The writings of George Washington
Subtitle: being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private
By: selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks ...
Contributors: Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.
Publisher: Harper & brothers
Published: 1847
Place of publication: New York
Subjects: United States -- History -- Sources; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Life of Washington.; title: v. 2. pt. I. Offcial letters relating to the French war, and private letters before the American revolution: March, 1754-May, 1775.; title: v. 3-8. pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783.; title: v. 9. pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789.; title: v. 10-11. pt. IV. Letters official and private, from the beginning of his presidency to the end of his life: (v. 10) May, 1789-November, 1794. (v. 11) November, 1794-December, 1799.; title: v. 12. pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses.