(GEORGE WASHINGTON) Volume of the Federal Gazette Baltimore

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(GEORGE WASHINGTON.) Volume of the Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser featuring Washington's Farewell Address and more. Approximately 215 issues, each 4 pages, plus a 20 September broadside supplement, in one volume. Folio, 19 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches, contemporary 1/2 calf, moderate wear; minor dampstaining to outer issues, otherwise condition generally strong; not collated. Baltimore, MD, 22 April to 31 December 1796

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The 21 September issue prints President Washington's famous Farewell Address, announcing that he would retire from politics and not seek a third term. He warned against partisan party rivalries and foreign entanglements. In limiting his presidential term, he also established a precedent that would only once be broken, demonstrating by his example that the presidency would not be a life appointment. The 10 December issue contains Washington's 7 December final address to Congress. The election of John Adams over Thomas Jefferson as president is discussed frequently through November and December.