Subject | • | Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March in the year MDCCLXXXIX, and the independence of the United States the thirteenth | [X] | | • | Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Archives |
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| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | A gift for President Washington
| | | | Creator: | Allen, Thomas B. | | | | | Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union | | | | Publication: | Andrews McMeel Pub, Kansas City, Mo,c2013. | | | | Notes: | "In June of 2012, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association acquired at auction George Washington's personal copy of the Acts of congress, with the express purpose of returning it to Washington's home at Mount Vernon for the benefit of the American people"--P. [3]. This work is a "companion booklet"--P. [3] to the facsimile copy of George Washington's personal, annotated copy of Acts of Congress. "Through a special partnership between Mount Vernon and the National Archive, Acts began a tour of the thirteen Presidential Libraries... And after the tour, Acts--Washington's personal guide to the Constitution--headed home to Mount Vernon, where...it would be in a library...for the study of George Washington"--P. 41. Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-47). | | | | Call #: | E312.17 A431 2013 Oversize Suppl. | | | | Extent: | 48 p. : ill. (mostly col.), maps, ports, facsim., 31 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Archives | Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March in the year MDCCLXXXIX, and the independence of the United States the thirteenth
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