of Gen. George Washington : adapted to the 2 2d Day of February, and dedicated to those who please to sing them ! Many of them are pure Originals, never published before. Portsmouth, (N. H.) January, 1800. Printed at the United States Oracle Office by Charles Pierce, sold by him at the Columbian Bookstore. 12 pp. 12°. The WASHINGTONIANA : containing a biographical Sketch of the late Gen. George Washington, with various Outlines of his Character, from the pens of different eminent writers, both in Europe and America ; and an Account of the various Funeral Honors devoted to his Memory. To which are annexed his Will and Schedule of his Property. Embellished with a good Likeness. Baltimore: printed and sold by Samuel Sower, m.dccc. 298 pp. 12 . Extra illustrated. Twelve woodcuts pasted on heavy blank paper are inserted ; also steel portrait of Washington, engraved by Baumann. Contents. Biographical Sketch of General George W asnm g ton - By Jedediah Morse ; Appointment to the Command of the American Army, June 15, 1775; Orders on the Cessa- tion of Hostilities, April 18, 1783; Circular Letter to the Governors of the several States, June 18, 1783; Address of Congress thanking him for his Eminent Services, Aug. 26, 1783; Farewell Address to the Armies, Nov. 2, 1783 ; Address to Congress on resigning his Com- mission, Dec. 23, 1783, and answer ; Inaugural Speech of President Washington to Congress, April 30, 1789; Valedictory Address to the People of the United States; Letter from Washington, to the President of the United States, on accepting the Appointment of Com- mander in Chief of the Armies of the United States, July 13, 1798. Death of Washington ; Gen. Marshall's Address to the House of Representatives ; President's Message to Con- gress, inclosing Colonel Lear's Letter, announcing the Death of General Washington ; Gen. Marshall's Second Address ; Resolutions of Congress ; Address of Condolence of the House of Representatives ; of the Senate ; Resolutions of Congress for perpetuating the 25 386 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Memory of Washington ; The President's Proclamation, Dec, 24, 1799 ; General Hamilton's Introduction to his Orders respecting the funeral solemnities ; Resolves of Congress respect- ing the observation of Feb. 22, 1800; President's Proclamation; Particular Account of the last Illness and Death'of Washington ; Funeral ; Funeral Procession at Philadelphia ; Funeral Oration, by Henry Lee ; Funeral procession in New-York ; in Baltimore ; Resolves of the General Assembly of Maryland ; Governor's Proclamation ; Resoives of the Legisla- ture of Virginia; Funeral procession in Alexandria; Oration by Elisha C. Dick; Notice taken of the Death of Washington in Europe; Tributes among our Citizens abroad; Fugitive pieces; Mr. Fox's Eulogy in the House of Commons; Poem by Dr. Aiken; Apostrophe on Washington, by a Citizen of Amsterdam; Tribute by the Lay Preacher; Portrait of Washington, by the Marquis de Chastellux; Anecdotes, from Brissot's Travels; Character of Washington, by W. P. Carey, of Dublin; Gen. Washington's Will; Corre- spondence with the Earl of Buchan, respecting the box mentioned in the Will. Same. Privately reprinted. New York : E. Dexter & Son. 1865. (4), 399, (7) PP- Portrait. 8°. Edition 100 copies, 8° ; 50 copies 4 . The WASHINGTONIANA : containing a Sketch of the Life and Death -of the late Gen. George Washington ; with a Collection of elegant Eulogies, Ora- tions, Poems, &c, sacred to his Memory. Also, an Appendix, comprising all his most valuable public Papers, and his last Will and Testament. Lancaster: printed and sold by William Hamilton. 1802. 320, 78, 401— 411 pp. Portrait. 8°. Contents. — Sketch of the Life of Washington ; Tribute by Doctor Aiken. The Wash- ingtoniana: Orations and Eulogies, by Henry Lee; William Jackson; Simon Chaudron; William Linn; Fisher Ames; Gouverneur Morris; William C. Frazer; Gunning Bedford; John Vining ; David Ramsay ; Frederick Frelinghuysen ; Charles Pinckney Sumner; Samuel Bayard; William Griffith; Rosewell Messenger; Samuel S. Smith; Samuel White ; David M'Keehan ; Robert Davidson ; John Davis ; Uzal Ogden [extract] ; John Croes [extract] ; E. C. Dick [extract] ; Lewis Fontanes [extract] ; — Character of Washington, from a Lon- don paper ; Portrait of Washington, by Marquis de Chastellux ; Sketch of Washington, from Brissot's Travels ; Extract from an elegiac Poem, by Charles Caldwell ; Extract from a poem by Richard Alsop ; Tribute, by R. T. Paine (poem) ; Two poems, from London news- papers. — Appendix: Circular Letter to the Governors of the several States, June 18, 1783; Fargwell Address to the Armies of the United States ; George Washington to the People of the United States, announcing his Intention of retiring from public Life ; Gen. Wash- ington's Will; Anonymous Letters, &c. [The Newburgh Addresses]; Address of General Washington to Congress, on resigning his military Commission. HOUGH, Franklin Benjamin. Washingtoniana : or, Memorials of the Death of George Washington, giving an account of the Funeral Honors paid to his Memory, with a list of Tracts and Volumes printed upon the Occasion, and a Catalogue of Medals commemorating the Event. By Franklin B. Hough. Printed for W. Elliot Woodward, Roxbury, Mass. 1865. 2 vols. Vol. I. 272 pp. Portrait. Folded plan. Vol. II. 304 pp. Portrait. L. 8°. WASHWGTONIANA : FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 387 Contents. — 1. Account of the last illness and death of Washington, by Tobias Lear; Funeral; Proceedings in Congress; Army Orders ; Navy Orders; Funeral honors by gov- ernment ; Funeral Oration before Congress, by Henry Lee ; Message from the President ; Letter from Mrs. Washington; Proceedings in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro- lina; Proceedings of the Cincinnati; Proceedings in foreign countries; Poems; Ode by Thomas [R. T.] Paine ; Hymn by the Rev. John S. Gardner ; Monody by John Lathrop ; Hymn composed and sung at Cambridge, Mass. . . . Poem, by Richard Alsop ; Tribute by John Lovett. 2. Eulogies : by John Davis, Fisher Ames, George R. Minot, William P. Beers, Joseph Story, Samuel Bayard, Joseph Blyth, Gouverneur Morris, Samuel White, John M. Mason, Samuel Stanhope Smith; Extract from a Discourse, by Rev. Richard Allen ; Bibliographical list of books and pamphlets, containing Eulogies, Orations, Poems or other Papers relating to the death of General Washington, or to the honors paid to his memory ; Catalogue of memorial medals. ABBOT, Abiel. An Eulogy on the illustrious Life and Character of George Washington ; delivered before the Inhabitants of Haverhill, on his Birth day, 1800, at the request of their committee. By Abiel Abbot. And the invaluable last Address of President Washington to the Citizens of the United States, the Legacy of the Father of his Country. Haverhill. Printed by Seth H. Moore. [1800.] 27, (21) pp. 8°. ADAMS, Daniel. An Oration, sacred to. the Memory of Gen. George Washington. Delivered at Leominster, Feb. 22, 1800. By Daniel Adams, M.B. Leominster, (Mass.) Printed by Adams & Wilder. 1800. 8°. Imperfect. Consists only of half-title leaf, title-leaf, and pp. 7, 8. ALDEN, Timothy, jr. A Sermon, delivered at the South Church in Portsmouth, on the V January, MDCCC. Occasioned by the sudden and universally lamented Death of George Washington. By Timothy Alden, Jun. A. M. Colleague pastor with the Rev. Samuel Haven, D. D. Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, printed at the United States' Oracle-Office, in January, and re-printed in February, mdccc : by Charles Peirce. 23, (1) pp. 8°. ALEXANDER, Caleb. A Sermon ; occasioned ■ by the Death of His Excellency George Wash- ington. By Caleb Alexander, A. M. Pastor of the Church in Mendon. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1800. 23 pp. 8°. 388 WASHINGTON COLLECTION ALLEN, Joseph, Junior. An Oration on the Character of the late Gen. George Washington : pro- nounced before the Inhabitants of the Town of Western, on Saturday the 2 2d of February, 1800. By Joseph Allen, Jun. Esq. Printed at the request of said Town. Printed at Brookfield, Massachusetts, by E. Merriam & Co. March, 1800. 12 pp. 12°. ALSOP, Richard. A Poem ; sacred to the Memory of George Washingon, late President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States. Adapted to the 22d of Feb. 1800. By Richard Alsop. Hartford : printed by Hudson and Goodwin. 1800. 28 pp. 8°. Same. {In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 1, pp. 241-259. Rox- bury, 1865.) AMES, Fisher. An oration on the Sublime Virtues of General George Washington, pro- nounced at the Old South Meeting-House in Boston, before His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, the Council, and the Two Branches of the Legislature of Massachusetts, at their Request, on Saturday, the 8th of February, 1800. By Fisher Ames. Boston: printed for Young & Minns, and Manning & Loring. 1800. 31pp. 8°. Same. Philadelphia: printed by John Ormrod. 1800. 51pp. 8°. Same. New York : printed and sold by George Folliott Hopkins. 1800. 48 pp. 12°. {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 108-129. Boston, 1800.) {In Memory of Washington, pp. 161-201. Newport, R. I., 1800.) {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 89-109. Lancaster, 1802.) {In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 25-69. Roxbury, 1865.) ANDREWS, John. An Eulogy on General George Washington. Delivered before the First Religious Society, in Newburyport, February 2 2d. 1800. By John Andrews, A. M. Colleague Pastor with the Rev. Thomas Cary. From the Press of Angier March. Sold at his Bookstore. Newburyport. [1800.] 21 pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 389 ATHERTON, Charles Humphrey. Eulogy on Gen. George Washington ; delivered at Amherst, N. H. be- fore the Inhabitants of the Town of Amherst, the inhabitants of the Town of Milford, and the Benevolent Lodge, on the 2 2d day of February, 1800, at the Request of the Committee of the Selectmen and other respectable Citizens of the Town of Amherst, to which was superadded the request of the committee of the Benevolent Lodge. By Charles Humphrey Atherton. From the Press of Samuel Preston, Amherst. 1800. 23 pp. 8°. BALDWIN, Thomas. A Sermon, delivered to the Second Baptist Society in Boston, on Lord's Day, December 29, 1 799. Occasioned by the Death of General George Washington. By Thomas Baldwin, A. M. Pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Boston. Published by particular Desire. Boston: printed by Manning & Loring. [1800.] 28 pp. 8°. BANCROFT, Aaron. An Eulogy on the Character of the late Gen. George Washington. De- livered before the Inhabitants of the Town of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Saturday the 22d of February, 1800. By Aaron Bancroft. Printed according to a Vote of said Town, requesting a Copy for the Press, and directing that each Head of a Family should be furnished with one. Worcester: printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. March, — 1800. 21pp. 8°. BARNARD, Thomas. A Sermon, preached December 29, 1799, in the North Meeting House, Salem, the Lord's Day after the melancholy Tidings were received of the Death of General George Washington. By Thomas Barnard, D. D. Minister of the North Church and Congregation. Published by Desire of the Town. Salem : printed by Thomas C. Cushing. [1800.] 27 pp. 8°. BARNES, David. Discpurse delivered at South Parish in Scituate, February 22, 1800. The Day assigned by Congress, to mourn the Decease and venerate the Virtues of General George Washington. By David Barnes, D. D. Pub- lished by Desire. Boston: Manning & Loring, Printers. [1800.] 16 pp. 8°. BARTLETT, Josiah. An Oration, on the Death of General George Washington, delivered at the Request of the Selectmen and Parish Committee, before the Inhabitants 390 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 1800. Being the Day set apart by the Congress of the United States, to testify the Grief of the Citizens, on that melancholy Event. By Josiah Bartlett, Esq. Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and Member of the Historical Society. Charlestown: printed by Samuel Etheridge. m,dccc. 15 pp. 8°. BARTON, Titus Theodore. A Sermon, preached at Tewksbury, February, 22, 1800. On Account of the Death of General George Washington. By the Reverend Titus Theodore Barton. Published at the Request of the Hearers. Printed at Medford, (Massachusetts) . 1800. 8 pp. 8°. BASCOM, Jonathan. An Oration, delivered February 22, 1800. The day of public Mourning for the Death of General George Washington. By Rev. Jonathan Bascom, of Orleans, to the People of his Charge. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1800. 15 pp. 8°. BAYARD, Samuel. A funeral Oration, occasioned by the Death of Gen. George Washington ; and delivered on the first of January, 1800. In the Episcopal Church at New-Rochelle, in the State of New- York. By Samuel Bayard, Esq. New Brunswick : printed by Abraham Blauvelt. 1800. 24 pp. 8°. ■ (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 203-214. Lancaster, 1802.) (In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 92-1 10. Roxbury, 1865.) BEDFORD, Gunning. Funeral oration on the death of Brother George Washington. Prepared at the request of the Masonic Lodge, No. 14, of Wilmington, State of Dela- ware, and delivered on St. John the Evangelist's day, being the 27th of December, anno lucis 5 799. By Gunning Bedford, A. M. (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 138-154. Lancaster, 1802.) BEERS, William Pitt. An Oration, on the Death of General Washington ; pronounced before the Citizens of Albany, on Thursday, January 9th, 1800. By William P. Beers, Esquire. Albany: printed by Charles R. and George Webster. [1800. J 17 pp. Sm. 4 . (In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 69-92. Roxbury, 1865.) WASHINGTONIANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 391 BENTLEY, William. Eulogy, on the Occasion of the Death of Geo. Washington, delivered at Salem, Massachusetts, January 2, 1800. By William Bentley, D. D. Morrisania, N. Y. 1870. (8), 26 pp. 8°. Large paper. " The following Eulogy was originally printed in The Historical Magazine, published in Mornsania, N. Y., and has been re-produced in this form, in an edition of thirty copies, exclusively for private circulation. H. B. D[awson]." BIGELOW, Timothy. An Eulogy on the Life, Character and Services of Brother George Washington, deceased. — Pronounced before the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, by request of the Grand Lodge, at the Old South Meet- ing- House, Boston, on Tuesday, Feb. n, 1800. Being the Day set apart by them to pay Funeral Honors to their deceased Brother. By Brother Timothy Bigelow. To which are added, Two Addresses to the Deceased, when President of the United States, and his Answers : together with — The Letter of Condolence of the Grand Lodge to Mrs. Washington, and her Answer. Boston. Printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. [1800.] 26 pp. 8°. (In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 130-141. Boston, 1800.) BISHOP, Samuel G. Eulogium on the Death of George Washington. By Samuel G. Bishop. Roxbury: privately printed for W. Elliot Woodward. 1866. (2), iv, (2), 15 pp. L. 8°. 66 copies printed. A reprint, with an introductory letter by Samuel G. Drake, of " An Eulogium on the Death of Gen. George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of America. Pronounced February 22d, A .D. 1800, at the Meeting House in Pittsfield, Rockingham County, State of Newhampshire. By Samuel G. Bishop, Preacher of the Gospel. Pub- lished to please the Author, that the Reader may know what a Good and Virtuous Example is, and be excited to copy it. Printed at Gilmanton, by E. Russell, for the Author. March, 1800." BLAKE, George. A Masonic Eulogy on the Life of the illustrious Brother George Washing- ton, pronounced before the Brethren of St. John's Lodge, on the evening of the 4th Feb. 5800. At their particular Request. By Brother George Blake. Boston, printed by Brother John Russell. 5800. 23 pp. 8°. (In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 97-107. Boston, 1800.) (In Memory of Washington, pp. 141-160. Newport, R. I., 1800.) 39 2 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. BLYTH, Joseph. An Oration on the Death of General George Washington, delivered at All Saints' Parish (S. C), on the 2 2d of February, 1800. {In Hough, F. B. The Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 1 10-136. Roxbury, 1865.) BODDILY, John. A Sermon, delivered at Newburyport on the 22d February, 1800. By Rev. John Boddily, Minister of the second Presbyterian society in said town. Published by Request. Printed at Newburyport, by Edmund M. Blunt, 1800. 15 pp. 8°. Title-page and page 15 torn. BRADFORD, Alden. An Eulogy, in Commemoration of the " Sublime Virtues " of General George Washington; pronounced in Wiscasset, February 2 2d, 1800. Agree- able to the Recommendation of Congress. By Alden Bradford, A.M., S.H.S. Wiscasset : printed by Henry Hoskins. 1800. 16 pp. 8°. BRAMAN, Isaac. An Eulogy on the late General George Washington. Delivered at Row- ley, Second Parish, February 22, 1800. By Isaac Braman, A.M., Minister of the Gospel in that Place. Haverhill. From the Press of Seth H. Moore. [1800.] 24 pp. 8°. Lacks half-title page. BROOKS, John. An Eulogy, on General Washington ; delivered before the Inhabitants of the Town of Medford, agreeably to their Vote, and at the Request of their Committee, on the 13th of January, 1800. By John Brooks, A.M., M.M.S. A.A.S. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1800. 15 pp. 8°. {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 196-216. Boston. 1800.) BUCKMINSTER, Joseph. A Sermon delivered in the First Church in Portsmouth, on the Lord's Day after the melancholy Tidings of the Death of George Washington, the Father, Guardian, and Ornament of his Country. By Joseph Buckminster, A.M. Portsmouth, printed by John Melcher, 1800. 45 pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 393 Pp. 19-29 contain : — A Sermon delivered in the First Church in Portsmouth, January S th, 1800, the house being dressed m mourning in token of respect to the Memory of General Washington Pp. 32-45 contain: — A second Sermon delivered Lord's day, January 5, 1800, from Matthew, 27th Chapter, 45th Verse. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. BURRILL, George R. An Oration, pronounced at the Baptist Meeting-House in Providence, on Tuesday, the Seventh of January, 1800, at the funeral Ceremony on the Death of Gen. George Washington. By Col. George R. Burrill. Providence : printed by John Carter. [1800.] 15 pp. 8°. CARROLL, John. A discourse on General Washington ; Delivered in the Catholic Church of St. Peter, in Baltimore, Feb. 2 2d, 1800. By the Right Rev. Bishop Carroll. Baltimore : printed by Warner & Hanna. [1800.] 24 pp. 8°. CHAUDRON, Jean Simon. Oraison funebre, du Frere George Washington, prononc£e le premier Janvier 1800, dans la Loge francaise l'Ame'nitd : par le F.\ Simon Chaudron, Orateur de la Loge. Philadelphie; chez John Ormrod. 1800. 35 pp. 8°. Same. A Philadelphie: chez Thomas and William Bradford. 1801. 35 PP- 8°. Funeral Oration on Brother George Washington; delivered January 1st 1800, before the French Lodge L'Am6nite\ By Brother Simon Chaudron. Translated from the French by Samuel F. Bradford. Philadelphia; printed by John Ormrod. 1800. 26 pp. 8°. CLEAVELAND, Moses. An Oration, commemorative of the Life and Death of General George Washington, delivered at Windham, (Connecticut,) on the 2 2d day of Feb- ruary, 1800, to the Brethren of Moriah, and Eastern Star Lodges, and the Citizens of the town of Windham, at their request, and pursuant to the Proclamation of the President of the United States. By Moses Cleaveland, Esq. Master of Moriah Lodge. Windham, printed by John Byrne, 1800. 15 pp. 8°. 394 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. CROES, John. A Discourse delivered at Woodbury, in New- Jersey, on the twenty-second of February, Eighteen Hundred. Before the Citizens of Gloucester County, assembled to pay Funeral Honours to the Memory of General George Wash- ington. Agreeably to a recommendation of Congress, as announced by the President, in his Proclamation of the 6th of January last : by John Croes, A.M. Rector of Trinity Church at Swedesborough. Published at the desire of the committee of arrangement, at whose request it was delivered. Philadelphia, printed by John Ormrod. 1800. 32 pp. 8°. CUMINGS, Henry. An Eulogy on the late Patriot Washington, addressed to the People of Billerica, January 10, 1800; when they honoured Him with Funeral Solemnities. By Henry Cumings. Amherst: printed by Samuel Preston. Feb. 1800. 16 pp. 8°. CUNNINGHAM, William, Jr. An Eulogy delivered at Lunenburg, on Saturday the 2 2d of February, 1800. The Day recommended by Congress to commemorate the unequalled Virtues and preeminent Services of Gen. George Washington. By William Cunningham, Jun. Worcester: printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. March, 1800. 16 pp. 8°. DANA, Daniel. A discourse on the Character and Virtues of General George Washington : delivered on the twenty-second of February, 1800 : the Day of National Mourning for his Death. By Daniel Dana, Minister of a Church in New- buryport. Published at the Desire of the Hearers ; to whom it is affection- ately inscribed. Newburyport : from the Press of Angier March. [1800.] 31pp. 8°. DANA, Joseph. A Discourse on the Character and Death of General George Washington : delivered at Ipswich on the 2 2d. February, A. D. 1800. By Joseph Dana, A. M. Pastor of the south Church in that place. Published by Desire. Printed at Newburyport, by Edmund M. Blunt, 1800. 28, (1) pp. 8°. Hymn on last page. WASHINGTONIANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 395 DAVIDSON, Robert. Funeral oration on the death of General George Washington, delivered in the Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, to a crowded assembly of the military and other citizens. By Robert Davidson, D. D. (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 280-286. Lancaster, 1802.) DAVIS, John. An Eulogy on General George Washington, pronounced at Boston, on Wednesday, February xix, mdccc. before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, by their Appointment, and published at their Request. By John Davis, Member of the Academy, and of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston : printed by W. Spotswood. m,dccc. 24 pp. 4°. {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 142-157. Boston, 1800.) (In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 1-25. Roxbury, 1865.) DEHON, Theodore. A Discourse, delivered in Newport, Rhode-Island ; before the Congrega- tion of Trinity Church, the Masonic Society, and the Newport Guards ; the Sunday following the Intelligence of the Death of General George Washington. By Theodore Dehon, A.M. Rector of Trinity Church in Newport. Newport: printed by Henry Barber, m,dccc. 17, (2) pp. 8°. Half-title page wanting. DICK, Elisha Cullen. Oration [on the Death of Washington, delivered at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 22, 1800]. (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 197-206. Baltimore, 1800.) (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 275-288. New York, 1865.) DICKINS, Asbury. An Eulogium on General George Washington, pronounced on the 2 2d of February, 1800. Before the Hermathenian Society of Philadelphia, by Asbury Dickins. Printed by Order of the Society by H. Maxwell. [1800. J 29 pp. 8°. DUBROCA, Jean Franqois. Eloge de Washington. Par J. F. Dubroca. A Paris, chez N.-L.-M. Desessarts. An VIII. [1800]. 47 pp. 12 . 396 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. DUNHAM, Josiah. A Funeral Oration on George Washington, late General of the Armies of the United States. Pronounced at Oxford, Massachusetts, at the Request of the Field Officers of the Brigade stationed at that Place, on the 15 th Jan. 1800; it being the Day devoted to the Funeral Honors of their departed Chief, pursuant to general Orders from the Secretary at War. By Josiah Dunham, A.M., Capt. 16th U. S. Regiment. Boston : printed by Manning & Loring, for Joseph Nancrede. [1800.] 20 pp. 8°. {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 273-282. Boston, 1800.) DWIGHT, Timothy. A Discourse delivered at New- Haven, Feb. 22, 1800; on the Character of George Washington, Esq. at the Request of the Citizens ; By Timothy Dwight, D. D., President of Yale-College. Printed by Thomas Green and Son, New- Haven : 1800. 55 pp. 8°. An ELEGIAC POEM on the death of General George Washington, Com- mander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States. Dedicated to the patrons of the True American, at the commencement of the year 1800. (In Historical magazine, 1857, vol. 1. pp. 233-234.) An ELEGY on the death of General George Washington. 3 pp. MS. 12 . ELLIS, Jonathan. An Eulogical Poem, on General George Washington. Pronounced at Topsham, February 22d, 1800. The Day assigned by Authority, for the Citizens of the United States to testify their Grief for his Death. (Published at the Requst [sic] of the Hearers.) By Jonathan Ellis. Portland, printed by Elezer A. Jenks. [1800.] 24 pp. 8°. EVERETT, Oliver. An Eulogy, on General George Washington. Pronounced at Dorchester, Feb. 22, 1800. It being the Day recommended by Congress, for the National Lamentation of his Death. By Oliver Everett, Esq. A. M. A. A. S. Published at the Request of the Town. Charlestown : printed by Samuel Etheridge. m,dccc. 5-22 pp. 8°. Forms part of the volume issued by the Town of Dorchester. FISHER, Nathaniel. A Sermon, preached December 29, 1799, in St. Peter's Church, Salem, the Sunday after the melancholy Tidings were received, of the Death of WASHINGTONIANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 397 General Washington. By Nathaniel Fisher, A.M. Published by desire of the Town. Salem : printed by Thomas C. Cushing. [1800.] 24 pp. 8°. FISKE, Thadeus. A Sermon, delivered Dec. 29, 1799. At the Second Parish in Cambridge, being the Lord's Day immediately following the melancholy intelligence of the Death of General George Washington. By Thadeus Fiske, pastor of the Second Church in Cambridge. Boston, printed by James Cutler. 1800. 21pp. 8°. FLINT, Abel. A Discourse, delivered at Hartford Feb. 22, 1800, the Day set apart by Recommendation of Congress, to pay a Tribute of Respect to the Memory of General George Washington. By Abel Flint, Pastor of the South Church in Hartford. Hartford: printed by Hudson and Goodwin. 1800. 22 pp. 8°. FONTANES, Louis. Eloge funebre de Washington. Prononce dans le temple de Mars, par Louis Fontanes, le 20 pluviose an 8 [Feb. 9, 1800]. [Paris; de l'lmprimerie de H. Agasse, 1800.] 29 pp. 12°. Funeral Oration on George Washington. (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 210-216. Baltimore, 1800.) (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 294-302. New York, 1865.) FORBES, Eli. An Eulogy moralized, on the illustrious Character of the late General George Washington. Delivered at Gloucester on the 2 2d of February, 1800, in compliance with the recommendations of Congress, the Legislature of this Commonwealth, and the unanimous vote of the town aforesaid. — By Eli Forbes, A. M. Pastor of the first Church in said town. To which is added, General Washington's affectionate address to the United States, declining their future suffrages for the Presidency. Printed at Newburyport, by Edmund M. Blunt, 1800. 18 pp. 8°. FOSTER, John. A Discourse delivered December 29, 1799; occasioned by the melan- choly Death of George Washington. By John Foster, A.M. Pastor of the Third Church and Society in Cambridge. Published at the request of the Hearers. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1800. 22 pp. 8°. 398 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. FRAZER, William Clark. Funeral oration on the death of Brother George Washington ; delivered at Lancaster, before Lodge, No. 43. By Brother William Clark Frazer. (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 1 19-137. Lancaster, 1802.) FRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick. An Oration on the Death of Gen. George Washington : delivered in the Dutch Church, in New-Brunswick, on the 2 2d of February, 1800. By Major-General Frederick Frelinghuysen. Published by Desire. New-Brunswick, New-Jersey: printed by Abraham Blauvelt. 1800. 23, (1) pp. 8°. (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 181-191. Lancaster, 1800.) FRISBIE, Levi. An Eulogy on the illustrious Character of the late General George Washington. Delivered at Ipswich, on the 7th day of January, 1800. By Levi Frisbie, A.M. Minister of the Gospel in the first parish of said town. Published by desire of the hearers. To which is added General Washing- ton's parental and affectionate Address to his Country, declining their future suffrages for the Presidency. Printed at Newburyport, by Edmund M. Blunt, 1800. 61 pp. 8°. Half-title page wanting. FUNERAL Elegy for 2 2d February. Published according to Act of Congress. No place. No date. 6 pp. Obi. 8°. Text with musical Score. FURMAN, Richard. Humble Submission to divine Sovereignty the Duty of a bereaved Nation. A Sermon, occasioned by the Death of His Excellency General George Washington. Preached in the Baptist Church, in Charleston, South-Carolina, on the 2 2d of February, 1800, before the American Revolution Society, the State Society of the Cincinnati, and a numerous Assemblage of Citizens. By Richard Furman, A. M. Pastor of the said Church, and a Member of the American Revolution Society. Originally delivered, and now published, at the joint request of the two Societies. Charleston: printed by W. P. Young, m.dccc. (4), 28 pp. 8°. GLEASON, Benjamin. An Oration, pronounced at the Baptist Meeting-House in Wrentham, February 22, 1800. At the Request of the Society. In Memory of Gen. George Washington. By Benjamin Gleason. WASHINGTONIANA : FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 399 Printed at Wrentham, Massachusetts, by Nathaniel and Benjamin Heaton. 1800. 31, (1) pp. 8°. GREEN, Aaron. A Discourse, delivered at Maiden, January 8, 1800. A day, devoted by the inhabitants, publicly to respect the memory of the illustrious George Washington, who died December 14, 1799. Aged 68. By Aaron Green, A.M. Pastor of the church in said Town. Published at the request of the hearers. Medford : printed by Nathaniel Coverly. [1800.] 23 pp. 8°. GRIFFITH, William. An Oration, delivered to the Citizens of Burlington, on the 2 2d of Feb- ruary, 1800, in commemoration of Gen. George Washington. By William Griffith, Esq. To which is added, a Prayer on the same Occasion. By Charles H. Wharton, D. D. and Rector of St. Mary's church in that city. Trenton: printed by G. Craft, mdccc. 25 pp. 8°. {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 215-225. Lancaster, 1802.) GRISWOLD, Stanley. A Funeral Eulogium, pronounced at New-Milford, on the Twenty-second of February, 1800; being the Day recommended by Congress for publicly testifying respect to the memory of George Washington. Being also his Birth-day. By Stanley Griswold, Pastor of a Church in New-Milford. Printed at Litchfield, by T. Collier. [1800.] 24 pp. 8°. HARRIS, Thaddeus Mason. A Discourse, delivered at Dorchester, Dec. 29, 1799. Being the Lord's Day after hearing the distressing intelligence of the Death of General George Washington. By Thaddeus Mason Harris, A.M. Charlestown : printed by Samuel Etheridge. m,dccc. 16 pp. 8°. Forms part of the "Public Expressions of Grief for the Death of General George Washington, at Dorchester." HEMMENWAY, Moses. A Discourse delivered at Wells, on the 2 2d February, 1800; occa- sioned by the lamented Death of General George Washington. By Moses Hemmenway, D. D. Pastor of the First Church in Wells. Portsmouth, (.New-Hampshire,) printed at the United States' Oracle- Office, by Charles Peirce, 1800. 16 pp. 8°. 400 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. HITCHCOCK, Enos. A Discourse, on the Dignity and Excellence of the Human Character ; illustrated in the Life of General George Washington. In Commemoration of the afflictive Event of his Death. Delivered February 22, 1800, in the Benevolent Congregational Church in Providence ; and Published by Request of that Society. By Enos Hitchcock, D. D. Member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Providence: printed by John Carter, jun. 1800. 35 pp. 8°. HOLCOMBE, Henry. A Sermon, occasioned by the Death of Lieutenant-General George Wash- ington ; first delivered in the Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia, January 19th, 1800, and now published, at the request of the Honorable City Council, By Henry Holcombe, Minister of the Word of God in Savannah. [Savannah :] printed by Seymour & Woolhopter, on the Bay. [1800.] 16, (2) pp. 4 . [HOLDEN, Oliver.] Sacred Dirges, Hymns, and Anthems, commemorative of the Death of General George Washington, the Guardian of his Country, and the Friend of Man. An original Composition. By A Citizen of Massachusetts. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. [1800.] 24 pp. Obi. 8°. HOLMES, Abiel. A Sermon, preached at Cambridge, on the Lord's-Day, December 29, 1 799, occasioned by the Death of George Washington. By Abiel Holmes, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Cambridge, Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1800. 22, (1) pp. 8°. The Counsel of Washington, recommended in a Discourse, delivered at Cambridge, February 22, 1800. By Abiel Holmes, A. M. Pastor of the First Church in Cambridge. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1800. 23' pp. 8°. HOPKINS, Daniel. A Sermon, preached December 29, 1799, in the South Meeting House, Salem, the Lord's Day after the melancholy Tidings were received of the Death of George Washington. By Daniel Hopkins, A.M., Pastor of the Third Church. Published by desire of the Town. Salem : printed by Thomas C. Cushing. [1800.] 28 pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 401 HOUDIN, Michael Gabriel. Et sicut illud statutum est hominibus, ut semel moriantur, postea vero judicium. A Funeral Oration, on the Death of George Washington : de- livered in the City Hall of Albany, in presence of an august Assemblage of Citizens, on the twenty-second of February, 1800. By Michael Gabriel Houdin, Major in the late Revolutionary Army of the United States. Albany: printed by Barber & Southwick. [1800.] n pp. Portrait of Houdin. Sm. 4 . HUNTINGTON, Jedidiah. Funeral Eulogy [by Gen. J. Huntington] and Oration [by Lyman Law, Esquire. Delivered at the Presbyterian Church in New- London, Jan. n, 1800.] [New London : printed by Samuel Green. 1800.] 17, (1) pp. 8°. Imprint on the last page. HUSE, Jonathan. A Discourse, occasioned by the Death of General George Washington, late President of the United States ; delivered in Warren, (District of Maine.) on the 2 2d, of February, 1800. At the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town ; agreeable to the Recommendation of Congress. By Jonathan Huse, A. M. Pastor of the Church in Warren. Wiscasset: printed by Henry Hoskins. 1800. 12 pp. 8°. JACKSON, William. Eulogium, on the Character of General Washington, late President of the United States ; pronounced before the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati, on the twenty-second Day of February, Eighteen Hundred. At the German Reformed Church, in the City of Philadelphia. By Major William Jackson, Aid-de-Camp to the late President o'f the United States, and Secretary- General of the Cincinnati. Philadelphia: printed by John Ormrod. 1800. 44 pp. 8°. Same. New Edition. Philadelphia: printed by John Ormrod. 1800. 44 pp. 8°. Appended to Washington's Monuments of Patriotism. Philadelphia, 1800. {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 243-260. Boston, 1800.) {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 36-54. Lancaster, 1802.) 26 402 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. JOHNSON, John B. Eulogy on General George Washington. A Sermon, delivered February 22d, 1800, in the North Dutch Church, Albany, before the Legislature of the State of New- York, at their Request, by John B. Johnson, one of the Chaplains of the House of Assembly, and one of the Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church, in the city of Albany. Albany: printed by L. Andrews, Printer to the State. 1800. 22 pp. 8°. KEITH, Isaac Stockton. National Affliction, and national Consolation. A Sermon, on the Death of General George Washington. Delivered January 12th 1800, in the Inde- pendent, or Congregational Church in Charleston, South Carolina. By Isaac Stockton Keith, D. D. One of the Pastors of said church. Published by Request. (In his Sermons, Addresses, and Letters, pp. 73-101. Charlestown, 1816.) KEMP, James. A Sermon, delivered in Christ Church, Cambridge, in Maryland ; on the twenty-second of February, 1800, being the Day of Mourning appointed by Congress, for the Death of General George Washington. By James Kemp, A. M. Rector of Great Choptank Parish. Easton : printed by James Cowan. [1800.] 15 pp. 8°. KENDALL, James. A Discourse delivered at Plymouth, February 2 2d, 1800. At the Request of the Inhabitants, and in compliance with the Recommendation of Congress, as a Testimony of Grief for the Death of George Washington. By James Kendall, A. M., Pastor of the First Church in Plymouth. Boston. Printed by John Russell, 1800. 24 pp. 8°. KINKER, Johannes. Treurzang, bij het plechtig vieren der nagedachtenis van Washing- ton, in de maatschappij van verdiensten Felix Meritis, den 21 Maart 1800. Uitgesproken door Mr. Johannes Kinker, Advocaat te Amsterdam. Te Amsterdam, bij J. ten Brink Gerritsz. 1800. (34) pp. 8°. Plate missing. KINLOCH, Francis. Eulogy on George Washington. By Francis Kinloch of Georgetown, S. C. New York : privately printed. 1867. (2), 19 pp. 8vo. Large paper. WASHINGTONIANA ; FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 403 Edition 60 copies. No. 6. A reprint of '■ Eulogy on George Washington, Esq. deceased, late Commander in Chief of the American Armies, and some time President of the United States. Georgetown, S. C. Printed by John Burd. mdccc." RTRKLAND, John Thornton. A Discourse occasioned by the Death of General George Washington. Delivered Dec. 29, 1799. By John Thornton Kirkland, minister of the New South Church, Boston. To which is added, The Valedictory Address of the late President, to the People of the United States. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. 1 800. 2 2, 2 2 pp. 8° {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 283-297. Boston, 1800.) KLEYNHOFF VAN ENSPIJK, Christian Frederik. C. F. Kleynhoyii, M. D. Ode ad doctissimum virum Johannem Kinkerum J. V. D. quum magni Washingtonis, pie defuncti, memoriam sociis collegii, Felix Meritis dicti, ferali carmine die 21 Martii anni 1800. solemniter commendaret. Amstelaedami, mdccc. (8) pp. Engraving on the title-page. 4 . LANGDON, Chauncy. An Oration on the Virtues and Death of General George Washington, late President of the United States; delivered at Castleton, February 2 2d, 1800. Agreeable to the Recommendation of the President. By Chauncy Langdon. Rutland : printed by W. Fay. [1800.] 24 pp. 8°. LAW, Lyman. Oration [at New- London, Jan. n, 1800]. {In Huntington, J. Funeral Eulogy and Oration, pp. 9-17. New- London, 1800.) LEE, Elisha. An Oration, delivered in Sheffield, February the 22d, 1800, in honor of the Memory of Gen. George Washington. By Elisha Lee, Esq. Stockbridge : printed at the Office of Horatio Jones & Co. by H. Willard. [1800.] 10 pp. Sm. 4°. LEE, Henry. A Funeral Oration, in Honour of the Memory of George Washington, late General of the Armies of the U. States; prepared and delivered at the Request of Congress, at the German Lutheran Church, Philadelphia, on 404 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Thursday, the 26th of December, by Major Gen. Henry Lee ; one of the Representatives from the State of Virginia. Second Edition. Brooklyn: printed by Thomas Kirk. 1800. 16 pp. 8°. LEE, Henry. Funeral Oration on the Death of General Washington. Delivered, at the Request of Congress, by Major-General Henry Lee, Member of Congress from Virginia. Boston : printed for Joseph Nancrede and Manning & Loring. [1800.] IS pp. 8°. The national Eulogy of the illustrious George Washington, pronounced at the Request of the United States, in Congress assembled. By Major Gen. Henry Lee, at Philadelphia, in the German Lutheran Church, December 26th, 1799. Portsmouth, (New Hampshire,) printed at the United States' Oracle- Office, by Charles Peirce, January, 1800. 16 pp. 8°. A Funeral Oration on the Death of George Washington late President & Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, who departed this Life at Mount Vernon in Virginia, on the 14th of Dec. 1799, in the 68th year of his age. Delivered at the Request of Congress, by Major-General Henry Lee, Member of Congress from Virginia. To which is subjoined, an Eulogy : by Judge Minot. London: Sold by Button. . . . 1800. 28 pp. 8°. {In The Columbian Phenix, Jan. 1800, pp. 27-33.) {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 9-18. Boston, 1800.) {In Legacies of Washington, pp. 183-194. Trenton, 1800.) {In Memory of Washington, pp. 83-100. Newport, R. I., 1800.) {In Washington's Political Legacies, pp. 1 18-134. Boston, 1800.) {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 138-149. Baltimore, 1800.) {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 27-35. Lancaster, 1802.) {In Monuments of Washington's Patriotism, pp. 93-96. Washington, 1841.) {In Moore, F. American Eloquence, vol. 1, pp. 449-452. New York, 1864.) {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 194-211. New York, 1865.) {In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 1, pp. 58-73. Roxbury, 1865.) WASHINGTON/ANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 405 LEONARD, David A. An Oration occasioned by the Death of Gen. George Washington. Pro- nounced in the First Baptist Meeting-House, in the City of New- York. On February 22, 1800. At the Invitation of the Corporation of the Church, and published at their request. By David A. Leonard, A. B. New York; printed and sold by M. M'Farlane. 1800. 22 pp. 8°. LINN, John Blair. The Death of Washington. A Poem, in imitation of the Manner of Ossian. By Rev. John Blair Linn, A. M. Minister of the First Presby- terian Congregation of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: printed by John Ormrod. 1800. 26 pp. 8°. LINN, William. A Funeral Eulogy, occasioned by the Death of General Washington. Delivered February 2 2d, 1800, before the New-York State Society of the Cincinnati. By William Linn, D. D. New York: printed by Isaac" Collins. 1800. 44 pp. 8°. (/« Eulogies and Orations, pp. 158-175. Boston, 1800.) {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 72-89. Lancaster, 1802.) LISLE, Henry Maurice. An Oration, delivered at Hingham, in compliance with the Request of a number of the Inhabitants, on Saturday, the 2 2d of February, 1800, the Anniversary of the Birth, and the Day appointed by the Government of the United States, for public national Mourning, for the Death of General George Washington. By Henry Maurice Lisle, Attorney at Law. Boston, printed by John Russell. 1800. 22 pp. 8°. LOVE, Charles. A Poem on the Death of General George Washington, late President of the United States. In two Books. By Charles Love. Alexandria, Virginia, A. D. m,dccc. 60 pp. 12 . M'KEEHAN, David. Address delivered at Greensburgh, in Westmoreland County, in the State of Pennsylvania, on the anniversary of the birth of the late illustrious hero, statesman and citizen, George Washington. By David M'Keehan, Esq. (In the Washingtoniana, pp. 267-280. Lancaster, 1802.) 406 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. MACWHORTER, Alexander. A Funeral Sermon, preached in Newark, December 27, 1799. A day of Public Mourning, observed by the Town, for the universally lamented, General Washington. To which is subjoined, his last Address, to his beloved Coun- trymen. By Alexander MacWhorter, D. D. Pastor of the First Presby- terian Church in Newark. Newark : printed and sold by Jacob Halsey. mdccc. (4), iv, 44 pp. 8°. Pp. 25-44 contain Washington's Farewell Address. MADISON, James. A Discourse, on the Death of General Washington; delivered on the 2 2d of February, 1800, in the Church in Williamsburg. By James Madison, D.D. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia, and President of William and Mary College. Richmond: printed by T. Nicolson. 1800. 25 pp. 8°. Same. The second Edition — corrected. Printed in New York by T. and J. Swords. 1800. 42 pp. 8°. Same. Third Edition, with Additions. Philadelphia : printed by James Kay, Jun. and Co. 1831. 40 pp. 8°. MAGAW, Samuel. An Oration commemorative of the Virtues and Greatness of General Washington ; pronounced in the German Lutheran Church, Philadelphia ; before the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred. By Samuel Magaw, D. D. Published at the Request of the Grand Lodge. Philadelphia: printed by J. Ormrod. 1800. 45 pp. 8°. MARSH, Ebenezer Grant. An Oration, delivered at Wethersfield, February 22, 1800; on the Death of General George Washington. By Ebenezer Grant Marsh. Published by request. Hartford : printed by Hudson and Goodwin. 1800. 16 pp. 8°. MASON, Jonathan Mitchell. A Funeral Oration, delivered in the Brick Presbyterian Church in the city of New York, on the 22nd day of February, 1800, being the Day recom- mended by Congress to the Citizens of the United States, publicly to testify their Grief for the Death of Gen. Washington : by appointment of a number of the Clergy of New- York, and published at their Request. By John M. WASHINGTON! ANA : FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 407 Mason, A. M. Pastor of the Associate-Reformed' Church in the City of New-York. New- York : printed and sold by G. F. Hopkins. 1800. 23 pp. 8°. Same. The Second Edition. New- York: printed and sold by George Folliott Hopkins. 1800. 32 pp. 12°. Half-title : " Mr. Mason's and Mr. Ames's Orations on Gen. Washington." Fisher Ames's Oration, with separate title-page and paging (pp. 48) follows. (In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 229-242. Boston, 1800.) (In his Writings, vol. 4, pp. 393-415. New York, 1832.) (In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 160-178. Roxbury, 1865.) MEAD, Samuel. A Sermon, delivered December 29, 1799 occasioned by the Death of General George Washington. By Samuel Mead, A. M. Pastor of a Church in Danvers. Published by Desire. Printed by Joshua Cushing, Salem. 1800. 24 pp. 8°. MERRICK, Pliny. An Eulogy on the Character of the late Gen. George Washington. Pro- nounced before the Inhabitants of the Town of Brookfield, on Saturday the 22d of February, 1800. By Pliny Merrick, Esq. Printed at the request of said Town expressed in their Vote. Printed at Brookfield, Massachusetts, by E. Merriam & Co., March, 1800. 14 pp. 8°. MESSINGER, Rosewell. An Oration, delivered at Old York, on the Death of George Washington.. By the Rev. Rosewell Messinger, Pastor Colleague with the Rev. Mr. Lyman of the First Church in Old York, Maine. Charlestown : printed by Samuel Etheridge. 1800. 16 pp. 8°. (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 226-234. Lancaster, 1802.) MILLER, Samuel. A Sermon, delivered December 29, 1 799 ; occasioned by the Death of General George Washington. By Samuel Miller, A. M. One of the Minis- ters of the United Presbyterian Churches in the City of New-York. Pub- lished by Request. New- York : printed by T. & J. Swords. 1800. 39 pp. 8°. 408 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. MINOT, George Richards. An Eulogy on George Washington. Delivered before the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, at the Request of their Committee. By George Richards Minot, A. M. A. A. S. Boston : from the Printing-Office of Manning & Loring. [1800.] 