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Letters and Recollections of George Washington: Being letters to Tobias Lear and others between 1790 and 1799, showing the First American in the management of his estate and domestic affairs, With a diary of Washington's last days, kept by Mr. Lear

Eyre, Louisa Lear (comp.)

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. Hardcover. Green ribbed cloth, with gilt letters on spine, gilt and embossed decorations on front cover, 289 pp., 8 BW illus. G (Ex-art library, with some plates and markings; average age and wear to bindings; tissue at tp is foxed; few instances of foxing elsewhere, with nice clean pages.). Item #150196

Doubtless, you know of George Washington. But you may never have heard of Tobias Lear. Lear (1762-1818) served as Washington's personal secretary from 1784-1799. His granddaughter wrote the introduction to this book. Correspondence from the past is always intriguing, isn't it?

Price: $20.00