Washington, George, 1732-1799. Farewell address

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Block of four commemorative stamps with the quote "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations" from George Washington's farewell address.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...

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Printed in London by T. Bensley. An illustrated British printing of Washington's 1796 farewell address, includes a profile portrait of George Washington.

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Contains an early printing of Washington's farewell address.

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Advertisement series called Great Ideas of Western Man, featuring George Washington on knowledge in a free government. With artwork by Robert Schneeberg.

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A contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.

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This collection includes ephemera from 1796-1986, and contains a variety of formats that primarily relate to the portrayal of George Washington.

Portions of this collection have been digitized, as noted in the item-level descriptions.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes ephemera from 1796-1986, and contains a variety of formats that primarily relate to the portrayal of George Washington.

Portions of this collection have been digitized, as noted in the item-level descriptions.

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Color print made in the U.S.A.

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Manuscript letter on paper with image of Columbia, 1862; Pictorial card, Washington's Farewell Address, circa 1861-1865; Pictorial envelope with enclosed order form, 150th Anniversary Commemoration of Washington's Farewell to the Continental Army at Rocky Hill, 1933; Envelope with 1932 Mount Vernon postage stamp, 1933 July 31 [2019-SC-025-002]; Die-cut Christmas card, undated.

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Unused postcard featuring George Washington and an image of Mount Vernon, with the quote "Every portion of our county finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the Union of the Whole" from his farewell address.

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Unused postcard featuring the quote "Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world" from Washington's farewell address.

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Unused postcard with the quote "The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotish, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations" from George Washington's farewell address.

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Unused postcard with color image of George Washington and his candlestick.

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Commemorative panel with U.S. mint stamp featuring a quotation from Washington's Farewell Address.