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A discourse, delivered on the 26th of November, 1795 : being the day recommended by the governor of the state of New-York to be observed as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, on account of the removal of an epidemic fever, and for other national blessings von William Linn

The partisan; or, The art of making war in detachment. With plans proper to facilitate the understanding of the several dispositions and movements necessary to light troops, in order to accomplish their marches, ambuscades, attacks and retreats with success von Mr. de. Jeney

Essays relating to agriculture and rural affairs von James Anderson

The American universal geography, or, A view of the present state of all the empires, kingdoms, states, and republicks in the known world, and of the United States of America in particular ... von Jedidiah Morse

A view of the United States of America, in a series of papers, written at various times, between the years 1787 and 1794 von Tench Coxe

A treatise, shewing the intimate connection that subsists between agriculture and chemistry : addressed to the cultivators of the soil, to the proprietors of fens and mosses, in Great Britain and Ireland, and to the proprietors of West India estates von Earl Archibald Cochrane of Dundonald

American biography: or, An historical account of those persons who have been distinguished in America, as adventurers, statesmen, philosophers, divines, warriors, authors, and other remarkable characters von Jeremy Belknap

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SammlungenDeine Bibliothek (1,295), Boston Athenaeum (882), Mount Vernon (57), Morgan Library & Museum (35), Library of Congress (18), Princeton University (15), Houghton Library, Harvard (10), Historical Society of Pennsylvania (6), University of Pennsylvania (6), New York Public Library (3), Trinity College (3), Gilder Lehrman Institute (2), Loyola Marymount University (2), Yale University Library (2), American Antiquarian Society (1), British Library (1), David Library of the American Revolution (1), Free Library of Philadelphia (1), John Carter Brown Library (1), Johns Hopkins University (1), Lilly Library (1), MIT (1), National Library of Scotland (1), Providence Public Library (1), University of Virginia (1), Williams College (2), Case 1 (184), Case 2 (33), Case 3 (98), Case 4 (115), Case 5 (56), Case 6 (42), Case 7 (116), Case 8 (50), On the Table (63), Alle Sammlungen (1,295)

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TagsPolitics and Government (359), United States (328), Agriculture (174), Religion (170), Commerce (132), Great Britain (126), Sermons (125), Literature (113), Surveys (87), France (72) — alle Tags anzeigen

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Über michGeorge Washington (22 February 1732 - 14 December 1799), Virginia surveyor, landowner, military leader and statesman. Commander of the Continental Army, president of the Constitutional Convention, and first president of the United States.

Über meine BibliothekGeorge Washington's library at the time of his death ran to some nine hundred volumes, which passed into the possession of his nephew Judge Bushrod Washington along with Washington's papers and Mount Vernon. When Bushrod Washington died in 1826, he willed parts of the library to his nephews George C. and John A. Washington and to his grand-nephew Bushrod Washington Herbert.

Around 1847, a large portion of the books which remained at Mount Vernon were sold to bookseller Henry Stevens, who announced his intention to send them to the British Museum. A group from Boston and Cambridge, MA responded by raising $4,250 and purchased the books for the Boston Athenaeum (along with items to accompany the collection). This collection comprises the major portion of George Washington's library as we know it today.

Other Washington books were sold at auctions in 1876 and in the early 1890s. Information on the books sold in those sales has been included where possible.

Annotations in the records are from the Boston Athenaeum or from other sources where noted.

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Locational Collections: Using the transcription of Washington's probate inventory (PDF), collections have been added indicating the bookcases (1-8) used by Washington for his books at Mt. Vernon (plus another location listed at "On the Table"). Within these collections, using the inventory numbers it is possible to recreate (roughly at least) the order of the books on Washington's shelves. Please note: The separation point between Cases 3-4 is not indicated in the inventory, so I have made an educated guess about where that break approximately occurs. Some items of which GW had more than one copy may appear in more than one locational collection. And for many bound volumes of pamphlets (Miscellanies, Political Tracts, &c.) it was not possible to identify specific volumes, so those have not been assigned to their respective cases.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Please contact Libraries of Early America coordinator Jeremy Dibbell.

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Bürgerlicher NameGeorge Washington

OrtMount Vernon, VA

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