24 pp. 8°. (In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 19-29. Boston, 1800.) (In Memory of Washington, pp. 121-140. Newport, R. I., 1800.) (In Lee, Henry. Funeral Oration, pp. 13-20. London, 1800.) (In Moore, F. American Eloquence, vol. 1, pp. 552-556. New York, 1864.) (In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 54-82. Roxbury, 1865.) MITCHELL, Ammi Ruhami. An Eulogy, on General Washington, pronounced in the First Meeting- House in North- Yarmouth, on Saturday, February 2 2d, 1800. By Ammi Ruhami Mitchell. Portland, printed by Elezer A. Jenks. [1800.] 20 pp. 8°. MOODY, Silas. A Sermon preached at Arundel, January 12, 1800: on the Death of George Washington. By Silas Moody, A. M. Pastor of the Church in said Town. Published by special Request. Portsmouth, (New-Hampshire,) printed at the United States' Oracle- Office, by Charles Peirce, February, 1800. 16 pp. 8°. Pp. 3-6 missing. MORISON, William. A Sermon, delivered at the request of the Elders and other Church Members of the Presbyterian Society in the West Parish of Londonderry, January 1st, 1800. On the Death of General George Washington. By William Morison. From the Press of Angier March. Newburyport. [1800. J 18 pp. 8°. An Oration, delivered at the request of the Officers of the assembled Cavalry and Infantry, and other Militia Officers, on the 2 2d of February, 1800 ; in the West Parish of Londonderry, in Commemoration of the Death of General George Washington. By William Morison. From the Press of Angier March. Newburyport. [1800.] 19-32 pp. 8°. Continuously paged with the foregoing. ■■-% WASHINGTONIANA : FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 409 MORRELL, Thomas. A Sermon on the Death of General George Washington. By Thomas Morrell, Elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Delivered on the 2 2d of February, 1800, in the City of Baltimore — and published at the request of many of the hearers. Baltimore : printed by Warner & Hanna. [1800.] 29 pp. 8°. MORRIS, Gouverneur. An Oration, upon the Death of General Washington, by Gouverneur Morris. Delivered at the request of the Corporation of the City of New- York, on the 31st day of December, 1 799. And published by their Request. New- York, printed by John Furman. 1800. 24 pp. 8°. (In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 44-54. Boston, 1800.) (In The Washingtoniana, pp. 110-119. Lancaster, 1802.) (In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 136-150. Roxbury, 1865.) MORSE, Jedidiah. A Prayer and Sermon, delivered at Charlestown, December 31, 1799 ; on the Death of George Washington. With an additional Sketch of his Life. By Jedidiah Morse, D. D. Pastor of the Church in Charlestown. To which is prefixed, an account of the Proceedings of the Town on the melancholy occasion ; written by Josiah Bartlett Esq. Annexed is the " Valedictory Address " of the Deceased, to his fellow citizens. Charlestown: printed by Samuel Etheridge. 1800. 46, 36, 24 pp. 8°. Half-title : Proceedings of the Town of Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts ; in respectful testimony of the distinguished talents and preeminent virtues of the late George Washington. January, m.dccc. MYCALL, John. A Funereal Address, on the Death of the late General George Washington ; interspersed with Sketches of, and Observations on, his Life and Character. Delivered in the Baptist Meeting-House in Harvard, February 22, 1800. By John Mycall, at the request of the Baptist Society. Boston : Manning & Loring, Printers. 1800. 27 pp. 8°. Lacks the half-title page. NILES, Samuel. The Vanity of Man considered in a Sermon delivered February 2 2d, 1800, commemorating the Death of George Washington, late president of the United States. By Samuel Niles, Pastor of the Church in Abington. Boston : printed by John & Thomas Fleet, mdccc. 23 pp. 8°. Half-title page lacking. 4IO WASHINGTON COLLECTION. OCCASIONAL Ode, for February 22, 1800. No Place. [1800.] 1 page. 8°. OGDEN, Uzal. Two Discourses, occasioned by the Death of General George Washington, at Mount- Vernon, December 14, 1799. By the Rev. Uzal Ogden, D. D. Rector of Trinity Church, Newark, in the State of New-Jersey. Delivered in that Church, and in the Church in union with it, at Bellville, December 29th, 1799, and January 5th, 1800. Published by desire. Newark : printed and sold by Matthias Day, mdccc. 46 pp. 8°. Same. Second Edition. Philadelphia: printed by H. Maxwell, for A. Dickins. 1800. 40 pp. 8°. An ORATION, in Memory of the Virtues of Gen. George Washington. De- livered at Lovett's Hotel on the Evening of the 2 2d February, 1800, before a Literary Society ; and published by their Order. By a Member. New- York : printed by M. L. & W. A. Davis, for T. S. Arden. 1800. 23 pp. 8°. OSGOOD, David. A Discourse, delivered December 29, 1799, the Lord's-day immediately following the melancholy Tidings of the Loss sustained by the Nation in the Death of its most eminent Citizen, George Washington. By David Osgood, D. D. Pastor of the Church in Medford. Published in compliance with a vote of the Town, to furnish each family with a copy, together with the Farewell Address of the late President, in one book. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1800. 40 pp. 8°. PAINE, Robert Treat. An Eulogy on the Life of General George Washington. Written at the request of the citizens of Newburyport, and delivered at the first Presbyterian Meeting-House in that town, January 2nd. 1800. By Thomas Paine, A.M. Printed- at Newburyport, by Edmund M. Blunt, 1800. 22 pp. 8°. {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 55-66. Boston, 1800.) {In Memory of Washington, pp. 101-120. Newport, R. I., 1800.) {In Legacies of Washington, pp. 241-254. Trenton, 1800.) {In his Works, pp. 327-342. Boston, 1812.) WASHINGTON! ANA : FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 411 PAINE, Seth. An Eulogy on General George Washington. Pronounced in the Friend- ship Lodge, No. 9, Antient York Masons, in the presence of the Grand Lodge of South-Carolina, and a numerous Assemblage of Brethren, on the 2 2d of February, 1800 — being the Day recommended by Congress, to the People, to assemble and testify their Grief, by "Suitable Eulogies, Orations, and Discourses." — Published by desire of the Grand Lodge. By Seth Paine, Junior Grand Warden. Charleston, South-Carolina : printed by Freneau & Paine. 1800. 28 pp. 8°. PARISH, Elijah. An Oration, delivered at Byfield, February 2 2d, 1800, the Day of national Mourning for the Death of General George Washington. By the Rev. Elijah Parish, A.M. From the Press of Angier March. Newburyport. [1800.] 32 pp. 8°. Pp. 29-32 contain an elegiac poem. PARKER, Isaac. An Oration on the Sublime Virtues of General George Washington, late President of the United States. Pronounced before the Inhabitants of Port- land, February 22nd, 1800, by appointment of the Selectmen, agreeable to the Vote of the Town, by Isaac Parker. Portland, printed by Elezer Alley Jenks. 1800. 24 pp. 8°. (In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 216-228. Boston, 1800.) PATTEN, William. A Discourse, delivered in the 2d Congregational Church, Newport, December 29th, 1 799 : occasioned by the Death of General George Washington. By William Patten, A. M. Minister of said Church. Published at the Request of the Society. Newport : printed by Henry Barber. m,dccc. 19 pp. 8°. PAYSON, Phillips. A Sermon, delivered at Chelsea, January 14, 1800. A Day devoted by the Inhabitants of said Town to pay their Tribute of Grief on the sorrowful, event of the Death of General Washington. By the Rev. Phillips Payson, A. M. Pastor of the Church in said Town. Charlestown : printed by Samuel Etheridge. 1800. 15 pp. 8°. 412 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. PIERCE, John. A Eulogy on George Washington the Great and the Good, delivered, on the Anniversary of his Birth, at Brookline, and published, at the Request of its Inhabitants, by John Pierce, their Minister. Boston: Manning & Loring, Printers. 1800. 24 pp. 8°. Lacks half-title page. POPKIN, John Snelling. The Death of Washington. Sermon preached in Boston, Dec. 29, 1799. Extract. {In Felton, C. C. A Memorial of the Rev. John Snelling Popkin, pp. 237- 255. Cambridge, 1852.) PORTER, David. Two Discourses : the first occasioned by the Death of General Washing- ton, delivered at Spericertown, January 19, 1800. The second, delivered on a Thanksgiving Occasion, at the same place, December 13, 1799, by David Porter. Printed in Hudson, by Ashbel Stoddard, m,dccc. 33 pp. 16 . PORTER, Eliphalet. An Eulogy on George Washington. Delivered, Jan. 14th, 1800, before the Inhabitants of the Town of Roxbury, at the Request of their Committee ; and published in compliance with their wishes, by Eliphalet Porter, One of the Ministers of said Town. - Boston: from the Printing-Office of Manning & Loring. [1800.] 22 pp. 8°. PRINCE, John. Part of a Discourse delivered on the 29th of December, upon the Close of the Year 1799, recommending the Improvement of Time. By John Prince, LL.D. Minister of the First Congregational Society in Salem. Published by desire of the town. Salem : printed by Thomas C. Cushing. [1800.] 24 pp. 8°. RAMSAY, David. An Oration on the Death of Lieutenant-General George Washington. Delivered in St. Michael's Church, January 15, 1800, at the request of the Inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina ; and published by their desire. By David Ramsay, M.D. Charleston: Printed by W. P. Young, m.dccc. (4), 30 pp. 8°. {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 76-96. Boston, 1800.) {InThe Washingtoniana, pp. 162-181. Lancaster, 1802.) WASHINGTONIANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 413 RICHARDS, George. The Accepted of the Multitude of his Brethren : an historical Discourse, in two parts ; gratefully commemorating the unparalleled Services and pre- eminent Virtues, of General George Washington. By George Richards, ministering to the first Universalist Society, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Printed and published, as the Act of Congress directs, by Charles Peirce, at the United States' Oracle-Office ; March, m,dccc. 83 pp. 8°. Lacks half-title page. ROBERDEAU, Isaac. An Oration ; upon the Death of General Washington. Pronounced before the Officers of the Second Brigade, Fourth Division of the Militia of New- Jersey, at Johnsonbury, Sussex County, on the twenty second of February, Eighteen hundred. Published at their Request. By Isaac Roberdeau, Major of Brigade. Philadelphia : printed by William W. Woodward. 1800. 30 pp. 8°. ROCHE, Edward. A Funeral Oration on the death of Gen. George Washington ; prepared at the request of the Society of Cincinnati, of the State of Delaware, and pronounced at Wilmington, on the 2 2d day of February, 1800. By Edward Roche, Secretary of the Society. Wilmington: printed at the Franklin Press, by James Wilson. 1800. 15, (1) pp. 8°. ROGERS, William. The Prayer, delivered on Saturday the 22d of February, 1800, in the Ger- man Reformed Church, Philadelphia, before the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. By William Rogers, D.D. One of the Members of said Society, and Professor of English and Belles Lettres, in the University of Pennsylvania. Published by particular request. Philadelphia : printed by John Ormrod. 1800. 12 pp. 8°. RUSSELL, John Miller. A Funeral Oration, on General George Washington. By John Miller Russell, Esq. Boston, printed by John Russell, for Joseph Nancrede. 1800. 22 pp. 8°. Probably not delivered before an audience. SANDERS, Daniel Clarke. A Discourse pronounced at Burlington, Vermont, in commemoration of General George Washington, by Rev. Daniel Clarke Sanders, A. M. President of the University of Vermont. Burlington, Vermont, printed by John K. Baker. 1800. 20 pp. Sm. 4°. 41 4 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. SAVAGE, Ezekiel. An Eulogy on Gen. George Washington, who died Dec. 14, 1799; de- livered at St. Peter's Church, in Salem, the 2 2d of February, 1800; being the Anniversary of his Birth, and the Day assigned by Government for a general Mourning throughout the United States. By Ezekiel Savage, A.M. Printed by Joshua Cushing, Salem. 1800. 23 pp. 8°. SEWALL, Daniel. An Eulogy, occasioned by the Death of General Washington. Pro- nounced at the middle Parish in Kittery, February 22, 1800: by Daniel Sewall, Esq. Portsmouth, (New-Hampshire,) printed at the United States' Oracle- Office j by Charles Peirce. 1800. 20 pp. 8°. SEWALL, Jonathan Mitchel. Eulogy on the late General Washington ; pronounced at St. John's Church, in Portsmouth, Newhampshire, on Tuesday, 31st December, 1799. At the Request of the Inhabitants, by Jonathan Mitchel Sewall, esquire. Portsmouth, N. H. Printed by William Treadwell. [1800.] 28 pp. Sm. 4 . (In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 30-44. Boston, 1800.) SKETCH of a Discourse, occasioned by the Death of the late General George Washington. Dublin. Printed for P. Byrne. 1800. (2), 20 pp. 8°. SMITH, Jeremiah. An Oration on the death of George Washington; delivered at Exeter, February 22, 1800. By Jeremiah Smith. Exeter: from the Press of Henry Ranlet. 1800. 31pp. 8°. (In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 176-195. Boston, 1800.) SMITH, Samuel Stanhope. An Oration, upon the Death of General George Washington, delivered in the State-House at Trenton, on the 14th of January, 1800, By the Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, D. D. President of the College of New- Jersey : And published at the desire of the Committee of the Citizens, &c. of Trenton, at whose request it was pronounced. Trenton: printed by G. Craft, m.dccc. 45, (1) pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 415 Stitched in the covers with this are pp. 529-562 of the Appendix to vol. vi. of the Anti- Jacobin of London, in which several eulogies and funeral orations upon Washington are noticed. Same. The second Edition. Trenton: printed by G. Craft. m,dccc. 45, (1) pp. 8°. Same. Third Edition. Trenton: published by D. & E. Fenton. 1817. 92 pp. 12 . (/» The Washingtoniana, pp. 234-260. Lancaster, 1802.) (In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 178-216. Roxbury, 1865.) SPALDING, Joshua. A Sermon, preached at the Tabernacle, in Salem, December 29, A. D. 1799, on the Death of General Washington. By Joshua Spalding, Pastor. Published by desire of the town. Salem: printed by Thomas C. Cushing. [1800.] 20 pp. 8°. SPRING, Samuel. God the Author of Human Greatness. A Discourse, on the Death of General George Washington ; delivered at the North Congregational Church in Newburyport, December 29, 1 799. By Samuel Spring, Pastor. Printed at Newburyport, by Edmund M. Blunt. 28 pp. 8°. Half-title page missing. STILLMAN, Samuel. A Sermon, occasioned by the death of George Washington. By Samuel Stillman, D. D. Minister of the First Baptist Church in Boston. Boston : printed by Manning & Loring. [1800.] 26 pp. 8°. Lacks the half-title page. STONE, Eliab. A Discourse, delivered at Reading February 22, 1800; the Day recom- mended by Congress to the Observance of the People of the United States, by their assembling, in such manner as might be convenient, and publicly testifying their Grief for the Death, and their respect for the Memory of General George Washington. By Eliab Stone, A.M. Minister of the Second Church in Reading. Boston : Manning & Loring, printers. [1800.] 23 pp. 8°. STORY, Isaac. An Eulogy on the glorious Virtues of the illustrious Gen. George Wash- ington. Written at the request of the Inhabitants of Sterling, and delivered before them on Saturday, the 2 2d of February, 1800. By Isaac Story, A.M. Worcester. Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. April— 1800. 23 pp. 8°. 4 i6 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. STORY, Joseph. An Eulogy on General George Washington ; written at the request of the inhabitants of Marblehead, and delivered before them on the Second Day of January, A. D. 1800. By Joseph Story, A. B. Printed by Joshua Cushing, Salem. 1800. 24 pp. 8°. Pp. 17-24 are taken up with an "Elegy to the Memory of General Washington," which a note says "was originally designed for newspaporial currency." (J n Hough, F. B. The Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 82-92. Roxbury, 1865.) STRONG, Nathan. A Discourse, delivered on Friday, December 27, 1799, the Day set apart by the Citizens of Hartford, to lament before God, the Death of Gen. George Washington; who died Dec. 14, 1799. By Nathan Strong, Pastor of the North Presbyterian Church in Hartford. Hartford: printed by Hudson and Goodwin. 1800. 31pp. 8°. Lacks the half-title page. Pp. 27-31 contain " Sketches of the Life of General Washington." SUMNER, Charles Pinckney. Eulogy on the Illustrious George Washington, pronounced at Milton, twenty-second February, 1800. By Charles Pinckney Sumner. Dedham : printed by H. Mann. 1800. 24 pp. 8°. {In Eulogies and Orations, pp. 261-272. Boston, 1800.) (/« The Washingtoniana, pp. 192-202. Lancaster, 1802.) TAGGART, Samuel. A Discourse, delivered at Colrain February 22, 1800. Being the Day recommended by Congress, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, for the public testifying of our respect to the memory of that late Illustrious States- man, and singular Benefactor to his country, General George Washington. By the Rev. Samuel Taggart, A.M. Printed at Greenfield, by Thomas Dickman. 1800. 32 pp. 8°. THACHER, Peter. A Sermon, occasioned by the Death of General George Washington, and preached Feb. 22, 1800, by their direction, before His Honor Moses Gill, Esq. Commander in Chief," the Honorable Council, the Honorable Senate WASHINGTON/ANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. A 1 7 and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By Peter Thacher, D.D. Chaplain to the General Court. Boston. — Printed by Young & Minns. [1800.] 21pp. 8°. THACHER, Thomas. An Eulogy on George Washington. Delivered at Dedham, February 22, 1800, at the Request of the Inhabitants of said Town. By Thomas Thacher, A.M. Dedham : printed by H. Mann. 1800. 22 pp. 8°. THACHER, Thomas Cushing. An Eulogy on the memory of General George Washington. Pronounced at the request of the Citizens of Lynn, Jan. 13, 1800, and published by the desire of the Committee of Arrangements. By Thomas Cushing Thacher, A.M. Boston: printed by Manning & Loring. [1800.] 12 pp. 8°. TOMB, Samuel. An Oration on the auspicious Birth, sublime Virtues, and triumphant Death of General George. Washington ; pronounced Feb. 2 2, 1 800 ; in Newbury Second Parish. By Rev. Samuel Tomb. To which are annexed, Two Odes and an Acrostic, commemorative of the Birth and Death of that illustrious Personage ; composed by the same hand. Printed at Newburyport by Edmund M. Blunt. 1800. 17, (3) pp. 8°. Lacks half-title page. TRUMBULL, Benjamin. The Majesty and Mortality of created Gods Illustrated and Improved. A Funeral Discourse, delivered at North- Haven, December 29, 1 799. On the Death of General George Washington. By Benjamin Trumbull, D.D. Pastor of the Church in North Haven. New Haven : printed by Read & Morse. 1800. 31pp. 8°. TUCKERMAN, Joseph. A Funeral Oration. Occasioned by the death of General George Wash- ington. Written at the request of the Boston Mechanic Association, and delivered before them, on the 2 2d of Feb. 1800. By Joseph Tuckerman. Boston : printed by Manning & Loring. [1800.J 24 pp. 8°. (Reprinted in A Memorial of Joseph Tuckerman, pp. 1-30. Worcester, 1888.) 27 41 8 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. TUFTS, Cotton. An Oration, in honour to the memory of General George Washington. Delivered before the Inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth, at the Request of their Selectmen, on the 2 2d day of February, 1800. By Cotton Tufts, M.D. M.M.S. & A.A.S. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1800. 19 pp. 8°. VINING, John. Eulogium, delivered to a large Concourse of respectable Citizens, at the State-House, in the Town of Dover, on the twenty-second of February Eighteen Hundred. In commemoration of the death of General George Washington. By John Vining, Esquire. Published at the request of the Committee of arrangement, apppointed [sic] to superintend the ceremony and take order on the solemn occasion. Philadelphia: printed by John Ormrod. 1800. zo pp. 8°. {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 155-162. Lancaster, 1802.) WADSWORTH, Benjamin. An Eulogy on the excellent Character of George Washington ; pronounced February 2 2, mdccc. being the Anniversary of his Birth, and the Day recom- mended by Congress to testify the national grief for his Death. By Benjamin Wadsworth, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Danvers. Printed by Joshua Cushing, Salem. 1 800. 3 2 pp. 8°. WARE, Henry. A Sermon, occasioned by the Death of George Washington. Delivered in Hingham, by Request of the Inhabitants, January 6, 1800. By Henry Ware, Pastor of the First Church in Hingham. Printed by Samuel Hall, Boston. 1800. 27 pp. 8°. WATERMAN, Nehemiah. An Oration, delivered at Bozrah, February 2 2d, 1800,, the Day recom- mended by Congress for paying a tribute of respect to the Memory of General George Washington. By Nehemiah Waterman, Esq. Windham, printed by John Byrne. 1800. 16 pp. 8°. WEST, Samuel. Greatness the Result of Goodness. A Sermon, occasioned by the Death of George Washington. By Samuel West, D.D. Pastor of the Church in Hollis Street, Boston. WASHINGTONIANA: FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 419 Boston: from the Printing-Office of Manning & Loring. [1800.J 40 PP- 8°. Pp. 19-40 contain the Farewell Address of Washington. WETMORE, William. An Oration on the Death of General George Washington, delivered at the request of the citizens of Castine, on the 2 2d February, A. D. 1800. Pur- suant to the Recommendations of Congress, and the General Court of Mas- sachusetts. By William Wetmore, Barrister at Law. Castine : published by David J. Waters. [1800.] 30 pp. 8°. Pp. 26-30 are taken up with notes. WHARTON, Charles Henry. Extract from a Sermon, on the death of General Washington, preached at Burlington, New Jersey. {In Memory of Washington, pp. 202-210. Newport, R. I., 1800.) WHITE, Daniel Appleton. A Eulogy on George Washington. Delivered at the request of the Inhabitants of Methuen, in the Meeting House of the First Parish in that Town. By Daniel Appleton White, A.B. Haverhill. Printed by Seth H. Moore, for the Subscribers. — Feb. 1800. 18 pp. 8°. Lacks half-title page. WHITE, Samuel. An oration delivered by Captain Samuel White, of the 1 ith regiment, on the 22d instant, to the Union Brigade, consisting of the nth, 12th and 13th regiments, near Scotch Plains, New-Jersey. {In Proceedings of the Union Brigade, on the Death of General Washing- ton, pp. 24-34. [Trenton? 1800.J) {In The Washingtoniana, pp. 260-266. Lancaster, 1802.) {In Hough, F. B. Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 150-160. Roxbury, 1865.) WHITNEY, Peter. Weeping and Mourning at the Death of eminent Persons a national Duty. A Sermon, delivered at Northborough February 2 2d, 1800. Observed as ' 420 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. a Day of national Mourning, on account of the Death of General George Washington. By Peter Whitney, A.M. Minister of the Gospel in North- borough. Printed at Brookfield, Massachusetts, by E. Merriam & Co. April, 1800. 28 pp. 8°. Pp. -27-28 contain "An Elegy on the death of General Washington, set to music by Capt. Abraham Wood." WHITWELL, Benjamin. An Eulogy, on the Virtues of General George Washington, who died December 14, 1799, delivered before the Inhabitants of the Town of Augusta, at the Request of their Committee, by Benjamin Whitwell, Esq. Hallowell (District of Maine) : printed by Peter Edes. 1800. 18 pp. 12°. Lacks half-title page. WILLARD, Joseph. An Address in Latin, by Joseph Willard, S.T.D. L.L.D. President ; and a Discourse in English, by David Tappan, S.T.D. Hollis Professor of Divinity ; delivered before the University in Cambridge, Feb. 21, 1800. In Solemn Commemoration of General George Washington. E typis Samuel Etheridge. m,dccc. 31 pp. 4 . Same. E typis. Samuel Etheridge. 44 pp. 8°. WOODWARD, William. An Oration, pronounced at Hanover, Newhampshire, January 9, 1800 ; at request of Franklin Lodge, No. 6, in Memory of their Illustrious Brother, the Beloved Washington; who died at Mount Vernon, Dec. 14, 1799. By Brother William Woodward. Published by Desire. Printed at Hanover, (N. H.) By Brother Moses Davis. Jan. 1800. 17 pp. 8°. WORCESTER, Leonard. An Oration, pronounced at Peacham, in Commemoration of the Death of the late Gen. George Washington, February 2 2d, 1800. By Leonard Worcester. Peacham, Vermont, printed by Farley & Goss. 1800. 20 pp. 8°. CHARLESTOWN, Massachusetts. Proceedings of the Town of Charlestown, in the County of Middle- sex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; in respectful Testimony of WASHINGTONIANA : FUNERAL ORATIONS, ETC. 42 1 the distinguished Talents and preeminent Virtues of the late George Washington. [Charlestown.] January, m,dccc. 46, 36, 24 pp. 8°. Consists of : — A Prayer and Sermon, delivered at Charlestown, December 31, 1799, on the Death of George Washington. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D., Pastor of the Church in Charlestown. To which is prefixed, an Account of the Proceedings of the Town on the melancholy occasion ; written by Josiah Bartlett, Esq. Annexed is the " Valedictory Address " of the Deceased to his fellow Citizens. Charlestown : printed by Samuel Etheridge, 1800. DORCHESTER, Massachusetts. Public Expressions of Grief, for the Death of General George Washington, at Dorchester. [Charlestown : printed by Samuel Etheridge. 1800.] 6, 22, 16, 30 pp. 8°. Contents. Proceedings of the Town of Dorchester, relative to the 22d of February 1800, 6 pp. — An Eulogy on General George Washington, who died on the 14th of Dec. 1799. Pronounced at Dorchester, Feb. 22, 1800. It being the Day recommended by Congress, for the National Lamentation of his Death. By Oliver Everett, Esq. Charlestown : printed by Samuel Etheridge. m,dccc. 5-22 pp. — A Discourse, delivered at Dorchester, Dec. 29, 1799. Being the Lord's Day after hearing the distressing Intelligence of the Death of General George Washington. By Thaddeus Mason Harris, A. M. Charlestown : printed by Samuel Etheridge. m.dccc. 16 pp. — The Address of the late George Washington, when President, to the People of the United States, on declining being considered a Candidate for their future Suffrages. 30 pp. PROCEEDINGS of the General Society of the Cincinnati, with the Original Institution of the Order, to which are annexed, the Act of Incorporation, by the State of Pennsylvania ; the By-Laws of the Pennsylvania Society, and the Testimonial to the Memory of General Washington, as adopted and com- municated by the last Meeting of the General Society. Published by direc- tion of the Pennsylvania State Society. Philadelphia: printed by John Ormrod. i8or. 82 pp. 8°. PROCEEDINGS of the Union Brigade [of New Jersey] commanded by Colonel Smith, on the Death of General Washington. Together with the Rev. Mr. Austin's Prayer, and Capt. Samuel White's Oration. [Trenton?] From Lang's Press. 1800. 36 pp. 8°. J. RUSSELL'S GAZETTE. February 10th, 1800. Published by James Cutler, Boston. 4 pp. F°. Contains an account of the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Legislature in observance of the Death of Washington, and a copy of a poem from the Vergennes Gazette. 422 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. ULSTER COUNTY GAZETTE. Vol. II. Num. 88. Saturday, January 4, 1800. Published at Kingston (Ulster County), by Samuel Freer and Son. 4 PP- F°. A Reprint. Contains the Proceedings of Congress upon the Death of Washington, and an account of the Funeral at Mt. Vernon. Claypoole's American daily Advertiser, Dec. 19-31, 1799, contains the notices, letters of condolence, eulogies, funeral orations, actions of the different State and federal Bodies, etc., caused by the Death of Washington. INDEX TO THE FOREGOING FUNERAL ORATIONS AND OBSERVANCES, ARRANGED BY PLACES. Connecticut. Bozrah, Waterman. Hartford, Flint, Strong. New Haven, Dwight. New London, Huntington. New Milford, Griswold. North Haven, Trumbull. Wethersfield, Marsh. Windham, Cleaveland. Delaware. Wilmington, Bedford, Roche. Georgia. Savannah, Holcombe. Maine. Arundel, Moody. Augusta, Whitwell. Castine, Wetmore. Kittery, Sewall. North Yarmouth, Mitchell. Old York, Messinger. Portland, Parker. Topsham, Ellis. Warren, Huse. Wells, Hemmenway. Wiscasset, Bradford. Maryland. Baltimore, Carroll, Morrell. Cambridge, Kemp. Massachusetts. Abington, Niles. Billerica, Cumings. Boston, Ames, Baldwin, Bigelow, Blake, Davis, Kirkland, Minot, Popkin, Stillman, Thacher, Tuck- erman, West. Brookfield, Merrick. Brookline, Pierce. Byfield, Parish. Cambridge, Fiske, Foster, Holmes, Willard. Charlestown, Bartlett, Morse. Chelsea, Payson. Colrain, Taggart. Danvers, Mead, Wadsworth. Dedham, Thacher. Dorchester, Everett, Harris. Gloucester, Forbes. Harvard, Mycall. Haverhill, Abbot. Hingham, Lisle, Ware. Ipswich, Dana, Frisbie. Leominster, Adams. Lunenburg, Cunningham. Lynn, Thacher. Maiden, Green. Marblehead, Story. Medford, Brooks, Osgood. Mendon, Alexander. Methuen, White. Milton, Sumner. Newbury, Tomb. Newburyport, Andrews, Bod- dily, Dana, Paine, Spring. Northborough, Whitney. Orleans, Bascom. Oxford, Dunham. Plymouth, Kendall. Reading, Stone. Rowley, Braman. Roxbury, Porter. Salem, Barnard, Bentley, Fisher, Hopkins, Prince, Savage, Spalding. Scituate, Barnes. Sheffield, Lee. Spencertown, Porter. Sterling, Story. Tewksbury, Barton. Western, Allen. Weymouth, Tufts. Worcester, Bancroft. Wrentham, Gleason. New Hampshire. Amherst, Atherton. Dover, Vining. Exeter, Smith. Hanover, Woodward. Londonderry, Morison. Pittsfield, Bishop. Portsmouth, Alden, Buckmin- ster, Richards, Sewall. New Jersey. Burlington, Griffith, Wharton. Johnsonbury, Roberdeau. Newark, MacWhorter.Ogden. New Brunswick, Frelinghuy- sen. Trenton, Smith. Woodbury, Croes. WASHINGTONIANA : BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 423 New York. Albany, Beers, Houdin, John- son. New Rochelle, Bayard. New York, Leonard, Linn, Mason, Miller, Morris, Oration, etc. Pennsylvania. Bellville, Ogden. Carlisle, Davidson. Greensburgh, M'Keehan. Lancaster, Frazer. Philadelphia, Chaudron, Dick- ins, Jackson, Lee, Magaw, Rogers. Rhode Island. Newport, Dehon, Patten. Providence, Burrill, Hitchcock. South Carolina. All Saints' Parish, Blyth. Charleston, Furman, Keith, Paine, Ramsay. Georgetown, Kinloch. Vermont. Burlington, Sanders. Castleton, Langdon. Peacham, Worcester. Virginia. Alexandria, Dick. Williamsburg, Madison. France. Paris, Dubroca, Fontanes. Society of the Cincinnati. Delaware, Roche. New York, Linn. Pennsylvania, Jackson, Rogers. South Carolina, Furman. Masonic. Atherton, Bedford, Bigelow, Blake, Chaudron, Cleave- land, Dehon, Frazer, Ma- gaw, Paine, Woodward. Military. Dehon, Dunham, Roberdeau, White. • Poems. Alsop, Elegiac, etc., Elegy, etc., Ellis, Funeral elegy, Holden, Kinker, Kleynhoff, Linn, Love, Occasional, etc., Tomb. 6. Birthday Commemorations, etc. 1784. KELBY, William. First celebration of Washington's Birth Day, February 11, 1784. [In New York and Richmond, Va.] (In Historical magazine, 1869, new series, vol. 5, pp. 134-135.) 1793. BENTLEY, William. Oration, in commemoration of the Birthday of Washington, delivered at Salem, Massachusetts, February 12A, 1793. By William Bentley, D. D. Morrisania, N. Y. 1870. (8), 19 pp. 8vo. Large paper. "The following Oration was originally printed in The Historical Magazine . . . and has been re-produced in this form, in an edition of thirty copies, exclusively for private circulation." H. B. Dfawson]. 1797. PICKMAN, Benjamin, Junior. An Oration, pronounced, February 22, 1797, before the Inhabitants of the Town of Salem, in Massachusetts, assembled to commemorate the Birth-day of George Washington, President of the United States of America. By Benjamin Pickman, Jun. Printed at Salem, by Thomas C. Gushing. 1797. 22 pp. 8vo. 424 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. 1800. **# Eulogies and Orations oh the 22d of February, 1800, will be found in the previous section, " Funeral Orations &c." 1810. CALDWELL, Charles. An Oration commemorative of the Character and Administration of Wash- ington, delivered before the American Republican Society of Philadelphia, on the 2 2d day of February, 18 10. By Charles Caldwell, M.D. Published at the request of the Society. Philadelphia: published by Bradford and Inskeep. 1810. 37 pp. 8°. HARPER, Robert Goodloe. An Oration, on the Birth of Washington ; delivered before the Washington Society of Alexandria, by Robert Goodloe Harper, one of its Members, on the 2 2d. of February, A. D. 1810, and published by its order. Alexandria: printed by S. Snowden. r_i8io.] 19 pp. 8°. 1811. ERSKINE, David Stuart, Earl of Buchan. The 'Earl of Buchan's Address to the Americans at Edinburgh, on Washington's Birth-Day, February 2 2d. 181 1. 1 [Edinburgh, 1811.] 35 pp. 8°. Contains some items in MS. by the author. Presentation copy to Bushrod Washington. HANSON, Charles W. Oration delivered before the Washington Society of Maryland, on the twenty-second February, 181 1. By Charles W. Hanson, Esq. Baltimore: printed by John L. Cook. 181 1. 36 pp. 8°. HOLROYD, John. An Oration delivered in the Benevolent Congregational Meeting-House, in Providence, before Mount- Vernon Lodge, on their anniversary election, February 22d, A. L. 5811. By John Holroyd, Esq. G.S. Providence : printed at the Office of the American, by Dunham & Hawkins. 1811. 16 pp. 8°. 1812. BATES, Isaac C. An Oration, pronounced before the Washington Benevolent Society of the County of Hampshire, on their first Anniversary, 181 2. In commemoration of the Nativity of Washington. By Isaac C. Bates, Esq. Northampton : printed by William Butler. [1812.] 24 pp. 8°. WASHINGTON/ANA ; BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 42$ CRAFTS, William, Junior. Oration on the Birth of Washington. Delivered in St. Philip's Church, Charleston, (S. C.) on the 22d of February, 1812. By appointment of the Washington Light Infantry, and published at their request. By William Crafts, Jun. An Officer in the above Corps. Charleston : printed by E. Morford, Willington & Co. 1 8 1 2. 1-18 pp. 8° . Pages missing after p. 18. DUNHAM, Josiah. An Oration, in Commemoration of the Birth of our illustrious Washington, pronounced at Windsor, February 24, 18 12, before the Washington Benevo- lent Society. By Josiah Dunham. Published at the Request of the Society. Windsor, Vt. Printed by Thomas M. Pomroy. 181 2. 24 pp. 8°. ELLIOT, Samuel. An Oration. Delivered at Brattleboro', Vt. February 22, 181 2, at the public celebration of Washington's Birth-Day. By Samuel Elliot Esq. Together with an Address, to the Washington Benevolent Society. By Jonathan Hunt, Jr. Esq. Brattleborough, Vermont: printed by William Fessenden. 181 2. 19 pp. 8°. Presentation copy to Bushrod Washington. HEATH, Upton S. Oration delivered before the Washington Society of Maryland, on the twenty-second February, 18 12. By Upton S. Heath, Esq. Baltimore: printed by Magauran and Kennedy. 1812. 23 pp. 8°. HOLLEY, Myron. Oration, delivered at the Court-House in Canandaigua, before the Wash- ington Benevolent Society of the County of Ontario, on the 2 2d of February, 1812, being the Anniversary of the Birth-Day of Geo. Washington. By M. Holley, Esq. Canandaigua: printed by J. D. Bemis. 1812. 16 pp. 8°. KNAPP, Samuel Lorenzo. An Oration delivered before " The Associated Disciples of Washington," on the 22d of February, 1812. The first Anniversary of the Institution. By Samuel L. Knapp, Esq. Newburyport : from the Press of E. W. Allen. 1812. 23 pp. 8°. 426 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. LEWIS, Roswell W. An Oration, delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society, at Washington Hall, in the City of New York, on the twenty-second of Febru- ary, 1812. By Roswell W. Lewis, Esq. Published by the Society. New- York : printed by J. Seymour. 181 2. 20 pp. 8°. [LOVETT, John.] Washington's Birth Day : an historical Poem, with Notes and Appendix. By a Washingtonian. Albany: printed and published by E. and E. Hosford. 1812. 55, (1), n pp. Portrait. Sm. 4°. WEBSTER, Daniel. An Address delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society, at Portsmouth, July 4, 181 2. By Daniel Webster. Portsmouth, N. H. Printed at the Oracle Press, by William Treadwell. [1812.] 27 pp. 8°. 1813. An ADDRESS delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society, Brimfield, February 2 2d, 1813. By a Member of the Society. Brookfield : printed by E. Merriam & Co. 1813. 19 pp. 8°. BARTLETT, Josiah. An Address to the Charlestown Branch of the Washington Benevolent Society of Massachusetts, on the twenty-second of February,' mdcccxtii. By Josiah Bartlett, M. D. Charlestown : printed by Samuel Etheridge, Jun. 1813. 12, (3) pp. 8°. The last three pages contain, " Occasional Ode, " written by Henry Small, and corre- spondence between the Society and Commodore Bainbridge ; with list of officers of the Society. BENDER, Hastings R. Oration delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society, of the County of Cortland in Homer, at their Celebration of the Birth-day of the Illustrious Washington February 22, 1813. By Hastings R. Bender. Homer, printed by John W. Osborn. 1813. (4), 16 pp. 8°. ELY, ISAAC M. An Oration delivered February 2 2d, 181 3, in Washington Hall, before the Washington Benevolent Society, of the City of New York. By Isaac M. Ely. New York: printed by Hardcastle & Van Pelt. 1813. 28 pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 427 HARRIS, Thaddeus Mason. An Address, delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society, in Dorchester, February 22d, 1813. By Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris. Pub- lished by the particular request of the Society. Boston: J. Belcher, printer. 1813. 15 pp. 8°. HAYNES, Lemuel. Dissimulation illustrated. A Sermon delivered at Brandon, Vermont, February 22, 1813, before the Washington Benevolent Society; it being the Anniversary of Gen. Washington's Birth-day. By Lemuel Haynes, A. M. Pastor of the Church in West- Rutland. Rutland: printed by Fay & Davison. 1814. 24 pp. 8°. RAYMOND, David. An Oration, delivered on the 2 2d of February, 1813, at Washington Hall, in the City of New- York, before the Hamilton Society. By David Raymond. New York : published by A. T. Goodrich & Co. 181 3. 23 pp. 8°. HILDRETH, Hosea. A Discourse, delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society in Exeter, on the day of their Anniversary, May 4th, 1813. By Hosea Hildreth. Exeter: printed by Charles Norris & Co. 1813. 24 pp. 8°. COOKE, Phinehas. An Oration, delivered at Keene, N. H. before the Washington Benevo- lent Society, on the 5th day of July, 18 13, being the Anniversary of Amer- ican Independence. By Phinehas Cooke. Keene, printed by John Prentiss. 18 13. 16 pp. 8°. Devoted to a survey of Washington's career. HOLMES, Abiel. An Address, delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society at Cambridge, 5 July, 1813. By Abiel Holmes, D. D. Cambridge: printed by Hilliard and Metcalf. 181 3. 28 pp. 8°. 1814. JENNINGS, Ebenezer. Warnings against Deception. A Sermon, delivered before a branch of the Washington Benevolent Society, in the Town of Washington, (Mass.) 428 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. January 6th, 1814. By Ebenezer Jennings, Pastor of the Church in Dalton, Massachusetts. Stockbridge. Printed for Elijah Kingsley. 1814. H. Willard, printer. 16 pp. 8°. BIGELOW, Henry. A Sermon, delivered at Castleton, on the 22 of February 18 14, before the W. B. Society, of the county of Rutland, in commemoration of the Birth of Washington. By Henry Bigelow, A. M. Pastor of the Congregational Church of Christ in Middletown, Vt. Middlebury, Vt. Printed by Timothy C. Strong. 1814. 28 pp. 8°. COXE, Richard S. An Oration delivered before the Washington Association of Philadelphia, on the 22d of February, 1814. By Richard S. Coxe, Esq. one of the Members. Philadelphia : published by order of the Association. William Fry, Printer. 18 14. 23 pp. 8°. DUNHAM, Josiah. An oration, in commemoration of the birth of our Illustrious Washington, pronounced at Windsor, February 22, 1814, before a numerous Concourse of Citizens, at the request of the Washington Benevolent Society. By Josiah Dunham. Windsor, Vt. Printed by Thomas M. Pomroy.- 18 14. 48 pp. 8°. 1815. MOTTEY, Joseph. An Address, occasioned by the Peace between America and Great Britain, established Feb. 17, 1815 ; delivered at Lynnfield, on the anniversary Birth-Day of George Washington. By Joseph Mottey, Minister of said Town. Cambridge: printed by Hilliard and Metcalf. 18 15. 12 pp. 8°. STANLEY, George W. An Oration, delivered February 2 2d, 1815, at the Anniversary Celebration of the Birth-Day of George Washington, by the Washington Benevolent Society, established at Wallingford. By George W. Stanley, Esq. President of the Society. New-Haven, printed by Oliver Steele. 1815. 29 pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA: BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 429 1816. ANDREWS, Edward W. An Address before the Washington Benevolent Society, in Newburyport, on the 2 2d. of Feb. 1816. [Poem.] By Edward W. Andrews, A. M. Published by request of the Society. Newburyport: published by William B. Allen & Co. 1816. 15 pp. 8°. 1820. OSBORN, David. An Oration, prepared and published at the request of the Military of the City of Albany. Delivered, February 22nd, 1820. By David Osborn, Esq. A Member of the City Guards. Albany : printed by G. J. Loomis, & Co. 1820. 14 pp. 8°. 1821. CUMMING, Hooper. An Oration, commemorative of Washington. Delivered Feb. 22, 1821. By Hooper Cumming, A. M. Pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church in the City of Albany. Albany: published by Daniel Steele. 1821. 26 pp. 8°. 1822. BERRIEN, John Macpherson. An Oration delivered at the Baptist Church in the City of Savannah, on Friday the 22nd. of February, 1822 ; at the request of the Georgia Hussars. By John Macpherson Berrien, Commander of the Corps. Savannah: W.T.Williams. 1822. 24pp. 8°. 1823. WHITAKER, Daniel K. An Oration pronounced at New-Bedford, Mass. February 22, 1823. On the Anniversary of the Birth of Washington. By Daniel K. Whitaker. Boston. Printed by Robert M. Peck. 1823. 27 pp. 8°. 1824. BEMAN. Nathan S. S. An Address, delivered in the Presbyterian Church, in the city of Troy, on Monday, February 23, 1824, in commemoration of Washington's Birth- day. By Nathan S. S. Beman, Pastor of the Church. Troy: printed by Francis Adancourt. 1824. 15 pp. 8°. 43° WASHINGTON COLLECTION. DROWN, Solomon. An Oration, delivered in the First Baptist Meeting-House, in Providence, at the Celebration, February 23, A. D. 1824, in commemoration of the Birth-day of Washington, and in aid of the Cause of the Greeks. By Solomon Drown, M. D. Professor of Materia Medica and Botany in Brown University. [Providence.] Brown & Danforth, printers. 1824. 24 pp. 8°. 1825 BAILEY, Ebenezer. Triumphs of Liberty, the Prize Ode, recited by Mr. Finn, at the Boston Theatre, on the anniversary of Washington's Birth-day, February 22, 1825. By Ebenezer Bailey. Boston.: published by Cummings, Hilliard & Co. 1825. 8 pp. 8°. 1827. DWIGHT, William T. An Oration before the Washington Benevolent Society of Pennsylvania, delivered in the Hall of the Musical Fund Society, on the 22 nd of February, 1827, by William T. D wight. Philadelphia: printed by James Maxwell. 1827. 34 pp. 8". 1828 BUDD, Thomas A. An Oration before the Washington Benevolent Society of Pennsylvania. Delivered in the Olympic Theatre, on the 22nd of February, 1828. By Thomas A. Budd, Esq. Philadelphia: printed by John Clarke. 1828. 25 pp. 8°. 1832. BACKUS, Henry T. An Oration, delivered on the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Washington, before the Citizens assembled in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Norwich, Feb. 22, 1832. By Henry T. Backus. Norwich: J.Dunham. 1832. 20pp. 8°. BURROUGHS, Charles. An Oration on the Moral Grandeur of Washington, delivered on the Cen- tennial Anniversary of his Birth Day, February xxn, mdcccxxxii, at the request of the Citizens of Portsmouth, N. H. By Charles Burroughs, Rector of St. John's Church. Portsmouth: Nathaniel March & Co. 1832. 59 pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 43 1 CALDWELL, Charles. A Discourse on the first Centennial Celebration of the Birth-day of Washington, delivered by request, to the Citizens of Lexington, on the 22nd of February, 1832. By Charles Caldwell, M. D. Lexington, Kentucky : printed by N. L. Finnell & J. F. Herndon. 1832. 56 pp. 8°. Page 4 contains an " Ode composed for the first Centennial Celebration of the Birth- day of Washington," by Josiah Dunham. [COURTIER, Peter L.] Oration, " delivered at the Mariner's Bethel," Philadelphia, on the Cen- tennial Anniversary, of the Illustrious Washington, February 22, 1832. By Onesimus. Philadelphia: J. Van Court, printer. 1841. 23pp. Woodcuts. 12 . CURTIS, Benjamin Robbins. An Address delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the Birth Day of Washington, at Deerfield, Mass. Feb. 2 2d, 1832. By Benjamin R. Curtis. Greenfield, Mass. Printed by Phelps and Ingersoll, 1832. 23 pp. 8°- FLINT, Jacob. An Address on the Character and Services of George Washington, deliv- ered to the people of Cohasset, at their request, in the house of worship of the First Church and Society, February 22, 1832, being the hundredth Birth Day of that illustrious Benefactor of his Country. By Jacob Flint, Pastor of the First Church and Society in that Town. Boston: Leonard C. Bowles. 1832. 18 pp. 8°. FOX, Thomas B. An Oration, delivered at the request of the Washington Light Infantry Company, in Newburyport, Feb. 22, 1832 : at the Centennial Celebration of the Birth-day of Washington. By Thomas B. Fox. Newburyport : published by T. B. & E. L. White. 1832. 22 pp. 8°. GRAY, Francis Calley. Oration delivered before the Legislature of Massachusetts, at their Request, on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. By Francis C. Gray. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth — Printers to the State. 1832. 80 pp. 8°. Also, a broadside, " Order of Services at the Old South Meeting-house." 432 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. HALE, Salma. An Oration delivered at Keene, N. H., February 22, 1832, being the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth-day of Washington. By Salma Hale. Keene, N. H. Published by Geo. Tilden. 1832. 28 pp. 8°. JOHNSON, James. Oration, delivered by James Johnson, of Baltimore, Md. on the Cen- tennial Anniversary of George Washington's Birth [Feb. 22, 1832]. Baltimore: printed by Richard J. Matchett. 1835. n pp. 8°. LINCOLN, Solomon. An Oration pronounced at Plymouth, at the Request of the Young Men of that Town, on the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth Day of George Washington. By Solomon Lincoln. Plymouth, (Mass.) Printed by Allen Danforth. 1832. 23, (i)pp. 8°. The last page contains "Odes written for the occasion, by Rev. S. Deane and Mr. Joseph Lucas." LINDSLEY, Philip. An Address delivered at Nashville, Ten. Feb. 22, 1832, at the request of the Citizens of Nashville and its vicinity, on the occasion of the Cen- tennial Birth Day of George Washington. By Philip Lindsley, President of the University of Nashville. Nashville : Hunt, Tardiff & Co., printers. 1832. 36 pp. 8°. OTIS, Oran G. Oration delivered on the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth-day of Washington, in the city of Albany, on the twenty-second of February, r832, by the Hon. Oran G. Otis, of the Assembly, on the appointment of the Legislature of New- York. Albany: printed by Croswell, Van Benthuysen and Burt. 1832. 16 pp. 8°. PITMAN, John. An Oration, delivered on the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Washington. February 22, 1832. By John Pitman. Providence: Weeden and Knowles, printers, mdcccxxxii. 