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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00639.25 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1789 |
| Title | Inaugural address [leaf from 1st draft of discarded first inaugural = pp.36-37] |
| Date | April 1789 |
| Author | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Concerning foreign relations, American trade, manufacture and defense. This was a first draft which Washington later discarded. The manuscript was disassembled by Jared Sparks and leaves or clippings were given away as samples of GW's handwriting. Sparks regarded the document as unimportant since Washington had not actually used this draft. See also GLC 1589 and 4443.01. |
| Subjects | President Inaugural Address Inauguration Government and Civics Global History and Civics Commerce Merchants and Trade Industry Military History Presidential Speeches and Proclamations |
| People | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Place written | New York |
| Theme | The Presidency; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Notes: Fitzpatrick, Writings of Washington. 30: 291-308. Washington entirely rewrote and discarded this draft of his first inaugural address. This leaf, with the rest of the address, was dispersed by the nineteenth century historian Jared Sparks after 1837. The complete address consisted of sixty-four pages of which twenty-six (including these two, pages 36 & 37) survive. GLC has two other leaves from the address: pages 57-58 as contained in GLC 1589, and 49-50 in GLC 4443.01. Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Inaugural address [leaf from 1st draft of discarded first inaugural = pp.57-58] Inaugural address [leaf from 1st draft of discarded first inaugural = pp.49-50] |
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