WASHINGTON GEORGE The Presidents first annual State of the U

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WASHINGTON, GEORGE. The President's first annual State of the Union address, in an issue of the Massachusetts Centinel. 4 pages, 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, on one folding sheet; disbound, minor wear and dampstaining. [Boston], 16 January 1790

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Most of the front page is devoted to Washington's first annual address to Congress. He urges that the nation be prepared to "punish aggressors" among the "hostile tribes of Indians," and hopes for a "competent fund designated for defraying the expences incident to the conduct of our foreign affairs," The longest section is devoted to "the promotion of Science and Literature," possibly through "the institution of a national university," asserting that "Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness." News of North Carolina's approval of the Constitution is noted in his address and in a separate news article.