WASHINGTON, George

Letters from His Excellency George Washington, To Arthur Young, Esq.

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WASHINGTON, George. Letters from His Excellency George Washington, To Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. and Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M.P. Containing an Account of his Husbandry, with his Opinions on Various Questions in Agriculture; and Many Particulars of the Rural Economy of the United States. Alexandria: Printed by Cottom & Stewart, 1803. 1st American ed. 128 pp. Later 1/4-calf. A very good copy. HOWES W-138. Scarce. American Imprints 5536 locates the Library of Congress copy and 3 others, none of which is in the South. For this edition, the texts of 2 volumes published separately in London were combined in one volume: the letters to Sinclair (1800) and the letters to Young (1801). The letters printed here are dated from 1786-97, and in addition to the primary correspondents the volume includes letters from Washington to Alexander Hamilton, also letters from Richard Peters and 2 letters from Thomas Jefferson. Sabin 101721. Haynes 20697.

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