[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Epistles Domestic, Confidential, and Official. New York & London: G. Robinson and J. Bull, F. and C. Rivington, 1796.

8vo (209 x 125 mm). (Title soiled and with marginal losses laid down, some soiling, first few leaves frayed.) Modern quarter calf. Provenance: Louisville Free Public Library (perforated stamp on title-page). FIRST EDITION, including letters to Generals Clinton, Sullivan, and Lafayette and to Lord Cornwallis and Congress. The letters, Tory forgeries, are attributed to John Randolph, John Vardill, and James Rivington.

[With:] [WASHINGTON]. Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, Issued during the Years 1778, '80, '81, & '82. Henry Whiting, editor. New York & London: Wiley and Putnam, 1844. 8vo. Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth (rebacked). Provenance: Frank Cutter Deering (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, with orders selected from the manuscripts of Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 2nd Regiment Massachusetts John Whiting. THE FRANK DEERING COPY.