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GEORGE WASHINGTON, 18 SEPTEMBER 1787
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SENDING A COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THOMAS JEFFERSON
GEORGE WASHINGTON, 18 SEPTEMBER 1787
WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Autograph letter signed ("Go:Washington") to Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, Philadelphia, 18 September 1787. [With:] JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826). Autograph letter signed ("Th:Jefferson") to Amos J. Cook, Monticello, 21 January [18]16.
Washington to Jefferson: one page, 217 x 180mm. Jefferson to Cook: two pages on a single leaf, 246 x 198mm.
Sent to Jefferson the day following the closing of the Federal Convention in Philadelphia
The letter carried by naval hero John Paul Jones
With Thomas Jefferson's 1816 letter presenting the above letter to Amos Cook, a Maine schoolmaster seeking letters from the founders
GEORGE WASHINGTON, 18 SEPTEMBER 1787
WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Autograph letter signed ("Go:Washington") to Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, Philadelphia, 18 September 1787. [With:] JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826). Autograph letter signed ("Th:Jefferson") to Amos J. Cook, Monticello, 21 January [18]16.
Washington to Jefferson: one page, 217 x 180mm. Jefferson to Cook: two pages on a single leaf, 246 x 198mm.
Sent to Jefferson the day following the closing of the Federal Convention in Philadelphia
The letter carried by naval hero John Paul Jones
With Thomas Jefferson's 1816 letter presenting the above letter to Amos Cook, a Maine schoolmaster seeking letters from the founders
来源
[Thomas Jefferson]
Amos J. Cook (1778-1836), preceptor of Fryeburg Academy, Maine, gifted from the above in 1816
Frederick Blanchard Osgood, thence by descent in the family
Christie's New York, 5 December 2006, lots 249 and 327
Private collector
Freeman's Auction, Philadelphia, 15 November 2022, lots 14 and 15
Amos J. Cook (1778-1836), preceptor of Fryeburg Academy, Maine, gifted from the above in 1816
Frederick Blanchard Osgood, thence by descent in the family
Christie's New York, 5 December 2006, lots 249 and 327
Private collector
Freeman's Auction, Philadelphia, 15 November 2022, lots 14 and 15
Literature
The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, 5:333.
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