36 pp. 8°. SPEECHES and other Proceedings at the Public Dinner in honor of the Cen- tennial Anniversary of Washington. To which is added Washington's Fare- well Address. City of Washington : printed at the Office of Jonathan Elliot. 1832. 32 pp. 8°. Daniel Webster presided at the dinner, and his opening address occupies pp. 3-1 1. Washington's Farewell Address is on pp. 23-32. WASHINGTONIANA : BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 433 SPRAGUE, Peleg. Remarks at the Centennial Celebration of Washington's Birthday, Feb- ruary 22, 1832 [at Washington]. {In his Speeches and Addresses, pp. 425-427. Boston, 1858.) WEBSTER, Daniel. The Character of Washington. [Address at the public dinner in Wash- ington, Feb. 22, 1832.] {In his Works, vol. 1, pp. 217-232. Boston, 1851.) 1838. ENGLAND, John. Oration delivered before the Washington Light Infantry, at their request, in the Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St. Finbar in Charleston, on the 2 2d of February, 1838 ; being the thirty-first Anniversary of the Company, by the Right Reverend John England, D. D., Bishop of Charleston. {In his Works, vol. 4, pp. 485-503. Baltimore, 1849.) 1839. WILSON, W. D. A Discourse on Slavery: delivered before the Anti-Slavery Society in Littleton, N. H., February 22, 1839, being the Anniversary of the Birth of Washington. By W. D. Wilson. Concord: printed by Asa McFarland. 1839. 51pp. 8°. 1841. ULLMANN, Daniel. An Address delivered in the Tabernacle, before the Tippecanoe and other Harrison Associations, of the City of New York, at the celebration of the Anniversary of the Birth Day of Washington, and the recent triumph of sound principles, in the election of William Henry Harrison, to the Presi- dency of the U. S. Feb'y 22, 184 1. By Daniel Ullmann. New York: Published for the Associations. 1841. 44 pp. 8°. WALKER, William S. Address delivered before the Philodemic Society, of Georgetown College, D. C, on the 22d February, 1841, by William S. Walker, of Mississippi. To which are prefixed the Remarks of William H. Campbell, of Georgia, previous to his reading the Farewell Address of Washington. Washington: printed by Gales and Seaton. 1841. 17 pp. 8°. 28 434 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. 1844. REED, William Bradford. "The model Administration." An Oration, delivered before the Whig Citizens of Philadelphia, on the twenty-second of February, 1844. By William B. Reed. Philadelphia : J. Crissy, printer. 1844. 22 pp. 8°. STOKES, William A. An Oration, on the Character and Services of Washington, delivered Feb. 22nd, 1844, at the Philadelphia Museum. By William A. Stokes, Esq. Philadelphia: printed at the Office of the National Catholic Register. 1844. 12 pp. 8°. , ' 1845. CLACK, Franklin Holse. Address delivered on the Anniversary of the Birth-day of Washington^ before the Philomathian Society, and the Professors and Students of Mount St. Mary's College, Maryland, February 22, 1845. By Franklin Hulse Clack, of Norfolk, Virginia, Student. Washington : J. and G. S. Gideon. 1845. 8 PP- 8 °- 1846. STEVENS, William Bacon. Moral Greatness, the Glory of the Hero and the Statesman. A Sermon delivered before the Demosthenian and Phi Kappa Societies of the Univer- sity of Georgia, in the College Chapel, Athens, on Sunday, the twenty- second of February, 1846. By Rev. Wm. Bacon Stevens, A.M., M.D., Rector of Emmanuel Church. . . . Athens: printed at the office of the "Southern Whig." 1846. 30 pp. 8°. 1848. SMITH, Ashbel. An Address delivered in the City of Galveston on the 2 2d of February, 1848, the anniversary of the Birth Day of Washington, and of the Battle of Buena Vista. By Ashbel Smith. News Office ; Galveston, W. Richardson, publisher. [1848.] 17 pp. 8°. t,t. r. 1849 - REED, William Bradford. Oration delivered at Philadelphia, by William B. Reed. February 22, 1849. Philadelphia : Crissy & Markley, printers. 1849. 44 PP- 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 435 1850. WHIPPLE, Edwin Percy. Washington and the Principles of the Revolution. An Oration delivered before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston, at the Celebration of the seventy-fourth Anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence. July 4, 1850. By Edwin P. Whipple. Boston: 1850. J. H. Eastburn, City Printer. 30 pp. 8°. Same. Second Edition. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, m.dccc.l. 49 pp. 16°. 1851. CELEBRATION of Washington's Birth-day, at New- York, on the 2 2d of February, 1851 [by the Union Safety Committee]. New-York : Van Norden & Amerman, Printers. 185 1. 113 pp. 8°. Pp. 6-33 contain Oration by Henry S. Foote. TATOR, Henry H. An Oration commemorative of the Birthday of Washington, delivered in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Francisville, Schoharie Co., N. Y., on the Twenty-Second of February. 1851. By Henry H. Tator, Esq. Albany: Joel Munsell, printer. 1851. 22 pp. 8°. UNION Celebration, in Macon, Georgia, on the Anniversary of Washing- ton's Birth-day, February 22, 1851. [Macon; printed at the Journal & Messenger Office. 185 1.] 48 pp. 8°. WHEELER, David Everett. A Discourse delivered at the request of the Order of United Americans, in Tripler Hall, New-York, Feb. 22d, 1851, being the 118th Anniversary of the Birthday of Washington. By David Everett Wheeler. New- York : John F. Trow. 1851. 52 pp. 8°. 1852. BOARDMAN, Henry Augustus. The new Doctrine of Intervention, tried by the Teachings of Washington : an Address delivered in the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on Monday and Tuesday Evenings, the 23d and 24th of February, 1852. By H. A. Boardman, D.D. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co. 1852. 63 pp. 8°. Title on cover " Kossuth or Washington." 436 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. BUTLER, Clement Moore. Our Country and our Washington. A Discourse, delivered on Sunday Morning, February 22, 1852, the Birthday of Washington, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, by the Rev. C. M. Butler, D.D. Chaplain of the Senate of the United States. Washington : printed by Jno. T. Towers. 1852. 23 pp. 8°. HINCKS, William, and SMITH, F. H. Washington's Birthday. Congressional Banquet in honor of George Washington, and the Principles of Washington. Reported and published - by William Hincks and F. H. Smith. Washington : Buell & Blanchard, printers. 1852. 37 pp. 8°. The Farewell Address occupies pp. 31-37. Washington's Birthday. Congressional Banquet at Washington, in honor of George Washington, and the Principles .of Washington, February 22, 1852. Reprinted as reported and published by William Hincks and F. H. Smith. Boston: printed by Dutton & Wentworth. 1852. 57 pp. 8°. Pp. 3-1 1 contain Washington's Farewell Address. SMITH, Charles Adam. A Discourse delivered on the occasion of the Birth of Washington (sic) before the National Guards of Easton, Pa., in Christ Church, Sabbath morn- ing, Feb. 22, 1852. By Charles Adam Smith, Pastor of the Church. Pub- lished by the National Guards. Albany: Joel Munsell. 1852. 26 pp. 8°. WATKINS, W. Hamilton. Address on the Life and Character of George Washington, delivered on the 1 20th Anniversary of his Birth, in Natchez, Mississippi. By Rev. W. Hamilton Watkins. Published by Request of the Citizens of Natchez. Natchez, Miss. Printed at the Natchez Courier Book and Job Office. 1852. 19 pp. 8°. FOLGER, Robert B. Address delivered to the members of Benevolent Lodge, No. 192, Novem- ber 4, 1852, in honor of the memory of George Washington, an active Mem- ber of the ancient and honorable order of Free and Accepted Masons. By Robert B. Folger, Past Master, of Independent Royal Arch Lodge, No. 2. New York : C. Shields, printer. 1852. 37 pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 437 1854. BROOM, Jacob. An Address delivered at Castle Garden, Feb. 22, 1854, before the Order of United Americans, on the occasion of their celebration of the one hun- dred & twenty-second Anniversary of the Birthday of Washington, by Jacob Broom, Esq., G. S. of Pennsylvania. Published by the Chancery O. U. A. State of New- York. New- York: Bro. Wm. B. Weiss, printer. 1854. 19 pp. 8°. 1855. WHITNEY, Thomas R. The Union of States : an Oration delivered before the Order of United Americans, at the Academy of Music, New York, Feb. 22, 1855, on the occasion of the celebration of the one hundred & twenty-third Anniver- sary of the Birthday of Washington, by the Hon. Thomas R. Whitney. Published by order of the Committee of Arrangements. New York: Bro. William B. Weiss, printer. 1855. 32 pp. 8°. 1856. ULLMANN, Daniel. The Course of Empire : an Oration delivered before the Order of United Americans, at the Academy of Music, February 22d, 1856 on the cele- bration of the Birthday of Washington. By Daniel Ullmann, Esq., of Alpha Chapter, No. 1. New York : Bro. William B. Weiss, printer. 1856. 22 pp. 8°. On the teachings of Washington's Farewell Address. 1857. ELLIS, George Edward. Commemoration of Washington. A Discourse (on the new Holiday,) preached in Harvard Church, Charlestown, on Sunday, February 22, 1857. By George E. Ellis. Charlestown: Abram E. Cutter. 1857. 30 pp. 8°. PROCEEDINGS at the Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Washington Light Infantry, 22d and 23d February, 1857. Published by order of the Corps. Charleston : Walker, Evans & Co. 1857. 80 pp. 8°. Contains Sermon by Rev. Samuel Gilman; Song by Miss M. E. Lee; Address by Hon. W. D. Porter ; and proceedings at the banquet which followed. WILLITS, A. A. Washington's Birthday. Outline of a Sermon delivered Sunday, February 22, 1857, before the Columbian Rifle Company of Philadelphia. By the Rev. 438 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. A. A. Willits, Pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church, Seventh and Spring Garden Streets. Philadelphia : Henry B. Ashmead. 1857, 18 pp. 8°. 1859. BADGER, William Whittlesey. Washington, or A Vision of Liberty : a Poem, delivered before the Gene- see Lyceum at Lima, N. Y. on the occasion of their annual celebration of Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1859. By William Whittlesey Badger. New York : Thatcher & Hutchinson. 1859. 24 pp. 16 . BOTTS, John Minor. Speech of the Hon. John Minor Botts, of Virginia, delivered at the Academy of Music, New York, on the 22d February, 1859, being the 127th Anniversary of Washington's Birthday. New York : published by McKee & Co. [1859.] 40 pp. 8°. DOANE, George Washington. One World ; one Washington : the Oration, in the City Hall, Burlington, on Washington's Birth-day, 1859 ; by request of the Lady Managers of the Mount Vernon Association, and many Citizens of Burlington : by the Rt. Rev. George Washington Doane, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of New Jersey. Burlington, N. J. : published for the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association. mdccclix. 32 pp. 8°. WATERMAN, W. J. Washington's Birth-day-Celebration at Irving College. Oration de- livered before the Students of Irving College, Manchester, Md. February 22d, 1859, by W. J. Waterman, Esq. Also, the Anniversary Poem, by G. W. Young, Esq. Together with brief notices of the celebration exercises. Baltimore : printed by Samuel S. Mills. 1859. 32 pp. 8°. 1860. BOCOCK, Thomas S. Inauguration of Mills' Equestrian Statue of Washington. Oration of Thomas S. Bocock, of Va., delivered on the occasion of the inauguration of Mills' Equestrian Statue of Washington, at Washington City, February 22, i860, together with a sketch of the inaugural ceremonies, embracing the Address by President Buchanan, and the Remarks of Clark Mills, Esq., the Artist. Washington: W. H. & 0. H. Morrison, i860. 33 pp. Frontispiece. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 439 Same. New York: H. H. Lloyd & Co. 257-280 pp. 12 . (The Pulpit and Rostrum, Feb. 25th, i860. No. n.) LIBERTY AND UNION ! Speeches delivered at the Eighteenth Ward Re- publican Festival, in commemoration of the Birth of Washington, held at the Gramercy Park House, New York, February 22, i860. Reported phonographically by William Anderson. New York: Baker & Godwin, printers, i860. 40 pp. 8°. 1861. LUNT, George. Washington and our own Times. A Lecture in aid of the Public Library, Newburyport. Delivered on the evening of Feb. 22, 1861, by George Lunt. Boston: press of Crocker and Brewster. 1861. 29 pp. 12 . MAYNARD, Horace. An Oration delivered before the Order of United Americans, at Niblo's Garden, New York, Feb. 22, 1861, on the Celebration of the Anniversary of the Birthday of Washington. By Hon. Horace Maynard, of Tennessee. New York: Chas. E. Gildersleve. 1861. 32 pp. 8°. SCHENCK, Noah Hunt. The Memory of Washington: an Oration, by the Rev. Noah Hunt Schenck, A.M. Rector of Emmanuel Church, delivered in Baltimore on the evening of February 22nd, 1861. Baltimore: Entz & Bash. 1861. 32 pp. 8°. 1862. BANCROFT, George. Oration by George Bancroft, on the twenty-second of February, 1862 [delivered in New York at the request of the Common Council]. To which is added Washington's Farewell Address. New York: published by E. D. Barker. 1862. 103-126 pp. 12 . (The Pulpit and Rostrum, April 15th, 1862. No. 29.) BRIGGS, George W. An Address delivered before the City Authorities in Salem, at the celebra- tion of the Birth-Day of Washington, February 22, 1862. By George W. Briggs, Minister of the First Church. Published by Request of the City Council. Salem: printed at the Office of the Gazette and Mercury. 1862. 24 pp. 8°. 44° WASHINGTON COLLECTION. DE COSTA, Benjamin Franklin. The Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment. A Discourse in commemora- tion of Washington's Birthday, delivered in Falls Church, Fairfax Co., Va., on Sunday, February 23, 1862. By Rev. B. F. De Costa, Chaplain of the Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment. Charlestown, Mass. 1862. 15 pp. 8°. LIBERTY AND UNION, one and inseparable. Speeches delivered at the Republican Union Festival, in commemoration of the birth of Washington ; held at Irving Hall, Feb. 22, 1862, under the auspices of the Republican Central Committees of the city and county of New York. New York : G. P. Putnam. 1862. 27 pp. 8°. WOOD, Fernando. Oration delivered by Hon. Fernando Wood, on the Anniversary of Wash- ington's Birth Day, February 22, 1862, at Scrantou, Pa. New York: George H. Clark, steam printer. 1862. 14 pp. 8°. 1863. THOMPSON, Alexander R. Christian Patriotism illustrated in George Washington. A Discourse de- livered Sunday, February 22d, 1863, in the Reformed Dutch Church, Twenty- first Street, New- York. By the Pastor, Alexander R. Thompson. New- York : Anson D. F. Randolph. 1863. 20 pp. 8°. 1864. BROWNE, William Percy. Oration delivered in Rosse Chapel, at the annual Celebration of Washing- ton's Birthday. By Wm. Percy Browne, Orator of the Philomathesian Society of Kenyon College. Gambier, Ohio: published by the Society. 1864. 26 pp. 12°. EASTMAN NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Grand and imposing Celebration of the 2 2d of February, 1864, in Com- memoration of George Washington, by the Students of Eastman National Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. [With Washington's Farewell Address.] [Poughkeepsie, Telegraph Press. 1864.] 18 pp. 8°. 1865. NEW JERSEY. Legislature. Washington's Birthday. Celebration of the Birthday of Washington, and of the Victories of the Union Arms : by the House of Assembly of the WASHINGTONIANA : BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 441 Lxxxixth Legislature of New Jersey, February 2 2d, 1865. Printed by Order of the House of Assembly. Trenton, N. J. : printed by J. R. Freese. 1865. 22 pp. 8°. 1866. CELEBRATION of Washington's Birth Day in Rome and Naples, February 22nd, 1866. Published by order of the Committees of Arrangement. No place. [1866.] 43 pp. 8°. PUTNAM, James Osborne. Birth-day of Washington. Celebration at Paris, February 22, 1866. Oration by Hon. James O. Putnam. Paris. Printed by E. Briere. 1866. 22 pp. 8°. 1874. FAVRE, Jules. Eloge de Washington. -Discours prononc6 au Cercle artistique, litteraire et scientifique de Gand, 2 avril, 1874. (In his Quatre conferences faites en Belgique au mois d'avril, 1874, pp. 65-128. Paris, 1874.) 1878. ANNUAL Observance of Washington's Birthday, by the Washington Light In- fantry of Charleston, S. C. 22d February, 1878. Charleston, S. C. The News and Courier book and job Presses. 1878. 20 pp. 8°. 1879. NEWBURYPORT, Mass. Presentation of the Statue of Washington to the City of Newburyport [Feb. 22, 1879. With address by Bishop Thomas M. Clark.] Printed by order of the City Council. [Newburyport, William H. Huse & Co., printers.] 1879. (2), 74, (1) pp. Plates. 8°. 1885. **# Accounts of the dedication of the National Monument in Washington, Feb. 21, 1885, will be found in the section "Monuments" beyond. 1886. EVERETT, William. Address on the Services of Washington, before the School Children of Boston, in the Old South Meeting House, 22 February, 1886. By William Everett. Boston: Roberts Brothers. 1886. 29 pp. 16 . 442 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. WINTHROP, Robert Charles. Washington's Birthday, 1886. Speech at a Festival of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, February 22, 1886. (In his Addresses and Speeches, vol. 4, pp. 591-593. Boston, 1886.) 1889. NEILL, Edward Duffield. Washington adapted for a Crisis. An Address before the Minnesota Commandery, in Hall of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, St. Paul, February 22, 1889. By Chaplain Edward D. Neill, D. D. (In Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle, second series, pp. 381-409. St. Paul, Minn., 1890.) INDEX TO THE FOREGOING BIRTHDAY AND COMMEMORATIVE ORATIONS AND OBSERVANCES. Connecticut. Massachusetts. Norwich 1832 Backus. Boston 1825 Bailey. Wallingford 1815 Stanley. 1832 Gray. District of Columbia. 1850 1886 Whipple. Everett. Georgetown 1841 Walker. U Winthrop Washington 1832 Speeches. Brimfield 1813 Address. (( Sprague. Cambridge (July 5) 1813 Holmes. (1 Webster. Charlestown 1813 Bartlett. 1852 Butler. 1857 Ellis. U Hincks. Cohasset 1832 Flint. i860 Bocock. Deerfield Dorchester 1832 1813 Curtis. Harris. Georgia. Lynnfield (Feb. 17) 1815 Motley. Athens 1846 Stevens. New Bedford 1823 Whitaker. Macon 1851 Union. Newburyport 1812 Knapp. Savannah 1822 Kentucky. Berrien. 1816 1832 1 861 Andrews. Fox. Lunt. Lexington 1832 Caldwell. Northampton 1812 Bates. Maryland. Plymouth Salem 1832 '793 Lincoln. Bentley. Baltimore 1811 Hanson. 1797 Pickman. 1812 Heath. 1862 Briggs. i835 Johnson. Washington 1814 Jennings. 1861 Schenck. Manchester 1859 Waterman. Minnesota. Mt. St. Mary's College 1845 Clack. St. Paul 1889 Neill. WASHINGTONIANA: BIRTHDAY ORATIONS, ETC. 443 Mississippi. Philadelphia 1828 Budd. Natchez 1852 New Hampshire. Watkins. 1832 1844 it Courtier. Reed. Stokes. Exeter Keene Littleton (May 4) 1813 (July 5) 1813 1832 1839 HUdreth. Cooke. Hale. Wilson. Scranton 1849 1852 1857 1862 Reed. Boardman. Willets. Wood. Portsmouth (July 4) 1812 Webster. Rhode Island. , 1832 Burroughs. Providence 1811 Holroyd. New Jersey. 1824 1832 Drown. Pitman. Burlington 1859 Doane. Trenton 1865 New Jersey. South Carolina. Charleston 1812 Crafts. New York. 1838 England. Albany 1820 Osborn. 1857 Proceedings 1821 Cumming. 1878 Annual. 1832 Otis. Canandaigua 1812 Holley. Tennessee. Francisville 1851 Tator. Nashville 1832 Lindsley. Homer 1813 Bender. Lima 1859 Badger. Texas. New York 1784 1812 Kelby. Lewis. Galveston 1848 Smith. 1813 (t Raymond. Ely. Ullmann. Vermont. 1841 Brandon 1813 Haynes. 1851 Celebration. Brattleborough 1812 Elliot. « Wheeler. Castleton 1814 Bigelow. (Nov. 4) 1852 Folger. Windsor 1812 Dunham. 1854 Brown. 1814 Dunham. 18SS Whitney. 1856 Ullmann. Virginia. 1859 Botts. Alexandria 1810 Harper. i860 Liberty. Falls Church 1862 De Costa. 1861 Maynard. Richmond 1784 Kelby. 1862 Liberty. tt Bancroft. Foreign. 1863 Thompson. Edinburgh 1811 Erskine. Poughkeepsie 1864 Eastman. Ghent 1874 Favre. Troy 1824 Beman. Naples 1 866 Celebration. Paris 1866 Putnam. Ohio. Rome 1866 Celebration. Gambier 1864 Browne. Masonic. Pennsylvania. 181 1 Holroyd 1852 Folger. Easton 1852 Smith. Philadelphia 1810 Caldwell. Poems. 1814 Coxe. 181 2 Lovett. 1825 Bailey. 1827 D wight. 181 2 Andrews 1859 Badger. 444 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. c. Anniversaries of Washington's Inauguration. 1813. SULLIVAN, William. An Oration delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society of Mas- sachusetts on the thirtieth day of April, 1812, being the anniversary of the first inauguration of President Washington. By William Sullivan. Boston : printed by John Eliot, jun. 181 2. 24 pp. 8°. Same. Second edition. Boston : printed by John Eliot, jun. 181 2. 28 pp. 8°. Pages 25-28 contain Odes by John Lathrop, jun., E. Tisdale, Esq., and Lucius M. Sargent, Esq. 1813. BURNSIDE, Samuel M. Oration, delivered at Worcester, on the thirtieth of April, A. D. 1813, before the Washington Benevolent Society of the County of Worcester, in commemoration of the first inauguration of General Washington as Presi- dent of the United States. By Samuel M. Burnside. Published at the Request of the Society. Printed at Worcester, by Isaac Sturtevant. 1813. 20 pp. 8°. QUINCY, Josiah. An Oration delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society of Massa- chusetts, on the thirtieth day of April, 181 3, being the Anniversary of the first Inauguration of President Washington. By Josiah Quincy. Boston : printed by William S. and Henry Spear. 1813. 29, (3) pp. 8°. 1814. BIGELOW, Timothy. An Address, delivered on the third Anniversary of the Washington Benev- olent Society, April 30, 18 14. By the Hon. Timothy Bigelow. Boston: printed by G. Stebbins. 1814. *9 PP- 8°. 1839. ADAMS, John Quincy. The Jubilee of the Constitution. A Discourse delivered at the request of the New York Historical Society, in the City of New York, on Tuesday, the 30th of April, 1839 ; being the fiftieth anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington as President of the United States, on Thursday, the 30th of April, 1789. By John Quincy Adams. New-York. Published by Samuel Colman. mdcccxxxdc. 136 pp. Plate. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : INAUGURATION. 445 1889. BOWEN, Clarence Winthrop. The history of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States. Edited by Clarence Winthrop Bowen, Ph. D. Secretary of the Committee. New York: D, Appleton and Company, mdcccxcii. xviii, 673 pp. 102 plates. Illustrations in the text. Facsimiles. 4°. Contents. — The inauguration of George Washington as President of the United States, by the editor. — Biographical sketches of the members of the First Congress under the Con- stitution, by Paul Leicester Ford. — The semi-centennial of Washington's inauguration, by the editor. — The preliminary work of the centennial celebration, by the editor ; the loan exhibi- tion of historical portraits and relics, by William A. Coffin ; the Cincinnati in the celebration, by Asa Bird Gardiner; preliminary work in Washington, and the departure of the presiden- tial party for New York, by John A. King; the journey of the presidential party from Wash- ington to New York and return, and the work of the transportation committee, by Orlando B. Potter ; the naval parade, and the landing of the President at Wall Street, by Asa Bird Gardiner ; the march up Wall Street, the entertainment at the Lawyer's Club, and the public reception at the City Hall, by William Gaston Hamilton ; the centennial ball, by William Jay ; the services at St. Paul's Chapel; the literary exercises at the Sub-Treasury, by the editor; the military parade, by S. Van Rensselaer Cruger; the banquet at the Metropolitan opera- house, by the editor ; the civic and industrial parade, by S. Van Rensselaer Cruger ; the finances of the celebration, by Brayton Ives ; the celebration throughout the United States, by the editor ; the Washington Memorial Arch, by Richard Watson Gilder. — Notes on por- traits, by the editor. CARPENTER, George Moulton. Washington the Founder of the Nation. An Address read before the Rhode Island Historical Society by George Moulton Carpenter, United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island. 30 April, 1889. [Providence, 1889.] 16 pp. 8°. No title-page. The CENTURY illustrated monthly Magazine. Washington Inauguration. Centennial Number. April, 1889. New York, 1889. 8°. Contains : — The Inauguration of Washington, by Clarence Winthrop Bowen ; Wash- ington at Mount Vernon after the Revolution, by Mrs. Burton Harrison ; Washington in New York in 1789, by Mrs. Burton Harrison ; Original portraits of Washington, by Charles Henry Hart ; A century of constitutional interpretation, by John Bach McMaster. CHICAGO, Illinois. The Nation's Birthday. Chicago's Centennial Celebration of Washington's Inauguration, April 30, 1889. Chicago. MDCCCLXxxix. xi, (1), 325 pp. 8°. 446 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. "Of this large paper edition only 1,000 copies are printed." Contains accounts of the services in the churches, exercises in the schools, centennial addresses and sermons, the banquet, etc. CURTIS, George William. Annus mirabilis [the centenary of the Inauguration of Washington] . (In his Other essays from the Easy Chair, pp. 174-185. New York, 1893. 16°.) ELIOT, Samuel. Address on the Centennial of Washington's Inauguration, at the service in Christ Church, Boston, under the auspices of the Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts, April 30, 1889, by Samuel Eliot. Boston : Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts. 1889. 24 pp. 8°. A FORM of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the inestimable blessings of civil and religious Liberty. Set forth by the Bishop of the Diocese of New- York to be used in St. Paul's Chapel on Tuesday, the thir- tieth Day of April mdccclxxxix, the one hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington first President of the United States of America. [New York, James Pott & Co., 1889.] (2), n, (1) pp. 8°. FULLER, Melville Weston. Address in commemoration of the Inauguration of George Washington as First President of the United States delivered before the Two Houses of Congress, December n, 1889. By Melville Weston Fuller, LL.D. Chief- Justice of the United States. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1890. 39 pp. 8°. GROTON, Massachusetts. Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Inauguration. Proceedings in the First Parish Meeting-House, at Groton, Massachusetts, April 30, 1889. Groton : printed for private distribution. 1889. 23 pp. 8°. Pp. 10-13 contain "Washington's Journey to New York," by Rev. John Barston ; pp. 14-16, "Inaugural Ceremonies of President Washington," by Rev. Frank C. Whitney. LAMB, Mrs. Martha Joanna Reade Nash. Souvenir of the Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Inauguration April 30, 1789, as first President of the United States. The Birth of the American Republic. Papers by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb. From the Magazine of American History of December, 1888, February, 1889, March, 1889. With the Program of Ceremonies. WASHINGTONIANA: POETRY AND FICTION. 447 New York and London. White and Allen. Copyright 1889. (2), 86 pp. Illustrated. Portraits. Sm. 4°. Consists of the following articles : The Inauguration of Washington, 1789; Washington as President, 1789-1790; Historic hofnes and landmarks, the Battery, Bowling Green and vicinity. The Inauguration of Washington, 1789. With illustrations. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 20, pp. 433-460.) The story of the Washington Centennial. (In Magazine of American history, 1889, vol 22, pp. 1-36.) NEW YORK, N. Y. Report of the Sub-Committee on Army, centennial celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States, held at New York City, April 30th and May 1st, 1889. [New York : G. H. Burton, Book and Job Printer. 1889.] 158 pp. 8°. POTTER, Henry Codman. Address of the Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, D. D., at the centennial Com- memoration Service of Washington's Inauguration, St. Paul's Church, New York, April 30, 1889. Reprinted from the New York Evening Post. [New York, 1889.] 14 pp. 32°. Half-title only. The WASHINGTON Centenary celebrated in New- York, April 29, 30, May 1, 1889. The Tribune Association, New York. [1889.] 129 pp. Illustrated. 8°. (Library of Tribune Extras, no. 5.) 5. POETRY AND FICTION. Poems on the death of Washington, and others written for the 22d of February are placed in Section 4. See the indexes on pp. 423 and 442. AAN WASHINGTON. A Dutch Ode to Washington, [taken from a volume entitled "Verdediging der Vereenigde Nederlanders," 1785. With an English Translation]. (In Historical magazine, 1857, vol. 1, pp. 74-75.) BILLARDON DE SAUVIGNY, Edme Louis. Vashington ou La liberte du nouveau monde, tragddie, en quatre actes ; par M. de Sauvigny, representee pour la premiere fois le 13 juillet 1791, sur le theatre de la Nation. 448 ' WASHINGTON COLLECTION. A Paris, chez Maillard d'Orivelle, 1791. (2), 56 pp. Head piece (wood-cut). Sm. 8°. EVERETT, John. Ode, written for the Washington Society, July 4, 1825. By John Everett, Esq. No Place. [1825.] Broadside. [GODMAN, John D.] Ode suggested by Rembrandt Peale's National Portrait of Washington. Philadelphia: printed by Jesper Harding. 1824. 8 pp. 8°. [HAMILTON, Hugh.] Epistle from the Marquis de La Fayette, to General Washington. [Poem.] Edinburgh: printed by Mundell & Son. 1800. (4), 32 pp. 12 . Inscribed " Mr. Lowell from his friend Dr. Anderson." " Given by C. R. Lowell to the Boston Athenaeum for the Washington Library, July 5, 1864." HUMPHREYS, David. A Poem on the Death of General Washington, pronounced at the House of the American Legation, in Madrid, on the 4th Day of July, 1800; being the twenty-fourth Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America. (In his Miscellaneous Works, pp. 147-187. New-York, 1804.) LOCKWOOD, Ingersoll. Washington : a heroic Drama of the Revolution, in five acts> by Ingersoll Lockwood. Published by the Author, New York. [1875.] 67 pp. 12 . NORTHMORE, Thomas. Washington, or Liberty restored : a Poem, in ten books. By Thomas Northmore, Esq. Baltimore : published by John Vance and Co. 1809. viii, 253 pp. 12 . Same. Same Imprint. 1812. viii, 253 pp. 12°. An ODE, in honor of the Pennsylvania Militia, and a small band of Regular Troops, under the command of Gen. George Washington; who in the depth of Winter, in the year 1776, turned the tide of fortune against Britain, and repulsed her Forces to the banks of the River Delaware. " But rare as comets Washingtons are found." Albany : printed according to Act of Congress. 1800. 10 pp. 16°. WASHINGTONIANA: POETRY AND FICTION. 449 ROGERS, George. George Washington, crowned by " Equality, Fraternity, and Liberty." A Democratic Poem, dedicated unto Youth. By George Rogers. New York: printed by Leavitt, Trow & Co. 1849. 168 pp. Portrait on wood by W. Roberts. 12°. [SAVARESE, Luca.] G. Washington. Ottave. Torino : Tipografia di G. Baglione e Comp. 1866. 96 pp. 16 SEARSON, John. Mount Vernon, a Poem : being the seat of his excellency George Wash- ington, in the State of Virginia, Lieutenant-general and commander in chief of the land forces of the United States of America. This rural, romantic and descriptive poem of the seat of so great a character, it is hoped may please, with a copper-plate likeness of the General. It was taken from an actual view on the spot by the author, 15 th May, 1799. Also a cursory view of Georgetown, city of Washington, and the capitol. By John Searson, formerly of Philadelphia, merchant. Philadelphia: printed for the Author by Folwell. [1800.] 83, (1), 4 pp. Portrait. 8°. The last 4 pp. contain " Elegiac Verses on the decease of his late Excellency, the illustrious and ever-memorable, great and good General George Washington, of immortal memory." [TEITH, ] Washington en Necker. Lierzang. No Place. 1790. 8 pp. 8°. THOMAS, Antoine Leonard. Les poesies de Thomas, de PAcademie francoise ; nouvelle edition. A Paris, chez Desessarts. An VII de la Republique [1798]. (2), 115 PP- I2 °- Pp. 5-48 contain, with a preface, " Jumonville, poeme," which deals with the death of Jumonville in the campaign of 1733, which was charged to Washington. There is an article in the Historical Magazine, 1862, vol. 6, pp. 201-203 on this poem, with a discussion of Washington's responsibility for the death of Jumonville. WASHINGTON : a national Poem. Part I. [Boston, J. N. Bang. 184-?] 35 pp. No title-page. Title on cover. 8°. A printed note at the end reads as follows : " This Publication will be completed in 12 books which are wholly written. It is proposed to publish the 2d book early in August." 20 4SO WASHINGTON COLLECTION. [WHARTON, Charles Henry.] A Poetical Epistle to His Excellency George Washington, Esq. Com- mander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, from An Inhabitant of the State of Maryland. To which is annexed, A Short Sketch of General Washington's Life and Character. Annapolis printed 1779 : London reprinted for C. Dilly; J. Almon. . . . m dcc lxxx. 24 pp. Portrait. Sm. 4 . An account of this work is given on page 222 of the Catalogue. — Same. [Privately reprinted, New York, 1865. J. Munsell, printer.] 24 pp. Portrait. Small 4 . Edition 75 copies, of which 25 are on large paper. — A Poetical Epistle to George Washington, Esq., Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States of America. By Rev. Charles Henry Wharton, D. D. From the original Manuscript belonging to David Pulsifer, A.M. Boston : printed for David Pulsifer. For sale by A. Williams & Co. 1881. 106 pp. Woodcuts in text. 16°. The poem occupies pp. 7-16 of the volume. Pp. 17-23 have an account of the Author. Pp. 24-106 contain illustrative documents about Washington, such as Addresses by Congress and other legislative and public bodies, papers relating to the statue of Washington in the Massachusetts State House, etc. The MS. used for this issue of the Poem came into the possession of Mr. David Pulsifer in 1857. At a meeting of the New-England historic genealogical Society in April, 1857, he read extracts from the poem and asked for information as to its authorship and history. This brought forth replies from correspondents (printed in the Historical Magazine for 1857), by which its identity with the Epistle first published anonymously at Annapolis in 1779, written by Charles Henry Wharton, D. D. was established. Bishop W. S. Perry trans- mitted to the New England Society some MS. private letters of Wharton, which, when com- pared with the MS. poem, showed that the latter was in the handwriting of Dr. Wharton. Mr. Pulsifer's MS. is now owned by Dr. Charles E. Clark of Lynn, Mass. Bishop G. W. Doane who edited Dr. Wharton's works, speaks of a MS. in his possession presumably but not certainly different from the Pulsifer copy. There are slight differences between the Pulsifer MS. and the text in the earlier printed editions. A sharp reference to Whitehead, the poet laureate, in the MS. is omitted in the published work. " The manuscript contains one hundred and ninety-three lines ; the printed editions have two hundred and nine; the same sentiments being remodelled at greater length in several instances." The report of the Committee of the New England historic genealogical Society on the MS. is in the Historical Magazine, for Oct., 1865. WASHINGTONIANA: MONUMENTS. 45 1 6. MONUMENTS AND STATUES. Baltimore, Maryland. An AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT of all the proceedings on the Fourth of July, 1815, with regard to laying the Comer Stone of the Washington Monument, now erecting in the City of Baltimore, accompanied by an Engraving of the Monument. An Address [dated March n, 1797] from the Citizens of Baltimore to the Man who was "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Together with his answer. Also, fac similes of the engraved plate deposited under the Corner Stone, and a biographical sketch of General Washington. Baltimore: printed and published by John Horace Pratt. 1815. 44 pp. 8°. Boston, Massachusetts. BOSTON. City Council. Report of Committee on the expediency of aiding in the Erection of an Equestrian Statue of Washington. 1859. [Boston, 1859.] 4 pp. 8°. (City Document. No. 69.) Signed by George A. Curtis, chairman. An account of the Erection and Reception of the Equestrian Statue of Washington. 1869. [Boston, 1869.] 12 pp. 8°. (City Document. No. 73.) WASHINGTON MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. Proceedings of the Association of Citizens to erect a Monument [eques- trian statue} in honour of Gen. George Washington. Boston: printed by Greenough and Stebbins. 181 1. 16 pp. i6°* Proceedings of the Association of Citizens to erect a Monument in honour of Gen. George Washington. [Boston, 181 1.] (4) pp. F °. Appended are subscription sheets with the signatures of subscribers from Ward 2 of Boston. — [Petition, acts of the General Court of Massachusetts and other papers relating to the placing of Chantry's statue of Washington in the State House.] (In Wharton, C. H. A Poetical Epistle, from the manuscript belonging to David Pulsifer, pp. 55-68.- Boston, 1881.) 452 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. WINTHROP, Robert Charles'. An Address delivered at the Music Hall, Boston, in aid of the Fund for Ball's Equestrian Statue of Washington, on the evening of 13 May, 1859, by Robert C. Winthrop. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, mdccclix. 60, (1) pp. 8°. Newburyport, Massachusetts. NEWBURYPORT, Massachusetts. Presentation of the Statue of Washington to the City of Newburyport, [Feb. 22, 1879; with address by Right Rev. Thomas M. Clark]. Printed by Order of the City Council. [Newburyport.] 1879. 74> ( 2 )> PP- 3 plates. Portrait. 8°. Two of the plates are heliotypes of the Statue. Appended is " A brief account of some of the famous statues of Washington " and " Washington's visit to Newburyport." New York. CURTIS, George William. An Address at the unveiling of the Statue of Washington, upon the spot where he took the oath as first President of the United States. Delivered on the (25th) 26th November, 1883, the one hundredth anniver- sary of the Evacuation of the City of New York by the British Army, by George William Curtis. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1883. 35 pp. Frontispiece. 8°. Richmond, Virginia. [McRAE, Sherwin.] Washington : his person as represented by the artists. The Houdon Statue, its history and value. Published by order of the Senate of Virginia. [Richmond.] R. F.Walker: Superintendent of public printing. 1873. 23 pp. 8°. WINSTON, N. B. The Houdon Statue of Washington. Illustrated. (Jn Magazine of American history, 1893, v °l- 3°> PP- 3 _IO Washington, District of Columbia. BANCROFT, George. Washington's Birthday. His Monument. {In his History of the Battle of Lake Erie, and miscellaneous papers, pp. 246-264. New York, 1 89 1.) Mr. Bancroft's last contribution to the New York Ledger. WASHINGTONIANA: MONUMENTS. 453 BOCOCK, Thomas S. Inauguration of Mills' Equestrian Statue of Washington. Oration of Thomas S. Bocock, of Va., delivered on the occasion of the inauguration of Mills' Equestrian Statue of Washington, at Washington City, February 22, i860, together with a Sketch of the inaugural ceremonies embracing the Address of President Buchanan, and the Remarks of Clark Mills, Esq., the Artist. Washington : W. H. & O. H. Morrison, i860. 33 pp. Plate. 8°. Inauguration of the Mills Statue of George Washington, in the City of Washington, February 2 2d, i860. Oration by Hon. Thomas S. Bocock. Address by the Artist, Clark Mills, Esq. Prayer by the Rev. B. H. Nadal, D.D. New York: H. H. Lloyd & Co. 257-280 pp. 12 . (The Pulpit and Rostrum, February 25th, i860. No. 11.) Title on the cover. CARRINGTON, Henry Beebe. The Obelisk and its Voices ; or, the inner facings of the Washington Monument, with their lessons. By Henry B. Carrington, U. S. A., author of Battles of the American Revolution, etc. Boston : Lee and Shepard, Publishers. 1887. xvi, 47 pp. 2 portraits on wood. 1 6°. Presentation copy from the author. LYON, I. S. The Washington Monument. Shall it be built? An Address to the Citizens of New York, by I. S. Lyon. New York: printed by Wm. Oland Bourne. 1846. 16 pp. 8°. UNITED STATES. Monument to the Memory of Washington. [Report of a Select Com- mittee to whom was referred the Memorial of the Board of Managers of the Washington National Monument Society.] To accompany joint Resolu- tion No. 58. February 22, 1855. Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, printer. 1855. 8 pp. 8°. (33d Cong. 2d sess. House Report, No. 94.) The Dedication of the Washington National Monument, with the Orations by Hon. Robert C. Winthrop and Hon. John W. Daniel. February 21, 1885. Published by Order of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1885. 122 pp. Frontispiece with portrait. 8°. 454 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT SOCIETY. An Address of the Board of Managers of the Washington National Monument Society, with a Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures. Published by order of the Board. Washington: printed by Peter Force. 1838. 13 pp. 8°* The Washington National Monument. Views of the early Patriots regarding it; Reasons why it should remain on its present Site; Objects and Uses of such Structures. An Appeal to the People and their Repre- sentatives. Published by the Monument Society. Washington City: W. H. & O. H. Morrison. 1871. 20 pp. Plate. 8°. WINTHROP, Robert Charles. Oration pronou'nced by the Honorable Robert C Winthrop, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the Fourth of July, 1848, on the occasion of laying the corner-stone of the National Monu- ment to the Memory of Washington. With an Introduction and an Appendix. Published by order of the National Monument Society. Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, printers. 1848. 67 pp. 8°. Oration on the Completion of the National Monument to Washington, agreeably to the appointment of Congress, February 2T, 1885. By Hon. Robert C. Winthrop. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1885. v > (3)> 39 PP- 8°. Same. [Second Edition.] Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1885. v, (3), 39, (1) pp. 8°. 7. PORTRAITS AND MEDALS. APPLETON, William Sumner. Description of the Washington medais [formerly belonging to Washington and later to Daniel Webster]. {In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 289-293. Boston, 1875.) [Remarks upon the Albemarle portrait of Washington showing it to be one of those painted by C. W. Peale in 1779.] {In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 375-377. Boston, 1875.) WASHINGTONIANA: PORTRAITS AND MEDALS. 455 BAKER, William Spohn. The engraved Portraits of Washington, with Notices of the Originals and brief biographical Sketches of the Painters. By W. S. Baker. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker. 1880. 212 pp. 4°. Edition limited to 500 copies. The history of a rare Washington print. A paper read before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, May 6, 1889. By William S. Baker. Philadelphia.: 1889. 10 pp. Portrait. 8°. Contains a photographic reproduction of the mezzotint portrait of Washington en- graved in 1780 by Charles Willson Peale from his painting made in 1779 for the State of Pennsylvania. Reprinted from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 13, pp. 257-264. Medallic Portraits of Washington with historical and critical Notes and a descriptive Catalogue of the Coins, Medals, Tokens and Cards. By W. S. Baker. Philadelphia : Robert M. Lindsay. 1885. (4), 252 pp. Portrait. 4°. Presentation by Mr. Charles S. Ogden to the Historical Society of Penn- sylvania of Charles Willson Peale's original study for the first portrait of Washington [painted at Mt. Vernon in 1772]. With Remarks by William S. Baker. [Philadelphia, 1892.] 9 pp. (Printed on alternate pages only.) Portrait. 8°. Reprinted from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 16, pp. 257-260. BETTS, Beverley Robinson. Stuart's portraits of Washington. The Betts picture. The J. V. L. Pruyn Picture. Illustrated by engravings of the portraits. (In The Curio, 1887, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 33-37-) BOWEN, Clarence Winthrop. Notes on portraits [of Washington and his contemporaries]. (In his History of the centennial celebration of the inauguration of Washington, pp. 417-551. New York, 1892.) 33 portraits of Washington are reproduced in the above work. CLEVELAND, Edith Robertson. Archibald Robertson, and his portraits of the Washingtons. (In The Century magazine, 1890, vol. 40, pp. 3-13O 456 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. COLEMAN, Charles Washington, Jr. Pen and ink portrait of Washington. With etching. {In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 7, page 107.) Relates to a portrait in the possession of Col. Benj. S. Ewell, President of William and Mary College, supposed to have been drawn by B. H. Latrobe. CONWAY, Moncure Daniel. The disputed picture in Sparks's Washington. (In The Century, 1892, vol. 44, pp. 476-477.) On a portrait of Mrs. Betty Lewis reproduced by Sparks as a portrait of Martha Wash- ington. In reply to an article by C. H. Hart in the Century for February, 1892. CUSTIS, George Washington Parke. Letter to Thomas Carberry in regard to portraits of Washington, 7th April, 1839. (In Magazine of American history, 1885, vol. 13, pp. 583-584.) Opinion of portraits of Washington. [Letters to T. W. C. Moore, written in 1857.] (In Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1894, vol. 18, pp. 81-84.) DOWNES, William Howe. Stuart's portraits of Washington. With photograph from the Stuart por- trait of Martha Washington belonging to the Boston Athenaeum. (In New England magazine, 1894, new series, vol. 9, pp. 767-772.) The author examines and rejects Mr. C. H. Hart's conclusion^ in regard to the Lans- downe portrait. EVANS, Walton W. The Sharpless portrait of Washington. With portrait. (In Magazine of American history, 1884, vol. n, pp. 513-515.) FISHER, Joshua Francis. Medals of General Washington. By J. S. (sic) Fisher. (In Massachusetts historical Society. Collections, 3d series, vol. 6, pp. 286-288.) FOX, Charles. A Portrait of George Washington, from an original Drawing [by Nathaniel Fullerton], as he appeared while reviewing the Continental Army on Boston Common, in 1776; a history of the portrait, and documentary evidence in proof of the correctness of the likeness. By Charles Fox. WASHINGTONIANA: PORTRAITS AND MEDALS. 457 Boston : published by Crocker & Brewster. 1851. 37 pp. Portrait. 8°. Mr. C. H. Hart ascribes this portrait to Joseph Wright. See Essex Institute Hist. coll. 1879, vol. 16, p. 164. FROSSARD, Ed. The Trumbull Gallery. Earliest Works of John Trumbull. Original Studies, drawn in India ink on Vellum, comprising Groups, Portraits, and Miniatures of George Washington, the Generals, Statesmen and Celebrities of the Revolutionary Period, also pen and ink Mementos of Washington and his Generals, a Sampler by Martha Washington, etc., etc., etc., forming to- gether a unique Collection of one hundred and sixty Pieces, collected and now for sale by Ed. Frossard, Numismatist and Archaeologist, 108 East 14th Street, New York. Printed by T. R. Marvin & Son, Boston, Mass. 1894. 28 pp. Portrait of Benedict Arnold after Trumbull. Plate. 8°. The plate is a process reproduction of Trumbull's " George Washington and Mrs. Rayburn." GIBBS, George. Notes on some portraits of Washington. {In Historical magazine, 1864, vol. 8, pp. 49-51.) On the Masonic portrait by Williams ; the " Piehle " portrait ; Brown's statue in Union Square, New York City ; and wax medallions of Washington. GOODELL, Abner Cheney, Jr. The Sharpies pictures. Elaborate rejoinder to Major Walter's plea. His evidence reviewed in detail by the Historical Society Committee. What he must show. [Boston, 1887.] 