Washington, George | A nineteenth-century printing of Washington's presidential invitation

Washington, George

Nineteenth-century printing of George Washington's presidential invitation. [Allentown: 1864]

Single leaf (196 x 248 mm) with engraved plate and autograph note at foot; three old folds, light creases, stray fingersoiling.

A nineteenth-century printing from the original engraved plate used for presidential invitations in the Washington administration. The plate reads: 

"The President of the United States

and Mrs. Washington, request the Pleasure of ________

Company to Dine, on _____ next, at ___ o'Clock. _____ 179_

An answer is requested."

Below the plate is a handwritten note from William Carr, presenting the plate as a gift to Thomas Jefferson Trist, in Allentown on 29 August 1864.