WASHINGTON, George – The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David G. Claypoole, 9 April 1789.

WASHINGTON, George – The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David G. Claypoole, 9 April 1789.

George Washington is elected President: “Philadelphia, April 9. On Monday last General Washington was, in Congress, declared President, and the Honorable John Adams, Esquire, Vice-President, of the United States. Secretary Thomson set out from New-York yesterday, to carry this intelligence to Mount Vernon, the seat of the illustrious George Washington.” An early announcement of the first federal election held under the Constitution of 1789.

Four pages, 445 x 280mm (minor toned spots, marginal tears at corners). Matted and framed. [With:] Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David G. Claypoole, 23 December 1780. Four pages, 370 x 245mm. Issue features an appeal from General Anthony Wayne on page one appealing for any furloughed officers to report to the “vicinity of Morristown” for the winter cantonment of the Pennsylvania Line (which would mutiny on 1 January 1781).

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