17 pp. 8°. Reprinted from the Boston Post of Feb. 2, 1887. Two copies. The titles have been changed in MS. by the author; and the text contains numerous MS. corrections. GREENWOOD, Isaac John. Remarks on the portraiture of Washington. {In Magazine of American history, 1878, vol. 2, pp. 30-38.) In great part on the state of Washington's teeth when he sat for various portraits. HALL, Harrison. The pitcher portrait of Washington. {In Historical magazine, 1861, vol. 5, pp. 181-182.) Communication on the same by B. J. Lossing, pp. 217-218. 458 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. HART, Charles Henry. Notice of a portrait of Washington [the Goodhue portrait]. {In Essex Institute. Historical Collections, vol. 16, pp. 161-165. Salem, 1879.) On the portraits of Washington by Joseph Wright. Original portraits of Washington, With engravings from Stuart and Trumbull. (In The Century magazine, 1889, vol. 37, pp. 860-865.) Original portraits of Washington [by John Ramage and Joseph Wright ; with additional notes on other portraits]. (In The Century magazine, 1890, vol. 40, pp. 26-27.) Original portraits of Washington. Including hitherto unpublished por- traits of General and Mrs. Washington and Nelly Custis. (In The Century magazine, 1892, vol. 43, pp. 593-599-) A correction by Moncure D. Conway is in the Century magazine for July, 1892, vol. 44, p. 476. Stuart's Lansdowne portrait of Washington. (In Harper's monthly magazine, 1896, vol. 93, pp. 378-386.) The author's object is to show that the picture belonging to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts is Stuart's original, and the Lansdowne portrait in the possession of Lord Rose- bery a replica. With woodcuts of Stuart's first portrait (in the possession of the writer), the portrait in the gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy, the Athenaeum portrait, and the " Gibbs Channing " portrait, owned by S. P. Avery. An unpublished life portrait of Washington [painted by C. W. Peale at Valley Forge, and now in the State Normal School, West Chester, Pa.] (In McClure's magazine, 1896, vol. 8, pp. n 2-1 13.) Life portraits of George Washington. With introduction and notes. With thirty illustrations. (In McClure's magazine, 1897, vol. 8, pp. 291-308.) HUBARD, William F. A national standard for the likeness of Washington. Portraits. Folded sheet (facsimile). (In Magazine of American history, 1.880, vol. 4, pp. 83-108.) The author considers Houdon's statue the most authentic likeness. JOHNSTON, Elizabeth Bryant. Original Portraits of Washington, including Statues, Monuments, and' Medals. By Elizabeth Bryant Johnston. WASHINGTONIANA : PORTRAITS AND MEDALS. 459 Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1882. xxii, 257 pp. 32 plates. Facsimiles of autographs of the artists. L. 4 . LAMB, Martha Joanna Reade. Unpublished Washington portraits [miniatures by Robertson and C. W. Peale], With reproductions. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 19, pp. 273-285.) Washington portraits, by Rembrandt Peale [in the possession of Miss Caroline P. Stokes of New York]. President and Mrs. Washington. With artotype reproductions. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 20, pp. 485-488.) MIDDLETON'S Oil Portraits of George and Martha Washington, from Stuart's celebrated original Paintings in the Boston Athenasum. [Advertis- ing Circular.] Sheet. 2 pp. 4 . [PEALE, Rembrandt.] Portrait of Washington. [Philadelphia, 18—.] 16 pp. 8°. Consists of an account of Rembrandt Peale's portrait of Washington, testimonials of letters on the same, with advertisement of monochrome reproduction. Also a copy of a monumental inscription written by an English gentleman on the back of a small profile crayon portrait of Washington, belonging to Jonathan Bayard Smith. Washington portraits. Letters of Rembrandt Peale. (In Magazine of American history, 1880, vol. 5, pp. 129-138.) PIERREPONT, Henry E. [Letter to R. C. Winthrop, 5 March, 1870, on the writer's portrait of Washington painted by Stuart for William Constable, a replica of the Lans- downe portrait.] (In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. n, pp. 229-230. Boston, 1 87 1.) SNOWDEN, James Ross. A Description of the Medals of Washington ; of national and miscellaneous Medals ; and of other objects of interest in the Museum of the Mint. Illus- trated by seventy-nine fac-simile Engravings. To which are added Bio- graphical Notices of the- Directors of the Mint from 1792 to the Year 1851. By James Ross Snowden, the Director of the Mint. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1861. 203 pp. 21 Plates. Facsimiles. 4 . 460 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. STEVENS, John Austin. The Saint-Memin Washington. With portrait. (In Magazine of American history, 1880, vol. 4, pp. 119-120.) WALTER, James. Memorials of Washington and of Mary, his Mother, and Martha, his Wife, from Letters and Papers of Robert Cary and James Sharpies. By James Walter, Retired Major 4th Lancashire Artillery (British Army List), Author of "Shakespeare's Home and Rural Life." Illustrated with Portraits of Washington and his Wife, seven Portraits of prominent American Women of the Period, and a Portrait of Priestley, from Paintings by Sharpies ; also a Portrait of Mary Washington, by Middleton. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1887. xii, 362 pp. Woodcuts in the text. 8°. In 1886 the author of this work brought to the United States the alleged portraits by Sharpless which are described in the volume. A committee of the Massachusetts historical Society investigated the historical value of the Portraits, and in a report signed by Francis Parkman (printed in the Proceedings, second series, vol. III., pp. 179-187), submitted evidence showing the untrustworthiness of Mr. Walter's claims, and establishing the fraudulent character of the portraits. See also under Goodell, A. C, on p. 457. The WASHINGTON Coins. [Signed A. S. Brookline, Mass. Feb. 10, 1859.] (In Historical magazine, i860, vol. 4, pp. 83-86.) WASHINGTON crossing the Delaware. Painted by E. Leutze, Esq., and en- graved by P. Girardet. [Description of the picture, with Washington's letter to Congress announcing the victory at Trenton.] New York: Goupil & Co., publishers. 1853. 10, (1) pp. Wood- cut. 8°. " Pp. 8-10 consist of a catalogue of Goupil's publications. The WASHINGTON Exhibition in aid of the New- York Gallery of the Fine Arts, at the American Art-Union Gallery. New- York : John F. Trow, Printer. 1853. 15, (1) pp. 4 . Pp. 3-5 contain a descriptive note on Leutze's painting of Washington crossing the Delaware; pp. 10-n contain "a brief account of several original portraits" following a description of a full-length portrait of Washington, by Stuart; on page 11 there is a brief description of Pine's portrait of Washington, taken in 1785. WASHINGTON receiving his Mother's Last Blessing. Painted by William H. Powell. Engraved by Henry Cousins. New York : published by W. Schaus. 1864, 8 pp. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA : WASHINGTON FAMILY. 461 WINTHROP, Robert Charles. [Letter, concerning a portrait of Washington, in the possession of the Earl of Albemarle.] {In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 324-326. Boston, 1875.) Remarks on some portraits of Washington. {In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 14, pp. 159-162. Boston, 1876.) [Remarks on the portrait of Washington by Trumbull in the City Hall of Charleston, S. C, painted in 1791.] {In Massachusetts historical Society. Proceedings, vol. 19, pp. 247-249. Boston, 1883.) WOODWARD, William Elliot. A List of Washington memorial Medals. By W. Elliot Woodward. [Boston.] Privately printed. 1865. 16 pp. 8°. " Edition : 50 copies octavo, of which 1 2 are on English drawing paper." *** Lists of Washington portraits owned by W. L. Andrews and by J. B. Moreau, and short communications on the Pierrepont Stuart, the Birch miniature, Houdon and Stuart, and the first exhibition of Stuart's Washington in New York in 1798, are printed in the Magazine of American history, 1880, vol. 4, pp. 145-151. 8. THE WASHINGTON FAMILY. ADLARD, George. Washington's Ancestors. {In Historical magazine, 1862, vol. 6, pp. 112-113.) [BALL, N. R.] The maternal ancestry and nearest of kin of Washington. A Monograph. Washington: 1885. 28 pp. Genealogical table. 8°. CLARKE, William. The ancestral Home of the Washingtons [Sulgrave, England]. By William Clarke. ,With Illustrations, by Ernest G. Beach. {In The English illustrated Magazine, 1890, vol. 8, pp. 143-151.) 462 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. CONKLING, Margaret Cockburn. Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington. By Margaret C. Conkling. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Auburn: Derby, Miller, and Company. 1850. 248 pp. Portrait of Martha Washington. 16 . DIXON, J. Washington's Ancestry. (In Magazine of American history, 1885, vol. 13, pp. 587-588.) FORD, Worthington Chauncey. Wills of George Washington and his immediate ancestors. [With corre- spondence relating thereto.] Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing Club. 1891. 210 pp. 8°. 250 copies printed. No. 15. Contains the wills of John Washington, 1675; Lawrence Washington, 1675; Lawrence Washington, 1698; Augustine Washington, 1743; Mary Ball, 1788; Lawrence Washington, 1752; George Washington, 1799; Bushrod' Washington, 1826; John Augustine Washington, 1822; John Custis, 1708. The Washington family [a summary of all the information hitherto collected] . {In The Writings of George Washington ; collected and edited by W. C. Ford, vol. 14, pp. 317-431. New York, 1893.) GREENWOOD, Isaac John. The Washington Family. (In Historical magazine, 1868, new series, vol. 3, pp. 299-300.) On the original seat of the Washington family in England. HAYDEN, Horace Edwin. Washington epitaphs [at Brownsville, Pa.]. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 6, pp. 144-147.) Mary Washington. (In Magazine of American history, 1893, vol. 30, pp. 47-54.) J., J. P. Early occurrence of the name of Washington. (In Historical magazine, 1861, vol. 5, pp. 70-71.) Reprint with a translation of " Carta Edgari Regis de Wasingetune " A. D. 963, from the Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon. JOHNSTON, Henry P. The Washington pedigree and shield. Illustrated. (In Magazine of American history, 1882, vol. 8, pp. 765-767.) WASHINGTONIANA: WASHINGTON FAMILY. 463 JONES, M. M. Arrival of the Washington Family in America. (In Historical magazine, 1867, new series, vol. 1, pp. 29-30.) KAPP, Friedrich. The Washington Family of Holland and Germany. (In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pp. 96-102.) LOSSING, Benson John. Martha Washington. By Benson J. Lossing. New York : J. C. Buttre. 1861. 24 pp. Portrait. 8°. " Presented to the Subscribers to the full length Portrait of Martha Washington, en- graved on steel and published by J. C. Buttre, New York." MAPLESON, T. W. Gwilt. [Arms and pedigree of Washington.] Printed in colours and published by T. Sinclair, Philadelphia. Illumi- nated sheet, 14X11^ in. MASSACHUSETTS. Governor's Message, and accompanying Papers, in relation to certain Memorials of the ancestors of Washington. March 25, 1861. [Boston, 1861.] 12 pp. 8°. (House document, 199.) Two copies, one of which has a cover with title " Washington Memorials." Fac-similes of the Memorial Stones of the last English Ancestors of George Washington in the Parish Church of Brington, Northamptonshire, England ; permanently placed in the State House of Massachusetts. Boston : William White, Printer to the State. 1862. 15 pp. F°. MAYO, Mary Lyons, and MAYO, Louise Allan. Prominent American Families. — The Washingtons. Illustrated. (In Munsey's magazine, 1896, vol. 16, pp. 313-324.) PAYNE, Mrs. Mary Starling. Some of Washington's kin. (In Magazine of American history, 1893, vol. 30, pp. 1 81-184.) PORTER, Edward Griffin. An ancient document of the house of Washington [an indenture preserved at Durham, circa 1200]. Fac-simile. (In American antiquarian Society. Proceedings, new series, vol. 2, pp. 231-234. Worcester, 1883.) 464 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. SIMPKINSON, John Nassau. The Washington House, Brington, Northamptonshire, England. Woodcut. {In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 7, pp. 119-121.) STEVENS, John Austin. The Washington Manor- House, Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, England. Woodcut. {In Magazine of American history, 1880, vol. 5, pp. 113-115.) SUMNER, Charles. Discovery of the home of Washington's ancestors. {In Historical magazine, 1861, vol. 5, pp. 38-41.) Notes on the same on pp. 64, 88. TONER, Joseph Meredith. Wills of the American Ancestors of General George Washington in the line of the original owner and the inheritors of Mount Vernon. From original Documents and Probate Records. Edited by Joseph M. Toner, M. D. Boston: New- England Historic Genealogical Society. 1891. 19 pp. Plate. 8°. Reprinted from the New England historical and genealogical Register, for July, 1891. TUFFLEY, Edward W. Origin of the Stars and Stripes, together with an accurate account of the Washington Genealogy. Prepared for the Publishers by Edward W. Tuffley, of Northampton, England. To accompany the Washington Plate. (21 X 28 Inches.) New York: Root & Tinker, publishers. 1883. 12 pp. 16 . The Library does not own the " Washington Plate " referred to, but has what is probably a fac-simile in colors of the same plate, a little smaller in size. On the lower margin is printed " Compliments of the New York Life Insurance Company, 1883." TYLER, Lyon George. Washington's ancestry. {In The Nation, 1895, vol. 60, pp. 443-444.) Brings forward evidence of a third marriage of Col. John Washington the immigrant hitherto unknown to genealogists. Washington and his neighbors. {In William and Mary College quarterly, 1894, vol. 4, pp. 28-43 '■> 7S — 89O On Col. John Washington and on the families of other early settlers in Westmoreland Co. WASHINGTONIANA: WASHINGTON FAMILY. 465 UPTON, Harriet Taylor. The family of George Washington. (In her Our early Presidents, their wives and children, pp. 19-69. Bos- ton, [1890].) WASHINGTON, Baron von. The Washington family. German branch. (In Historical magazine, i860, vol. 4, p. 86.) WASHINGTON, Ella Bassett. The mother and birthplace of Washington. (In The Century magazine, 1892, vol. 43, pp. 830-842.) .WASHINGTON'S adopted son [George Washington Parke Custis]. (In American historical Record, 1872, vol. 1, pp. 293-295.) WATERS, Henry Fitz-Gilbert. An Examination of the English Ancestry of George Washington, setting forth the evidence to connect him with the Washingtons of Sulgrave and Brington. By Henry F. Waters, A.M. Reprinted from the N. E. His- torical and Genealogical Register for October, 1889. Boston : printed for the New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1889. S3 pp. Folded sheet. Map. Woodcut. 8°. WELLES, Albert. The Pedigree and History of the Washington Family : derived from Odin, the Founder of Scandinavia, B. C. 70, involving a period of eighteen centuries, and including fifty-five generations, down to General George Washington, first President of the United States. By Albert Welles, Pres- ident of the American College for Genealogical Registry and Heraldry. New York : Society Library. 1879. 12, xxxvii, (1), 370 pp. 16 plates and colored plate of Arms. 8°. WHARTON, Anne Hollingsworth. The Washingtons in Virginia life. Illustrated. (In Lippincott's monthly magazine, 1896, vol. 57, pp. 577-592.) WHITMORE, William Henry. The Mother of Washington. (In American historical Record, 1872, vol. 1, pp. 248-250, 440-443.) Other notes on the question whether George Washington was born in England or in America are on pp. 164-166, 364-366, 413. 3° 466 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. WHITMORE, William Henry. The Washington pedigree. (In American historical Record, 1873, vol. 2, pp. 251-259.) Washington's pedigree. — The false Washington pedigree. (In The Nation, 1889, vol. 48, p. 522 ; vol. 49, p. 53.) The second article exposes the falsity of the pedigree set forth by Albert Welles. 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY; WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS AND LIBRARY. a. Bibliography. BAKER, William Spohn. Bibliotheca Washingtoniana. A descriptive List of the Biographies and Biographical Sketches of George Washington. By W. S. Baker. Philadelphia: Robert M. Lindsay. 1889. xv, (1), 179 pp. Por- trait. 4 . Edition limited to four hundred copies. Etched portrait by Rosenthal from Wright's painting (1784) in the possession of the Powel family, Newport, R. I. HOUGH, Franklin Benjamin. Bibliographical list of Books and Pamphlets, containing Eulogies, Ora- tions, Poems or other Papers relating to the Death of General Washington, or to the Honors paid to his Memory. (In his Washingtoniana, vol. 2, pp. 219-277. Roxbury, 1865.) STEVENS, John Austin. List of Washington's Letters [not printed by Sparks, which have appeared in American Magazines]. {In Magazine of American history, 1879, vol. 3, pp. 149-150.) b. Washington's Writings. Sparks's Edition. Concerning the Sparks-Mahon controversy, see note on pp. 278-279 of this Catalogue. ADAMS, Herbert Baxter. The pioneer work of Jared Sparks. (In Magazine of American history, 1888, vol. 20, pp. 69-74.) Defends Sparks's method of editing Washington's Letters. WASHINGTONIANA: BIBLIOGRAPHY. 467 ADAMS, Herbert Baxter. Lord Mahon and the Reed Letters. {In his The Life and Writings of Jared Sparks, vol. 2, pp. 479-506. Boston and New York, 1893.) Pp. 612-613 of the same volume contain bibliographical references to "The Sparks- Mahon Controversy." SPARKS, Jared. A Reply to the Strictures of Lord Mahon and Others, on the mode of editing the Writings of Washington. By Jared Sparks. Cambridge: John Bartlett. 1852. 35 pp. 8°. Bound with this are the three pamphlets, the titles of which follow, the volume being lettered " Sparks and Mahon. 1852." A Reply to the Strictures of Lord Mahon and Others, on the mode of editing the Writings of Washington. By Jared Sparks. Also, a Review of Lord Mahon's History of the American Revolution. From the North Amer- ican Review for July, 1852. London: Triibner and Co. Boston: James Munroe and Co. 1852. 89 pp. 8°. Letter to Lord Mahon, being an Answer to his Letter addressed to the Editor of Washington's Writings. By Jared Sparks. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1852. 48 pp. 8°. Remarks on a " Reprint of the original Letters from Washington to Joseph Reed, during the American Revolution, referred to in the Pamphlets of Lord Mahon and Mr. Sparks." By Jared Sparks. Boston : Little, Brown, and Company. 1853. 43 pp. 8°. STANHOPE, Philip Henry, Earl Stanhope, Viscount Mahon. Letter to Jared Sparks, Esq., being a Rejoinder to his " Reply to the Strictures of Lord Mahon and others on the mode of editing the Writings of Washington." By Lord Mahon. London: John Murray. 1852. 32 pp. 8°. Farewell Address. [BINNEY, Horace.] An Inquiry into the Formation of Washington's Farewell Address. Philadelphia: Parry & McMillan, Publishers. 1859. 250 pp. 8°. FORD, WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY. Washington's Farewell Address. ( Cutting from Harper's Weekly, Sept. 19, 1896, p. 923.) 468 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. HOMES, Henry Augustus. [Address before the Albany Institute, Mar. 5, 1872, on the first draft of Washington's Farewell Address.] ( Cutting from the Albany Argus, Mar. 6, 1872.) RAWLE, William. Report, with Papers relative to the Valedictory Address of President Washington. (In Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Memoirs, vol. 1, pt. 2, pp. 231- 258. Philadelphia, 1826.) %* Various papers relating to the authorship and composition of the Farewell Address were printed in the appendix to Mr. Lenox's edition, New York, 1850. (See pp. 336-337 of this Catalogue.) His short preface is reprinted in the appendix to Irving's Life of Washington, vpl. 5. See also a note in the Works of Alexander Hamilton, edited by H. C. Lodge, vol. 7, p. 143. Other Writings. CONWAY, Moncure Daniel. The Source of Washington's "Rules of Civility" discovered. (Cutting from The Nation, June 5, 1890, pp. 448-449.) See note on page 310 of this Catalogue. DWIGHT, Theodore Frelinghuysen. The Journals of Washington. With fac-simile of page of a Journal and woodcut of book-plate. (In Magazine of American history, 1881, vol. 6, pp. 81-88.) [HENKELS, Stanislaus Vincent.] Gen'l Washington's Will. Proof that the Attested Copy of the Will which was sold by Thos. Birch's Sons in the Sale of Washington Papers, in April, 1 89 1, is genuine, and expert Testimony shown to be wholly unreliable. Philadelphia: Bicking Press. 1891. 10 pp. 8°. Inserted at the end is a facsimile of a type-written letter from Forrest W. Brown to Thomas Birch's Sons. c. Library and Papers. LICHTENSTEIN, Richard C. Washington's Library. Illustrated. (In The Curio, 1888, vol. 1, pp. 246-252.) Gives an account of the purchase of the Athenaeum Collection, with a general description of its character ; and of the history of other books of Washington's that can be traced. WASHINGTONIANA: CATALOGUES. 469 POTTER, Eliphalet Nott. Washington a Model in his Library and Life. By Rev. Eliphalet Nott Potter, D. D. . . . New York : E. & J. B. Young & Co. [1895.] xiv > ( 2 )> 22 ° PP- l6 °- (Hoffman library lecture, no. 3.) TONER, Joseph Meredith. Some Account of George Washington's Library and manuscript Records and their dispersion from Mount Vernon, with an Excerpt of three Months from his Diary in 1774, while attending the First Continental Congress, with Notes. (In American Historical Association. Annual Report for 1892, pp. 73- in. Washington, 1893.) UNITED STATES. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State relative to the publication of important manuscripts in the State Department. April 16, 1888. Read and referred to the Com- mittee on the Library and ordered to be printed. [Washington, 1888.] 19, 96 pp. 8°. (50th Cong. 1st. Sess. Senate Ex. Doc. no. 142.) The 96 pp. at the end of the document are specimen pages of a proposed edition of "The Washington Papers," consisting of Letters from and to Washington, from June to August, 1775. Department of State. Bulletin of the Bureau of Rolls and Library. No. 3. January, 1894. Washington, 1894. 134, 49-382, iv, (1) pp. L. 8°. Pp. 5-21 contain " List indicating Arrangement of the Washington Papers." WASHINGTON'S text book. His autograph copy of the "Young Man's Companion." (In Historical Magazine, 1866, vol. 10, pp. 47-48.) Copied from the New York Tribune of Jan. 27. The book mentioned, having Washing- ton's autograph in 1742, is said to have been found in Virginia during its occupation by Federal troops, and to have been presented to Gen. Grant, who consented " to take it in trust to hold it till the owner should appear. Should none apply for it, it will be placed among the archives of the nation." d. Catalogues of Washingtoniana. HENKELS, Stan. V., & Co. Catalogue No. 201. The magnificent and complete Collection of Curios made by the late Dr. Charles Huffnagle. Comprising .... Furniture 470 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. belonging to General Washington. To be sold June 24th, 25th, and 26th, 1885. Messrs. Stan. V. Henkels & Co., Phila. [1885.] 30 pp. 8°. The furniture came from the house of Col. Isaac Franks in Germantown, a house leased and occupied by Gen. Washington in 1793-94. HENKELS, Stanislaus Vincent. This valuable and extraordinary Collection of the Effects of General George Washington and of his Executor and Nephew, Lawrence Lewis, and Grand-Nephew, Lorenzo Lewis, is sold by order of H. L. D. Lewis, Admin- istrator of the Estate of Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis, and embraces Washington's private Account Books, Letters and Documents; Washington's personal Effects, kept by his Relatives as Mementoes ; a number of Books from Washington's Library, and that of his Mother, Mary Washington. Martha Washington's Family Bible. The Music Books and miscellaneous Books owned by Nelly Custis, Washington's adopted Daughter. The valuable Library of Lawrence Lewis, Washington's favorite Nephew, and the Library of Lorenzo Lewis, Son of Lawrence Lewis ; also Washington's famous Letter to Genl. Lee, relative to the Capture of Benedict Arnold. . . . Scarce Wash- ington Portraits, American Maps and Plans. To be Sold December 10, 1 j and 12, 1890. Sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels. (Catalogue no. 657.) Thos. Birch's Sons, Auctioneers, Philadelphia. [1890.] (4), 64 pp. 8°. Contains the text of the following letters by Washington : To Lawrence Lewis, Mount Vernon, Aug. 4, 1797, Sept. 20, 1799 ; to Henry Lee, Head Quarters, Oct. 20, 1780 ; also some items from Washington's memorandum books, Sept. 29, 1794, to Dec. 3, 1799. With List of prices and names of purchasers inserted. The valuable and extraordinary Collection of Books from the Library of Genl. Geo. Washington, and other historical and literary Rarities, collected by John R. Baker, Sr., of Phila. including a large Number of Volumes from Washington's Library, and original Letters and Documents written by Wash- ington. ... To be sold Wednesday & Thursday, Feb. n & 12, '91. Cata- logue compiled and Sale conducted by Mr. Stan. V. Henkels. (Catalogue no. 660.) Thomas Birch's Sons, Auctioneers, Philadelphia. [1891.] (4), 115 pp. 6 sheets of facsimiles of manuscripts. 3 facsimiles of broadsides. Wood- cut of Washington's book-plate. 8°. The first 38 items in this catalogue are titles of books which belonged to Washington ; the title-pages of six are given in facsimile. The copy of the " Federalist " with Washing- ton's autograph and with MS. notes, fetched the extraordinary sum of nineteen hundred dollars. The purchaser was Senator Hearst of California. This collection of books realized upwards of $6,000. WASHINGTONIANA : CATALOGUES. 47 1 One of the facsimiles is of the original draft df Washington's answer to the address from the citizens of Alexandria. With List of prices and names of purchasers inserted, 8 pp. HENKELS, Stanislaus Vincent. Catalogue no. 663. The final sale of the Relics of General Washington owned by Lawrence Washington, Esq., Bushrod C. Washington, Esq., Thos. B. Washington, Esq., and J. R. C. Lewis, Esq., embracing .... letters, deeds, leases, legal documents, receipts, bills, account books, and memoranda, belonging to and written by General Washington. Magnificent Relics pre- sented to Washington by the King of France and French Noblemen. Per- sonal Relics of Washington from his home at Mount Vernon. American Revolutionary Letters. Broadsides. An accumulation of the rarest Nuggets of Americana, including the scarcest early American Maps and Views. To be sold April 21st, 2 2d, 23d, 1891. Catalogue compiled and Sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels. Thos. Birch's Sons, Philadelphia. [1891.] 8°. iv, 152 pp. 17 plates of facsimiles of manuscripts and broadsides. Seven other plates of portraits, relics, etc. 8°. With List of prices and names of purchasers inserted, pp. 8. Books from Gen'l Wash- ington's Library, Nos. 295-321 C. Contains facsimiles of the following : Will of John Washington, great-grandfather of George Washington, Sept. 11, 1675; the original patent for Mount Vernon, March 1, 1674; letter from Washington's mother to " Lunn" Washington, Dec. 28, 1778 ; letter from George Washington to his brothe* Lawrence, May 5th, 1749; survey of lands in Fairfax County, by Washington, Aug. 23, 1750 ; letter from George Washington to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon, April 13, 1786 (also printed text) ; page 30 contains extracts from Wash- ington's account book, March 4, 1793, to March 25, 1797. Catalogue no. 677. An extraordinary Collection of Washington's Letters, Washington Relics, Revolutionary Documents and the rarest Works on Amer- ican History, also scarce American Portraits, Maps and Views. To be sold, December 15 and 16, 1891. Catalogue compiled and Sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels. Thos. Birch's Sons, Auctioneers, Phila. [1891.] 109, (1), 5 pp. Fac- similes. Portraits (including a print of Peak's portrait painted for Tilghman and one of Houdon's cast of Washington's face). 8°. Washington's copy of Ramsay's History of the Revolution of South Carolina was sold at this sale for $240. Contains the text of the following letters of Washington : To Levi Hollingsworth, Mount Vernon, Sept. 20, 1785; to A. Donaldson, Mount Vernon, Oct. 16, 1785; to the Committee of Embarkation, 10th June, 1783; to Robert Morris, Morris Town, Jan. 13, 19, 472 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. Feb. 5, 12, 22, Mar. 2, 15, May 19, 28, 1777 ; Valley Forge, Feb. 10, Apr. 27, May 25, 1778; Springfield, 20th June, 1780 ; Passaic Falls, nth Oct., 1780; 24 Dec, 1781 (with facsimile). With List of prices and names of purchasers inserted, 7 pp. HENKELS, Stanislaus Vincent. Revolutionary Manuscripts and Portraits. Washington's Correspondence with his agent, Battaile Muse. Washington's Correspondence with Col. Tench Tilghman. Col. Tench Tilghman's Correspondence with the " Com- mittee of Correspondence of New York, during the Campaign of 177 6 "; also his Diary when before Yorktown. . - - Books from the Library of Gen- eral Washington. Personal Relics and Oil Portraits of Washington. To be sold April 5 th and 6th, 1892. Catalogue compiled and Sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels. (Catalogue no. 683.) Thos. Birch's Sons, Auctioneers, Phila. [1892.] (4), 172 pp. 4 fac- similes of MS. Facsimile of Broadside. 1 plate representing some Wash- ington china. Woodcut of Washington's book-plate. 2 portraits of Washington. 4 other portraits. 8°. The books sold that once belonged to Washington were Acts of Congress, 1789; Duhamel's A practical Treatise of Husbandry ; and Belknap's American Biography. Contains the text of the following letters by Washington : To Battaile Muse, Mt. Vernon, Nov. 3, 1784, Feb. 5, Aug. 22, Sept. 18, Dec. 4, 1785, May 12, July 25, Aug. 1, 1786, Jan. 24, 1787; Phila., Dec. 27, 1790; Mt. Vernon, April 3, 1791 ; to Col. John Cropper, Mt. Vernon, June 17, 1779; to Mrs. Fairfax, Mt. Vernon, July 4, 1799; to John Laurens, New Windsor, Jan. 23, 1781 ; to Gov. Lee, Mt. Vernon, Sept. n, 17S1 ; to Lord Sterling, June 8, 1780; to Col. Wm. Aug. Washington, Mount Vernon, Oct. 21, 1793; to Robert Morris, Morris Town, Feb. 12, May 19, 1777; to James Tilghman, -Mount Vernon, March 23, 1773; to Tench Tilghman, Mt. Vernon, Feb. 17, 1774; to Thomas Wharton, Valley Forge, Feb. 12, 1778, Rocky Hill, Oct. 2, T783, Mt. Vernon, July 4, 1784; to T. R. Tilghman, May 10, June 4, 1786; to James Tilghman, Mt. Vernon, June 5, 1786; to Robert Morris, Camp above the Falls, at Trenton, Dec. 22, 1776. With List of prices inserted, 4 pp. Catalogue no. 694. Washington-Madison Papers collected and preserved by James Madison. Estate of J. C. McGuire, deceased, of Washington, D. C. Containing highly important Letters from General Washington relating to the Revolution and the Constitutional Convention, and his autograph " Farewell Address " Letter. . . . Rev. Jacob Duche's Letter to General Washington, Relics of Washington, oil Portraits, etc. To be sold, December 6th and 7th, 1892. Catalogue compiled and Sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels. Thomas Birch's Sons, Auctioneers. [Philadelphia, 1892.] vii, (1), 284 pp. Facsimiles. Portrait of Washington after Stuart on the cover ; and one after C. W. Peale in the body of the pamphlet. Woodcut of Washing- ton book-plate. Plates. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA: CATALOGUES. 473 Gives the titles of eight books from Washington's Library ; with facsimiles of the title- pages of two of them. There are three plates of Washington relics j chalices, lamp, and pitcher. Text of the following letters by Washington is printed : To Gen. Knox, Middle Brook, May 28, 1778, Mar. 23, April 12, May 4, 27, 30, 1779; Morristown, June 4, 1779; New Windsor, July 12, 1779; West Point, Aug. 20, Nov. 12, 18, 23, 1779; Morris Town, Dec. 8, 1779 ; to Joseph Jones, President of Congress, Morris Town, May 14, 31, 1780 ; Head Quar- ters, Bergen County, July 22, 1780; Tappan, Aug. 13, 1780 ; Head Q'rs, Sept. 9, 1780; New Windsor, Mar. 24, 1781 ; Head Quarters near Dobbs' Ferry, July 10, 1781 ; Newburgh, Dec. 14, 1782, Feb. 11, Mar. 12, 18, 1783; to James Madison, Mt. Vernon, June 12, 1784 (with facsimile); to James Madison, Annapolis, Dec. 28, 1784; Mt. Vernon, Nov. 30, 1785, Nov. 5, 1786, on a Federal Constitution (with facsimile), Nov. 18, Dec. 16, 1786, Mar. 31, Oct. io, 22, Nov. 5, Dec. 7, 1787, Jan. 10, Feb. 5, Mar. 2, May 2, June 8, Aug. 3, 17, Sept. 23, Nov. 17, 1788, Jan. 2, Feb. 16, Mar. 30, 1789; New York, May 5, 11, 1789; to Joseph Jones, New York, May 14, 1789; to James Madison, Aug. 5, 9, 1789; two undated letters to same, 1789-90 (?) ; to same, Mt. Vernon, May 20, 1792, outlining his Farewell Address (with facsimile); Oct. 14, 1793, J an - I0 > 1794! Phila., Jan. 22, Dec. 6, 1795, Feb. 13, 1796; to Thomas R. Tilghman, Mt. Vernon, May 10, 1786; to James Tilghman, Mt. Vernon, June s, 1786, in regard to Capt. Asgill ; to Thomas Wharton, Valley Forge, Feb. 12, 1778; also text of Washington's orders in case of an attempt to capture West Point by the British ; and Duche's letter to Washington, Phila., Oct. 8, 1777 (with facsimile). With List of prices and names of purchasers inserted, 4 pp. HENKELS, Stanislaus Vincent. Catalogue no. 698. The Collection of Autographs belonging to Joseph Henry Dubbs, DD. Embracing Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Members of the Old Congress, Signers of the Constitution, Generals of the Revolutionary War, Presidents of the United States, . . . and from other sources, which also includes Signers of the Declaration of Independence . . . also the Papers used by the Executors in settling the Estates of the various Members of the Washington and Lee Families of Virginia ; rare and valuable engraved Portraits, WASHINGTON'S LAST LETTER, and Relics of Gene- ral Washington, from Mt. Vernon. To be sold, March 21 and 22, 1893. Catalogue compiled and Sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels. Thos. Birch's Sons, Auctioneers, Phila. [1893.], xii, 208 pp. 8°. With List of prices inserted, 12 pp. Contains the text of the following letters and papers by Washington. Plan for recon- noitering the enemy's post at York Island, camp near Dobb's Ferry, July 13th, 1781 ; Letter to Brigadier-Gen. Hand, Fredericksburg, Nov. 12, 1778 ; to— Headquarters, Oct. 12, 1777 ; to Gen. Hand, Headquarters, July 4, 1783 ; to Ebenezer Tucker, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1790; to Lord Cornwallis, Camp at Middle Brook, June 2, 1777 ; to James Anderson, Mount Vernon, 13th Dec, 1799 (last letter written by Washington, and now in the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania). Catalogue no. 709. Highly important Collection of engraved Portraits and Views gathered by the late J. Frank Knight, and Others embracing 474 WASHINGTON COLLECTION. many rare Portraits of Washington. ... To be sold Nov. 13 th and 14th, 1893. Catalogue compiled and Sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels. Thos. Birch's Sons, Phila. [1893.] 68 pp. Portrait of Washington on the cover. 8°. HENKELS, Stanislaus Vincent. Catalogue no. 712. Valuable Collection of Autograph Letters and Docu- ments mostly relating to the Revolutionary War and the War of the Rebellion including : fine autograph Specimens of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence ; important war Letters of General Washington . . . also Relics of General Washington and a Variety of historical Chinaware, to be sold, December 14th, 1893. Catalogue compiled and Sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels. Thos. Birch's Sons, Phila., Pa. [1893.] 58 pp. 8°. Text of the following letters by Washington is printed: to Gen. Wilkinson, Mt. Vernon, Feb. 20, 1788; to Capt. Dagworthy, Fort Cumberland, July 13, 1758; to Gen. Weedon, York(town), 12 Oct., 1781 ; to John Page, Headquarters, 26 miles from Phila., Oct. 11, 1777. Catalogue no. 738. Catalogue of Autograph Letters, Historical Docu- ments, and rare engraved Portraits, being the collection of J. Henry Rogers, of Newcastle, Del., and of a Western gentleman, embracing .... Books from Genl. Washington's Library. To be sold May 8th, 9th and 10th, 1895. Catalogue compiled and Sale conducted by Stan. V. Henkels. Thos. Birch's Sons, Philadelphia. [1895.] I 99> ( l )> 4 PP- Facsimiles. Woodcut of Washington's book-plate. Portrait of Washington on cover. 8°. Inserted is a List of prices and names of purchasers, pp. 19. Several important manu- scripts of Washington, a copy of his " Official Letters," his copy of " Ossian," specimens of the Cincinnati china, and many portraits of Washington were sold. The text of the following items is printed : Instructions to Benedict Arnold, Sept. 14, 1775; Address "to the inhabitants of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, Head Quarters, Valley Forge, February 18th, 1778;" Letter to Benedict Arnold, Brunswick, July 6, 1778 ; to Col. Laurens, Phila., 22d March, 1782 ; Circular Letter to State of Delaware (portion) ; to Col. Elias Dayton, Headquarters near Dobbs' Ferry, July 25, 1781 ; to the Earl of Buchan, Phila., June 20, 1792 ; to Capt. Wm. Scull, Valley Forge, June 5, 1778. THOMAS, M., AND SONS. Washingtoniana. Catalogue of a collection of Books, rare Maps, Plans of Cities, Revolutionary Battle Fields, &c. Part of the Library of Gen. George Washington, many of the Works contain his Autograph. ... To be sold Tuesday Afternoon, Nov. 28, '76. M. Thomas & Sons, Auctioneers. Selheimer & Moore, printers, Phila. [1876.] 50 pp. Slip of correc- tions. 8°. WASHINGTONIANA: CATALOGUES. 475 The catalogue enumerates 138 items from Washington's Library, the larger part of them having Washington's autograph. The collection was exhibited at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, and was afterwards sold at auction. A considerable number of the books were purchased by John R. Baker of Philadelphia and were sold by Birch's Sons of the same city in 1891, when his collection was put on sale. WALL, W. L., & Co. Catalogue of Library of Rare Books, in part from the collection of a Gentleman in Alexandria, about 200 volumes from the Library of General Washington, sold in Alexandria, in 1802, consisting of over 6,000 volumes. To be sold at auction, commencing March 9th, 1863. [Washington, 1863.] pp. 96. 8°. The so called "Books of Washington, sold at Alexandria at Executors' sale, July 6, 1802," are lots 1772-1969. Shortly before the sale it appeared that the book-plates inserted in these books were spurious, and, the fact being made known, the books sold at very low prices. Most of the titles here catalogued do not appear on the Inventory; some titles might be identified with items there given, but of several of these other and more authentic copies are known. The Executors' accounts preserved at Fairfax County Court House afford no evidence of a sale of books in July, 1802. THE SPURIOUS BOOK-PLATE. THE GENUINE BOOK-PLATE. APPENDIX. THE INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY, RE-ARRANGED, ANNOTATED, AND EXTENDED By WILLIAM C. LANE, Librarian of the Boston Athentzum. The Inventory of Washington's books was drawn up by the appraisers of his property, Thompson Mason, Tobias Lear, Thomas Peter, and William H. Foote, and was deposited with his will, the schedule of his property, and the accounts of the executors at Fairfax Court House. The original will is still to be seen there, and this with the other' papers mentioned was copied into the large record volumes, but at the bottom of p. 326, Liber J. 1 following the "account of the estate of the late Gen'l Washington with Lawrence Lewis " is found this note, — " Inventory and appraisement of the Estate of Gen'l George Washington De- ceased (ought here to be Recorded). For Inventory look to Wills &c of August Court 1810 filed. T. C. Nash." But on inquiry for the files of this date it appears that all the original papers of this time and earlier were scattered during the occupation of Fairfax by the Federal troops during the Civil War. The Washington Inventory may possibly have been saved, but its present location, if it is extant, is unknown to the writer. Fortunately " through the kindness of Mr. John A. Washington," Edward Everett procured a copy of the whole Inventory of Gen. Washington's personal estate and printed it in his " Life of George Washington," New York, i860. Lossing printed the inventory of the books and maps again in his " Home of Washington, " New York, 1870, where it is said to be " reproduced as copied from the original document among the public records at Alexandria." This is an evident error and he probably followed Everett's printed list or perhaps the MS. copy made for him. Everett's list is the more correct as to spelling and punctuation, but he doubtless himself corrected some of the errors of the appraisers' list. 480 APPENDIX. The Inventory may also be found in President Potter's "Washington a Model in his Library and Life," New York, 1895 ; as printed there many of the books in the Athenaeum are indicated by an asterisk, and the author mentions a number of other books once belonging to Washington that had come to his notice. The Inventory is also printed in Miss Elizabeth B. Johnston's " Visitors' Guide to Mount Vernon." The Inventory as given below is taken from Everett's Life in which it was first printed. Of the many errors in it some, such as Barlow for Varlo, Miller for Miles, Skombrand for Chambaud, are no doubt in the original document and were due to imperfect reading and hearing on the part of the compilers ; but in regard to many of the other mistakes it is impossible to say whether the compiler or the transcriber is to blame. The Inventory having been already printed several times in its original order, it seemed better in printing it again to rearrange the items under subjects so as to show more clearly the character of the library. The pamphlets bound collectively in volumes, and lettered " Tracts," etc., are not thus classified, but are entered under the factitious titles in the division devoted to Tract volumes. The whole number of volumes entered in the Inventory, not counting the entries under the heads Pamphlets and Maps is 884. Of these the Athenaeum has 341. These are distinguished by an asterisk in the list as printed below. The number preceding each entry indicates the order in which the items stood in the original Inventory, and makes it clear that in the several cases where titles are repeated they actually occurred more than once in the original. Great pains have been taken to determine the full titles and to trace the present ownership of the volumes not in the Athenaeum collection, but in about 262 cases no clue has yet been found, and in a number of others the names of the present owners cannot be stated although a record of the sale of the books at auction is at hand. The identifications of the titles of the books entered on the Inventory are in some cases conjectural ; but in most instances they are with- out doubt correct. The titles of the catalogues of the principal sales at which any of Washington's books have been sold will be found on pp. 470-475. Washington usually wrote his name on the upper right-hand corner of the title-page, but occasionally on the first page of preface or text. An A following the title indicates that the volume bears Washington's autograph, and Pres. that it has an inscription as a presentation copy. The subject of Washington's book-plate has long been a puzzling one to book-collectors. I have indicated by a B in the list following all the volumes, either in the Athenaeum collection or elsewhere, which contain it, but it will be difficult to draw any conclusions as to how Washington used it, when he first had it, or when, if ever, he discontinued its use. Of the 884 volumes noted APPENDIX. 481 below, 137 volumes bear what is in most cases the genuine plate. Re-strikes from it exist, usually to be detected by the quality of the paper ; the original plate was at one time in the hands of Mr. George Livermore, and is pretty certainly still in existence, though the statement has been made that it was destroyed. It has been several times copied for purposes of illustration, but apparently only once, and then very clumsily, with intent to deceive. In 1863 about two hundred volumes, many (perhaps all) of them bearing this spurious book-plate, 1 were offered for sale at auction in Washington (see the note on p. 475), and the very fact that the plate if a forgery was such a poor one, has induced some collectors to suspect that it was a genuine second plate, but the character of the books in which it appeared in this sale is a sufficient argument against this assumption. Whether the original is of English or American work- manship is still disputed, and in spite of the carefulness with which Washington kept his accounts, no entry bearing on the book-plate has yet been discovered in any accounts which are preserved. C. D. Allen, in his " American book- plates," New York, 1894, discusses the history of Washington's book-plate and the counterfeit of it, pp. 90-95. For the notes from Washington's correspondence and account books bearing on the way in which many of the volumes came into his possession, I have to thank Mr. A. P. C. Griffin, the compiler of the Catalogue of the Athenaeum Collection. Most of the letters thus quoted are preserved in the State Depart- ment at Washington. For notes in regard to the books in the Athenaeum and for fuller titles the reader is referred to the pages of the Catalogue itself. My thanks are also due to Mr. S. V. Henkels, through whose hands almost every book of Washington's that has been sold since 1876 has passed, to several book-dealers who have furnished useful clues, and to many of the present owners of Washington's books who have generously shown me their treasures or com- municated careful descriptions of them. In spite of an extensive correspondence for some months, the identity and present whereabouts of many of the books on the Inventory remains unde- termined, but I hope that the present publication will lead to the discovery of many more of them, and I shall be under great obligation to any one who has any of the books the present ownership of which has not been noted, or who knows of any such, if he will have the kindness to communicate with me. Washington's unpublished correspondence affords evidence that he owned many books not given in the Inventory. These are not recorded in the follow- ing list except in cases where something is known of their subsequent history. 1 For a list of thirteen books in the Boston Athenseum with this spurious plate see the last page of this Catalogue. 31 482 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. LITERATURE. 483 *Alfieri, Bruto Primo, Italian Tragedy $1.00 Alfieri, Vitt. Bruto Primo, tragedia. [Parigi. 1788.] A. 197 *Life of Buncle, 2 vols. 3- 00 [Amory, Thomas.] Life of John Buncle, Esq. London. 1766. 141 * Vision of Columbus, 1 vol. .50 Barlow, Joel. The vision of Columbus. Hartford. 1787. Washington subscribed for 20 copies. Dodd, Mead & Co. have lately had for sale a copy which presumably was one of these. Laid in it is an autograph note from Washington presenting the book to Mrs. Bache. . 358 Foresters, 1 vol. .50 [Belknap, Jeremy.] The foresters ; an American tale; being a sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier. Boston, 1792; second edition, Boston, 1796. " This is an historical allegory in which the whole of the occur- rences of the War of Independence are dramatized." The Boston Athenaeum has a copy of the 2d edition. 