Washington's Farewell Address in Facsimile, with Transliterations of All the Drafts of Washington, Madison, and Hamilton, Together with Their Correspondence and Other Supporting Documents

xvi, 360 pp. Facsimile of 1790s manuscript documents. Edited with analysis and bibliography by the Keeper of Manuscripts for the NYPL (1914-1941). Edited, with a history of its origin, reception by the nation, rise of the controversy respecting its authorship, and a bibliography by Victor Hugo Paltsits. Color frontispiece of Washington from Gilbert Stuart portrait.