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Washington's Farewell Address...
Washington's Farewell Address...
Item # 703206
September 21, 1796
UNITED STATES CHRONICLE, Providence, Rhode Island, Sept. 29, 1796 If there was a list of the most historic utterances of the post-Revolutionary War era, this issue would have to rank the top.
All of pages 1 and 2, and nearly a column of page 3 are taken up with an address: "To The People of the United States: Friends and Fellow Citizens", more commonly known as Washington's Farewell Address.
The nation's first President announces his retirement from politics and explains why he decided against running for a third term.
In the address, Washington cites many of the achievements of his administration & begins: "The period of a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant...that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those, out of whom a choice is to be made...".
His decision would also initiate the acid test for the still-young democratic process: a peaceful transfer of power. This was essentially unknown to much of the Western world.
The speech, signed by him in script type on page 3: G. Washington, was never delivered orally by Washington but did appear in various newspapers. We have rarely had the opportunity to offer this in an American newspaper.
Four pages, wide, never-trimmed margins, handsome engravings in the masthead, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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