THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, July 16, 1789

• President George Washington
• First inauguration (historic)

Certainly one of the more desirable events to have in a period newspaper is the first inauguration of George Washington. American issues with such content are virtually unobtainable today, and reports in any newspapers worldwide are extremely uncommon.
Here is a nice report of this significant event found on page 2, datelined: "Extract of a Letter from New York, dated May 1" with the text giving more details on the inauguration than is found in many American newspapers.
See the photos for the complete report, with portions reading: "Yesterday took place...a ceremony of the introduction of his Excellency George Washington to the Presidency of the United States...the procession moved from the house of the President in Cherry Street...to Federal Hall...where in the presence of an immense concourse of citizens he took the oath prescribed by the constitution..." with, as the photos show, much more including many details not found anywhere else.
A rare opportunity for an extremely significant & desirable report.
Complete in 8 pages, 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches, great condition.

Background: This issue of The London Chronicle from July 16, 1789, represents an exceptionally rare historical artifact, capturing a detailed contemporary account of George Washington’s first presidential inauguration—an event whose coverage in period newspapers is virtually unobtainable in American printings and extraordinarily scarce worldwide. Datelined New York on May 1, 1789, the remarkable second-page report offers a rich, eyewitness-style extract describing the April 30 ceremony in vibrant detail, tracking Washington’s procession from his Cherry Street residence to Federal Hall and his swearing-in before an "immense concourse of citizens." Because trans-Atlantic news traveled strictly by sailing vessel, this report provides a uniquely preserved European record of the birth of the American presidency, containing specific contextual nuances absent from many domestic accounts of the era and making this complete eight-page quarto an extraordinary collectible of immense historical value.