THE NEW WORLD, Philadelphia, Feb. 27, 1797  

* President George Washington 
* 64th birthday celebration & dinner

A quite scarce title, and until a recent find, the very first we have offered in our 44 years. It published for exactly one year.
Page 2 has over a full column on the: "Celebration" of Washington's 65th birthday, including the 16 toasts and much more. Also an article: "The President's Birth Day".
Page 3 has a report from the Treasury Dept. followed by a notice: "The President of the United States, we understand, attends the Theater THIS EVENING for the last time."
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, staining to a quadrant of the font leaf, generally good.

Background: Published on February 27, 1797—just five days before George Washington concluded his second term and handed power to John Adams—this issue of Philadelphia's short-lived newspaper The New World serves as a poignant, contemporary chronicle of the nation's farewell to its first president. Page 2 features over a full column dedicated to Washington's 65th birthday celebrations, highlighted by an insightful article titled "The President's Birth Day" alongside the transcriptions of all 16 formal ceremonial toasts, reflecting the 16 states in the Union following Tennessee's recent admission. The political history transitions to fiscal policy on page 3 with an official report from the Department of the Treasury, which is directly paired with a historic cultural notice revealing that President Washington would attend the New Theatre on Chestnut Street that very evening for his final public theater appearance in office, capturing both the civic honor and personal twilight of the founding father's presidency within the temporary national capital.