2009-04
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/31/2009
Book, "The Farewell Address of George Washington, President of the United States," Philadelphia, 1800, by Henry Sweiter, 4-3/4," x 6-3/4," 48pp., boards loose, laid paper, missing half of pg.15, very good. The farewell begins, "The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the Executive Government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made. ...."
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