Washington, George, 1732-1799
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1732 - 1799
biographical statement
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Flahavan & Willcox letterbook
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030066025]
Identifier: MS-0211
Abstract
Flahavan & Willcox was a Philadelphia firm established for the import/export trade in 1784. The collection consists of one holographic letterbook of the company containing letters over the period April 14, 1784 to November 16, 1792.
Dates:
1784-1792
Found in:
Special Collections
George Washington letters
Collection
Identifier: MS-GAR-021
Abstract
This collection includes six letters, two printed certificates, and an inscribed set of two volumes of Buffon's Natural History Abridged, all signed by George Washington between 1776 and 1798.
Dates:
1776 - 1798
Miscellaneous manuscripts collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0034
Abstract
This is a collection of single item manuscripts or small groupings of materials, 1730s-1983 and undated. This collection includes signatures of Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson; letters from Jefferson Davis, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Gustave Flaubert, James Madison, James Monroe, George Moore, Edgar Allen Poe, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roger Brooke Taney, Queen Victoria, George Washington, and Woodrow Wilson. There are photostats...
Dates:
1730s-1983 and undated
Found in:
Special Collections
Thirty Six Essays/Sermons by Robert Gray
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030134492]
Identifier: MS-0708
Abstract
Copied from dealer description: The essays themselves are extremely well written displaying an impressive command of the English language; the idealistic nature of the essays strongly suggests the
supposition that Gray was a minister and used these essays as the basis for weekly
sermons. The range of subject matter is equally impressive; Gray moves effortlessly
from a celebration of the life of George Washington to an Emersonian-like appreciation
of Nature: "There is a visible consonance in...
Dates:
circa 1860
Found in:
Special Collections
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