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Commenting on Washington's retirement...



Item # 700772

October 06, 1796

FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Maryland, Oct. 6, 1796  The front page features 24 illustrated ship ads.
Page 3 has a report from Elizabethtown, New Jersey, concerning the recent printing of Washington's Farewell Address, causing the writer to drone on concerning the virtues of Washington and his value & stature to the country.
 4 has a: "Treasury Dept." notice concerning the seeking of rations for the mentioned military installations.
Included is the single sheet "Supplement" which is entirely taken up with ads save for a lengthy "Treasury Document" notice for the sale of land in the Northwest Territory, the ads including no fewer than 5 runaway slave ads, four of them mentioning the word "slave" which was rarely done.
A total of 6 pages, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 355 (released for June, 2025)

Category: The 1600's and 1700's