Washington, George (1732-1799) A Catalog of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenaeum
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06187 Author/Creator: Washington, George (1732-1799) Place Written: Boston Type: Book Date: 1897 Pagination: 11, 566 p. Order a Copy
Compiled by William Coolidge Lane. First edition, 8vo, frontis portrait, 1 other plate and 12 facsimile titlepages. "A catalogue of the books from Washington's library and assorted Washingtoniana on deposit at the Athenaeum, with an inventory of Washington's books as drawn up by the appraisers of his estate, and the later history and present ownership of those books not in the Athenaeum collections." Includes a re-ordered transcript of the estate inventory of Washington's library.
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
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