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- GLC#
- GLC02557
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- 1796/09/17
- Author/Creator
- Hudson & Goodwin, fl. 1787-1800
- Title
- Address of the late General George Washington, to the citizens of the United States, on declining a re-election to the office of president.
- Place Written
- Hartford
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 57.2 cm, Width: 46.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
An early broadside printing by Hudson and Goodwin. In this speech, George Washington declines a re-election to the office of President and offers counsel on governance to the country. Two signatures on verso.
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