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Washington responds to Congress' reaction to his annual address... On the death of Ben Franklin...
Washington responds to Congress' reaction to his annual address... On the death of Ben Franklin...
Item # 701539
December 25, 1790
THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Dec. 25, 1790
* President George Washington
* re. State of the Union Address
* United States Congress reaction
* re. death of Benjamin Franklin
The front page begins with the Senate's response to Washington's state-of-the-union address, followed by his response signed in script type: George Washington. This is then followed by the House of Representatives' response to Washington's address, & again followed by Washington's response to them signed in script type: G. Washington.
Page 2 has reports from the early workings of Congress, followed by at least two references to the recent death of Ben Franklin, including from Paris: "...informing that the news of the death of that great philosopher Franklin had reached them and that they had caused an Eulogium to be written as a tribute justly due to his memory... directed copies of an Eulogium lately pronounced before them, as a tribute to the distinguished merit of Benjamin Franklin, a citizen of the United States, to be transmitted to Congress...". Another report from Dr. Richard Price notes in part: "...Your last, containing an account of the death of our excellent friend, Dr. Franklin, and the circumstances attending it, deserves my particular gratitude. The account which he has left of his life will shew, in a string example, how a man, by talents, industry, and integrity, may rise from obscurity to the first eminence..." with more.
Dr. Price was a Welsh political reformer, pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the French and American Revolutions. He was well-connected and fostered communication between many people, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, Ben Franklin.
Four pages, a bit or archival strengthening at the bottom half of the spine, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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