438 *Search's Essays, 2 vols. 8vo. 2.00 Brutus and Humphrey. Search, pseud. Essays, historical, political and moral ; being a proper supplement to Baratariana. Dublin. [1774?] A. 166 Burns's Poems, 1 vol. 2.00 Mr. B. T. Cable of Rock Island, III., is said to own this book. 360 Butler's Hudibras, 1 vol. 1.00 Butler, Samuel. Hudibras adorned with cuts designed and engraved by Mr. Hogarth. London. 1775. 16 . A. Sold at the 1876 sale (no. 4) to " Hale " for $14. 362 New Crusoe, 1 vol. .75 Campe, Joachim Heinrich. The new Robinson Crusoe. This is a translation of Campe's Robinson der Jungere. An edition with cuts by Bewick was published in London in 1 789. 55 Don Quixote, 4 vols. 12.00 435 Don Quixote, 4 vols. 3.00 Cervantes. The history and adventures of the renowned Don Quixote. Trans, by T. Smollet, M.D. 4 vols. London. 1786. 12 . A. B. Bought at the 1876 sale (no. 1) by John R. Baker at $6 a vol. At the sale of his collection in 1891 it brought $340 (no. 12 ; facsimile LITERATURE. 4&3 of title-page), and is now owned by Mr. G. M. Williamson of New York. The other copy seems never to have appeared for sale. Wash- ington's accounts show that he paid 22 sh. 6d. for a copy of Don Quixote, Sept. 17, 1787. 493 The Works of Monsieur Chamousset (in French), 2 vols. $4.00 Chamousset, M. de. CEuvres completes. 2 vols. Paris. 1787. 8°. A copy, probably this one, was sold in the 1876 sale for $1.75 (no. 455). These volumes edited by the author's daughter, the Countess Des Essarts, were by her presented to Washington accompanied by a let- ter dated May 1, 1787. She writes, — " Admiring your virtues, I am persuaded that the inclinations of a great man will not be averse to reading the works of one of the best of Citizens, — a citizen who consecrated his life & fortune to the purposes of humanity & to the establishment of pure & refined manners. My attachment to this tender parent & virtuous man induces me to promote his views as much as in my power by collecting & publishing his different memoirs." Washington acknowledged the receipt of the volumes in a letter dated Jan. 5, 1788. 491 * America Delivered, a Poem (in French), 2 vols. 1.50 [Chavannes de la Giraudiere, L. de.] L'Amerique delivree. Am- sterdam. 1783. 185 Chesterfield's Letters, 1 vol. 1.50 341 Chesterfield's Letters, 4 vols. 2.00 Chesterfield, Earl of. Letters to his son. 4 vols. New York. 1775. l6°. A. This was no. 7 in the 1876 sale and was bought by Sabin for $4.25 a vol. 50 Conquest of Canaan, 1 vol. i.oo Dwight, Timothy. The conquest of Canaan ; a poem in eleven books. Hartford. 1785. 12°. The author had obtained from Washington in 1778 permission to dedicate his poem to him. " A variety of intervening obstacles " delayed the public appearance of the book, and it was not until Nov. 1785, that he sent Washington a copy, when he writes : " The fear lest the work should not possess such a degree of merit as to occasion no pain in a considerate and delicate mind, upon seeing it inscribed to your Excellency creates in the writer very humiliating sensations. Should this unfortunate circumstance prove real, the only reflection which would alleviate his mortification, is that he has very faithfully endeavored to prevent it." Washington, writing Apr. 1, 1786, hopes that the author's fears are removed, "for it is a 484 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. pleasing performance." Apparently Noah Webster sent Washing- ton another copy about the same time, to judge from a letter dated Mar. 31, 1786. 246 Adventures of Telemachus, 2 vols. $2.00 Fenelon. The adventures of Telemachus. From the French of Fene- lon by the celebrated Jn° Hawkesworth. Corrected and revised by G. Gregory. With a life of the author and a complete index, his- torical and geographical. Embellished with engravings. 2 vols. Printed by T. & J. Swords for David Longworth, No. 66 Nassau St., New York. [1797.] 8°. Washington owned a copy of this edition, as is shown by the following letter from the publisher, — " Perhaps your Excellency will be disposed to pardon, & think it a laudable ambition, which has stimulated me to endeavor to make my publication appear worthy your patronage. — The whole of the materials & execution of the edition of Telemachus, now presented you, are entire American ; my mode of hot pressing is on an entire new principle from that practised in Europe — under these considerations, I pray your Excellency to view with a favorable eye this attempt to improve the art of printing in this (my native) Country, & to excuse the forwardness of one who has taken this opportunity of usurping the honor of subscribing himself your " Excellency's most humble Serv'. " David Longworth, No. 66 Nassau Street, "Aug? 21, 1797. New York." 507 Telemachus, 2 vols. 1.00 Fenelon. The Adventures of Telemachus. Translated by John Hawkesworth. London. 1795. 4°- A copy of the above edition (2 vols, in 1), which may have been Washington's, with the autograph of " Lawrence Lewis, 1800," his nephew and executor, was sold at Birch's in Dec. 1890 (lot 19), and is now preserved at Mount Vernon. 245 History of a Foundling (3d vol. wanting), 3 vols. 1.50 Fielding, Henry. The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. In four volumes. London. 1750. 8°. A. Vols. 1 and 4 of the above are in the Library of Trinity College, Hartford, and were bought at the Cooke sale in 1883 (no. 866). Each volume has Washington's autograph written apparently when about 20 years of age. 439 Freneau's Poems, 1 vol. Freneau, Philip. Poems, written chiefly during the late war. Phila. 1786. 16 . Pres. Morocco gilt. Presentation copy, with autograph of the author. Sold for JS13 in the 1876 sale (no. 136), where it was bought by Michael Newbold. Now owned by Mr. Clarence S. Bement of Philadelphia. 1. 00 LITERATURE. 485 508 Poems of M. Grecourt, 2 vols. $0.25 Grecourt, Jean Baptiste Joseph Willart de (Canon of St. Martin of Tours, erotic poet, 1684-1743). Editions of his " CEuvres diverses " or " Poesies diverses " in 2 vols, were published in Paris, 1747 ; Lau- sanne, 1748 and 1750; Amsterdam, 1759 and later, besides several other editions in 4 vols. 223 Epistles for the Ladies, 1 vol. .50 Haywood, Mrs. Eliza. Epistles for the ladies. Vol. 2. London. 1750. 8°, A. Bought by J. Colvin Randall for Conyers Button in the 1876 sale (lot 1 27) for $4 ; now owned by Mr. W. F. Havemeyer of New York. 249 The High German Doctor, 1 vol. .25 The High German Doctor, with many additions and alterations. [By Philip Horneck.] 2 vols. London. 1719. 12° This was issued in 1714-15 as a semi-weekly newspaper. "A tissue of nonsense and political abuse." Lowndes. 434 Homer's Iliad, by Pope (first two vols, wanting), 4 vols. 2.00 Homer. Iliad. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq. London. 1756. 12°. Vol. 1 with the above title, -and bearing the autographs of Mary Newman and L. Lewis, but without Washington's autograph or book-plate, was sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (no. 306), and is now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. Mr. Lawrence Washington certifies that the book was in Gen. Washington's library. 331 Odyssey (Pope's Translation of Homer), 5 vols. 3.00 Homer. The Odyssey. Translated from the Greek [by Alexander Pope]. 5 vols. London. 1758. 12 . Bears the autograph of Mary Newman, a connection of the Washington family. C ertified to as really from Washington's library by Mr. Lawrence Washington. Sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (no. . 305), and now owned by Bishop Hurst of Washington. 31 *Humphreys's Works, 1 vol. 3.00 Humphreys, David. Miscellaneous works. New York. 1790. A. Pres. 346 Female Fortune-Hunter, 3 vols. 1.00 The Jilts, or Female fortune-hunters. London. No date. 16° Vol. 3 was sold in the 1876 sale (no. 135) to John R. Baker for $17, and at the sale of his collection in 1891 brought $100 (no. 37). It is now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington. The title-page bears the autograph, "Mrs. Martha Washington, her book, 1774." 248 Solyman and Almenia, 1 vol. .50 Langhorne, John. Solyman and Almena. An oriental tale. London. 1781. 8°, 486 INVENTORY 0.F WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 482 * Washington, A Poem. #2.00 This is probably a Dutch poem, entered in this catalogue under Leyden. George Washington, Lierzang. [Leyden. 1789]. Pres. 348 Gil Bias, 4 vols. 3.00 Le Sage. Adventures of Gil Bias of Santillane. Illustrated. 4. vols. London. 1785. 16°. A. Sold in the 1876 sale (no. 6) to " George " for $22. 506 History of Gil Bias, 2 vols. 1.00 Le Sage. Histoire de Gil Bias de Santillane. Paris. 1768. 12 . Vols. 3 and 4 only. A copy, bound in sheep, with curious plates, and stated to be from Gen. Washington's library, was bought at Birch's sale in April, 1891 (no. 319), by W. E. Benjamin for $2. 484 *Fragment of Politics and Literature, by Mandrillon (in French), 1 vol. 8vo. .75 Mandrillon, Joseph. Fragmens de politique et de litterature, suivis d'un voyage a Berlin. Paris. 1788. Pres. 504 Letters in French and English, 1 vol. .25 Mauger, Claudius. French and English letters, upon all subjects, mean and sublime, enlarged with fifty new letters, all much amended and refined, according to the most quaint and courtly mode. London. 1676. 8°. A copy without autograph and book-plate, but believed to be from Washington's library, was sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (no. 297), and is now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst. 333 Fitzosborne's Letters, 1 vol. .50 [Melmoth, William.] Letters on several subjects. By the late Sir T. Fitzosborne. Published in 1748, and several times reprinted in the eighteenth century. The Boston Athenaeum has an edition, Boston, 1815. 330 Memoirs of the noted Buckhorse, 2 vols. 1.00 Memoirs of the noted Buckhorse. In which, beside a minute account of his past memorable exploits, that celebrated Hero is carried into higher life ; containing some very extraordinary events, interspersed with remarkable anecdotes of some Bloods of fortune and emi- nence, companions of Mr. Buckhorse. London. 1756. 12 , Buckhorse, whose real name was John Smith, was a celebrated London pugilist and boxer at Broughton's. See Notes and queries, Jan. 24, 1863, p. 71, for several references. Vol. 2 of this work was sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (lot 299), and is now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. 12 * Beacon Hill, 1 vol. Il0 o LITERATURE. 487 512 *Beacon Hill, 1 vol. #0.25 [Morton, Sarah W. A.] Beacon Hill. A local poem, historic and descriptive. Book I. Boston. 1797. Both the above copies are in the Athenaeum collection. 30 Ossian's Poems, 1 vol. 2.00 204 Ossian's Poems, 1 vol. 1.50 Ossian. The poems of Ossian, the son of Fingal. Translated by James Macpherson. Phila. 1790. 8°. A. Old tree calf, gilt. Sold at the 1876 sale (lot 69) for $13 to " Stewart." Sold again at Birch's in May, 1895 ( lot ll TS}i) f° r $94 to Sabin. The name of the present owner is withheld. 164 Harte's Works, 1 vol. 1.25 There was apparently no collected edition of Harte's " Works " ; Washington owned a copy of Harte's " History of Gustavus Adol- phus " (separately entered on the Inventory). Harte was the author of several poetical works, and of " Essays on husbandry." Lon- don, 1764 (2d ed. 1770), which is very likely to have been in Washington's library. 357 .Pope's Works, 6 vols. 12°. 2.00 Editions of Pope's Works in 6 vols. 12 were published in London in 1764, 1770, 1776, 1787, and 1789. Most other editions of the same period or earlier were in 9 or 10 vols. 356 Emma Corbett (the 2d volume wanting), 2 vols. 1.00 [Pratt, Samuel Jackson.] Emma Corbett, or The miseries of civil war. Founded on some recent circumstances which happened in America. By the author of Liberal opinions, etc. First published in Dublin, 1780. A third edition in 3 vols, was printed in London in 1781, and a fourth, also in 3 vols., in I78s(?). 1 01 *Preston's Poems, 2 vols. 1.00 Preston, William. Poetical works. Dublin. 1793. A. 229 Emblems, Divine and Moral, 1 vol. 1.00 Quarles, Francis. Emblems, divine and moral. First published in 1635, and frequently reissued. 353 *Travels of Cyrus, 1 vol. .75 Ramsay, A. M. The travels of Cyrus. To which is annexed, a Dis- course upon the theology and mythology of the pagans. London. 1745. A. 122 *Poems on Various Subjects, 1 vol. .50 Searson, John. Poems on various subjects and different occasions, chiefly adapted to rural entertainment in the United States of America. Phila. 1797. 488 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 352 *Seneca's Morals, 1 vol. #°-75 Seneca . Seneca's morals by way of abstract. To which is added, a Discourse under the title of an After-thought. By Sir Roger ' L'Estrange. 15th ed. London. 1746. A. This book has Washington's autograph written at about the age of seventeen. Another edition, " The Morals of Seneca, translated by George Bennet, London, 1745," appeared as lot 469 in the 1876 sale, but bore no autograph. 51 Shakspeare's Works, 1 vol. 2 -°° This may have been either the Philadelphia edition of 1795, the first printed in America, or Ayscough's edition, London, 1784. 328 *Peregrine Pickle, 3 vols. I -5° [Smollett, Tobias.] The adventures of Peregrine Pickle. Dublin. 1751. Vols. I and 2 only. A. 242 Humphrey Clinker, 1 vol. ,2 5 [Smollett, Tobias.] The expedition of Humphrey Clinker. Dublin. 1771. Vol. 1 only. A copy, without autograph, but believed to be from Washing- ton's library, was sold at Birch's in April, 1S91 ; it was bought by W. E. Benjamin. 361 Spectator, 6 vols. 3- 00 Some twenty-five editions of the Spectator were printed in Eng- land in the 18th century, all in 8 or more volumes. 335 *Guardian, 2 vols. 1.00 Steele, Sir Richard. The Guardian. 7th ed. Dublin. 1745- A. 327 Beauties of Sterne, 1 vol. .75 Sterne, Laurence. The beauties of Sterne. Several editions were published in Washington's lifetime. 347 The Supposed Daughter, 3 vols. 1.50 The Supposed Daughter ; or Innocent impostor. [By P. R.] A "new edition" in 3 vols, was published in London in 1773. 336 Beauties of Swift, 1 vol. .50 Swift, Jonathan. Beauties of Swift, or the favorite offspring of wit and genius. London. 1782. 12 . A. B. Calf. Bought by John R. Baker at the 1876 sale for $8, and sold in February, 1891, for $60. Now owned by Mr. Alfred T. White of Brooklyn. 244 Swift's Works, 1 vol. • .go This may have been Swift's Miscellanies in prose and verse, London, 17 11 and later, or his Miscellaneous works, comical and diverting, 1720, or his Poetical works, London, 1734, 4 ; 1736, 12°. LITERATURE. 489 194 Gulliver's Travels, 2 vols. $1.50 [Swift, Jonathan.] Travels into several remote nations of the world. By Captain Lemuel Gulliver. London. 1727. (?) The later history of this book is not quite clear. Judge Penny- packer of Philadelphia owns a copy (two vols, in one, pp. 159, 175, first title-page missing), which was sold in Dec. 1890, at the Lewis sale at Birch's (not mentioned in the Catalogue). It came from the Lewis mansion at Audley Berryville, Va. ; G. W. is written on it in a childish scrawl, also the name Lorenzo and some scribbling on p. 68 of the 2d vol., and a W in two or three places. Another copy of vol. 2 (parts 3 and 4) having the autograph of John Custis was sold at Birch's in April, 189! (lot 320), and can with more probability be identified as once in Washington's possession. 329 M'Fingal, 1 vol. .50 Trumbull, John. McFingal: a modern epic poem. Or, The town- meeting. Hartford. 1782. 12 . A copy of the above, probably Washington's, though not claiming to be so, occurred in the 1876 sale (lot 398). Several other editions were printed between 1775 and 1799 in Philadelphia, London, and Boston. 90 *Liberty, a Poem, 1 vol. .50 [Tucker, St. George.] Liberty, a poem; on the independence of America. Richmond. 1788. Pres. 144 The Contrast, a Comedy, 1 vol. .75 [Tyler, Royall.] The contrast, a comedy in five acts, written by a Citizen of the United States. Phila. 1790. 8°. A. Finely bound in red morocco with green borders, inlaid and richly decorated. This appeared as lot 35 in the 1876 sale, and was bought for $20 for Mr. L. E. Chittenden, who had long sought for it as the first play written by an American. Before this sale it had been un- known to American collectors, but a few weeks later another copy turned up in an English Catalogue and was bought by Mr. Thomas J. McKee. See Chittenden's Personal Reminiscences, 1893, p. 288, and Seilhamer's History of the American Theatre, 1889, vol. 2, p. 225. Washington's copy is now owned by Mr. S. P. Avery of New York, and from this the play was reprinted for the Dunlap Society in 1887. The list of subscribers is headed by " The Presi- dent of the United States," and contains 375 names, among them many of noted men, such as Aaron Burr, Charles Carroll, William Dunlap, William Temple Franklin, Hugh Gaine, Peter Freneau, Henry Knox, Tobias Lear, His Ex. Thomas Mifflin, President of the State of Pennsylvania, Robert Morris, Major General Baron Steuben, Isaiah Thomas and Jonathan Trumbull. 656 copies were subscribed for. The following note is found among Washington's unpublished correspondence, — 490 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. " Mr. Wignall, with the utmost respect and deference, has the Honor of transmitting to the President of the United States two copies of the Contrast. Philadelphia, May 22" d 1790." 334 Voltaire's Letters, 1 vol. #°-5° Voltaire. Letters to several of his friends. Translated by the Rev. Dr. Franklin. Dublin. 1770. 12° A. B. In the Lenox Library, New York. Bought for Washington by W. S. Smith of New York in 1783. See the note on p. 149 of this Catalogue. 47 Warren's Poems, 1 vol. -5° 240 *Warren's Poems, 1 vol. I -°° Warren, Mrs. Mercy. Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous. Boston. 1790. Pres. 198 *Webster's Essays, 1 vol. I -S° Webster, Noah. A collection of essays and fugitive writings. On moral, historical, political, and literary subjects. Boston. 1790. A. B. 495 *Germanicus (in French), 1 vol. - 2 5 Winter, Mad. van. Germanicus, poeme en seize chants. Traduit du hollandois. Amsterdam. 1787. A. Additional Titles not entered on the Inventory. Aiken, J. Poems. London. 1791. 8°. Pres. A copy, large paper, uncut, in the original boards, said to be a presentation copy, and certified by Lawrence Washington as genu- ine, was sold at Birch's in December, 1892, (lot 485) for $57.50. It is now owned by Mr. Luther Kountze of New York. A copy, "presentation copy from the author," was sold at Birch's in the Lewis sale in December, 1890, (lot 344) for 40 cents. [Cumberland, Richard.] Arundel [a novel]. By the author of The Observer. London. 1789. 12°. A copy of vol. 2 of this book, without title-page, and inscribed "George Washington's. Presented by his friend Miss Henrietta Maria Hayward, Sommerset Cty., Maryland, Eastern Shore," is owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. The inscription does not suggest a gift to the President of the United States, yet the work was first published in 1789, and the inscription must be subsequent to that date. [Glover, Richard.] Leonidas, a poem. The fourth edition. London. 1739. 12° B. Henry M. Brooks of Salem, Mass., has a copy of this work without autograph, but having Washington's book-plate. Gordon, Thomas. Another cordial for low spirits. Vol. 2. London. 1751. 16° A. A copy with autograph was sold at the 1876 sale (lot 134) for $4.25. It is now owned by Mr. Howard Edwards of Philadelphia. PERIODICALS. 491 The Literary miscellany, containing elegant selections of the most admired fugitive pieces. Phila. 1795. l( >°- With the autograph of Eleanor Parke Custis, July 20, 1798. Sold at the Lewis sale in December, 1890 (lot 171), and now preserved at Mount Vernon. [Parke, John.] The lyric works of Horace, translated into English verse : to which are added a number of original poems. By a Native of America. Phila. 1786. 8°. A. Washington undoubtedly owned this work, probably two copies. See the letter quoted on p. 160 of this Catalogue. A copy with autograph was sold to Sabin at the 1876 sale for $26 (lot 25). The present owner is unknown. Ramsay, Allan. The tea-table miscellany; or a collection of choice songs. 12th ed. Edinburgh. 1760. 12 . With the autograph of Martha Parke Custis, 1768. Sold at the Lewis sale in December, 1890, for #66 (lot 143), and now preserved at Mount Vernon. Thomson, James. The seasons. A copy was ordered by Washington of Biddle in Aug. 1787 ; and a charge of 1 1 sh. appears on his accounts under date of Aug. 10, 1787. Watts, Isaac. The beauties of the late Revd. Dr. Isaac Watts. 2d ed. London. 1782. 12°. A. B. A copy with Washington's autograph and book-plate is preserved at Mount Vernon. It was presented by the late Mrs. Lily L. M. Laughton, a Regent of Mount Vernon. The Athenaeum Collection has a copy which came from Mount Vernon, but which probably did not belong to Washington. PERIODICALS. 74 American Magazine, 1 vol. 8vo. $4.00 Of the three magazines of this title begun in Philadelphia this is probably the second. The first (1741) only extended to three num- bers ; the second " The American magazine and monthly chronicle for the British Colonies " completed its first volume, Oct. 1757 to Oct. 1758 ; the third lasted from Jan. to Sept. 1769. Among the Bradford MSS. in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a sheet bearing four names in Washington's hand, showing that he was a subscriber. See Penns. mag. of hist, and biog. 1884, vol. 8, p. 48. 113 * American Magazine, 1 vol. 2-00 American magazine. Vol. 1. Dec. 1787 to Nov. 1788. New York. A. B. 492 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 66 * American Museum, 10 vols. #15-00 American museum, or Repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, prose and poetical. Vol. i-io. 1787-1791. Phila. A. Vol. 8 and succeeding vols, have the title " American museum or Universal magazine." Washington's accounts show that he was a subscriber. 30 The Bee (thirteenth volume missing), 18 vols. 34.00 The Bee, or Literary weekly intelligencer. By James Anderson. Edin- burgh. I79 I_ 93- Vols. 3, 5-1 1, 14-18 (13 vols.) were sold at the 1876 sale (lot 15) at $3 a volume, and were bought by " Cuyler." Vols. 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 had Washington's autograph. Vol. 7 (1792), having on the title-page " Given to Eleanor Parke Lewis by her beloved Grand Mamma" was sold at Birch's at the Lewis sale in Dec. 1890 (lot 150) for $14, and is now at Mount Vernon. Let- ters from James Anderson dated 8th Sept. 1791 and 3d Nov. 1792 show that he sent the volumes as gifts. 115 "Christian's Magazine, 1 vol. 2 -°° The Christian's, Scholar's and Farmer's magazine. Vol. 1. April, 1789-March, 1790. Elizabeth-Town. A. B. 112 * Columbian Magazine, 5 vols. 10.00 The Columbian magazine, or Monthly miscellany containing a view of the history, literature, manners and characters of the year 1787- 1791. Vols. 1-5. Phila. Vol. 5 is entitled " The universal asylum and Columbian magazine." 463 Country Magazine, 15 nos. 2.00 An " Invoice of goods to be sent by Robert Cary, Esq. & Co.," dated Aug. 10, 1764, notes the Country magazine for the years 1763 and 1764. Cary's invoice of Feb. 1765 has " 12 numbers of Country magazine, Jan. to Dec. 1763 (being all that were published), 6/." in "European Magazine, 2 vols. 3.00 The European magazine and London review. Vol. 13, 14, for 1788. London. A. B. 365 Gazette of the United States, 10 vols. 40.00 A newspaper published in New York and Philadelphia, beginning in 1789. A letter from the publisher, John Fenno, reads : — " I have the honor to send you two sets of the Gazette of the United States — one of which would have been handed to you two months since, but it was detained at the bookbinders beyond ex- pectation — this Volume, if you think the President will allow to occupy an humble Interstice in his Library, & will accept of it for that purpose, I request you will present to him. The other Volume is in lieu of the Numbers you sent me." Lear acknowledged the gift on Washington's behalf, July 25, 1790. PERIODICALS. 493 3.00 310 Gentleman's Magazine, 3 vols. #4.50 465 Gentleman's Magazine, 8 nos. loo A monthly published in London beginning in 1731. 337 The Gleaner, 3 vols. The Gleaner, a miscellaneous production. By Constantia [Mrs. Judith Sargent Murray]. 3 vols. Boston. 1798. A. Sold in 1876 (lot. 10) at $4.50 a vol. The volumes afterward appeared in the J. J. Cooke sale in 1883, and are now owned by Mr. Charles J. Hoadley of Hartford, Conn. A letter from Washington to Mrs. Murray, dated Nov. 24, 1796, reads : — "Mrs. Washington adds her name to mine as a subscriber to your works and with Miss Custis (who is with us) unites in best wishes for the success of it." Another letter dated June 4, 1798, thanks her for books received. Mrs. Murray writes from Franklin Place, Boston, Aug. 13, 1798 : " Accept, illustrious Chief, my utmost gratitude, for the dignity and importance you have conferred upon my publication." 107 Ladies' Magazine, 2 vols. 8vo. 3.00 Lady's magazine. Phila. One vol. (for 1793) was sold in 1876 (lot 83) for $9. A. 459 London Magazine, 18 nos. 3.00 The London magazine, or Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London. Begun in 1732. 118 *Massachusetts Magazine, 2 vols. 4.00 457 Massachusetts Magazine, 41 nos. 8vo. 6.00 The Massachusetts magazine, or Monthly museum. Vol. 3. For 1791. Boston. One vol. only. A. 500 *The French Mercury (in French), 4 vols. 3.00 Mercure de France. 4 vols. 2 janv-17 avril, 1790. Paris. A. 464 *Monthly and Critical Reviews, 1 1 nos. 2.00 The Monthly review, Nov. 1775, Jan. 1778. London. The Monthly review, enlarged, May 1793, Dec. 1795. London. The Critical review, or Annals of literature, Nov. 1775, May, June, 1793, Sept. 1796. 414 *Museum Rusticum, 6 vols. 10.00 Museum rusticum et commerciale, or Select papers on agriculture, com- merce, arts, and manufactures. Vol. 1-6. 1764-66. London. A. 98 *Annual Register for 1781, 1 vol. 8vo. .75 The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics and literature, for the year 1781. London. Pres. 494 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 219 *Annual Register, 1 vol. #0.50 A New annual register, on an improved plan, or Authentic repository of all public events that have happened from June 1781 to Jan. 1782. London. 124 Annual Register, 3 vols. 4.50 At Birch's sale in April, 1891, (lot 321) was sold "The new an- nual register from 1780 to 1808 inclusive, 29 vols." The first six vols, were stated to be from the library of Gen. Washington, and the remainder to be from the library of Judge Bushrod Washing- ton. Vols. 7 to 22 bear Judge Washington's autograph. The lot was sold for $14.50. They are now owned by Bishop J. F. Hurst of Washington. This entry on the Inventory may, however, have well stood for some earlier volumes, since on Nov. 15, 1762, Washington ordered from Robert Cary "Dodsley's Annual Register, from the begins to the pres' year, inclusive," and Cary's invoice of Apr. 13, 1763, has the item " Dodsley's Ann 1 Register, 4 vols, in calf, ^1.4.0." 114 * New York Magazine, 1 vol. 2.00 458 *New York Magazine, 38 nos. 6.00 The New York magazine, or Literary repository. Vols. 2-5. 1791- 94. New York. A in vol. 2. 363 Philadelphia Gazette, 1 vol. fol. 10.00 Probably the Pennsylvania Gazette is meant, Franklin's news- paper begun in 1729, and published later by Hall & Sellers. 364 Pennsylvania Packet, 2 vols. 12.00 A weekly newspaper begun in 1771, and published by John Dun- lap in Philadelphia. Washington's accounts show that he was a subscriber in 1785. On Feb. 10, 1786, he wrote to Clement Biddle : — "The Gazettes which were furnished by Mr Dunlap, for my use, during my Military appointment, ought, undoubtedly to be paid for by the public, — and I had no doubt but that this had been done regularly, by the 0/ M r General or his assist' in the State of Penn- sylvania. If the case is otherwise, I am ready to give my aid to- wards his obtaining it." 149 *Political Magazine, 3 vols. . » 460 Political Magazine, 8 nos. The Political magazine, and parliamentary, naval, military, and liter- ary journal, for 1780 to 1782. Vols. 1-3. London. A. B. A copy of the number for March, 1783, with autograph, was lot 161 2 in the Catalogue of the Menzies collection, 1875. A letter from Robert Bell, Jr., states that it was given to him by Mr. John A. Washington when he assisted Mr. Washington in packing the 1. 00 •5° PERIODICALS. 495 library previous to its removal from Mount Vernon in i860. It contains " an impression from the original copper " of the book- plate. 503 *Political Journal (in German), 1 vol. 510 6 Pamphlets, Political Journal (in German). .50 Politisches Journal nebst Anzeige von gelehrten und andern Sachen. Bd. 1 [Jan. to June, 1790.] Hamburg. A. Washington owned the whole of the year 1790, as is shown by the note quoted in this Catalogue. Dec. 19, 1792 Washington wrote to Henry Sheaff, thanking the Germans for sending him the German paper weekly. 170 *Repository, 2 vols. , -00 The Repository ; containing various political, philosophical, literary, and miscellaneous articles. Vol. 1-2. 1788. London. A. 419 Sentimental Magazine, 5 vols. 10.00 The Sentimental and masonic magazine, July, 1792 to Dec. 1794. 5 vols. Dublin. A. Sold in the 1876 sale (lot 64) for $ 5.25 a volume. Now owned by Bishop J. F. Hurst of Washington. The five volumes were sent to Washington by " John Jones, sole Proprietor of the Sentimental and Masonic Magazine " with a complimentary letter dated Jan. 23, 1795. The Proprietor states his intention of prefixing a portrait of the President " executed by an Irish artist in an elegant manner " to the sixth volume, and dedicating it to his Excellency, " and humbly hopes that that liberty will not be deemed too presumptuous." 461 Universal Asylum, 9 nos. 1.50 See the " Columbian magazine " above. 462 Universal Magazine, n nos. 1.50 See the " American museum " above. 467 Miscellaneous Magazine, 27 nos. 3.00 469 Miscellaneous Magazine, 27 nos. 4-oo Probably odd numbers of various magazines are meant. In regard to the many newspapers sent him, Washington writes to Clement Biddle, May 18, 1786 : — " I have such a number of Gazettes crowded upon me many of them without orders, that they are not only expensive but really useless ; as my other avocations will not afford me time to read them oftentimes ; & when I do attempt it, find them more trouble- some than profitable. I have therefore to beg if you should get money into your hands on AccoJ. of the Inclosed Certificate that you would be so good as to pay what I am owing to Mess?. Dunlap 6 Claypoole, — Mr. Oswald, — M r Humphreys." 496 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. Additional Titles. The Arminian magazine ; consisting of extracts and original treatises on general redemption. Vol. 1-2. 1789-90. Phila. A. The Female spectator. Vols. 2-4. London. 1750-. 12° These three volumes, each bearing the autograph of Mary Wash- ington were sold at the Lewis sale in Dec. 1890 (lots 145-147) at $ 160 each. Vol. 3 is now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Wash- ington. There is no reason to suppose that these volumes were at Mount Vernon in Gen. Washington's time, but they are men- tioned here on account of the interest attaching to them. Washington's correspondence and accounts show that he sub- scribed to the Maryland Gazette, 1764-69 ; and to the Pennsylvania Evening Herald, 1784-87 ; and that he received the Independent Chronicle from Rev. Dr. Gordon, of Boston, circa 1786 ; and the Farmer's Monthly Museum from the publishers in Walpole, N. H., in 1798. DICTIONARIES AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE. 2 Skombrand's Dictionary, 1 vol. #7-50 This is doubtless an error for Chambaud. Nouveau dictionnaire francois-anglois, & anglois-francois. Nouvelle ed. 2 vols, in 1. Londres. 1778. 4 . B. This was lot 94 in the 1876 sale, and is now owned by the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania. 509 *Court Register, 6 vols. 121110. 1.50 The Court and city register. For the year 1756. 20 th ed. London. New edition of the Court and city register, or Gentleman's complete annual calendar for 1783. London. A. The following book, which has no autograph or bookplate, may have also been included under this entry, — Millan's Universal register of court and city offices. 20 th ed. 1758. London. 566 Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 4 vols. 8vo. 20.00 Dictionary of arts and sciences, comprehending all the branches of useful knowledge. 4 vols. London. 1763. 8°, A. B. Sold in the 1876 sale (lot 78) at $3.50 a vol. ; bought by Sabin. 1 American Encyclopedia, 18 vols. 4to. 150.00 Encyclopedia ; or A dictionary of the arts and sciences and miscella- neous literature. The first American edition, greatly improved. 18 vols. Phila. 1798. 4 . Washington subscribed for two sets of this. In a letter to Clem- ent Biddle, Aug. 14, 1797, he speaks of having given away one set RELIGIOUS WORKS. 497 in boards and wishes the other bound for him. Writing to the same, March 3, 1798, he directs that the second set shall be "bound in gilt calf; and I hope it will be done neatly." His accounts show a charge of $174, on Feb. 27, and of jjiio additional on March 12, for the 17th and 18th vols. 232 Pocket Dictionary, 1 vol. $0.25 Washington's accounts, which note under July 28, 1793, *' Pd for Entick's Dictionary, 4(6," suggest that this may be : — Entick, John. The new spelling dictionary. London. 1764. 12 . — New edition, enlarged by W. Crakelt. London. 1784. 12 . 5 *Johnson's Dictionary, 2 vols. 10.00 Johnson, Samuel. A dictionary of the English language. London. 1786. A. 311 * Library Catalogue, 1 vol. 1.50 Philadelphia. Library Company. Catalogue of the books. Phila. 1789. A. 441 Stephens's Directory, 1 vol. .50 Stephens' Philadelphia directory for 1796. Phila. 12 . A. Bound in red calf, gilt, inside gold borders. Presentation copy "To the President of the United States." Bought by John R. Baker at the 1876 sale for $22 (lot 2). At the sale of his collec- tion at Birch's in Feb. 1891, Estes & Lauriat of Boston bought it for $190 (lot 4), and have since sold it. Fac-simile of the title- page is given in Birch's Catalogue. Additional Titles. Lexicon technicum magnum, or An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences. Folio. A copy of this work, without title-page and lacking pages at the end, was sold with other books undoubtedly belonging to Wash- ington in the 1876 sale (lot 121), but it would probably be impos- sible to prove that it had ever really been in his hands. It is now owned by Mr. Willis P. Hazard of West Chester, Pa. RELIGIOUS WORKS. 58 'Barclay's Apology, 1 vol. , 3.00 Barclay, Robert. An apology for the true Christian divinity. Bir- mingham. 1765. B. A copy of the 8 th edition, Dublin, 1780, was offered for sale in Washington in 1863, but had a spurious book-plate. It is now in the Boston Athenaeum. 32 498 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 291 *Mosaical Creation, 1 vol. 8vo. .75 Berington, Simon. Dissertations on the mosaical creation, deluge, building of Babel, and confusion of tongues, &c. London. 1750. A. 209 Brown's Bible, 1 vol. fol. #15.00 Bible. The self-interpreting Bible containing the Old and New Testa- ments. To which are annexed marginal references and illustra- tions, an exact summary of the several books, a paraphrase on the most obscure or important parts, an analysis of the contents of each chapter, explanatory notes, and evangelical reflections, by the late Reverend John Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Haddington. New York. 1792. F°. A. On the blank leaf at the beginning of the New Testament Mrs. Jane C. Washington wrote, "This Holy Book belonging to the late Genl G. Washington was given by Judge Washington to John A. and Jane C. Washington soon after their marriage." It now remains in the possession of their grandson, Mr. Lawrence Wash- ington of Alexandria, Va. 210 Bishop Wilson's Bible, 3 vols. 60.00 The Bible, with notes, by Thomas Wilson, Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, and various renderings collected from other translations by the Rev. Clement Cruttwell, the editor. 3 vols. Bath. 1785. 4 , These volumes are now in the Congressional Library, Washington. They were sent to Gen. Washington by Rev. C. Cruttwell in May, 1794. See hjs letter quoted on p. 63 of this Catalogue. 306 * Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles, 1 vol. 1.00 Burnet, Gilbert, An exposition of the thirty-nine articles of the Church of England. London. 1759. A. 304 ChurchnTs Sermon, 1 vol. »- This is probably a volume of Sermons on the Lord's Prayer published in London and in Dublin in 1765, and ascribed some- times to the poet Charles Churchill and sometimes to his father, who bore the same name, and was rector of Rainham, Essex. Bought by Washington, Nov. 3, 1772, for 7 sh. 6 d. 224 *Discourses upon Common Prayer, 1 vol. .25 Comber, Thomas. Short discourses upon the whole Common-Prayer. London. 17 12. A. 257 *CruttwelFs Concordance, 1 vol. e.oo Cruttwell, Clement. A concordance of parallels, collected from Bibles and commentaries. London. 1790. A. 237 *Duche's Sermon, 1775, 1 vol. Duche, Jacob. The duty of standing fast in our spiritual and tem- poral liberties, a sermon preached July 7, 1775. Phila. 1775. •SO B. Pres, RELIGIOUS WORKS. 499 41 Fletcher's Appeal, 1 vol. #1.00 [Fletcher, or De La Flechere, John William.] An appeal to matter of fact and common sense, or A rational demonstration of man's corrupt and lost estate. Third edition. London. No date. 12°, A. The first edition was published in Bristol, 1772 ; second, 1773 j and the fourth in London, 1785. Lettered on the back " Fletcher's Appeal." Now in the Lenox Library, New York. 43 Jortin's Sermons, 2 vols. 2.00 A collection of John Jortin's sermons in 7 vols, was published in London in 1771-72; 3ded. 1787. 71 *History of the Mission among the Indians in North America, 1 vol. 2.00 Loskiel, G. H. History of the mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. London. 1794. A. 236 *Dr. Morse's Sermon, 1 vol. .50 Morse, Jedidiah. The duty of resignation under afflictions ; sermon, April 17, 1796, occasioned by the death of the Hon. Thomas Russell. Boston. 1796. A. Other sermons and eulogies on the same event are bound with the above. 228 Muir's Discourses, 1 vol. .75 This may be Muir, James. An examination of the principles contained in the Age of reason. Baltimore. 1795. 16 . Pres. A copy of the above, a presentation copy, appeared as lot 137 in the 1876 sale, and was bought for $2.75. Now owned by Mr. F. E. Marshall of Philadelphia. 52 * Antidote to Deism, 2 vols. 1.00 Ogden, Uzal. Antidote to deism. The deist unmasked. [Refutation of Paine's Age of reason.] Newark. 1795. A. 292 *Original and Present State of Man, i vol. -5° Phipps, Joseph. The original and present state of man, briefly con- sidered. New York. 1788. A. B. 233 Prayer Book, 1 vol. I -5° 196 Priestley's Evidences, 1 vol. i.oo Priestley, Joseph. Discourses relating to the evidences of revealed religion. Phila. 1796. 8°. A. Sold at the 1876 sale (lot 30) for $13. Now owned by W. F. Havemeyer of New York. 500 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 296 *Ray on the Wisdom of God in Creation, 1 vol. #1.00 Ray, John.. The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the crea- tion. London. 1743. A. 344 *Reason, &c, 1 vol. .50 Reason and faith, or Philosophical absurdities, and the Necessity of revelation. Phila. 1791. A. Pres. 505 History of the Holy Scriptures, 1 vol. .25 Reeve, J. The history of the Old and the New Testaments, inter- spersed with instructive and moral reflections, chiefly taken from the holy fathers. Phila. No date. 8°. Pages lacking. A copy, with the autographs of Augustine Washington and of Ann Washington was sold at Birch's in April, 1891, for #19. 136 Sharp's Remarks, 1 vol. .50 Sharp, Granville. Remarks on a printed paper lately handed about, intituled " A catalogue of the sacred vessels restored by Cyrus." London. 1775. sm. 8°. A copy, bound with three other pamphlets, and said to be from the library of Washington, was sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (lot 321 A). 131 Sharp on the Prophecies, 1 vol. .75 Sharp, Granville. Remarks on several very important prophecies. London. 1775. 8°, This was lot 460 in the 1876 sale. 227 Sharp's Sermons, 1 vol. 8vo. .50 This may be Sharp, Dr. John. A sermon preached before the Queen at St. James' Chapel on Good Friday, March, 26th, 1703. London. 1778. 12 . A copy in boards with the autograph of M. Washington was sold at Birch's at the Lewis sale in Dec. 1890 (lot 149) to " Cable " for $40. 39 Shipley's Works, 2 vols. 4.00 Shipley, Rev. Jonathan. Works. 2 vols. London. 1792. 8°. A. Presentation copy " From the Rev. Wm. Davies Shipley, Dean of St. Asaph," the son of the author. Washington acknowledged the gift in a letter dated Philadelphia, 20 Oct., 1792. This was lot 56 in the 1876 sale, and again appeared in the Cooke sale in 1883. It is now owned by Mr. Charles J. Hoadly of Hart- ford, Conn. 340 *The Universalist, 1 vol. loo Smith, William Pitt. The universalist. In seven letters to Amyntor. New York. 1788. A. B. Pres. 305 * Account of the Protestant Church, 1 vol. .75 Spangenberg, Aug. Gottlieb. An account of the manner in which the Protestant Church of the Unitas Fratrum or United Brethren, RELIGIOUS WORKS. 50 1 preach the Gospel, and carry on their missions among the Heathen. London. 1788. A. B. 302 Sick Man Visited, 1 vol. $0.75 Spinckes, Nathaniel. The sick man visited and furnished with instruc- tions, meditations, and prayers suitable to his condition. London. 1712. 8°. A 6th edition published in 1775. 303 State of Man, 1 vol. .75 The State of man, here and hereafter, considered ; in three epistles to a friend. Bristol. 1774. 12°. A second edition was printed in 1776. See the Monthly review, June, 1776, p. 504. 230 *Yorick's Sermons, 2 vols. 1.00 [Sterne, Laurence.] The sermons of Mr. Yorick. 4th ed. London. 1761. 290 Gospel News, 1 vol. 8vo. 1.00 Townsend, Shippie. Gospel news, divided into eleven sections. Peace and joy. Boston. 1794. 8°. A. Sold in the 1876 sale (lot 66), where it was bought by Lloyd P. Smith, the librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia, for $9.50. The present librarian states that it is not in that library, the copy of the work there owned having the autograph of James Rush, 1813. 225 The Trial of the Seven Bishops, t vol. 8vo. .50 The Seven Bishops were Sancroft, Lake, White, Turner, Ken, Lloyd, and Trelawny, committed to the Tower in June, 1688, by James II., because of their opposition to the King's Declaration of Indulgence. They were acquitted by the jury in spite of pressure from the government. Editions of the Proceedings were printed in 1689, f°; 1716, 8°; 1735, f°; 1739, 8°, to mention only those in the British Museum. 93 West's Discourse, 1 vol. 2.00 West, Samuel. Two discourses delivered at Needham on occasion of . the public fast, April 7, 1785. Boston. 1785. 8°. 211 Bishop Wilson's Works, i vol. IS- 00 Wilson, Thomas. Works, with his life compiled from authentic papers by the Rev. C. Cruttwell. The second edition. 2 vols, in 1. Bath & London. 1782. f°. Inscribed "To His Excellency General Washington. These Works of the Bishop of Sodor and Man are respectfully pre- sented by D. Wilson Son of the Author as a Small Testimony of the Esteem he bears to the Character of a Man who has in so glorious a manner protected, saved, and delivered his Country. Alfred House, Bath, April 4, 1783." Transmitted to Washington in 1794 by Mr. Cruttwell, as is shown by a letter quoted on p. 63 of this Catalogue. The volume was given by Mrs. Washington to 502 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. Eliza P. Law, and by her grand-daughter, Mrs. George R. Golds- borough, Vice Regent of Mount Vernon for the State of Maryland, it was returned to Mount Vernon, where it now remains. 62 Winchester's Lectures, 4 vols. $6.00 Winchester, Elhanan. A course of lectures on the prophecies that remain to be fulfilled. 4 vols. London. 1789. 8°. A. Pres. The author wrote to Washington under date of London, August IS.I79S.— " Dear and most renowned of men. " I send you with this a sett of my Lectures upon the prophecies that remain to be fulfilled ; which I present to you as a small token of that sincere respect which I, among many millions of the human race, feel towards the deliverer of my Country, and the friend of mankind. I have mentioned your name and character with the highest respect in this work (see Vol. iv. page 390) in a connexion that will be no disgrace to your exalted merit." The receipt of the volumes was acknowledged by Lear, Nov. 14, 1795- Bought at the 1876 sale by John R. Baker for $24, and sold at Birch's in Feb. 1891, for #160. Now owned by Mr. W. F. Have- meyer of New York. Additional Titles. Beattie, James. Evidences of the Christian religion briefly and plainly stated. 2 vols. London. 1786. 8°. An entry in Washington's Cash account under date Sept. 12, 1787, shows that he paid 4 sh. for a copy. Bible. The Holy Bible. Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press. 1783. 5 maps, and nearly 300 copper-plate engravings by John Sturt. 4° With the autograph of "Martha Washington, 1789." Mrs. Washington gave this Bible to her grand-daughter, Nellie Parke Custis, who married Lawrence Lewis in 1799, and died in _l852. Mrs. Lewis's daughter, Mrs. F. Parke Butler gave it to her nephew, H. L. Daingerfield Lewis, by whom it was offered for sale at Birch's in December, 1890, (lot 143^) and brought $760.00. It was afterwards advertised by Mitchell for $5000, and is now owned by Mr. Charles F. Gunther of Chicago. *Bible. Novum Testamentum, interprete Theod. Beza. London 1746. The name George Washington is written on the title-page, but who wrote it is not clear. The book bears the names of Charles Robinson, 1748J9, and Hugh Robinson, 1751. •Blackhaix, Offspring. The sufficiency of a standing revelation in general. London. 1717. Bears what is considered to be Washington's autograph at an early age. GEOGRAPHY AND TRA VELS. 503 Blair, Hugh. Sermons. To which is prefixed that admired tract, On the internal evidence of the Christian religion. 2 vols. Balti- more, re-printed for the Rev. M. L. Weems. 1792-93. 8°, A letter from Weems shows that Washington paid for and re- ceived a copy of this American edition. Hale, Sir Matthew. Contemplations moral and divine. London. 1685. 8°. This book bears the autograph of Mary Washington. Edward Everett in his Life of Washington, p. 36, refers to it as still at Mount Vernon, and states that it belonged to George Washington's father, and bore the autographs of his two wives Jane and Mary. The page with Jane Washington's name has since disappeared. At the sale at Thomas's in 1876 this book (no. 133) was bought by John R. Baker for $11 ; at the sale of his collection in Feb. 1891 (lot 36), it brought $100, and is now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington. Hervey, James. Meditations and contemplations. 2 vols. London. 1750. 12° A copy with Mary Washington's name written four times was sold at the Lewis sale in Dec. 1890 (lot 144) for $154, and is now at Mount Vernon. Langdon, Samuel. Observations on the Revelations. Worcester. 1791. 8°. A letter from the author dated Hampton Falls, Aug. 29, 1791, shows that he sent a copy of this work to Washington. Spangenberg, Aug. Gottlieb. An exposition of Christian doctrine as taught in the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Trans- lated, with a preface, by Benjamin Latrobe. Bath. 1796. 8°, A copy stated to be from the library of Gen. Washington was sold at Birch's in April, 1891, (lot 358). It was bought by " Davis " for $3. A copy of the edition of London, 1784, with the spurious book- plate, was sold in Washington in 1863, and is now in the Boston Athenaeum. GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVELS. 239 Embassy to China, 1 vol. #1.00 Anderson, ./Eneas. A narrative of the British embassy to China, in the years 1792, 1793, and 1794. containing the various circum- stances of the embassy, with accounts of customs and manners of the Chinese, and a description of the country, towns, cities, &c, &c. New York. 1795. 