G.P. Putnam, New York, 1855-1859, thus extending the set from five volumes to ten. The content of the collection, built around the life of George Washington and his contemporaries, has a strong emphasis upon the American Revolutionary War period. The letters and documents, removed from the bound set, are described more fully in the Manuscripts Department catalog.
Some items are in oversize folders.
The collection is accompanied by the binding, which was done by Henry Stikeman, and end paper of Volume One. The maps, paper money, portraits, and views illustrating the volumes, as well as the printed text, were transferred to the Lilly Library Book Department with the exceptions of those engravings bearing the holograph signatures of Samuel Arlent Edwards, Albert Rosenthal, and Max Rosenthal. A printed George Washington invitation for 179- remains with the collection.