A gift for President Washington

A gift for President Washington

George Washington's annotated copy of Acts passed at a First Congress of the United States of America 1789

1st ed.

Kansas City, Mo : Andrews McMeel Pub., 2013.

48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), colored maps, colored ports, colored facsim., 31 cm.

923.173 W318acts 2013 MB

(OCoLC)859556788

Cover title: Gift for President Washington : George Washington's annotated copy of Acts passed at a First Congress of the United States of America 1789 : being the acts passed by the first session of the First Congress of the United States, including the Constitution and the Bill of rights.
"In June of 2012, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association acquired at auction George Washington's personal copy of the Acts of congress, with the express purpose of returning it to Washington's home at Mount Vernon for the benefit of the American people"--P. [3].
This work is a "companion booklet" to the facsimile copy of George Washington's personal, annotated copy of Acts of Congress, [2012].
"Through a special partnership between Mount Vernon and the National Archive, Acts began a tour of the thirteen Presidential Libraries... And after the tour, Acts--Washington's personal guide to the Constitution--headed home to Mount Vernon, where...it would be in a library...for the study of George Washington"--p. 41.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-47).
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