12 . Shown by Washington's accounts to have been purchased for Mrs. Washington Jan. 3, 1796. Sold at Birch's in April, 1891, for $6.50 (lot 298), and again in Dec, 1892 (lot 482) for $35. Now owned by Mr. Luther Kountze of New York. S04 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 315 * Anson's Voyage round the World, 1 vol. $1.00 Anson, George. A voyage round the world, in the years 1740-44. London. 1749. A. 199 *Bartram's Travels, 1 vol. 2.00 Bartram, William. Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, etc. Phila. 1791. A. 200 *Bossu's Travels, 2 vols. 3.00 Bossu, N. Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana. London. 1771. A. B. 86 *Warville's Voyage, in French, 3 vols. 3.00 Brissot de Warville, Jean Pierre. Nouveau voyage dans les fitats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale, fait en 1788. Paris. 1791. A. 207 *Barnaby's Sermons and Travels, 1 vol. 1.00 Burnaby, Andrew. Six occasional sermons. London. 1777. A. Travels through the middle settlements in North America. London. 1775. 397 Roads through England, 1 vol. 8vo. 1.00 There are several works which might be described by this entry. Perhaps the following is most probably meant. Carv, John. Itinerary or accurate delineation of the great roads through England and Wales, and many of the principal roads in Scotland, etc. London. 1798. 8°, 79 Carver's Travels, 1 vol. 1.50 Carver, Jonathan. Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768. Dublin. 1779. 8°. Several other editions were published. A copy was sold at the sale in Washington in 1863 (lot 1938) among the books stated to have belonged to Washington but having the spurious book-plate. The entry may possibly be a mistake for Charlevoix's " Voyage to Canada and travels through that vast country," which is not on the inventory but certainly belonged to Washington. See below under Additional titles. 82 Chastellux's Travels, 1 vol. 1.00 Chastellux, Marquis de. Travels in North America in the years 1780, 1781, and 1782. Translated from the French by an English gentleman, with notes by the translator. 2 vols. London. 1787. 8°. A. B. Sold in the 1876 sale (lot 55) to John R. Baker for $40. At the sale of his collection in Feb. 1891 (lot 16) it brought $240. Now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington. Washington paid £1. 10. o. for this August 8, 1787. GEOGRAPHY AND TRA VELS. 505 83 Chastellux's Voyages, 1 vol. $1.00 This may be one of the twenty-four copies of the " Voyage de Newport a Philadelphie, Albany, etc. Newport, R. I. : De l'lm- primerie Royale d'Escadre, 1781, 4° pp. 188," which the Marquis de Chastellux had printed on board of the ships of the French squadron. 489 Chastellux's Travels in North America (in French), 2 vols. 8vo. 1.50 Chastellux, Marquis de. Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale dans les annees 1780, 1781 & 1782. ■>- vols. Paris. 1786. 8°. A. in vol. 2; title-page missing in vol. 1. Given to Washington by the author. See the letter quoted on p. 106 of this Catalogue. Sold in the 1876 sale (lot 130) for $12. Now owned by Senator Jos. R. Hawley of Connecticut. 399 Caller's Survey of Roads, 1 vol. 8vo. .50 Colles, Christopher. A survey of the roads of the United States of America i with a large number of plates. New York. 1789. sm. 4 . 344 *Tour through Great Britain, 4 vols. 3 . o [Defoe, Daniel.] A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain. London. 1748. A. 369 General Geographer, 1 vol. 30.00 It is perhaps impossible to identify this book surely, but it may be, — Fenning, Daniel. A new system of geography : or, A general descrip- tion of the world, etc. Embellished with a new and accurate set of maps. London. 1766. F°. — New edition, 1785. 54 *Forest's Voyage, 1 vol. 4to 3.00 Forrest, Thomas. A voyage from Calcutta to the Mergui Archi- pelago. London. 1792. A. 317 *Gordon's Geography, 1 vol. 1.00 Gordon, Patrick. Geography anatomiz'd, or The geographical gram- mar. London. 1749- B. 6 Guthrie's Geography, 2 vols. 20.00 Guthrie, William. A new system of modem geography or A geo- graphical, historical and commercial grammar, and present state of the several nations of the world. The first American edition. 2 vols. Phila. 1794. 4 . A. Bound in calf, richly gilt back, gold borders on sides, green edges. Bought by John R. Baker at the 1876 sale (lot 91) for $10.50. At the sale of his collection in Feb., 1891, it brought $170, and is now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington. Washington paid Clement Biddle i8sh. 9d. for this Aug. 10, 1787. 506 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 366 Atlas to Guthrie's Geography, 1 vol. #40.00 " 45 engraved maps from Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved ; various sizes. Mounted on guards in folio scrap-book, % calf, labelled Atlas, with MS. index, and with two f° tables, one of the exports of the United States, the other of foreign moneys, bound in. Has autograph of Geo. Washington on wove paper mounted on first fly-leaf." This volume in the possession of Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington is described as above in the MS. catalogue of her collection. It was sold at Birch's with the Baker collection in Feb., 1891, (lot 27) for $24, and is there described as made up of maps from various sources. 80 Moore's Italy, 2 vols. 3.00 Moore, John. A view of society and manners in Italy ; with anec- dotes relating to some eminent characters. 2 vols. London. 1783. 8°. A. in both vols ; B. in vol. I. Lot 36 in the 1876 sale, where it brought $18. Now owned by Judge S. W. Pennypacker of Philadelphia. 81 Moore's France, 2 vols. 3.00 Moore, John. A view of society and manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany, with anecdotes relating to some eminent characters. Fifth edition, corrected. 2 vols. London. 1783. 8°. A. B. This was lot 37 in the 1876 sale, and was bought by Mr. Elliston P. Morris of Philadelphia, who still owns it. 444 Moore's Travels, 5 vols. 4.00 This is likely to have been a copy of the Dublin edition of the last two works, published immediately after the London editions, in which Moore's " View of society and manners in Italy " was issued in three volumes. This would give five volumes for the two works. Bought for Washington by W. S. Smith of New York and sent to him March 20, 1783. See p. 149 of this Catalogue. 161. Morse's Geography, 1 vol. 8vo. 2.00 Morse, Jedidiah. The American geography, or A view of the present situation of the United States of America. Elizabeth Town. ' 1789. 8°. A. B. Sold in the 1876 sale (lot 26) to John R. Baker for $ 10.50 (book- plate not mentioned), and at the sale of his collection in Feb., 1891, (lot 7) for JS80. Now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington. 187 *Morse's Geography, 2 vols. 8vo. 4.00 Morse, Jedidiah. The American universal geography. Boston. 1793. A. 471 *Morse's American Gazetteer, 1 vol. 8vo. 2.00 Morse, Jedidiah. The American gazetteer. Boston. 1797. GEOGRAPHY AND TRA VELS. $°7 3 Memoir of a Map Hindostan, i vol. 4to. #8.00 Rennell, James. Memoir of a map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire. London. 1793. 4°- A. Pres. Bound in full crushed morocco, gilt extra. This was No. 95 in the 1876 sale and was bought by " Mac " for $9. This book was presented to Washington by the author. Wash- ington acknowledged its receipt in a letter dated Philadelphia, 9th July, 1795. 84 Volney's Travels, 2 vols. 3.00 Volney, C. F. Travels through Syria and Egypt, illustrated with copper plates. 2 vols. London. 1788. 8°. A. Lot 58 in the 1876 sale j bought for $12 by " Hill " or " Hall." 75 Watts' Views, 1 vol. 4to. 20.00 Watts, W. The seats of the nobility and gentry, in a. collection of the most interesting and picturesque views, engraved by W. Watts. Chelsea. i779-[86]. obi. 4°. 84 plates. A. This volume was bequeathed by Judge Bushrod Washington to Judge Joseph Story, who left it in his will to Harvard College. Now preserved in Harvard College Library. 437 The World Displayed (13th vol. wanting), 19 vols. i2mo. 9.50 The World displayed ; or A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. 20 vols. The first edition began publication in 1759; a fourth was issued in 1774-78. Additional Titles. *Burges, Bartholomew. A series of Indostan letters, containing a striking account of the manners & customs of the Gentoo nations, etc. New York. [1790.] A. Byron, John. Voyage round the World, in the years 1764-5-6, in his Majesty's sloop the Dolphin. London. 1767. 8°. An entry in Washington's accounts shows that he bought this for 2sh. 6d. Nov. 3, 1772. •Charlevoix, P. F. X. de. Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres ; giving an account of a voyage to Canada and travels through that vast country, and Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico. London. 1763. A. B. *Echard, Rev. Laurence. The gazetteer's or news-man's interpreter. London. 1751. A. B. Macdonald, John. Travels in various parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, during a series of thirty years and upwards. Dublin. 1791. 12°. A copy of the above, stated to be from the library of Gen. Washington, but without autograph or book-plate and not entered on the Inventory, was sold at Birch's in April, 1891, (lot 301) for #4. It is now owned by Bishop J. F. Hurst of Washington. 508 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. Swinton, A. Travels in Norway, Denmark, and Russia, in the years 1788, 1789, 1790, and 1791. London. 1792. 8°. A copy with the autograph of Bushrod Washington, but certified by Mr. Lawrence Washington to be from the library of Gen. Washington, was sold at Birch's in April, 1891, (lot 307), and again in Dec, 1892, (lot 484). It is now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. HISTORY. 27 Adam's Rome, 2 vols. $4.00 Adams, John. The history of Rome, from the foundation of the city by Romulus, to the death of Marcus Antoninus. 2 vols. Dublin. 1792. 8°. A. Sold at the 1876 sale (lot 57) for $11. Now owned by Miss Ruth Stevens Baker of West Chester, Pa. 42 History of Spain, 2 vols. 8vo. 3.00 [Adams, John.] The history of Spain, to the death of Ferdinand, sur- named the Sage. 3 vols. Dublin. 1793. &°- 301 Backus's History, 1 vol. 1.00 Backus, Isaac. A church history of New England. Vol. ii. extending from 1690 to 1784. Providence. 1784. 8°. A. This was lot no. 16 in the 1876 sale at Thomas's where it was bought for $7.50 by Senator Jos. R. Hawley of Connecticut. 351 Review of Cromwell's Life, 1 vol. .75 [Banks, J.] A short critical review of the political life of Oliver Cromwell. By a Gentleman of the Middle Temple. The first edition was printed in London in 1739; later ones in 1742, 1747, 1755- 217 *The Origin of the Tribes or Nations in America, 1 vol. 8vo. .75 Barton, Benj. Smith. New views of the origin of the tribes and nations of America. Phila. 1798. Pres. 189 Belknap's History of New Hampshire, 1 vol. 2.00 190 Belknap's History of New Hampshire, 3 vols. 5.00 Belknap, Jeremy. History of New-Hampshire. 3 vols. Phila. 1784. 8°. A. The complete copy in 3 vols, was sold in the 1876 sale (lot 34) to Sabin for £33. It is now in the possession of the Providence Public Library, by whom it was acquired in 1877, " in absorbing a smaller library, — that of the Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers." A letter from Washington to Belknap, dated Jan. 5, 1785, thanks him for "the first volume of your history of New Hampshire," which may account for the odd volume entered above. This, with HISTORY. 509 Belknap's letter of presentation to Washington, is printed in the "Life of J. Belknap," New York, 1847, p. 137. Other letters be- tween Belknap and Ebenezer Hazard relating to the matter will be found in the Mass. Hist. Soc. Collections, 5th series, vol. 2, pp. 404,412. 443 Columbus's Discovery, 1 vol. $.25 This very probably was Belknap, Jeremy. A discourse intended to commemorate the dis- covery of America by Christopher Columbus; delivered at the request of the Historical Society of Massachusetts, 23d Oct., 1792. Boston. 1792. 8°. 188 Belknap's American Biography, 2 vols. 3.00 476 Belknap's Biography, 1 vol. 1.50 Belknap, Jeremy. American biography, or An historical account of those persons who have been distinguished in America as adventurers, states- men, philosophers, divines, warriors, authors, and other remarkable char- acters. 2 vols. Boston. 1794. 8°. A. in the first copy (vol. 1). The complete work in 2 vols., without autograph or book-plate, appeared in the 1876 sale as lot 450 ; the other copy (vol. 1 only) bearing Washing- ton's autograph was lot 82 in the same sale and was bought by Mr. Willis P. Hazard for $7. It was sold again at Birch's in April, 1892 (lot 844), when it brought $205. A letter from the author dated April 14, 1794, shows that he presented the first volume of his work to Washington. " In the 326th page," he writes, " I have given a particular description of the place originally called St. Croix, in hope that it might throw some light on the controversy with the British Government respecting the Eastern Boundary of the United States." Washington replied that he wished to be considered a subscriber, and his accounts show that he afterward bought four sets. See Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc. 1858-60, p. 136. 319 * History of Virginia, 1 vol. i.oo [Beverley, Robert.] The history of Virginia. London. 1722. B. 252 Life and Death of the Earl of Rochester, 1 vol. .25 Burnett, Gilbert. Some passages of the life and death of John, Earl of Rochester. 1741. 16 . B. Sold at the Thomas sale in 1876 (lot 138) for $3.50. 102 *History of the United States, 1796, i vol. 8vo. .50 [Callender, James Thomson.] The history of the United States for 1796. Phila. 1797. 314 *History of Barbary, 1 vol. -75 A Compleat history of the piratical states of Barbary. London. 1750. A. B. 163 * History of Ireland, 2 vols. 2.00 Crawford, William. A history of Ireland. Strabane. 1783. A. B. SIO INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 307 Dodington's Diary, 1 vol. $1.00 Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis. Diary from March 8, 1748-9 to February 6, 1761. Now first published by H. P. Wyndham. Salisbury. 1784. 8°. 497 *United States of America (in German), 1 vol. 1.50 Ebeling, Christoph Daniel. Erdbeschreibung und Geschichte von Amerika. i er bd. Hamburg. 1793. A. 56 Ferguson's Roman History, 3 vols. 12.00 Ferguson, Adam. The history of the progress and termination of the Roman Republic. 3 vols. London. 1783. 4°. A. B. This was lot 96 in the 1876 sale, and sold for $7 a vol. It is now owned by Mr. Alfred E. Baker, of Boston. 317 *Kentucky, 1 vol. .75 Filson, John. The discovery, settlement, and present state of Ken- tucke. Wilmington. 1784. A. 32 King of Prussia's Works, 13 vols. 26.00 Frederick II. The works of the King of Prussia, translated by Thomas Holcroft. 13 vols. London. 1789. 8°. A. Sold at the Thomas sale in 1876 (lot 51 ) to " Wharton," for #48.75. 25 Gibbon's Roman Empire, 6 vols. 18.00 Gibbon, Edward. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Em- pire. 6 vols. London. 1783. 8°. A. in vols. 2-6. B. Sold at the Thomas sale in 1876 (lot 61) for $21. 33 Gillies's Frederick, 1 vol. 1.50 Gillies, John. View of the reign of Frederick II. of Prussia. Dublin. 1789. 8°. A. This was lot 23 in the sale of 1876, and sold for $7. Now prob- ably owned by Mr. C. F. Gunther of Chicago. 24 Gordon's History of America, 4 vols. 12.00 Gordon, William. History of the rise, progress, and establishment of the independence of the United States. 4 vols. London. 1788. 8°. Washington subscribed for two copies of this work, and assisted the author in obtaining subscriptions in Virginia as is shown by let- ters from Gordon, dated Jamaica Plain, Nov. 2, 1785, and London, July 13, 1786. On Feb. 16, 1789, he wrote to Washington from Ringwood in Hampshire: — " I have at length finished that arduous undertaking, in which I have been engaged for many past years. I shall have peculiar pleasure in learning that it meets with your Excellency's approba- tion ; & that you are not disappointed in that reliance you exer- cised on my honor & prudence, when you admitted me to a. free inspection of your valuable papers. . . . One thousand sets have been printed of the demy paper & two hundred & fifty of the best HISTORY. 511 wire-wove. A set of the latter has been ordered to be very ele- gantly bound & if it can be got in readiness to be sent with the forty & two sets I beg your Excellency's acceptance of it, as a small token of the sincere & warm affection that the writer enter- tains for you. . . ." Mr. Geo. A. Washington received the "forty & two sets" for distribution, and wrote to General Washington, Aug. 26, 1789: — " Gordon's History I will have put in the Hands of Mr. Porter (who rec? the Subscriptions) for distribution, those for Fredericks- burg shall be forwarded to that place, and yours will go to you by first conveyance. F01 the set you have been pleased to give me I beg leave to tender you my thanks." Washington acknowledged the receipt of " the elegantly bound volumes," Feb. 25, 1791, with apologies for delay in answering, and wrote : " The forty-two sets of your history which you mention to have sent over for the subscribers have been received as the within accounts will show." 68 Hart's Gustavus, 2 vols. #2.00 Harte, Walter. The history of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden. The second edition corrected, with alterations and enlargements. 2 vols. London. 1777. 8°. A. B. Bought by John R. Baker at the 1876 sale (no. 48) for $24, and sold at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (no. 20) for $160. It is now owned by Mr. Alfred T. White of Brooklyn, N. Y. 65 *Heath's Memoirs, 1 vol. 2.00 Heath, William. Memoirs, containing anecdotes, details of skir- mishes, battles, and other military events during the American war. Boston. 1798. 171 *Reign of George III., 1 vol. 1.00 History of the second ten years of the reign of George the Third. London. 1782. A. B. 502 History of England, 2 vols. .25 This may be Hume's History of England ; either one of the two volume sections in which the work was first published between 1755 and 1762, or the Abridgement published in London in 1795, 2 vols., with a third volume of " Continuation." The price, however, suggests that it may have been some earlier work considered in 1800 to be out of date and valueless. 339 Lee's Memoirs, 1 vol. 1.00 Lee, Charles. Memoirs, to which are added his political and military essays, also Letters to and from many distinguished characters both in Europe and America. New York. 1792. 12° A. Sold in the 1876 sale at Thomas's (lot 13) to John R. Baker for $12.50. At the sale of his books in April, 1891, it was bought for $ 80 (lot 5) for Senator Hearst of California. 512 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 46 History of Louisiana, 2 vols. #2.00 Le Page du Pratz. History of Louisiana or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina. 2 vols. London. 1763. 12°. 174 Minot's History, 1 vol. -75 Minot, Geo. Richards. The history of the insurrections in Massa- chusetts in the year 1786 and the rebellion consequent thereon [Shays's Rebellion]. Worcester. 1788. 8°. The author sent a copy of this to Washington, which Washington acknowledged in a letter dated Aug. 26, 1788. For his opinion in regard to the book see his letter to Benj. Lincoln written two days later, and printed in Sparks's edition, vol. 9, p. 417, or Ford's edition, vol. n, p. 312. William Tudor also sent a copy to Washington, as is shown by a letter dated July 26, 1788, in which he writes, — "The strong attachment which I know you have always felt, and in a Variety of Instances demonstrated, for the State of Massachusetts, in- duces me to send you, what is here considered, an interesting Pamphlet, which, with great Impartiality, states the rise, causes, and happy Termination of the late most alarming Insurrection in this Commonwealth." Washington acknowledged Tudor's gifts in a letter dated Aug. 18, 1788, which is printed in " Deacon Tudor's Diary," 1896, p. xviii. 1 go Minot's History of Massachusetts, 1 vol. 2.00 Minot, Geo. Richards. Continuation of the History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, from the year 1748. Vol. 1. Boston. 1798. 8°. A copy of vol 1., without autograph or bookplate, but probably from Washington's library, was sold in the 1876 sale (lot 454). The second volume was printed in 1803, after the author's death. Minot sent a copy of this book to Washington, and wrote, — " The volume accompanying being a continuation of Massa- chusetts history, necessarily embraced many general transac- tions in the late British Colonies. In these you were so essentially concerned that the detail of them must be a familiar subject in your mind : and I am aware that you cannot avoid marking the imperfections of one, who tells the story from the traditions of ac- cidental narrators and the few publications written at the time, more perhaps with a view of aiding some particular measures, than future history of general events. Feb. 10, 1798." Washington acknowledged receipt of the book, March 5, 1798, and wrote, — " From the accuracy of your pen, and the purity with which your former productions have been given to the public, I entertain no doubt of the correctness and valuableness of the present work." HISTORY. 513 342 Louis XV. #3.00 [Mouffle d'Angerville, — ] Private life of Louis XV., in which are contained the principal events, remarkable occurrences and anecdotes of his reign. Translated from the French by J. O. Justamond. 4 vols. Dublin. 1781. 12° A. B. Bought by John R. Baker at the 1876 sale (lot 5, book-plate not mentioned) for $30. At the sale of his collection in April, 1891, it brought JJS108 (lot 2). The set has since been broken ; vols. 1 and 2 are owned by Mr. Z. T. Hollingsworth of Boston ; vol. 3 by Mr. Henry S. Howe of Boston; and vol. 4 by Dr. Charles A. Clark of Lynn. 480 History of the American War in 17 pamphlets. 1.50 Murray, James. An impartial history of the present war in America. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1778-1780. This work was issued in parts and was never completed, which makes it likely to be the work referred to by this entry. 61 Political States of Europe, 8 vols. 8vo. 20.00 Political state of Europe for the year 1792, 1793, and 1794. Con- taining an authentic and impartial narrative of every military operation of the present belligerent powers and a correct copy of every state paper, declaration, manifesto, etc. 8 vols. London. 1792-94. A. Sold in the 1876 sale (lot 54) to John R. Baker for $34. Sold again at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (lot 23) for $200. Now owned by Mr. W. F. Havemeyer of New York. The volume contains many documents relating to American as well as to European history. 76 History of Marshal Turenne, 2 vols. 8vo. 2.00 [Ramsay, Andrew Michael.] The history of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount de Turenne, Marshal-General of France. 2 vols. London. 1735-36. 8°. A. B. Bought by Senator J. R. Hawley of Connecticut at the 1876 sale (lot 24) for $17, and still in his possession. 77 Ramsay's Revolution of South Carolina, 2 vols. 2.00 Ramsay, David. The history of the Revolution of South Carolina, from a British province to an independent state. 2 vols. Trenton. 1785. 8°. A. B. Sold at Birch's in Dec. 1891 (lot 162^) for $240. The author presented a copy to Washington, who acknowledged the gift in * letter dated April 5, 1786. He says, — "It is to be regretted that your local situation did not allow you, with conve- nience, to take a more comprehensive view of the war." 38 *Ramsay's History, 2 vols. 2.00 Ramsay, David. The history of the American Revolution. Phila. 1789. A. 33 5 14 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 29 Robertson's America, 2 vols. #4.00 Robertson, William. The history of America. 2 vols. Dublin. 1777. 8°. A. Sold for $15 at the 1876 sale (lot 75), where it was bought by " Conarroe." Bought by Washington in March, 1783, as is shown by the note on p. 149 of this Catalogue. 23 Robertson's Charles V., 4 vols. 16.00 Robertson, William. The history of the reign of Charles V. 4 vols. London. 1782. 8°. A. B. Sold at the 1876 sale (lot 70) for $27 to " Parish." 567 *Smollet's History of England, 1 vol. 11.00 Smollett, Tobias G. A complete history of England to 1748. 1 1 vols. London. 1758-60. B. The " 1 vol." above was doubtless a clerical error for "11 vols." 26 Stanyan's Grecian History, 2 vols. 2.00 Stanyan, Temple. Grecian history. 2 vols. London. 1774. 8°. A. B. This was lot 71 in the 1876 sale, and was sold for #13 to " Walton." 193 *District of Maine, 1 vol. 8vo. 1.50 Sullivan, James. The history of the District of Maine. Boston. 1795. A. Pres. 40 Sully's Memoirs, 6 vols. 9.00 Sully, Max.de Bethune, Ducde. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully. 6 vols. London. 1778. 16° A. B. Sold at the 1876 sale (lot n), where they were bought by the late Joseph W. Drexel of New York. They still remain in the possession of Mrs. Drexel. 452 Historical Memoirs of Frederick II., 3 vols. 1.00 Nothing which precisely agrees with this description is known to me, but it may mean Towers, Joseph. Memoirs of the life and reign of Frederick the Third [Second], King of Prussia. 2 vols. London. 1788. 8°. The price given in the Inventory suggests that 3 vols, may be a mistake for 2 vols. 67 Vertot's Rome, 2 vols. 2.00 Vertot d'Aubeuf, Rene Aubert de, Abbl An history of the Revolutions that happened in the government of the Roman Re- public. Written in French by the Abbot de Vertot. Translated into English by Mr. Ozell. To which is prefixed A translation of a Memorial sent from London by the late Earl Stanhope to the Abbot de Vertot at Paris, containing divers questions relating to the constitution of the Roman Senate. With the Abbot's Answer. 2 vols. London. 1770. 8°. A. B. This was lot 79 in the 1876 sale, and was bought by Mr. William Spohn Baker of Philadelphia, who still owns it. HISTORY. 515 181 Lord North's Administration, 1 vol. #1.50 A View of the history of Great Britain during the administration of Lord North, to the second session of the fifteenth parliament. In two parts. With statements of the public expenditures in that period. London. 1782. 8°. A. B. This sold for $13 at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 76, no mention of book-plate) ; at the Baker sale in Feb. 1891, it was bought by F. E. Marshall for $130 (lot 19, book-plate and autograph) ; it was sold again at Birch's in Dec. 1892 (lot 480, fac-simile of title-page given), and brought $290. It is now owned by Mr. Luther Kountze of New York. 85 Volney's Ruins, 1 vol. 1.50 Volney, M. The ruins, or a survey of the revolutions of empires. Translated from the French second edition. London. 1795. 8°. A. Bought at the 1876 sale (lot 59) by "Newbold " for jju. Now owned by Mr. Clarence S. Bement of Philadelphia. 3SS Charles XII., 1 vol. .50 [Voltaire.] The history of Charles XII King of Sweden. [Trans- lated from the French of Voltaire. By Andrew Henderson]. Editions were published in London in 1734, 4° and 1739, 12° and in Glasgow in 1750, 12° Bought by Washington in March 1783, as is shown by the note on p. 149 of this Catalogue. 57 Watson's History of Philip II., 1 vol. 4.00 Watson, Robert. History of the reign of Philip II. King of Spain. London. 1783. 4 . A. B. Bought by " Fowler " at the sale at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 98) for $13- 73 Winthrop's Journal, 1 vol. 1.50 Winthrop, John. Journal of the transactions and occurrences in the settlement of Massachusetts and the other New England colonies from 1630 to 1644. Hartford. 1790. 8°. A. Sold at the 1876 sale (lot 65) for JS20. Bought by Sabin. Additional Titles. Fowler, John. The history of the troubles of Suethland and Poland which occasioned the expulsion of Sigismundus the Third . . . with his heirs . . . from the Suethish crown. London. 1656. f°. This was lot 124 in the 1876 sale (Hale, $1.25). It bears no marks of Washington's ownership but may fairly be presumed to have been in his library, almost all the books in this sale hav- ing been undoubtedly his. Smith, William. The history of the province of New York, from the first discovery to the year 1732. 2d ed. Phila. 1792. 8°. A. (? cut out). Sold at the Baker sale at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (lot 11) for $25. 516 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. Williams, Helen Maria. Letters from France, containing a great variety of original information concerning the most important events that have occurred in that country in the years 1790-91-92- 93. 6 vols, in 3. Dublin. 1794. 12°. A copy with the autograph of " M. Washington " in two of the volumes was sold at the Lewis sale at Birch's in Dec. 1890 (lot 148) and was bought by " Cable " for #90. POLITICS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, ETC. 359 *Adams's Defence, 1 vol. 8vo. $0.75 Adams, John. A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States. Phila. 1787. 109 *Pryor's Documents, 2 vols. 2.00 Almon, John. A collection of papers relative to the dispute between Great Britain and America, 1764-1775. London. 1777. [The Prior Documents.] 1 10 *Remembrancer, 6 vols. 3.00 Almon, John. The remembrancer or Impartial repository of public events. [17751-1777. 4 vols. London. 1775-78. Pres. 222 *American Remembrancer, 3 vols. 1.50 The American remembrancer, or An impartial collection of essays, resolves, speeches, etc. relative to the treaty with Great Britain. Phila. 1795-96. 473 *On the American Revolution, 1 vol. 1.50 Boucher, Jonathan. A view of the causes and consequences of the American Revolution. London. 1797. Pres. 221 *Insurrection, 1 vol. .50 Brackenridge, H. H. Incidents of the Insurrection in the western parts of Pennsylvania in the year 1794. Phila. 1795. A. 496 *Triumph of the New World (in French), 2 vols. 1.50 Brun, J. A. Le triomphe du Nouveau Monde. Paris. 1785. A. 208 *Champion on Commerce, 1 vol. 1.00 Champion, Richard. Considerations on the present situation of Great Britain and the United States of America with a view to their future commercial connexions. London. 1784. A. 498 *Chastellux, Discourse on the Advantage of the Discovery of America, 1 vol. 1.00 Chastellux, Marquis de. Discours sur les avantages ou les d^savan- tages qui resultent, pour l'Europe, de la ddcouverte de l'Amerique. Londres. 1787. A. POLITICS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, ETC. 517 87 *Warville on the Relation of France to the U. States, $1.00 Claviere, Etienne, and Brissot de Warville, J. P. de. Considera- tions on the relative situation of France and the United States. London. 1788. A. 180 Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative, 1 vol. 1.00 This is a small volume lettered " Narratives " and containing the following three pamphlets bound together : — The narrative of Lt. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton relative to his conduct during part of his command of the King's troops in North America, &c. Sixth edition. London. 1783. 112 pp. A reply to Sir Henry Clinton's narrative. Wherein his numerous errors are pointed out, and the conduct of Lord Cornwallis fully vindicated, &c. Third edition. London. 1783. 109 pp. Capt. Inglefield's Narrative concerning the loss of H. M. S. The Centaur of 74 guns. London. 1783. 36 pp. These pamphlets were sent to Washington by Daniel Parker from New York, April 2, 1783, as is shown by a letter of that date preserved in the State Department, Washington. Each title-page bears Washington's autograph. In 1877 the volume was owned by Mr. Charles J. Meriwether of Boonsboro, ■ Va., from whom it was acquired by the father of the present owner, Mr. G. L. Rives, of New York. 501 *Essay on Weights, Measures, &c, 2 vols. .75 This title might be applied to a number of books, but it was probably meant for the following, of which Washington seems to have possessed two copies : — Collignon, . Decouverte d'etalons justes, naturels, invariables et universels. [Strassbourg.] 1788. A. Another copy bearing Washington's autograph and also the name F. M. Etting, and labelled " Les poid and mesures " is in the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The Athenaeum copy is lettered " Les poids et mesures." 203 *Coxe's View, 1 vol. I -5° Coxe, Tench. A view of the United States of America, in a series of papers, 1787-1794. Phila. 1794. A. 494 "Letters of American Farmer (in French), 3 vols. 4-5° Crevecceur, J. H. St. J. de. Lettres d'un cultivateur americain. Paris. 1787. 264 *Views of the British Customs, 1 vol. i-oo Crouch, Henry. A complete view of the British customs. London. I73 1 - With autograph of Augustine Washington, 1737. 449 *Labors in Husbandry, 1 vol. i-oo Davies, David. The case of labourers in husbandry stated and con- sidered. Bath. 1795. Sl8 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 148 *Erskine's View of the War, 1 vol. #1.00 Erskine, Thomas, Baron. A view of the causes and consequences of the present war with France. 22d ed. London. 1797. 8°. Pres. Inscribed in Erskine's hand : " To General Washington. Sir : I have taken the liberty to introduce your august and immortal name in a short sentence which is to be found in the book I send to you. I have a large acquaintance amongst the most valuable & exalted classes of men ; but you are the only human being for whome I ever felt an aweful reverence. I sincerely pray God to grant a long and serene evening to a life so gloriously devoted to the universal hap- ness of the world. T. Erskine." " London March 15* J797-" The Athenaeum Collection has a copy of the Philadelphia edition of 1797, which, though it contains no mark of ownership, has been catalogued as Washington's (p. 75), but it may have belonged to some other member of the family and have come to Mount Vernon later. 436 Federalist, 2 vols. 3.00 478 Federalist, 2 vols. 1.50 The Federalist : a collection of essays, written in favour of the new constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal Convention, Septem- ber 17, 1787. 2 vols. New York. 1788. 8°. A. B. This was bought by John R. Baker in 1876 at Thomas's (lot 3) for $100. At the sale of his collection in Feb. 1891, it brought $ 1900 (lot 6, facsimiles given), and is now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington. This is one of the few copies issued on thick paper, and has the names of the authors of the several num- bers in Madison's handwriting. Washington's other copy seems never to have been offered for sale. Washington received copies of the Federalist or its parts from each of its three authors. Hamilton sent him the first number, Oct. 30, 1787 (Lodge's Hamilton, 8: 181), which Washington acknowledged Nov. 10, 1787 (Sparks, 9: 275). Madison sent him the first seven numbers, Nov. 18, 1787, the second seven, Nov. 20, and promised to send the others as they came out (Madison's Writings, 1: 360, 361). The first seven Washington sent "to a gentleman in Richmond for republication" (Ford, 11 : 191). On Feb. 5, 1788, he wrote to Madison, " Perceiving that the Federa- list under the signature of Publius is about to be republished, I would thank you for forwarding to me three or four copies, one of which to be bound, and inform me of the cost" (Ford, 11 : 215). Jay also sent Washington the 1st vol. of the Federalist, March 24, 1788. Hamilton wrote, Aug. 13, 1788 (Lodge's ed. 8: 194), "I have delivered to Mr. Madison, to be forwarded to you, a set of the papers under the signature of Publius, neatly enough bound to be honored with a place in your library. I presume you have un- 1 POLITICS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, ETC. $ig derstood that the writers of these papers are chiefly Mr. Madison and myself, with some aid from Mr. Jay." Washington, in a letter to Hamilton, Aug. 28, 1788 (Ford, 11 : 315), expressed his high appreciation of the value of the publication. 72 French Constitution, 1 vol. $1.50 Flower, Benjamin. The French constitution ; with remarks on some of its principal articles. 2d ed. London. 1792. 8°. A. Pres. This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 73) for $9. It appeared again in the Cooke sale in 1883, and is now in the Library of Yale University. The book was sent to Washington by its author, who wrote from Cambridge, Mar. 17, 1794, — " I beg leave to present you with a performance which my coun- trymen have favourably received, and which I request your accept- ance of, as a small, though sincere token of respect, for a gentleman whose talents and virtues have excited the admiration of the great and the good. . . ." 479 A Pamphlet, The Debate of Parliament on the Articles of Peace, 1 vol. .25 A Full and faithful report of the debates in both Houses of Parlia- ment on Monday the 17th of Feb. and Friday-the 21st of Feb., 1783, on the articles of peace. London ; S. Bladon. 1783. 8°. pp. 116, 72. Title taken from Sabin's Dictionary, no. 26143. 129 *Patricius the Utilist, 1 vol. 8vo. .50 [Geoghegan, R.] Thoughts of Patricius an utilitist on the interests of mankind. Dublin. 1785. A. Pres. 8 Principles of Taxation, 1 vol. 2.00 Hamilton, Andrew. An enquiry into the principles of taxation, chiefly applicable to articles of immediate consumption. London. 1790. 4°. A. Pres. This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 93) to John R. Baker for JS13 ; at the sale of his collection in Feb. 1891 (lot 28) it brought $200, and was bought by " Jersey." The book was given to Washington by its author, "Andrew Hamilton Esq. of Kingborn, Buccleugh Place, Edinburgh," who wrote, Dec. 12, 1791, — " Permit me to request your acceptance of the accompanying Copy of ' An Enquiry into the Principles of Taxation ' — A work in which I have endeavoured, to exhibit the Practice, Point out the Errors, & gather into Distinct points of view the general Truths which the Experience of Great Britain has exhibited during the Course of a full Century in which her Statesmen have been en- gaged in extracting a Revenue from the general wealth of the Inhabitants. P. S. The book was published without my name until I should see how it was received by my fellow Citizens." Washington acknowledged the gift in a letter dated May 4, 1792. S20 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 477 American Remembrancer, i vol. $0.50 Hardie, James. The American remembrancer and tablet of memory. Phila. 1795. 16 . A. This was lot 12 in the 1876 sale, and sold for $6, being bought by " Mac." 91 Hazard's Collection of State Papers, 2 vols. 5.00 470 *Hazard's Collection of State Papers, 2 vols. 4to. 5.00 Hazard, Ebenezer. Historical collections ; consisting of state papers, and other authentic documents. Phila. 1792. Washington's second copy seems never to have been offered for sale. 119 *A Five Minutes' Answer to Paine's Letter to General Wash- ington, 1 vol. l - 00 [Horry, C. L. P.] A five minutes answer to Paine's letter to Gen 1 . Washington. London. 1797. Pres. 490 1 Pamphlet of the French Revolution at Geneva, .25 This may be [Ivernois, Sir Francois d'.] Authentic history of the origin and progress of the late revolution in Geneva. Phila. 1794- 4° The'Athenaeum collection has a copy of this pamphlet, but it is bound with others in a volume. 485 *Revolution of France and Geneva (in French), 2 vols. 2.00 Ivernois, Sir Francois d'. Des revolutions de France et de Geneve. Londres. 1795- (2 copies.) A. Pres. 486 *History of the Administration of the Finances of the French Republic, 1 vol. .50 Ivernois, Sir Francois d'. Histoire de I'administration des finances de la Republique francaise pendant l'annee 1796. Londres. 1796. Pres. 487 *History of the French Administration, 1 vol. .75 Ivernois, Sir Francois d'. Tableau historique et politique de Tad- ministration de la Republique francaise pendant l'annee 1797. Tome 1. Londres. 1798. Pres. 231 *D'Ivernois on Agriculture, Colonies and Commerce, 1 vol. .75 Ivernois, Sir Francois d'. Tableau historique et politique des pertes que la revolution et la guerre ont causees au peuple francais, dans sa population, son agriculture, ses colonies, ses manufactures et son commerce. Londres. 1799. Pres. 201 *Situation of America, 1 vol. 1.00 [Jackson, Jonathan.] Thoughts upon the political situation of the United States of America. Worcester. 1788. A. PownaU's Memorial to the Sovereigns of Europe, London, 1780, is bound with this, and the volume is lettered "Situation of America." POLITICS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, ETC. 52 1 202 Jefferson's Notes, 1 vol. #1.50 Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the state of Virginia. 2d ed. Phila. 1794. 8°. A. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 39) for $16 to " Lee." 192 Jenkinson's Collection of Treaties, 3 vols. 6.00 Jenkinson, Charles. Collection of all the treaties of peace, alliance and commerce, between Great Britain and other powers. 3 vols. London. 1785. 8°. A. B. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 52) to " Fowler" for $52.50. 48 Junius's Letters, 1 vol. 1.00 Of the many editions of the Letters of Junius it is impossible at present to say which Washington's copy belonged to. 182 Lloyd's Rhapsody, 1 vol. 1.00 Lloyd, Henry. Political and military rhapsody on the invasion and defence of Great Britain and Ireland, with map. London. 1792. 8°. A. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 40) to " Hill " for $7. The book was given to Washington by H. M. Bird of London, who wrote him Feb. 4, 1792, — " My sincere attachment to the Interests of the United States, and my ardent desire to do all in my Power to promote their wel- fare, must be my excuse for troubling you with this letter, accom- panied by a work of General Lloyd's lately republish'd, which I understand contains some hints, particularly relative to the use of the Pike, that may be of importance in any Indian War." Washington acknowledged the gift in a letter dated May 6, 1792. 94 *A Statement of the Representation of England and Wales, 1 vol. .50 [MacLeod, Norman P.] The state of the representation of England and Wales. London. [1793.] 155 Mackintosh's Defence, 1 vol. 1.00 Mackintosh, James. Vindiciae Gallicae. Defense of the French Revolution and its English admirers against the accusations of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke. London. 1791. 8°. The autograph has apparently been cut from the title. This was lot 451 in Thomas's sale in 1876, and appeared again in the Baker sale in Feb. 1891 (lot 10), when it sold for $16. Now owned by Mr. Frank Evans Marshall of Philadelphia. The book was given to Washington by Samuel Vaughan in May, 1791. See his letter quoted on p. 46 of this Catalogue. 21 Miller's Tracts, 1 vol. 8vo. 2.00 This volume is made up of four pamphlets bound together, — Miles, William A. The conduct of France towards Great Britain examined. London. 1793. A letter to Earl Stanhope. London. 1794. 522 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. Miles, William A. A letter to the Duke of Grafton, with notes, in- cluding a complete exculpation of M. De La Fayette, from charges indecently urged against him by Mr. Burke in the House of Com- mons, on 17th March, 1794. London. 1794. The author of the Letter to the Duke of Grafton vindicated from the charge of democracy. London. 1794. Autograph of Washington on the first title-page. Presentation copy, inscribed " To his Excellency Geo. Washington, with the compliments of the Author. London, July 12th, 1794." Bought by John R. Baker at the 1876 sale (lot 80) for $16, and sold at the sale of his collection at Birch's in Feb. 1891 for $130. Now owned by Mr. W. F. Havemeyer of New York. 157 Mirabeau 1 vol. #1.00 Mirabeau, Comte de. Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus. London. 1785. 8°. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 472). Washington received this from Samuel Vaughan, and com- mented on it in a letter to Vaughan dated 30 Nov. 1785 (Sparks, 9: 147). 117 Monroe's View of the Executive, 1 vol. . .75 Monroe, James. A view of the conduct of the Executive in the foreign affairs of the United States, connected with the mission to the French Republic during the years 1794, 5 & 6. Phila. 1797. 8°. With abundant notes in the handwriting of Washington on the margins, correcting or replying to the statements of the author. This was sent to Washington by Timothy Pickering with a letter, from which a quotation is given on p. 79 of this Catalogue. In the same letter Pickering writes, — "Monroe's Publication, like Randolph's Vindication, is con- sidered by every one whom I have heard speak of it, as his own condemnation, or as some have expressed themselves, his death warrant." Remarks by Washington on Monroe's pamphlet will be found in Ford's edition of Washington's Writings, vol. 13, pp. 439, 447, 450. The volume was given by Judge Bushrod Washington to Judge Joseph Story, as is stated in a note by Judge Story dated Dec. 14, 1828. Judge Story bequeathed it to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, and it is now preserved in the College Library. The notes were copied by Sparks and printed in part in his edition of Washington. They are also printed in full in Ford's edition, vol. 13, pp. 452-490. 126 *Oracle of Liberty, 1 vol. .25 The Oracle of Liberty and mode of establishing a free government. Phila. 1791. A. POLITICS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, ETC. $ 2 3 468 Tom Paine's Rights of Man, 43 nos. $15.00 Paine, Thomas. Rights of man : being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French Revolution. [Part I.] London. 1791. 8°. This went through many editions in the years 1791, 1792, and 1795 in London, Dublin, Boston, etc. Washington acknowledged the gift of 50 copies of this pamphlet from the author in a letter dated May 6, 1792. Paine had written June 21, 1791. (Ford's Washington, 12: 120.) 178 * Revolution of France, 1 vol. 1.00 Rabaut de St. Etienne, Jean Paul. The history of the Revolution of France. Dublin. 1792. A. B. Lettered " Revolution of France." 154 Proofs of a Conspiracy, 1 vol. 1.50 Robison, John. Proofs of a conspiracy against all the religions and governments of Europe. Phila. 1798. 8°. A copy, probably Washington's, was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 453)- It was given to Washington by G. W. Snyder, who wrote from Frederick-Town, Aug. 22, 1798, — " It was some time since that a Book fell into my Hands en- tituled ' Proofs of a Conspiracy &c. by John Robison,' which gives a full Account of a Society of Freemasons, that distinguishes itself by the Name ' of Uluminati ' whose Plan is to overturn all Govern- ment and all Religion. . . . " I send you the ' Proof of a Conspiracy &c ' which, I doubt not will give you Satisfaction and afford you Matter for a Train of Ideas. . . ." 488 The Social Compact (in French), 1 vol. .25 Rousseau, Jean Jacques. Du contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique. At least fourteen editions were published between 1762 and 1800, but I have no clue to indicate which one was owned by Washington. 216 The Senator's Remembrancer, 1 vol. 3.00 The Senator's Remembrancer. London. 1771. f°. This was lot 107 at the 1876 sale, and was bought by Sabin for $275- 323 *Remarks on the Encroachments of the River Thames, 1 vol. .50 [Sharp, Granville.] Remarks concerning the encroachments on the River Thames near Durham-Yard. London. 1771. 145 *Sharp, An Appendix on Slavery, 1 vol. .50 Sharp, Granville. An appendix to the Representation (printed in the year, 1769) of the injustice and dangerous tendency of tolerating slavery, or of admitting the least claim of private property in the persons of men in England. London. • 1772. 524 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 135 Sharp on the People's Rights, 1 vol. #1.00 Sharp, Granville. Declaration of the people's natural right to a share in the legislature. London. 1774. 8°. A copy, doubtless Washington's, was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 462). 