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George Washington

"The President's Answer. To the Hebrew Congregation, in Newport, Rhode Island," in The Herald of Freedom, Vol. IV, Numb. LI. Boston: Published by Edmund Freeman, Tuesday, September 7, 1790

Folio, 4 pages (383 x 258 mm, uncut), text in three columns, a few woodcut vignettes in advertisements; central fold restored, small marginal loss at foot of first leaf repaired touching a few letters on second page and costing a few words on the first, one pinhole, a couple of very minor marginal repairs.