[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. The Daily Advertiser. Inauguration of President George Washington. New York, May 8, 1789. Vol. V., No. 1315. 4 folio pages on one large folded folio sheet. Each page approximately 525 x 322 mm. On laid-paper. Some marginal toning, wear, one horizontal crease, stab-holes, excised from a bound volume. On p. 2 in the first column is a poem praising the new president; in the second column adjacent to this poem is a brief account of the inaugural ball: “Last evening the Subscribers of the Dancing Assembly gave an elegant Ball and Entertainment to his Excellency the President of the United States, who was pleased to honor the company with his presence… Joy, satisfaction and vivacity was expressive in every countenance - and every pleasure seemed to be heightened in the presence of a Washington.” On p. 3 is an advertisement for goods for “The President’s Houshold [sic]. Whereas all servants and others, employed to procure provisions or supplies for the Houshold [sic] of the President of the United States, will be furnished with monies for those purposes - Notice is therefore given, that no accounts, for the payment of which the public may be considered as responsible, are to be opened with any of them. Sam. Fraunces, Steward of the Houshold [sic].”