275 *Sharp on the Law of Retribution, 1 vol. .25 Sharp, Granville. The law of retribution, or A serious warning to Great Britain and her colonies. London. 1776. 134 Sharp on Limitation of Slavery, 1 vol. 1.50 Sharp, Granville. The just limitation of slavery in the laws of God. London. 1776. 8°. A copy, probably Washington's, was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 461). 274 *Shafp on the Law of Nature, 1 vol. .25 Sharp, Granville. A tract on the law of nature and principles of action in man. London. 1777. 137 National Defence, 1 vol. .50 This is probably the same book as the following, and makes a separate entry by an error on the part of the amanuensis of the appraisers. 138 Sharp's Free Militia, 1 vol. .50 Sharp, Granville. Tracts concerning the ancient and only true legal means of national defence by a free militia. London. 1781. 8°. Sold at Birch's in April, 1891, (lot 321 B) for $2.50 to " Jones." 139 Sharp on Congressional Courts, 1 vol. .75 Sharp, Granville. An account of the constitutional English polity of congregational courts. London. 1786. 8°. Title taken from the British Museum Catalogue. 492 Sinclair's Statistics (in French), 1 vol. 1.50 This may be Prospectus d'un ouvrage intitule : Analyse de 1'etat politique d'ficosse . . . Ouvrage entrepris pour expliquer les principes de la philosophie statistique. Londres. T792. 8°. 45 Smith's Wealth of Nations, 3 vols. 4.50 Smith, Adam. An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. 3 vols. Phila. 1789. 12° A. B. This was lot 9 in the 1876 sale; it was bought by "Wharton" for $36. 100 Smith's Constitutions, 1 vol. .50 186 *Smith's Constitutions, 1 vol. 4to. 1.00 Smith, William Loughton. A comparative view of the constitutions of the several states with each other, and with that of the United States. Phila. 1796. 4 . A. Pres. POLITICS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, ETC. 525. 121 Proceedings on Parliamentary Reform, 1 vol. #2.00 Society of the Friends of the People. Proceedings of the Com- mittee of Friends of the People associated for the purpose of obtaining a reform in Parliament, in the year 1792. London. 1793. 8°. A. Pres. Given to Washington by Norman Macleod, M.P. Cf. the letter printed on p. 131 of this Catalogue. This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 67) for $9.50. 282 *Jay's Treaty, 1 vol. .50 Treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Phila. 1795. A. Lettered " Mr. Jay's Treaty." 218 A Treatise on the Principles of Commerce between Nations, 1 vol. .50 Apparently the same as the following, but from the position of the entries on the Inventory two separate copies are probably indicated. 235 * Principles of Trade compared, 1 vol. .50 [Vaughan, William.] New and old principles of trade compared, or A treatise on the principles of commerce between nations. London. 1788. A. B. Pres. 151 Washington's Legacy, 1 vol. 1.00 This may be an edition of Washington's Farewell Address, issued with the title " The Legacy of the Father of his Country," printed in Boston in 1796. (See p. 270 of this Catalogue.) The Athenaeum Collection has a copy which came from Mount Vernon, but it is unbound and bears no mark of ownership, and probably is not the one mentioned in the Inventory. 220 General Washington's Letters, 2 vols. 4.00 Washington, George. Official letters to the honorable American Congress written during the War between the United Colonies and Great Britain. 2 vols. London. 1795. 8°. A. Bought at the 1876 sale (lot 62) for $27. Offered for sale by Henkels at Birch's in May, 1895, (lot 1175) and said to have been sold for $ 1 650. It is at present probably owned by a gentleman of Philadelphia, who prefers to withhold his name. Although only one copy of these Official Letters appears on the Inventory, Washington certainly owned two copies, as is shown by the letter from the editor, quoted on p. 275 of this Catalogue. The other copy, containing the MS. notes referred to in that letter, after having. long disappeared from sight, is now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington, who bought it in that city some years ago. It bears Washington's autograph and also the names : " G nI Turner, 1834 " and " H. S. Turner." Two long notes by the editor referring to what he says on p. vii. of the Advertisement in regard to his failure to copy many of the 526 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. inclosures, and in regard to the passages he has omitted from the letters, are here printed by the kindness of Bishop Hurst. Note A. — At present I possess but a small proportion of them [the inclosures], as will appear by the notes in the margin, where I have marked every inclosure of which I have a copy. I at first intended to have copied them regularly as I proceeded : but I found the files in such confusion as rendered this impracticable, — most of the inclosures being misplaced, few having any marks to shew what letters they belonged to, and many being lost ; wherefore I was soon obliged to postpone the copying of them, until I should have completed my transcript of the principal letters, — arranging the other papers as well as I could in my progress. After some time spent in the prosecution of this task, certain discourag- ing circumstances prevented my proceeding. I resumed the business, however, after some interval, but not till I had already formed a resolution of returning to Europe by the first opportunity. I hoped, nevertheless, to have completed the correspondence of the Commander-in-chief before my departure, and collected such information as would have enabled me to add the necessary notes. When the time of embarkation approached, — finding my task unfinished, and having had neither leisure nor opportunity to collect my materials for notes and illustrations, — I was desirous of remaining a few months longer in Philadelphia to complete the work : but the same con- siderations, which had before interrupted my progress, now forbade my further stay. This plain statement will, I hope, plead my apology to the illustrious writer of these letters, for the manner in which I have ventured to begin their publication ; and also induce him to pardon me, if, without being able to preserve the necessary connexion, I proceed to publish the remainder of what is in my possession, viz. — the contents of the 6' h , 7*, 8 th , and 9 th volumes of the record, beginning with August 16, 1779. These, however, I mean to lay before the public in a more satisfactory form than the pre- ceding part,— subjoining the inclosures to the respective letters they severally belong to : and in order, if possible, to avoid leaving any chasm, I shall not print anything further till I have an opportunity of being honored with a line from some one of the following gentlemen, to whom I have taken the liberty of writing on the subject, viz. — the honble M; Madison, hon. M* Page, and John Beckley, esq r = Note B. The omissions are of such passages as might have a tendency to excite jealousy or uneasiness in the bosoms of persons now living under the Federal Government. — A gentleman, high in office and in the Presi- dent's esteem, having honored me with a long conversation upon the subject in Philadelphia, and expressed his apprehensions lest anything of that nature should unguardedly be suffered to appear in print, I determined to act cautiously, and, if I should err in the business, to err on the safe side,— it being very easy, in a second edition or an Appendix, to supply any unnec- essary omission but impossible to recall a single word once escaped from the press. In a few letters, indeed, at the beginning of the first volume, some pas- sages have been omitted, which are by no means exceptionable. When I began to print, I thought it advisable to pass over some of the less impor- tant occurrences, in order to condense the more interesting matter into a narrower compass ; and under this idea I sent a few sheets to press. When LAW. 527 I afterwards saw reason to change my opinion, it was too late to remedy the defect in the first edition, except in a very awkward or a very expensive manner. In a second edition, I mean to supply all deficiencies of this kind. 313 Zimmermann's Survey, 1 vol. $0.75 Zimmermann, E. A. W. Political survey of the present state of Europe. Dublin. 1788. 8°. B. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 131), where it was bought by " Gratz " for $2. Additional Titles. *Christie, Thomas. Letters on the revolution of France, and on the new constitution established by the National Assembly. London. 1791. A. *Washington, George. , A collection of the speeches of the Presi- dent of the United States to both Houses of Congress, etc. Boston. 1796. A. [Price, Isaac] A Jersey-man's common sense. [Mendham, 1797.] 12 pp. 16°. This pamphlet with a letter from the author is in the archives of the Department of State. LAW. 280 Attorney's Pocket Book, 2 vols. 8vo. i-oo Attorney's compleat pocket-book ; containing above four hundred of such choice and approved precedents in law, equity, and convey- ancing, as an attorney may have occasion for, when absent from his office. By the author of the Attorney's practice epitomized. 6th ed. 2 vols. London. 1767. post 8°. Bears Bushrod Washington's autograph, but is certified as coming from George Washington's library by Mr. Lawrence Washington of Alexandria. Sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (lot 302) for $5 ; and again at the same place in Dec. 1892 (lot 481) for $50. It is now owned by Mr. Luther Kountz of New York. 262 Burn's Justice, 4 vols. 12.00 Burn, Richard. The justice of the peace and parish officer, nth ed. 4 vols. London. 1770. 8°. Vols. 1, 3, and 4 were sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (lot 314) for $3. They are now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. Although bearing no name or mark of ownership, they are certified as coming from George Washington's library by Mr. Lawrence Washington of Alexandria. 271 Dogge on Criminal Law, 3 vols. 4-5° Dagge, Henry. Considerations on criminal law. 2d ed. 3 vols. London. 1774. 8°. A. 528 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 14) for $1575. Sold again at the Cooke sale in 1883 (lot 628), and now in the possession of Trinity College Library, Hartford, Conn. Another copy, stated to be from Gen. Washington's library, but bearing no marks of owner- ship, was sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (lot 310). 258 Dallas's Reports, 1 vol. 8vo. $3.00 Dallas, A. J. Reports of cases ruled and adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania, before and since the Revolution. Vol. 1. Phila. 1790. 8°. Presented to Washington by the author, who wrote, Jan. 26, I79i.— " Permit me to request the honor of a place in your Library for a volume of ' Reports of Cases ruled and adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania.' The work as far as it depends on my labour is of little value; but considering it as a useful example in a literary walk, which is almost untrodden in this country, and as a respect- able production, in the articles of paper, types, and printing of American Manufacturers and Artists, I am induced to hope, that you will not think it altogether unworthy of your acceptance." 284 Law against Bankrupts, 1 vol. .50 Goodinge, Thomas. The law against bankrupts, or A treatise wherein the statutes against bankrupts are explained by several cases, resolutions, judgments and decrees, both at common law and in chancery. Together with the learning of declarations and plead- ings relating thereunto. 2d ed. with several amendments and large additions. London. 1704. 8°. Bears the autograph of W. Fairfax from whose estate Washing- ton probably obtained this copy. It was sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (lot 304) for $2, and again in Dec. 1892 (lot 483), with Lawrence Washington's certificate of genuineness, for $62.50, and is now owned by Mr. Luther Kountz of New York. 268 Kirby's Reports, 1 vol. 2.00 Kirby, Ephraim. Reports of cases adjudged in the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut, from 1785 to 1788, with some determina- tions in the Supreme Court of Errors. Litchfield. 1789. 12 . 263 Marten's Law of Nations, 1 vol. 1.50 Martens, Georg Friedrich von. Summary of the law of nations. Translated from the French by William Cobbett. Phila. 1795. 8°. A. Bears the autographs of George Washington and of Bushrod Washington. Sold in 1876 at Thomas's (lot 63), where it was bought by " Hale " for $9.50. It was given to Washington by its publisher, Thomas Bradford, who wrote Dec. 5, 1795, " As a public testimony of my esteem for your Character and Conduct, I have taken the liberty of dedicat- ing to you A translation of Martens Law of Nations, recommended for publication to me, as a work of merit, by my brother, the late Attorney General ; and as a private mark of the personal respect LAW. 529 & regard I bear you, I beg leave to request a place for the in- closed Volume in your Library, the granting of which will be deemed a favour confer d on, etc" 279 The Landlord's Law, 1 vol. nmo. $0.25 Of several works on this subject, the nearest in title seems to be, — Meriton, George. Landlords' law, concerning leases, distresses, &c. London. 1655. 12° Also later editions. 146 Muir's Trial, 1 vol. .75 Muir, Thomas. An account of the trial of Thomas Muir for sedition. New York. 1794. 8°. This was sent to Washington by Samuel Campbell who wrote April 23, 1794, — " Having lately printed an American Edition of the Trial of Thomas Muir, please allow a copy thereof a place in your Library. " M r . Muir since he received his rigorous sentence, intimated in- directly to me a desire that a Copy of his Trial might be presented to you, but was disappointed in sending out one of the British Editions. " It is peculiarly gratifying to me, to have it in my power to accom- plish his wish, in sending the present." A copy, doubtless Washington's, though not claiming to be so, was sold in 1876 at Thomas's (lot 471). 179 Essay on Property, 1 vol. i-oo [Ogilby, J.] Essay on the right of property in land. London. [1781.] 8°. A. This is in the British Museum, being probably one of the three volumes reserved by Stevens from the books which he sold to the Boston Athenaeum. 150 The Law of Nature, 1 vol. i2mo. -75 This may be the same as entry 274, "Sharp on the law of nature," or it may be, — Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von. The law of nature and nations. Done into English by Basil Kennet. 5th ed. London. 1749. f°. The size given in the entry above does not agree and the price is not proportioned to the size and importance of the book, but a copy of Pufendorf was sold as from Washington's library, though without name and book-plate, at the 1876 sale (lot 117). The Library of Congress is said to have bought it, but that Library has no records by which the copy of this edition which it has can be surely identified as bought at this sale. The copy in the Library of Congress bears the names of H. Ridout, Thos. G. Addison, and E. B. Caldwell, and has been rebound. 324 Sharp on Crown Law, 1 vol. 8vo. -5° Sharp, Granville. Remarks on the opinions of some of the most cele- brated writers on crown law, respecting the due distinction between manslaughter and murder. London. 1773. 8°. 34 530 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 276 Sharp on Libels and Juries, 1 vol. #0.25 No work by Sharp of this title can be found, and there are so many books by other authors on the subject that it is impossible to say which one is meant. 269 Virginia Justice, 1 vol. 1.00 This may be either of two works, — Starke, Richard. Virginia justice. Williamsburg. 1774. 8°, Webb, George. Virginia justice. Williamsburg. 1736. 8°. A copy of the former, with the autographs of John and Baily Washington, and stated to be from the library of Gen. Washington, was sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (lot 309), and was bought by Sabin for $13. A copy of the latter, with the autographs of W. Fairfax, George William Fairfax, and John Carlisle, and presumably from Washing- ton's Library, is said to be owned by Mrs. Burton Harrison. 259 Swift's System, 2 vols. 3.00 Swift, Zephaniah. A system of the laws of the State of Connecticut. In six books. 2 vols. Windham. 1795-96. 8°. A. This was lot 38 in the 1876 sale, and was bought by Senator Jos. R. Hawley of Connecticut for #23 . 177 Reports, 1 vol. 1.50 This is an indefinite title, but probably indicates a volume sold in 1876 (lot 22), bought by Sabin for $15, and containing the two following titles, and perhaps others. United States. Report of the cases decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, February, 1793. A. New York City. Arguments and judgment of the Mayor's Court of the City of New York in a cause between Elizabeth Rutgers and Joshua Waddington. New York. 1784. 8°. 142 Wilson's Lectures, 1 vol. .75 Wilson, James. An introductory lecture to a course of law lectures. To which is added a plan of the lectures. Phila. 1791. 8°. A. Pres. This volume bears the following inscription, — " To the President of the United States and to Mrs. Washing- ton. Sir and Madam, Instead of your Praise, I mean to publish my own by this Dedication. Malice itself, will not deny me the Merit of Propriety in addressing it. I have the Honour to be, with the highest Sentiments of Consideration and Regard, Sir and Madam, Your most obedient, and very humble Servant, James Wilson." It was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 45) for $13.50, and is now owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. LEGISLATION. S3 1 Additional Titles. Browne, Arthur. A compendious view of the civil law. Vol. i. Dublin. 1797. 8°. Pres. A copy inscribed " To His Excellency Genl. Washington, With the utmost respect this book is humbly presented by the Author once an American who knew in America his earliest and his hap- piest days," is owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. [Euer, Samson.] Doctrina placitandi ou L'art & science de bon plead- ing. London. 1677. 4 . A copy claiming to be from Gen. Washington's library was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 125), and was bought by Dr. Geo. Hamilton for $.50. Freeman, Richard. Reports of cases in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, 1670 to 1683. Revised and published by Thomas Dixon. Savoy. 1742. 4 . A copy claiming to be from Gen. Washington's library, and bear- ing the autograph of Bushrod Washington, was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 119) to John R Baker for $2.25. Grotius, Hugo. The rights of war and peace, in three books. Wherein are explained the law of nature and nations. Translated into Eng- lish. To which are added all the large notes of Mr. J. Barbeyrac. London. 1738. f°. B. A copy, stated to be from Washington's library, was sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (lot 315) for $21, and is now owned by Pro- fessor Charles Eliot Norton of Cambridge. LEGISLATION. 108 * Parliamentary Register, 7 vols. $3-50 Almon, John. The parliamentary register, or History of the proceed- ings and debates of the House of Commons. Vol. 1-7. London. 1775-77- Pres. 103 'Parliamentary Debates, 12 vols. 6.00 [Chandler, Richard.] A collection of the parliamentary debates in England, i668-[i74i]. Vol. 1-7, 11-13, 15, 19. [London.] 1739-43- 265 'Debates of Congress, 3 vols. 4-5° The Congressional register, or History of the proceedings and de- bates of the first House of Representatives of the United States. Vol. 1-3. New York. 1789-90. A. B. 466 'Congressional Register, 9 nos. 1.00 Unbound numbers of the preceding work. The Athenaeum col- lection has twelve such numbers. 273 Debates of the State of Massachusetts on the Constitution, 1 vol. .50 532 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 283 *Debates of the Convention of Massachusetts, 1 vol. #0.50 These two entries probably refer to the same work of which Washington must have had two copies. The Athenaeum has one of these. Massachusetts. Debates, resolutions and other proceedings, of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts convened . . . for the purpose of assenting to and ratifying the Constitution. Boston. 1788. A. B. 212 Laws of New York, 2 vols. 12.00 New York. Laws of the State of New York, comprising the Consti- tution, and the Acts of the Legislature since the Revolution from the first to the twelfth session, inclusive. 2 vols. New York. 1789. f°. A. B. This copy was sent to Washington by Gerard Bancker, the Treasurer of the State of New York, who wrote Feb. 20, 1790: "In pursuance of concurrent Resolutions of the Senate and As- sembly, I do myself the Honor to send for the use of the President of the United States, a sett of the Laws of this State, as lately revised." C. R. Hildeburn in his Sketches of printers and printing in colonial New York, 1895, p. 84, says of these volumes : " The copy of this work which was specially bound and presented to General Washington, was sold at auction in Philadelphia in November, 1876, with other volumes from Washington's library. It is in two volumes, and is a remarkable specimen of American book-binding of its day, but it sold for no more than $9 a volume. Its purchaser found in one of the volumes a survey of Mount Vernon drawn in Washington's own hand. Taking this out, he sold the volumes for $30 apiece to Mr. C. W. Frederickson, at whose sale they were bought by Dr. George H. Moore for $104 a volume. Dr. Moore disposed of them to the writer for the comfortable advance of $750 for the two, and they now repose in the Tower collection of American Colonial Laws in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania." 285 *Debates in the Convention of Pennsylvania, 1 vol. .50 Pennsylvania. Debates of the Convention of the State of Pennsyl- vania, on the Constitution. Vol. 1 (no more published). Phila. 1787. A. B. Pres. A letter from Washington to James Wilson, April 4, 1788, thanks him "for the copy of the debates of your late convention which you have been so polite as to send me." 266 Journals of Congress, 13 vols. 40.00 Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings from Sept. 5, 1774 to Oct. 21, 1788. Vols. 1-13. Phila. 1777- [1789]. A. B. Specially bound, and with an inlaid label on each front cover, stamped " President of the United States." These volumes are in the Library, of the Department of State, Washington, having been bought with Washington's papers from Mr. George C. Washington. LEG/SLA TJON. 533 2 S3 Journal of the Senate and House of Representatives, 9 vols. fol. $27.00 260 Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, 3 vols. 6.00 On July 1, 1797, Pickering wrote to Washington from Phila- delphia : " In respect to the journals of Congress, I do not recollect whether you wished for an entire set, or such volumes as were neces- sary to complete what you have. The volumes will not be uniform ; as of late they are printed in octavo only. If you will be so good as to send me a memorandum of the volumes you now possess, the residue shall be provided without delay." Washington replied from Mount Vernon, July 7, 1797 : " The Journals of the I s !, 2 d , & 3 d Sessions of the first Congress I have, and no later. " These are in folio — One Volume of the Senate and another of the house of representatives. " If no complete set can be had either in folio or octavo, it would be useless to obtain a copy of what I now possess : but if they are to be continued in the latter, and an entire set could be had of that size it would be preferred on ace' of the uniformity." Pickering wrote in August, " The Journals of Congress are neatly bound, as well as the Laws, and are ready to be forwarded by the first conveyance ; " and on Aug. 24th he wrote, " Your Journals and Acts of Congress in one box . . . are sent to Mr. Hodgdon, who will put them on board a packet . . . which it was expected would sail this day." 254 Laws of the United States, 7 vols. 28.00 267 Laws of the United States, 3 vols. 6.00 272 Laws of the United States, 2 vols. 4.00 277 Acts of Congress, 1 vol. -75 It is perhaps impossible to identify the last four entries sepa- rately, but the following six volumes, all of which were sold in 1876, at Thomas's, certainly belonged to Washington. Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March in the year 1789 . . . being the acts passed at the first session of the first Congress of the United States, to wit, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, etc. ; which eleven States respectively ratified the Constitution of government of the United States, etc. New York ; printed by Francis Childs and John Swayne. N. D. F°. A. B. Specially bound, and inscribed on the cover, " President of the United States." This was lot 114 in the 1876 sale, and was bought by Mr. C. H. Hart for $13. It was sold again at Birch's in April, 1892, (lot 842), and brought $1150. Its present owner is unknown to me. Mr. Henkels says it was bought by W. F. Havemeyer of New York. Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America, begun 534 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. and held at the City of New- York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March in the year 1789 ; [also at New York, on Monday the 4th of Jan., in the year 1790; and at Philadelphia, on Monday, the 6th of Dec, in the year 1790.] Philadelphia; printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. N. D. F°. A. This was lot 100 in the 1876 sale, and was bought by John R. Baker for $6.50 ; at the sale of his collection in Feb. 1891 (lot 38, facsimile of title-page in catalogue) it was bought by W. R. Benjamin for $160, and is now owned by Mr. W. F. Havemeyer of New York. Another copy of the same. Specially bound, and with a label inserted on the cover, " Presi- dent of the United States." This was lot 118 at the 1876 sale, and was bought for $3.25 by Senator Jos. R. Hawley of Connecticut, who still owns it. Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America. Vol. 1. New York. 1789. 8°. A. Lot 28 in the 1876 sale, and bought by Sabin for $7. The above imperfect title is taken from Thomas's Catalogue of 1876. Acts passed at the 1st session of the Congress of the United States of America begun 4th of March, 1789. Philadelphia; printed by F. Childs and John Swaine. 1791. 8°. pp. 414 + 120. A. Includes Acts passed at the 3d session, 1790. Acts passed at the 2d Congress of the United States of America . . . at Philadelphia, 24th Oct. 1791. Philadelphia; printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine. N. D. 8°. pp. 291. A. These two volumesjormed lot 20 in the 1876 sale, and were bought by John R. Baker for #17. At the sale of his collection at Birch's, in Feb. 1891 (lot 8), they brought $180, and are now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington. 287 *Debates in the House of Representatives of the United States with respect to their power on Treaties, 1 vol. $0.50 United States. Debates in the House of Representatives of the United States. Part I. upon the constitutional powers of the House with respect to treaties. Phila. 1796. (P. 206 of the Catalogue.) 261 State Papers, 1 vol. 2.00 281 President's Messages, 1 vol. 2.00 288 * Sundry Pamphlets containing Messages from the President to Congress, &c. 1.00 Many pamphlets containing messages from the President, or other official letters, documents and reports, are noted on pp. 202- 213 of this Catalogue, but there is no volume of messages ex- cepting the one corresponding to entry no. 162, given with the volumes of miscellany beyond. 278 Debates of the Convention of Virginia, 1 vol. .50 LEGISLATION. 535 1. 00 286 *Debates in the Convention of Virginia, 1 vol. #0.50 Virginia. Debates and other proceedings of the Convention of Virginia convened at Richmond 2d June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the Constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Convention. [Vol. 1.] Petersburg. 1788. A. 158 Virginia Journal, 1 vol. 4to. A volume lettered " Virginia Journal " was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 81) for $22, and is now owned by Mr. M. Polock, book- seller, of Philadelphia. It contains : — Journal of the proceedings of the Convention, Richmond, 20th March, I77S- Williamsburg. 1775. 2 8 PP- sm. 4°. A. A New manual, and platoon exercise ; with an explanation. Published by order of his Majesty; Edward Harvey, Adjutant General. August. 1764. Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates, Richmond, 1st Dec. 1775, and afterwards in Williamsburg. Williamsburg. [1776.] (4). 156 PP- sm. 4° Ordinances passed at a. Convention, Williamsburg, 1st Dec. 1775. Williamsburg. [1776.] 34 pp. sm. 4° Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates, Richmond Town, 17th July, 1775. Williamsburg. [1775.] 59 pp. sm. 4°. Ordinances passed at a Grand Convention of Delegates and Repre- sentatives, Williamsburg, 6th May, 1776. Williamsburg. [1776.] 44 pp. sm. 4° Journal of the Convention of Virginia, Richmond ; first Monday in June, 1788. [Richmond, 1788.] 42 pp. sm. 4°. Some observations on the Constitution, etc. 3-24 pp. sm. 4 . Title-page missing. Pinckney, Charles. Observations on the plan of government. New York. No date. 27 pp. 4° 213 Laws of Virginia, 2 vols. 3.00 255 Revised Laws of Virginia, 1 vol. 10.00 256 Acts of Virginia Assembly, 5 vols. 1.00 270 Virginia Laws, 1 vol. 1.00 The following copies of Virginia Laws and Ordinances have been offered for sale with Washington books and all of them may have once been in Washington's library : — An exact abridgment of all the public acts of Assembly of Virginia, in force and use Jan. 1, 1758. Together with a proper table. By John Mercer, Gent. Glasgow. 1759. 8°. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 29) for $y, and now in the Lenox Library, New York. Acts of the General Assembly begun and held at the Capitol in the City of Williamsburg on Tuesday the 7th day of Nov. 1 769. F°. 536 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. A copy with the autograph of Jno. Aug. Washington and an- notated by him was sold at Birch's in Feb. 1891, the Baker sale (no. 30) to " Brock " for $13. Two copies of what was probably the same thing, described as " Acts of the General Assembly, 10 George III. Wm. Rind, Williamsburg, 1770," were sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 112). One of these is now owned by George D. Smith, bookseller, of New York. Acts of the General Assembly, 11 George III. with an index. Wil- liamsburg, Wm. Rind. 1771. F°. Two copies of this volume, the continuation of the last, were sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 113). One of these is now owned by George D. Smith, bookseller, of New York. Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates for the counties and corporations in the Colony of Virginia. Held at Richmond town, in the County of Henrico, on Monday the 17th July, 1775. Williamsburg, Alex. Purdie. [1775.] 4°- Autograph of Jno. Augustine Washington. Lot 32 in the Baker sale, Feb. 1891 ; bought by Sabin for $27. Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates held at the Town of Richmond in the Colony of Virginia, on Friday the 1st of December 1775 and afterwards by adjournment in the City of Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Alex. Purdie. [1776.] 4°. Autograph of Jno. Augustine Washington. Lot 31 in the Baker sale, Feb. 1891 ; bought by W. R. Benjamin for #34. Now owned by Mr. Chas. F. Gunther of Chicago. Ordinances passed at a Convention, held at the Town of Richmond in the Colony of Virginia on Monday the 17th of July, 1775. Williamsburg, Alex. Purdie. [1775.] 4°. Autograph of Jno. Augustine Washington. Lot 33 in the Baker sale ; bought by W. R. Benjamin for $34. Now owned by Mr. W. F. Havemeyer of New York. Ordinances passed at a Convention held in the City of Williams- burg in the Colony of Virginia on Friday, the 1st December, 1775. Williamsburg, Alex. Purdie. [1776.] 4 . Lot 34 in the Baker sale, and bought by Hildeburn for $16. The last four items were probably all included in lot 126 of the sale at Thomas's in 1876, which was bought by Mr. John R. Baker for Jji.oo. Acts of the General Assembly began and held at the Capitol in the City of Williamsburg, Oct. 7, 1776, May 5, 1777, Oct. 20, 1777, and Oct. 5, 1778. Williamsburg, Alex. Purdie. 1776-78. F°. Autograph of Bushrod Washington on the cover, and of John' Augt. Washington on title-page. Sold at the 1876 sale (lot 115) to "Hale" for $3. Acts passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia held at Richmond Oct. 18, 1790. Richmond, John Dixon. 1790. F°. Autograph of Bushrod Washington. This was lot 116 in the 1876 sale, and was bought by Burnham of Boston for $2. Now owned by George D. Smith, bookseller, of New York. MILITARY WORKS. 537 Additional Titles. Maryland. Abridgment and collection of the Acts of Assembly of the Province of Maryland, at present in force. By James Bisset. Phila. 1759. 8°. Washington's accounts show that he bought a copy of this Nov. 3, 1759, and paid 20 shillings. MILITARY WORKS. 404 Acts of the Parliament respecting Militia, 1 vol. #0.25 382 Essays on Field Artillery, by Anderson, 1 vol. .75 Anderson, John. Essays on field artillery. 1788. See the letter quoted on p. 12 of this Catalogue. 406 *Anderson on Artillery (in French), 1 vol. .25 Anderson, John. Essais sur l'artillerie de campagne. [Paris. 1791.] 409 *The Duties of Soldiers in General, 3 vols. 1.50 This may be the following work, — The Art of war: 1. The duties of all military officers. 2. The duties of soldiers in general. 3. The rules and practice of the greatest generals. By the Chevalier de La Valiere. Phila. 1776. A. Another copy, without autograph, was sold among the Washing- ton books at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 129), and was bought by E. D. Mack (?) It may be that the " 3 vols." above indicates three copies. The Athenaeum copy is a small, thin book, lettered simply " W " on the back. 385 Treatise of Military Discipline, 1 vol. 1.50 Bland, H. A Treatise of military discipline. London. 1727 (9th edition, 1762). 8°. This book was included in an " Invoice of Sundrys shipped per the Endeavor, Capt. Younger, bound to Virginia," April, 1756. 6 sh. 377 *Field Engineer, 1 vol. 8vo. 1.5° Clairac, Louis Andrei The field engineer. Dublin. 1758. A. 308 Daveis' Cavalry, 1 vol. I -°o Davie, W. R. Instructions for the formations and movements of the cavalry. Halifax. 1799. 8°. A. Pres. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 43) to Sabin for $8. Sent to Washington by the author, through Secretary McHenry of the War Department, as is shown by a letter from the latter dated Aug. 14, 1799. 59 Uniform of the Forces of Great Britain in 1742, 1 vol. 20.00 Description of the cloathing of His Majesty's bands of gentlemen pensioners, yeomen of the guards, and regiments of foot-guards, 538 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. foot, marines and invalids on the establishments of Great Britain and Ireland. Anno 1742. 4°. Also engraved title-page. This interesting volume of plates is preserved in the New York State Library, Albany. 393 Traits de Cavalerie, 1 vol. fol. #6.00 562 Treatise on Cavalry with large Cuts. 50.00 Drummond de Melfort, Louis, Comte de. Traite sur la cavalerie. Paris. 1776. F°. With folio atlas of plates. B. Sold at Birch's in April, 1891, (lot 316) for $18. Now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington, D. C. Presented to Washington by Rochambeau. 384 *Essay on the Art of War, 1 vol. 1.00 Essay on the art of war. London. 1761. A. 376 *Code of Military Standing Resolutions, 2 vols. 4.00 Grace, Henry. The code of military standing regulations of the Bengal Establishment. Calcutta. [1791.] A. 17 *Count De Grasse, 1 vol. 1.00 Grasse, Comte de. Memoire [sur le combat naval du ia avril, 1782. Paris. 1782.] A. 378 *Army List, 1 vol. .75 Great Britain. Army. A list of the general and field-officers, as they rank in the Army. London. [1772.} A. 375 *Prussian Evolutions, 1 vol. 1.50 379 *Prussian Evolutions, 1 vol. 4to. .50 Hanson, Thomas. The Prussian evolutions in actual engagements. Phila. [1775.] Two copies. Washington subscribed to 8 sets, May 20, 1775, £,%. o. o. 405 *The Partisan, 1 vol. .50 Jeney, — . The partisan ; or The art of making war in detachment. [Transl. by J. Berkenhout.] London. 1760. A. This is probably a translation from a work by Jacques Marie Ray de Genies : " L'art de la guerre pratique," Paris, 1754. 374 *Military Discipline, 1 vol. 4to. 2.00 [Lambart, Richard, Earl of Cavan.] A new system of military disci- pline, founded upon principle. London. 1773. A. 380 *Leblond's Engineer, 2 vols. 8vo. 3.00 Le Blond, Guillaume. The military engineer. London. 1759. A. 386 List of Military Officers, British and Irish, in 1777, 1 vol. .5° John Millan published a " List of the officers in the army on the British and Irish establishments for the year 1774." The above may be a later edition of this or one of the other regular Army lists. MILITARY WORKS. 539 407 List of Officers under Sir William Howe in America, 1 vol. #9.25 A List of the general and staff officers, and of the officers of the several regiments serving in North-America under the command of His Excellency General Sir William Howe, K. B. New-York, James Rivington. 1778. 8°.- Pres. Inscribed, " For His Excell. Genl. Wa — from his very — May 6th 1778." Once very badly worn and now exquisitely repaired. It belongs to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 388 Muller on Artillery, 1 vol. 1.50 Muller, John. A treatise on artillery. London. 1757. 8°. 381 Muller on Fortification, 1 vol. 2.00 388 Muller on Fortification, 1 vol. 2.00 Muller, John. A treatise containing the practical part of fortification. In four parts. 2d ed. London. 1764. 8°. The Library of Yale University bought a copy of this at the Cooke sale in 1883, in which is a note by Sabin, — " Purchased by J. Sabin & Sons at sale of Washington books in Philadelphia, Nov. 28, 1876 ; " but the title is not to be found in the printed Catalogue of that sale. Mr. Henkels states that at the conclusion of the sale of the books in the Catalogue, a lot of " imperfect books including some school books with Washington's scribbling in them as a school boy " were sold to Mr. Chambers, who later sold them to Sabin. 395 *Ordinances of the King, 1 vol. 2.00 Ordonnance du Roi, concernant le corps du genie. Paris. 1777. The following, sold at the 1876 sale (lot 120) to " Hill " for 75 cents, may also perhaps be identified with this entry. Ordonnance du Roi pour regler 1'exercice de l'infanterie. Paris. 1766. F°. With folding plates. Neither book bears any marks of ownership. 401 *Norfolk Exercise, 1 vol. .25 [Pickering, Timothy.] A plan of exercise, for the militia of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay ; extracted from the plan of discipline, for the Norfolk militia. Boston. 1774. 390 *Militia, 1 vol. 8vo. 1.00 Pickering, Timothy. An easy plan of discipline for a militia. Salem. 1775. A. Two other pamphlets are bound with this. 373 *Count Saxe's Plan for New-modelling the French Army, 1 vol. .50 Saxe, Herman Maurice, Cotnte de. Plan for new-modelling the French army. London. 1753. A. 309 Simms's Military Course, 1 vol. 1.00 Simes, Thomas. A military course for the government and conduct of a battalion, designed for their regulations in quarter, camp, or 54° INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. garrison ; with useful observations and instructions for their man- ner of attack and defence. Ornamented with a frontispiece and twenty copper-plate plans. London. 1777. 8°. A. Pres. Inscribed on the fly-leaf, — " For his Excellency General Wash- ington, from his Ob't Humble . Servant, William McCreery, Bordeaux, 22 Feb. 1778." This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 72) to John R. Baker for $9; at the sale of his collection in Feb. 1891 (lot 21) it brought $100 ; it was again sold at Birch's in Dec. 1892 (lot 479, facsimile of title-page given), when $270 was paid for it. It is now owned by Mr. Luther Kountz of New York. 408 The Military Guide, 1 vol. $0.50 Simes, Thomas. The military guide for young officers. Advance sheets, pp. 1-264 + Military dictionary, 36 leaves, A to Portugal. 8°. A. Pres. The title is written on the first page, with the following inscrip- tion, " Now in the press, the following is as much as the pub- lishers have got done. For His Excellency General Washington, from his Devoted hum 1 ? Serv' Rob' Aitken one of the Publishers." Another note shows that the book was seized during the Civil War as contraband of war (being then in John A. Washington's possession in Farquhar Co., Va.) ; but was returned by command of Gen. Geary, " the Gen. thinking the book might be highly prized for the writing and the signature on the fly-leaves." At the sale at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 27) it was bought by John R. Baker for $14. When his collection was sold at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (lot 22, facsimiles of first two pages) it passed into the hands of Mr. John Nicholas Brown of Providence, who still owns it. 372 Military Instructions, 1 vol. .50 This may mean either of the two following, more likely the former, if the author is to be identified with Thomas Simes, the author of two other works belonging to Washington. Sims (or Simes ?), Thomas. The military instructor, or [for ?] Non- commissioned officers and private men of the infantry. London. 1779. 12° Watts gives the name in this form, and this one title under it. The British Museum Catalogue does not give it at all. Roberts, Daniel. Military instructions. London. 1798. 4 . See also beyond Stevenson, Roger. Military instructions. 128 Doctrine of Projectiles, 1 vol. .50 This is probably the following, — Starrat, William. The doctrine of projectiles, demonstrated and applied to all the most useful problems in practical gunnery. Dublin. 1733. 8°. 392 *Steuben's Regulations, 1 vol. 8vo. .75 [Steuben, F. W. A. H. F., Freiherr von.] Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States. Part I. Phila. 1779. A. MILITARY WORKS. 541 400 Military Institutions for Officers, 1 vol. $0.50 Stevenson, Roger. Military instructions for officers detached in the field. Phila. 1775. 8°. 383 A System of Camp Discipline, 1 vol. 2.00 System of camp discipline, military honours, garrison-duty, — and other regulations of the land forces, collected by a gentleman of the army ; to which is added General Kane's Campaign of King Wil- liam and the Duke of Marlborough. Illustrated with colored plates. London. 1757. 8°. A. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 42) to John R. Baker, for $8. At the sale of his collection at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (lot 9), it brought $100, and is now in the possession of Mr. W. F. Havemeyer of New York. 60 *Otway's Art of War, 1 vol. 3.00 Turpin de Criss£, Lancelot, Comte de. An essay on the art of war. Translated by Captain Joseph Otway. London. 1761. A. 387 Vallancey on Fortification, 1 vol. 1.50 Vallancey, Charles. An Essay on fortification; or An enquiry of the great superiority of the attack over the defence. With a Supplement, containing Marshal Saxe's New system of fortification and construction of wooden forts. From the French. Dublin. 1757. 8°. 16 copper-plates. A. A book-plate seems to have been removed. This volume is owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. 403 *Webb's Treatise on the Appointments of the Army, 1 vol. .25 Webb, Thomas. A military treatise on the appointments of the army. Phila. 1759. 402 Advice of Officers of the British Army, 1 vol. .25 This is probably [Williamson, John.] Advice to the officers of the British army. With some hints to the drummer and private soldier. London. The 12th edition was printed in 1787. 371 *Manceuvres, 1 vol. 8vo. 1.00 Young, William. Manoeuvres, or Practical observations on the art of war. London. 1771. Additional Titles. Grandmaison, de. A treatise on the military service of light horse, and light infantry, in the field, and in fortified places. By Major General de Grandmaison, formerly a Captain, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of Cavalry, in the Voluntiers of Flanders. 542 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. Translated from the French by Major Lewis Nicola. Phila. 1777- 8°. This volume bears no mark of Washington's ownership, but it was sold with other books of Washington's at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 128), when it was bought by Mr. Willis P. Hazard, of West Chester, Pa., who still owns it. Light infantry exercise : as ordered in his Majesty's Regulations for the movements of the troops. Printed for the War Office by T. Egerton. [London.] 1797. With the Washington manuscripts in the Library of the Depart- ment of State, Washington. Pariset, Nicholas. The American trooper's pocket companion . . . for the cavalry of the United States. Trenton. 1793. 24 . The author wrote to Washington from Trenton, Dec. 13, 1793, — " I flatter myself with a hope that you will pardon the liberty I have taken to dedicate to your Excellency this small performance. My labour shall be amply rewarded if it meets with your Excel- lency's appprobation. " I purpose presenting it to the Congress for their acceptance as the ' Book of the Discipline of the Cavalry of the United States.' " The book, so far as I know, has not been sold or catalogued, and does not appear on the Inventory. Rules and regulations for the formations, field exercise, and move- ments of His Majesty's forces. [London.] 1792. This is with the Washington manuscripts in the Library of the Department of State, Washington. Simons, James. A new principle of tactics practiced by the armies of the Republic of France illustrated and recommended to be practiced by the regular and militia armies of the United States. Charleston. 1797. With the Washington manuscripts in the Library of the Depart- ment of State, Washington. White, Anthony Walton. The military system for the New Jersey cavalry. New Brunswick. 1793. A. Pres. Owned by Mr. W. R. Weeks of Newark, N. J. AGRICULTURE AND OTHER USEFUL ARTS. 451 *The Hot-house Gardener, 1 vol. #1.50 Abercrombie, John. The hot-house gardener. London. 1789. 424 Agricultural Inquiries, 1 vol. 1.00 This may mean : Peters, R. Agricultural Enquiries on plaister of Paris. Phila. 1797. The work is also entered in another part of the Inventory. AGRICULTURE AND OTHER USEFUL ARTS. 543 499 "German Book, 4 vol. #0.25 This may be a mistake for Aken, F. J. von. Korrt Afhandling om det Basta Eldslacknings satt. Stockholm. 1797. See p. 5 of Catalogue. 350 Frazier's Assistant, 1 vol. .50 This may be supposed to be a mistake for: Allen, Matthew. The farrier's assistant j or An essay on the nature and proceedings of distempers incident to horses. London. 1737. The title is taken from the Gentleman's Magazine for Feb. 1737. 412 * Anderson on Agriculture (1 vol. full bound, the others in boards), 4 vols. 8.00 Anderson, James. Essays relating to agriculture and rural affairs. Edinburgh. 1784-96. 3 vols. A. Pres. 453 "Treatise on Peat Moss, 1 vol. .60 Anderson, James. A practical treatise on peat moss. Edinburgh. 1794. 454 "Treatise on Bogs and Swampy grounds, 1 vol. .75 Anderson, James. A practical treatise on draining bogs and swampy grounds. London. 1797. Pres. 569 "Bancroft on Permanent Colors, 1 vol. 1.00 Bancroft, Edward. Experimental researches concerning the philos- ophy of permanent colours. London. 1794. A. Pres. 430 Bordley on Husbandry, 1 vol. 2.25 Bordley, J. B. Essays and notes on husbandry and rural affairs. Phila. 1799. 8°. A. Pres. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 32) to Rev. James Addison Henry, the present owner, for $8.50. 426 "Boswell on Meadows, 1 vol. 1.00 [Boswell, George.] A treatise on watering meadows. London. 1792. 184 Inland Navigation, 1 vol. 1.00 [Brindley, James.] The history of inland navigations, particularly those of the Duke of Bridgewater and the intended one by Earl Gower. With maps. London. 1779. 