| Author | Boston Athenaeum.
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| Title | A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum; compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ... With an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane ...
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| Published | [Cambridge, University Press: J. Wilson and Son] The Boston Athenæum, 1897.
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| Description | xi, 566 p. illus., front. (port.) facsims. 24 cm.
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| General Note | "In four parts: I. Books from the library of General George Washington. II. Other books from Mount Vernon. III. The writings of Washington. IV. Washingtoniana."
A considerable portion of the books left to Geo. C. Washington. Sold by him to Henry Stevens in 1847 or 1848, and by the latter to the Boston Athenæum in 1849.
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| Subjects | Rare books.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Bibliography.
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| Other Authors | Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark, 1852-1926.
Lane, William Coolidge, 1859-1931,
Poole, Franklin Osborne, 1821-1894.
Washington, George, 1732-1799. Library.
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| LC Card Number | 01-901 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: Z 8950 B747
mq46248: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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