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1797, COLUMBIAN CENTINEL Newspaper

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Washington Related

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Published Letters George Washington Publicly Disavowed

March 29, 1797, COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Very Good.
18.5" x 11.75", 4 pages. Page 1 has two Acts signed in print by George Washington, one regarding the promulgation of the laws of the United States, and the second "giving effect to the Laws of the United States, within the State of Tennessee." Page 2 news that General Pinckney had been received by the French Directory. A page 3 announcement of the publication of a bound volume of "Epistles Domestic, Confidential, and Official from General Washington"; the listing of these letters covers more than half a column, an asterisk marking those which Washington had publicly disavowed. The paper is split across the center fold, and has several tears, primarily at the lower right corner of each page; some tape repairs.



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