8°. A. This was lot 41 in the sale at Thomas's in 1876, and was sold to Sabin for $$. 448 *Dundonald's Connection between Agriculture and Chemistry, 1 vol. 1. 00 Cochrane, Archibald, Earl of Dundonald. A treatise showing the intimate connection that subsists between agriculture and chemis- try. London. 1795. A. Pres. 544 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 455 Complete Farmer, i vol. fol. #6.00 The Complete farmer, or A general dictionary of husbandry; with the useful parts of gardening, or those necessary for the farmer and country gentleman, &c. London. [1768.] f°. A. This was sold at Thomas's in 1876, (lot 102) for $12. It is said to have been sold again in the Frederickson library by Bangs, April 12, 1886. 568 *Handmaid to the Arts, 2 vols. 2.00 [Dossie, Robert.] The handmaid to the arts. London. 1764. A. B. 14 DuhamePs Husbandry, 1 vol. 2.00 Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis. A practical treatise of hus- bandry wherein are contained many useful and valuable experi- ments and observations in the new husbandry collected during a series of years. With copper-plates of several new and useful instruments. 2d edition, corrected and improved. London. 1762. 4 . A. and MS. notes. This volume was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 87) and was bought by Mr. Willis P. Hazard for $10.50. It was again sold at Birch's in April, 1892 (lot 843), when it brought $690. 429 *Millwright and Miller's Guide, 1 vol. 2.00 Evans, Oliver. The young mill-wright & miller's guide. Phila. 1795. A. 514 A Family Housekeeper, 1 vol. .25 Unidentified. 432 *Farmer's Complete Guide, 1 vol. 1.00 The Farmer's compleat guide, through all articles of his profession. London. 1760. A. 89 Fulton on Small Canals and Iron Bridges, 1 vol. 3.00 Fulton, Robert. A treatise on the improvement of canal navigation ; exhibiting the numerous advantages to be derived from small canals. With thoughts on, and designs for aqueducts and bridges of iron and wood. London. 1796. 17 plates. 4° A. A letter from the author addressed to Washington is written on two of the flyleaves, dated Sept. 12, 1796, and there is a MS. Sup- plement of 8 pp. This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 99) for $43. It is now in the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Washington acknowledged receipt of the book in a letter to the author, dated Philadelphia 14th Dec, 1796. On the same day he wrote to Tobias Lear, — " A treatise on the improvement of Canal Navigation, came to my hands by Doctt Edwards as a present from the Author, a few days ago. — As I shall have no time to look into it while I re- main in this City, I make a deposit of it with you, until I return to AGRICULTURE AND OTHER USEFUL ARTS. 545 Mount Vemon. — According to Doct r . Edwards account, Fulton's System is putting Lock Navigation out of vogue. — I have not read a page in the Book, — but if the Potomack Company can extract any thing useful from it I shall feel happy in having sent it to you." 433 The Solitary, or Carthusian Gardener, i vol. #1.00 Gentil, Francis. Le jardinier solitaire. The solitary or Carthusian gard'ner, being Dialogues between a gentleman and a gard'ner. Also, The compleat florist, by Louis Liger D'Auxerre. London. 1706. 8°. A copy with autograph of " Martha Washington " and " Patty Washington," and inscribed on one of the plates " October the 9th, 1779, this Book given to me from John Parke Curtis, Esq. William Skilling Gardinier, at Abington, the pomegranate tree," was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 464), and again at Birch's at the sale of the Baker collection in Feb. 1891 (lot 35) when it was bought by Sabin for $60. If the inscription noted above means that John Parke Custis gave the book in 1779 to William Skilling, it could hardly have been among Washington's books at the time of his death, yet it appeared in the 1876 sale among other books which had belonged to Washington, but bore no mark of his ownership. 19 Gibson's Diseases of Horses, 1 vol. 3.00 Gibson, William. Treatise on the diseases of horses, illustrated with 32 copper-plates. London. 1751- 4°. A (1760).. Bought at the 1876 sale (lot 97) by J. Duross O'Brien for $13. Received by Washington in an invoice from R. Cary & Co. August, 1759, charged at ^1.1. 456 *Reports of the National Agricultural Society of Great Britain 100 Nos. 4to. 25.00 Great Britain. Board of Agriculture. Publications. See the detailed list on pp. 89-95 °f tn ' s Catalogue. 418 *Hale on Husbandry, 4 vols. 6.oo Hale, Thomas. A compleat body of husbandry. London. 1758-59. A. 169 Higgins on Cements, 1 vol. 1.00 Higgins, Benjamin. Experiments and observations on cements. London. 1780. 8°. A. Sold in the 1876 sale (lot 17) for $17 to " Smedley." 427 *Gentleman Farmer, 1 vol. 1.50 [Home, Henry, Lord £ames.] The gentleman farmer. Dublin. 1779. A. 417 *Kennedy on Gardening, 2 vols. 2.00 Kennedy, John. A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the man- agement of the hot-house. London. 1777- A. 35 546 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 15 Langley on Gardening, i vol. #2.00 Langley, Batty. New principles of gardening. London. 1728. 4°. ..4(1760). Sold at the 1876 sale (lot 85) for $10. Washington received this in August, 1759, from Cary, charged at 15 sh. 413 *Lisle's Observations on Husbandry, 2 vols. 3.00 Lisle, Edward. Observations on husbandry. London. 1757. A. 415 *Marshall's Rural Ornament, 2 vols. 4.00 [Marshall, William.] Planting and rural ornament. London. 1796. A. 10 Mawe's Gardener, 1 vol. 4.00 Mawe, Thomas, and Abercrombie, J. The universal gardener and botanist, or A general dictionary of gardening and botany. Lon- don. 1778. 4°. A. This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 90) for $7, and was bought by J. Duross O'Brien. 425 Maxwell's Practical Husbandry, 1 vol. 2.00 Maxwell, Robert. The practical husbandman ; being a collection of miscellaneous papers on husbandry. Edinburgh. 1757. 8°. 214 Middleton's Architecture, 1 vol. 3.00 Middleton, Charles. Designs for cottage, farm house, and country villas. London. 1793. F°. Bought for $1.75 at Thomas's sale in 1876 (lot in) by " Parrish." 215 *Miller's Naval Architecture, 1 vol. 4.00 Miller, Patrick. The elevation, section, plan, and views, of a triple vessel, and of wheels. Edinburgh. 1787. F°. A. 422 *Miller's Gardener's Calendar, 1 vol. 2.00 Miller, Philip. The gardener's calendar. London. 1762. A. 18 Miller's Gardener's Dictionary, 1 vol. 5.00 Miller, Philip. Abridgement of the Gardener's Dictionary, illus- trated with folding plates. 5th edition. London. 1763. 4 . A. B. This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 89) for $8.50, and now belongs to the Library Company of Philadelphia. 69 Moore's Navigation, 1 vol. 2.00 Moore, John Hamilton. New practical navigator. London. 1793. 8°. A. This sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 77) for $7. Washington acknowledged the gift of this work from the author in a letter dated Philadelphia, Jan. 28, 1794. AGRICULTURE AND OTHER USEFUL ARTS. 547 445 *Agricultural Society of New York, i vol. 4to. #2.00 New York. Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts, and Manu- factures. Transactions. Parts I, II. New York. 1792-94. A. 446 *Transactions of the Agricultural Society of New York, 1 vol. 1.00 Same. Transactions. Part I. New York. 1792. A. 450 *Account of different Kind of Sheep, 1 vol. 8vo. .50 Pallas, Peter Simon. An account of the different kinds of sheep found in the Russian dominions and among the Tartar hordes of Asia. Edinburgh. 1 794. 475 Judge Peters on Plaster of Paris, 1 vol. 1.50 Peters, Richard. Agricultural enquiries on plaister of Paris. Phila. 1797. 8°. The Athenaeum has a copy of this bound with two other pam- phlets in the volume lettered " Sketches and Inquiries " (no. 431). The above entry must indicate another copy which does not seem to have been sold or noticed. 16 *Price's Carpenter, 1 vol. 1.00 Price, Francis. The British carpenter; or, A treatise on carpentry. London. 1768. A. 316 "Horseman and Farrier, 1 vol. 1.00 Solleysell, Jacques de. The compleat horseman ; or Perfect farrier. London. 1729. A. 428 "Practical Farmer, 1 vol. 1.50 Spurrier, John. The practical farmer, being a new and compendious system of husbandry, adapted to the different soils and climates of America. Wilmington. 1793. A. 7 Elements of Rigging, 2 vols. 20.00 [Steel, David.] Elements and practice of rigging and seamanship. Numerous folding plates. 2 vols. London. 1794. 4°. A. Sold at the 1876 sale (lot 92) for $9. The author wrote to Washington from London, 10th July, 1795.— " A very old and worthy friend of mine, M r . Christopher Rich- mond, received from me, some months ago, a copy of a new work, 'The Elements and Practice of Rigging, Seamanship, and Naval Tactics.' Thinking it would serve my interest, he introduced it to the notice of the War Department of your United States ; and it became, as I understand, an official deposit there. He since sug- gested to me, that I had an opportunity of shewing, according to my sphere, the very high respect he had often heard me express for you : and I thank him for the hint. " Give me leave therefore, sir, to request that you will place in your library the accompanying volumes, The part I have taken in them you will find in the preface ; and I hope you will think the work of respectable execution. . . ." 548 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 440 *Cattle Doctor, i vol. $0.75 Swaine, John. Every farmer his own cattle-doctor. London. 1786. Bound with this is, — The Farmer's wife ; or Complete country housewife. London. [1780?] 543 Truxtun on the Rigging of a Frigate. 1.00 416 *Barlow's Husbandry, 2 vols. 3.00 Varlo, Charles. A new system of husbandry. Phila. 1785. 442 *New System of Agriculture, 1 vol. .50 [Weston, Edward.] New system of agriculture. London. 1755. A. 410 *Young's Tour, 2 vols. 3- oa , Young, Arthur. A tour in Ireland. Dublin. 1780. A. B. 411 * Young on Agriculture (17 vols, full bound, 8 half bound, and 1 pamphlet), 26 vols. 50.00 Young, Arthur. Annals of agriculture and other useful arts. Vols. 1-26. London. 1786-96. 8°. A. in vols. 1-21, B. in vols 1-17. \1 Vol. 18 is in unbound numbers. ■-'■'. The Athenaeum also has vols. 27-31, all but the last of which'/ are inscribed " M. Washington, 1800." 447 *Annals of Agriculture, 1 vol. z.oo The same. Vol. 17. 472 Annals of Agriculture (20 and 21), 2 vols. 3.00 474 *i5 Pamphlets, Annals of Agriculture, 2.50 The Athenaeum has several duplicate unbound numbers: vol. n, nos. 61-64; vol. 15, nos. 85, 86; vol. 19, nos. 6-9. 4 *Young's Travels, 1 vol. 4.00 Young, Arthur. Travels, during the years 1787, 1788, and 1789 [in] France. Bury St. Edmund's. 1792. A. (cut out) B. 92 * Young's Travels, 2 vols. 4.00 Young, Arthur. Travels . . [in] France. 2d edition. London j Bury St. Edmund's. 1794. A. Pres. 423 *Rural Economy, 1 vol. 1.00 Young, Arthur. Rural economy ; or Essays on the practical parts of husbandry. Burlington. 1792. A. Additional Title. *Bucknall, T. S. D. The orchardist. London. 1797. Pres. SCIENCE. 549 SCIENCE. INCLUDING MATHEMATICS, NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, ETC. 205 Adams on Globes, 1 vol. $2.00 Adams, George. Essays on the globes. London. 1789. 8°. A copy with no mark of ownership, but probably Washington's, was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 456) for 50 cents. Washington's accounts show that " Adams on Astronomy " was bought Feb. 10, 1790, for 10 sh. 6 d. 13 Memoirs of the American Academy (one of which is a Pamph- let), 2 vols. 3.00 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Memoirs ... to the end of the year 1783. Vol 1. Boston. 1785. 4°. A. This copy of vol. 1 was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 88) for $y, and again at the sale of the Baker collection in Feb. 1891 (lot 25) for $65. It is now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington. 28 Anderson's Institute, 1 vol. 2.00 Anderson, John. Institutes of physics. 4th ed. Glasgow. 1786. 8°. A. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 53) for $7. Now owned by Mr. M. Polock of Philadelphia. 173 Tar Water, 1 vol. -75 Berkeley, George, Bishop of Cloyne. Chain of philosophical reflec- tions and enquiries, respecting the virtues of tar-water in the plague. London. 1744. 8°. The entry may refer to Bishop Berkeley's work, or to some one of the numerous productions called out by its publication. 78 *History of Quadrupeds, 1 vol. i-S° Bewick, Thomas. A general history of quadrupeds. 3d ed. New- castle upon Tyne. 1792. A. 37 Buffon's Natural History, abridged, 2 vols. 4-oo Buffon, Georges L. L., Comte de. Natural history, abridged. 2 vols. London 1792. 8°. A. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 33) for $10. Now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. 396 *Magnetic Atlas, 1 vol. I -°° Churchman, John. The magnetic atlas, or Variation charts of the whole terraqueous globe. London. 1794. Pres. 63 *Principles of Hydraulics, 2 vols. 2 -°° Du Buat, P. L. G., Comte de. Principes d'hydraulique. Paris. 1786. Pres. 550 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 34 Goldsmith's Natural History, 8 vols. #12.00 Goldsmith, Oliver. An history of the earth and animated nature. 2d ed. illustrated with copper plates. 8 vols. London. 1779. 8°. A. B. This was bought by Mr. John R. Baker at the 1876 sale (lot 60) for $32, and was sold at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (lot 24) for #220. The set has since been broken up Mr. Oscar S. Straus of New York owns vols. 1-4; Dr. R. B. Coutant of Tarrytown, N. Y.,owns vol.6; Mr. S. P. Avery of New York has vol. 8 ; and Dr. Morgan Dix of New York has one of the other two. 326 Hardy's Tables, 1 vol. .75 Hardy, James. A complete system of interest and annuities. Con- taining a new method of computing the value of annuities by easy and expeditious rules. London. 1753. The title is taken from an advertisement in the Gentleman's Magazine for May, 1753. 11 Jeffries' s Aerial Voyage, i vol. 1.00 Jeffries, John, M. D. A narrative of two aerial voyages with Mons. Blanchard; with meteorological observations and remarks. Lon- don. 1786. 4°. 64 *Leigh on Opium, 1 vol. 8vo. .75 Leigh, John. An experimental inquiry into the properties of opium. Edinburgh. 1 786. 226 Lebroune's Surveyor, 1 vol. fol. ■ 1.00 Leybourn, William. The compleat surveyor ; containing the whole art of surveying of land by the plain table, circumferentor, theodo- lite, peractor, and other instruments. Londen. 1679. F° This volume bears the autograph of Wm. Fairfax and Edwd. Washborne. It was bought by John R. Baker at the 1876 sale (lot 122) for $2, and was sold again at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (lot 29) for $30. It is now owned by Mr. Chas. F. Gunther of Chicago. 104 *Mair's Book-keeping, 1 vol. 1.50 Mair, John. Book-keeping moderniz'd; or, Merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form. Edinburgh. 1793. ^- 175 Mease on the Bite of a Mad Dog, 1 vol. 1.75 Mease, James. Essay on the disease produced by the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal, with a preface and appendix by J. C. Lettsom. London. 1793. 8°. A. (cut out). Pres. This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 452) ; and again at Birch's in Feb. 1891 at the sale of the Baker collection (lot 13) for $11. It was afterward owned by Mr. W. B. Harrison of New York. Dandridge acknowledged the receipt of the work on Washing- ton's behalf in a letter dated Philadelphia, 29 May, 1794. SCIENCE. 551 132 Minto on Planets, 1 vol. $0.50 Minto, Walter. Researches into some parts of the theory of planets ; in which is solved the problem to determine the circular orbit of a planet by two observations. London. 1783. 8°. This was presented to Washington by the author, whose letter in regard to it is printed on p. 143 of this Catalogue. 206 *Pike's Arithmetic, 1 vol. 2.00 Pike, Nicholas. A new and complete system of arithmetic. New- bury-Port. 1788. 22 Rowley's Works, 4 vols. 12.00 Rowley, William. The rational practice of physic. 4 vols. Lon- don. 1793. 8°. A. Pres. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 74) for $26 ; and again at the J. J. Cooke sale in Oct. 1883 (lot 2139), when it was bought by Trinity College Library, Hartford, Conn. 20 Rumford's Essays. 3,00 Rumford, Count (Benjamin Thompson). Essays, political, economi- cal, and philosophical. Vol. 1. London. 1796. 8°. Washington acknowledged the gift of the first volume of Count Rumford's Essays in a letter dated 22d Dec. 1796. 125 Bo tanico- Medical Dissertation, 1 vol. .25 Shultz, Benjamin. An inaugural botanico-medical dissertation on the phytolacca decandra of Linnaeus. Phila. 1795. 8°. A. Pres. This was lot 68 in the sale at Thomas's in 1876, and was bought for $7.50 by the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia. 394 *Truxton on Latitude and Longitude, 1 vol. 1.50 Truxton, Thomas. Remarks, instructions, and examples" relating to the latitude & longitude. Phila. 1794. A. 116 *Walker on Magnetism, 1 vol. .50 Walker, Ralph. A treatise on magnetism. London. 1794. Pres. Additional Title. Harvey, Gideon. The family physician and the house apothecary. London. 1678. 16 . A copy with the autograph of John Custis on the title-page was sold at the Lewis sale at Birch's in Dec. 1890 (lot 430) for $2.20; it was again sold at Birch's in Dec. 1892 (lot 486), when it was bought by " Barrett " for $17. 552 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 251 MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. Benezet's Discourse, 1 vol. $0.25 This may be The potent Enemies of America laid open. Phila. [1774] 16 . See page 21 of the Catalogue. 343 *Bentham's Panopticon, 3 vols. 2.00 Bentham, Jeremy. Panopticon, or the inspection-house. London. 1 791. A. Panopticon : postscript, part 1, 2. 2 vols. London. 1791. A. 44 Chapman on Education, 1 vol. -75 Chapman, George, LL.D. A treatise on education, with a sketch of the author's methods. Edinburgh. 1773. 12 . A fifth edition, London. 1792. 8°. This was sent by the author with a letter dated Sept. 27, 1783. Washington replied, Dec. 15, 1784, from Mount Vernon, — "Not until within a few days have I been honor'd with your favor of the 27* of SepK 1783 accompanying your treatise on education. " My sentiments are perfectly in unison with yours Sir, that the best means of forming a manly, virtuous and happy people, will be found in the right education of youth. — Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail ; & it gives me pleas- ure to find that Gentlemen of your abilities are devoting their time & attention in pointing out the way. — For your lucubrations on this Subject which you have been so obliging as to send me, I pray you to accept my thanks, & an expression of the pleasure I felt at the declaration of your intention to devote a further portion of your time to so useful a study. Of the importance of educa- tion our Assemblies, happily, seem fully impressed ; — they estab- lishing new & giving further endowments to the old Seminaries of learning, and I persuade myself — will leave nothing unessayed to cultivate literature & useful knowledge, for the purpose of qualifying the rising generation for patrons of good government, virtue & happiness." 99 *Masonic Constitution, 1 vol. zito. 1.00 The Constitutions of the ancient and honourable fraternity of free and accepted masons. Worcester. 1792. 513 *Letters in the English and German Language, 1 vol. .25 Croft, Sir Herbert. A letter, from Germany, to the Princess Royal of England, on the English and German languages. Hamburg. 1797. Pres. 349 *Columbian Grammar, 1 vol. .50 Dearborn, Benj. The Columbian grammar. Boston. 1795. A. Pres. , MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. 553 147 *End of Time, 1 vol. $0.75 [DeBrahm, J. W. G.] Apocalyptic gnomon points out eternity's divis- ibility rated with time. Phila. 1795. A. Lettered on the back " End of time." Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 44) for j$io; and again at the J. J. Cooke sale in Oct. 1883 (lot 2588), when it was bought for the Boston Athenasum by " Essex " for $9. This is the only book from Washington's Library added to the Collection since the Stevens' purchase. 511 *Description of a Monument, 1 vol. .50 Description du monument qui vient d'etre ^rige a Rheinsberg. [Ber- lin.] 1791. Pres. 106 'Proceedings of the East India Company, 1 vol. fol. 4.00 East India Company. Proceedings relative to ships tendered for the service of the United East-India Company, 1780-1791. [Lon- don. 1791.] A. 70 Graham on Education, 1 vol. 2.00 Graham, Mrs. Catharine Macauley. Letters on educations with ob- servations on religious and metaphysical subjects. London. 1790. 8°. Presented to Washington by the author, June, 1790. Acknowl- edged in a letter dated Feb. 10, 1791. 234 *Royal English Grammar, 1 vol. .25 Greenwood, James. The royal English grammar. London. 1747. A. B. 247 Nature Displayed, 1 vol. 1.00 This may possibly be, Jackson, W. The beauties of nature displayed in a sentimental ram- ble through her luxuriant field, etc. Birmingham. 1769. 8°. 130 *Ahiman Rezon, 1 vol. 1.50 Keatinge, George. The Maryland Ahiman Rezon of free & accepted Masons. Baltimore. 1797. 35 Locke on Understanding, 2 vols. 3-° Locke, John. An essay concerning human understanding. 17th ed. 2 vols. London. 1775. 8°. A. B. These volumes were sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 47) for $20, no mention being made of the book-plate. They are now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. 9 *Luzac's Oration, 1 vol. I>0 ° Luzac, Jean. Oratio de Socrate cive. Lugd. Bat. 1796. 554 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 53 * Memoirs of 2500, 1 vol. $0.75 Mercier, Louis Seb. Memoirs of the year two thousand five hundred. Phila. 1795. A. 420 Price on the Picturesque, 2 vols. 4.00 Price, Uvedale. An essay on the picturesque, as compared with the sublime and beautiful ; and for the purpose of studying pictures for the purpose of improving real landscape. A new edition, with additions. 2 vols. London. 1776. 8°. Pres. Sold at Birch's in April 1891 (lot 313) for $16. Now owned by Bishop John F. Hurst of Washington. In a letter to John Trumbull, June 25, 1799, Washington speaks of receiving these volumes ( Sparks's Edition, 11: 441 ) . 312 Transactions of the Royal Humane Society, 1 vol. 3.00 Royal Humane Society. Transactions from 1774 to 1784, with an appendix of miscellaneous observations on suspended animation, to the year 1794. London. N. D. 8°. A. Bought by John R. Baker for $14.50 at the 1876 sale (lot 50), and sold again at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (lot 14) for jSioo. Now owned by Mrs. Senator Hearst of Washington. 133 Sharp on the English Tongue, 1 vol. .50 Sharp, Granville. A short treatise on the English tongue, being an attempt to render the reading and pronunciation of the same more easy to foreigners, London. 1767. 8°. 140 Ahiman Rezin, 1 vol. 1.00 Smith, William. Ahiman Rezon abridged and digested : as a help to all that are or would be Free and Accepted Masons. To which is added A sermon preached in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Dec. 28, 1778. Phila. 1783. 8°. B. Pres. On the inside of the front cover is a red morocco slip stamped in gilt, " His Excellency George Washington Esq., late Commander in Chief of the American Army." This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 132) for $8 ; at the Baker sale at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (lot 17, facsimiles of title-page, coat of arms, and label given) it was bought by Mr. John Nicholas Brown of Providence, in whose library it remains. 127 Cadmus, 1 vol. 1.00 Thornton, William. Cadmus, or A treatise on the elements of written language. Phila. 1793. 8°. Additional Titles. Advice to a son directing him how to demean himself in the most important passages of life. 4th edition. London. 1716. 24 . With the inscription " Jno Custis. Pretium 1 sh. 6 d." Also the following, " Memorandum. On Wednesday the Twenty Sev- MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES OF PAMPHLETS, ETC. 555 enth of June, Seventeen hundred, Thirty and Nine at Night be- tween the hours of Eight and Nine my sister Fanny Parke Custis was by Reverend Mr. David Mossom Married to Mr. William Wineby. Shee was given by her Father and no other person by but Daniel Parke Custis." " H. L. D. Lewis' great great great grand-father." " Daniel Parke Custis his Book given him by his Father the fourth day of January one Thousand Seven hundred Thirty and three." This volume is owned by Judge S. W. Pennypacker of Philadelphia. [Astell, Mary.] A serious proposal to the ladies, for the advance- ment of their true and greatest interest. In two parts. By a lover of her sex. London. 1697. 24 . Inscribed "E Libris Joannis Custis, 1716. Pretium 3 sh." Contains numerous notes in a feminine hand. Owned by Judge Samuel W. Pennypacker of Philadelphia. Home, Henry. Loose hints upon education, chiefly concerning the culture of the heart. Edinburgh. 1782. 8°. A. Sold at the Lewis sale at Birch's in Dec. 1890 (lot 142) for $85. Now preserved at Mount Vernon. Patrick, Samuel. Clavis Homerica sive Lexicon vocabulorum omnium quae coutinentur in Homeri Iliade et potissima parte Odyssaeae. « Londini. 1742. 8°. On a fly-leaf is written, — Hunc mihi quaeso (bone Vir) Libellum Redde, si forsan tenues repertum Ut scias qui sum sine fraude scriptum. Est mihi nomen Georgio Washington, George Washington Fredericksburg Virginia. On the inside of the cover is written, " Busred Washington's Book, given him by G. Washing." This school-book was sold at Birch's in April, 1891 (lot 295) for $40, and is now in the possession of Professor Charles Eliot Norton of Cambridge. MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES OF PAMPHLETS, ETC. BOUND UP TOGETHER. 421 *Agriculture, 2 vols. #2.00 Contents of these two volumes given under Bowler, Metcalf (p. 32 of this Catalogue) ; and Notes on farming (p. 151). Each volume. A. 556 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 153 * America, 1 vol. $1.00 Contents of this volume given on p. 226 under Williams, John. A. 320 * American Revolution, 1 vol. 1.00 Contents of this volume given on p. 168 under Price, R. A. 321 *Cincinnati, 1 vol. 1.00 Contents of this volume given on p. 47 under Cincinnati, Society of the. A. 49 City Addresses, 1 vol. 1.00 Contents and present owner of this volume unknown. 325 *Common Sense, &c, 1 vol. -75 Contents of this volume given on p. 156 under Paine, Thos. A. 299 *Masonic Sermons, 1 vol. .5° Contents of this volume given on p. 132 under Magaw, Samuel. A. 298 *Medical Tracts, 2 vols. 1.50 The Athenasum collection has one of these volumes ; contents given on p. 101 under Hodges, Nath. A. The other volume is probably the one sold as lot 19 in the 1876 sale, and described as containing " a Treatise on bugs by John Southall, London, 1730 ; Recommendation of inoculation by John Morgan, Boston, 1776; Directions for the use of the mineral water and cold bath at Harrogate, near Philadelphia, Phila. 1786; etc." With autograph. This volume was bought by Dr. Gilbert for $32.50. Present owner unknown. 162 *Messages, &c, 1 vol. 1.00 Contents of this volume given on p. 202-203, under United States (1793). A. 88 Miscellanies, 1 vol. 4to. 1.00 95 Miscellanies, 2 vols. 2.00 105 Miscellanies, 1 vol. 1.00 143 Miscellanies, i vol. i.oo 156 Miscellanies, 1 vol. 1.00 159 Miscellanies, 1 vol. 8vo. 1.25 168 * Miscellanies, i vol. i.oo 295 * Miscellanies, 1 vol. .75 300 *Miscellanies, 1 vol. .75 332 * Miscellanies, 3 vols. 1.50 338 *Miscellanies, 2 vols. 1.50 MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES OF PAMPHLETS, ETC. 557 354 *Miscellanies, 1 vol. $0.75 Of the sixteen volumes described as *' Miscellanies " and doubt- less so lettered the Athenaeum has nine, the contents of which will be found under Bland, Richard (p. 26) ; Dickinson, John (p. 68) ; Letter to a merchant at Bristol (p. 124) ; Macpherson, John (p. 132) ; Marine Society (p. 136) ; Philosophical trans- actions (p. 162) ; Randolph, Peyton (p. 171); Wharton, C. II. (p. 222) ; Wheelock, Eleazar (p. 224). Each volume. A. Judge Pennypacker of Philadelphia has a volume, labelled " Mis- cellanies," which contains (A. B.) : — Benezet, Anthony. Some observations on the situation and disposi- tion and character of the Indian natives of this continent. Phila. 1784. 59 pp. 12°. Rules and regulations of the Society for Political Enquiries established at Philadelphia, gth Feb. 1787. Phila. 1787. 18 pp. 12 . Hanson, Alex. Contee. Remarks on the proposed plan of a federal government addressed to the citizens of the United States of America, and particularly to the people of Maryland. By Aris- tides. Annapolis. [1788 ?]. 42 pp. 8°. Political opinions particularly respecting the seat of federal empire ; being an attempt to demonstrate the utility, justice and conven- ience of erecting the great city in the centre of the states or in the centre of their power. By a Citizen of America. Printed for the author. 1789. 72 pp. 12° The author proposes that the capital be situated on the Potomac, and he applies to Washington (for the first time in English) the phrase " Father of his Country." Mifflin, Wamer. A serious expostulation with the members of the House of Representatives of the United States. Phila. 1793. 16 pp. 8°. Webster, Noah. The prompter ; or A commentary on common say- ings and subjects which are full of common sense, the best sense in the world. Boston. 1792. 96 pp. 12°. Leonard, Abiel. A prayer composed for the benefit of the soldiery in the American army to assist them in their private devotions, and recommended to their particular use. Cambridge. 1775. 7 pp. 12 . The Artist's assistant . . . illustrated with suitable examples engraved on copper. Phila. 1794. 70 pp. 8°. Mr. M. Polock, a bookseller of Philadelphia, has three volumes from Washington's library, labelled " Miscellanies," the contents of which are as follows : — I. Plea for a free community upon the coast of Africa. London. 1789. xiv, 51 pp. Plate. 4° A. Proceedings of the Hon. House of Assembly of Jamaica on the sugar and slave trade. St. Jago de la Vega. 1792. (4), 23, (35) pp. 4°. Catalogue of plants, exotic and indigenous in the Botanical Garden at Jamaica. 1792. St. Jago de la Vega. (6), 16 pp. 4 . 558 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY, H., R. H. Dr. Price and the Rights of man. An elegy sacred to the memory. . . . London. 1791. IS PP- 4°- [Cooper, John G.] The Genius of Britain. An ode in allusion to the present times. London. 1775. 14 pp. 4°- Pres - [Mason, William, and Walpole, Horace] An Heroick epistle to Sir William Chambers. 13th ed. London. 1776. 16 pp. 4 . Pres. [Mason, William.] An Heroic postscript to the public. 8th ed. London. 1774. 14 PP- 4°- Fres - Macgregor, Malcolm. An epistle to Dr. Shebbeare. 4th ed. Lon- don. 1777. 27 pp. 8°. Pres. [Jay, John.] An Address to the people of the State of New York, on the subject of the Constitution, agreed upon at Philadelphia, the 17th of September, 1787. New York. [1788?] 19 pp. sm. 4°. South Carolina. The Constitution of the State of South Carolina. Charleston. 1790. 12 pp. Pres. Philodemus. Conciliatory hints, attempting by a fair state of mat- ters, to remove- party-prejudices. Charleston. 1784. 34 pp. sm. 4 . Pres. II. Waterhouse, B. On the principle of vitality. Boston. 1790. (4), 24. (4) PP- 4°- Pres. Sharp, James. A description of some of the utensils of husbandry, rolling carriages, cart rollers, and divided rollers for lands or gar- dens, mills, weighing engines, &c. London. No date. (320) pp. Plates. 4 . Evans, L. Geographical, historical, political, philosophical essays. Number II. Phila. 1756. 42, (1) pp. 4 . Proceedings of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, June, 1775. Wil- liamsburg. 48 pp. 4 . Stanhope, Charles, Earl Stanhope. Observations on Mr. Pitt's plans. London. 1786. 39, (24) pp. 4 . These two volumes seem to be the two which formed lot 86 in the 1876 sale. III. Sharp, Granville. An account of the ancient division of the English Nation into hundreds and tithings &c. London. 1784. 240 pp. 8°. A. [Lang, Thomas.] Of Commerce and luxury. Phila. 1791. (2), 51 pp. 8°. Rush, Benjamin. Thoughts upon female education, accommodated to the present state of society, manners, and government. Addressed to the visitors of the Young Ladies' Academy in Philadelphia, 28 July, 1787. Phila. 1787. 32 pp. 8°. The Rise and progress of the Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia, containing an account of a number of public examinations and commencements, the Charter and Bye-laws, etc. Phila. 1794. 119 pp. 8°. Neal, J. A. An essay on the education and genius of the female sex. Phila. 1795. v, (3), 37 pp. 12°. This volume was probably lot 21 in the 1876 sale. This accounts for thirteen of the sixteen volumes mentioned on MISCELLANEOUS VOLUMES OF PAMPHLETS, ETC. 559 the Inventory; another may be the volume sold as lot 18 in the 1876 sale, and described as a " volume of French pamphlets, 8°, calf. London, 1792, &c." A. 289 Orations, 1 vol. 4to. #0.50 This is, without doubt, the volume sold in the 1876 sale at Thomas's as lot 84 (Stewart, jfn ). It contained, — Thacher, Peter. Oration at Watertown, March 5, 1776, to commemo- rate the bloody massacre at Boston, March 5, 1770. Watertown. 1776. 4°- Mason, Jonathan. Oration delivered March 6, 1780, to commemorate the bloody tragedy of March 5, 1770. Boston. 1780. 4°. Austin, Jonathan L. Oration delivered July 4, 1786, at the request of the inhabitants of Boston. Boston. 1786. 4 . Brackenridge, Hugh M. Eulogium of the brave men who have fallen in the contest with Great Britain. Phila. 1779. 4° And other rare pamphlets. A. 297 * Orations, 1 vol. .75 Contents of this volume given on p. 176 under Rush, Benj. A. 123 *Plays, &c, 1 vol. .75 Contents of this volume given on p. 24 under Bickerstaffe, Isaac. A. 249 Plays, 1 vol. .50 160 *Poems, &c, 1 vol. 4to. 1.00 Contents of this volume given on p. 166 under " Poems on sev- eral occasions." A. 243 Poems, 1 vol. .50 165 *Political Pamphlets, 1 vol. 1.00 Contents of this volume given on p. 85 under Glover, Rich- ard. A. 96 * Political Pieces, 1 vol. 1.00 Contents of this volume given on p. 15 under Barbe de Mar- bois. A. 294 *Political Sermons, 3 vols. 2.25 Contents of these three volumes given under Coombe, Thomas (p. 58), Evans, Israel. Sermon, 1791 (p. 77), Hart, Oliver (p. 98). Each volume. A. 120 *Political Tracts, 1 vol. 2 -°° 152 *Political Tracts, 1 vol. 8vo. i.oo 167 *Political Tracts, 1 vol. -75 172 Political Tracts, 1 vol. 1.25 176 Political Tracts, 1 vol. 1.00 560 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 322 Political Tracts, 1 vol. $0.75 Three of the six volumes lettered with this title are in the Athenseum collection ; contents given under Smith, W. L. (p. 188), Virginia (p. 216), Webster, Noah (p. 220). Each vol- ume. A. Two volumes with this title which figured as lot 31 in the 1876 sale (#26), are owned by Mr. M. Polock of Philadelphia. They contain the following pamphlets : — I. [Webster, P.] A dissertation on the political union and constitu- tion. By a. Citizen of Philadelphia. Phila. 1783. 47 pp. 8°. A. Pres. A Collection of state-papers. The Hague. 1782. 96 pp. 8°. Webster, Noah. Sketches of American policy. Hartford. 1785. 48 pp. 8°. Pres. [Morris, Gouverneur.] Observations on the American Revolution. Phila. 1779. ix, (4), 122 pp. 8°. A. [Webster, P.] A sixth essay on free trade and finance. By a Citizen of Philadelphia. Phila. 1783. 32 pp. 8°. Pres. [Briton, T. T., pseud.] Observations on American independency. [Edinburgh. 1779]. Half-title only. II. [Ruston, Thomas.] Remarks on Lord Sheffield's Observations on the commerce of the American states, by an American. London. 1784. (2), 51 pp. 8°. [Boothby, Sir Brook.] A letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke. 2d ed. With additions. London. 1791. (2), 135 pp. 8°. Rous, George. Thoughts on government ; occasioned by Mr. Burke's Reflections, etc. in a letter to a friend. 4th ed. London. 1791. (4), 77 PP- 8°. Paine, Thomas. Rights of man. 2d ed. Phila. 1791. 105 pp. 8°. [Coxe, T.] A Brief examination of Lord Sheffield's Observations on the commerce of the United States. In seven numbers. With two supplementary notes on American manufactures. Phila. 1791. V", (1). 135 PP- 8°. 238 Sermons, 1 vol. .qo 241 *Sermons, 1 vol. .25 293 *Sermons, 2 vols. T.,e Of the four volumes lettered " Sermons " the Athenasum has three, the contents of which will be found under Ogden, Uzal (p. 154), Stith, William (p. 195), White, William (p. 226). Each volume. A. 431 *Sketches and Inquiries, 1 vol. 2.00 Contents of this volume given on p. 161 under Peters, Rich- ard. A. 183 *Tracts, 1 vol. I-00 Contents of this volume given on p. 121 under Lee, Arthur. A. MAPS, CHARTS, AND PRINTS. 561 195 *Tracts on Slavery, 1 vol. $1.00 Contents of this volume given on p. 179 under " Serious address to the rulers of America. B. 97 *Treaties, 1 vol. .50 Contents of this volume given on p. 199 under " Treaty held with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians." A. 481 Miscellaneous Pamphlets, 26 nos. 2.00 515 Pamphlets of different description. 15-00 MAPS, CHARTS, AND PRINTS. 367 Moll's Atlas, 1 vol. 10.00 Moll, Herman. Geographia classica ; or, The geography of the antients as contained in the Greek and Latin classics. London. 1749. 32 maps. sm. 4 . A copy with Bushrod Washington's autograph was sold at Birch's in April, 1891, (lot 328) and may be the book referred to by this entry. It is now owned by Bishop Hurst of Washington. 368 West India Atlas, 1 vol. 20.00 Jefeerys, Thomas. The West-India Atlas, or A compendious de- scription of the West Indies, illustrated with 41 correct charts and maps, together with an historical account of the several countries and islands. London. 1783. F°. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 108) for $14. Bought by Sabin. 370 Atlas of North America, 1 vol. 10.00 Jefferys, Thomas. General topography of North America and the West Indies, being a collection of all the maps, charts, plans, and particular surveys that have been published of that part of the world, either in Europe or America. London. 1768. F°. 93 maps. Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 101, partial contents given in Cata- logue) for $35. Bought by Sabin. 391 American Atlas, 1 vol. fol. 4.00 398 Carey's War Atlas, 1 vol. fol. -75 A copy, probably Washington's, was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 438). 516 Chart of Navigation from the Gulf of Honda to Philadelphia, - by Hamilton Moore. 40.00 S 1 7 to Bay of Fundy, by Hamilton Moore. The gift of these two charts was acknowledged by Washington in very complimentary terms in a letter to the author, John Hamilton Moore, dated Dec. 2, 1792. 36 562 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. 518 Griffith's Map of Pennsylvania and Sketch of Delaware. $8.00 5*9 520 5 21 522 Howell's large Map of Pennsylvania. 10.00 Henry's Map of Virginia. 8.00 Bradley's Map of the United States. 5.00 Holland's Map of New Hampshire. 3-°° 523 Ellicott's Map of the West End of Lake Ontario. 4-00 524 Hutchins's Map of the Western Part of Virginia, Maryland, Penn- sylvania, and North Carolina. 3-°° Referred to in Sparks's edition of Washington's Writings, 9: 59. 525 Adlum and Williams's Map of Pennsylvania. 2.00 526 Map of Kennebec River, etc. I -°° 527 Andrews's Military Map of the Seat of War in the Netherlands. 1.00 528 Howell's small Map of Pennsylvania. 2.00 529 Great Canal between Forth and Clyde. 2.00 530 Plan of the Line between North Carolina and Virginia. 2.00 531 M'Murray's Map of the United States. 3-°° 532 Military Plans of the American Revolution. 8.00 This entry probably describes a folio volume, in many ways as interesting as any that belonged to Gen. Washington. It was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 104) for $26, and is now owned by Senator J. R. Hawley of Connecticut. It is made up of maps of the British Colonies, many of them the most recent and detailed that could be had at the time of the Revolution, which were without doubt used by Washington in planning his campaigns. They appear to have been made up into a volume later in order to preserve them. A list of the maps follows : — General Map of North America from actual surveys and observations. 1754-1761. By John Rocque. 2 sheets. La Nouvelle France ou le Canada. Par le S r Robert de Vaugondy. I7SS- Environs of Quebec and the battle fought 13 th Sept. 1759. By Thomas Jefferys. Plan of the River St. Lawrence from Sillery to the Fall of Montmorenci with the operations of the siege of Quebec. 1759. Plan of Quebec. Publ. Oct. 1759, by E. Oakley. Exact chart of the River St. Lawrence from Fort Frontenac to Anti- costi. By Thos. Jefferys. 25 May, 1775. Chart of the Gulf of St. Laurence. Printed & sold by Rob. Sayer & J no Bennett, 25 th March, 1775. Chart of the Island of Newfoundland. Drawn by James Cook and Michael Lane. lo ,h May, 1773- MAPS, CHARTS, AND PRINTS. 563 Chart of the Banks of Newfoundland. Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennett. 25 th March, 1775. Chart of part of the coast of Labrador from the straights of Bell Isle to Cape Bluff. Surveyed by Joseph Gilbert in 1767. Engr. by Thomas Jefferys. Map of Nova Scotia or Acadia. By Capt. Montresor. 1768. 2 sheets. Plan of the Island of St. John. Surveyed by Capt. Holland. 1775. Plan of Shegnekto Bay with the forts and settlements of the French till dispossess'd by the English in June 1755. Drawn on the spot by an Officer. Chart of the Harbour of Halifax. Surveyed by Charles Morris. 1759. Survey of the seacoast from New York to the I. Cape Briton, by Capt. Cyprian. Sold by I. Mount, T. Page and W. Mount. London. 3 sheets. Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements. By Hen. Popple. The Seat of War in New England by an American Volunteer ; with the marches of the several corps sent by the Colonies towards Boston. London, printed by R. Sayer & J. Bennett. 2 d Sept. 1775. Map of the most inhabited part of New England. Nov. 29, 1774. Publ. by Thos. Jefferys. 2 sheets. [Map of Boston Harbor and vicinity.] Publ. by J. F. W. Des Barres. Aug. 5, 1775. Map of the middle British Colonies in America. By Thos. Jefferys. Publ. 15 June, 1775. Map of the Province of New York with part of Pensilvania and New England. Survey by Capt. Montresor. Publ. June 10, 1775. 2 sheets. Plan of the city of New York & its Environs. By John Montresor. Survey'd in the winter 1775. Plan of the town and fort of Carillon at Ticonderoga with the attack made by the British Army, 8 July, 1758. Engr. by Thos. Jefferys. Map of Pennsylvania. Chiefly from the late map of W. Scull, published in 1770. Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 10 June, 1775. Map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole pro- ' vince of Maryland. Drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1775. Printed for Rob. Sayer & Thos. Jefferys. 2 sheets. Map of North and South Carolina. From actual surveys. By Henry Mouzon and others. Printed for Rob. Sayer & J. Bennett. May 30 th , 1775. 2 sheets. Map of South Carolina and Georgia. By William DeBrahm. Engr. by Thos. Jefferys, Oct. 20, 1757. 2 sheets. Survey of the Coast about Cape Lookout in North Carolina taken 29 th June, 1756. By Arthur Mackay. Plan of Cape Fear River from the Bar to Brunswick. By Edward Hyrne. 1749. View of Savanah as it stood the 29 th of March, 1734. Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida, and Chart of the entrance into St. Mary's River taken by Capt. W. Fuller in Nov. 1769. 564 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. Coast of West Florida and Louisiana. By Thos. Jefferys. Printed for Rob. Sayer, 20 Feb. 1775. Course of the River Mississippi from the Balise to Fort Chartres. Taken on an expedition to the Illinois. 1765. By Lieut. Ross. Publ. 1 June, 1772. Plan of New Orleans with the disposition of its quarters and canal as they have been traced by Mr. de la Tour. 1720. 533 Evans's Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Delaware. $1.00 Referred to in a letter printed in Sparks's edition of Washing- ton's Writings, 9 : 59. 534 Plan of the Mississippi, from the River Iberville to the River Yazoo. 2.00 535 Map of India. 5.00 536 Chart of France. 1.00 537 Map of the World. .50 538 Map of the State of Connecticut. 2.00 539 Spanish Maps. .50 540 Table of Commerce and Population of France. 0.50 541 Battle of the Nile, etc. 1.00 542 Routes and Order of Battle of Generals St. Clair and Harmer. 1.00 544 View of the Encampment of West Point. .50 545 Emblematic Prints. 4.00 546 Plan of the Government House of New York. .50 547 Chase and Action Between the Constellation and Insurgent (2 prints) . 4.00 548 General Wilkinson's Map of Part of the Western Territory. 1.00 549 Plan of Mount Vernon, by John Vaughan. 1.00 550 Specimen of Penmanship. .50 551 Five Plans of the Federal City and District. 5.00 552 One Large Draught. 3.00 553 Plan of the City of New York Panopticon. .80 554 Hoop's Map of the State of New York. 1.00 555 Howell's Pocket Map of the State of Pennsylvania. 2.00 VOLUMES CONTAINING THE SPURIOUS BOOKPLATE. 565 556 A French Map of the Carolinas. #2.00 557 Fry and Jefferson's Map of Virginia. 2.00 558 Howell's Small Map of Pennsylvania. 2.00 559 A Map of New England. 2.00 A map of the most inhabited part of New England containing the Pro- vinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the Colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island. November 29, 1755. Published by Thos. Jefferys. 3 ft. 5 in. X 3 ft. 2 in. This was sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot no), and was bought for #5.50 by Senator J. R. Hawley of Connecticut, who still owns it. 560 Nine Maps of Different Parts of Virginia and Carolina, and also a Number of loose Maps. 5 2 .00 One of this lot was probably the " Accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontiers ; from actual surveys by Henry Mousen. London, 1775. 4 ft. 9 in. X 3 ft- 5 in." Sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lot 109), and bought by Sabin for $6. 561 Carleton's Map (2 sets) of the Coasts of North America. 8.00 Clark, Matthew. Charts for navigating from Newfoundland to New York. Consisting of 18 large folio charts. Boston. 1789. At- las 4 . With autograph endorsement of Osgood Carleton, teacher of mathematics in Boston, attesting to their correctness. These " 2 sets " were sold at Thomas's in 1876 (lots 105, 106) for $3 a piece. One appeared again at the sale of the Baker collection at Birch's in Feb. 1891 (lot 45 B), and brought 115.90. It is now • owned by Bishop Hurst of Washington. 563 Walker's View in Scotland. 3.00 564 A Large Portfolio, with Sundry Engravings. 40.00 565 Alexander's Victories (26 prints). 100.00 VOLUMES CONTAINING THE SPURIOUS BOOKPLATE, bought in Washington in 1863. See p. 475. Barclay, Rob. An apology for the true Christian divinity .... be- ing a free explanation of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers. Dublin. 1780. 8°. Callender, J. T. Sketches of the history of America. Phila. 1798. 8°. Costigan, A. W. Sketches of society and manners in Portugal. Vol. I. London. 1787. 8°. 566 INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY. \ Evening amusements for the ladies. Boston. 1796. 16 , Marshall, W. The rural economy of the Midland counties. 2 vols. London. 1790. 8°. Moore, John. A journal during a residence in France, 1792. 2 vols. London. 1794. 12 . • [Nettleton, Thomas.] A treatise on virtue and happiness. 2d ed. London. 1736. 8°. Pakington, Lady Dorothea. The causes of the decay of Christian piety. London. 1704. 8°. Proud, Jos. The liturgy of the New Church. 4th ed. Baltimore. 1792. 1 6°. Russell, W. The history of ancient Europe. 2 vols. London. 1793. 8°. Rutherforth, T. Institutes of natural law. 2d ed. Cambridge. 1779. 8°. Spangenberg, A. G. An exposition of Christian doctrine. London. 1784. 8°. Williams, Helen Maria. Letters containing a sketch of the politics of France. 2 vols. London. 1795. 16 .