V. Materials on the study and commemoration of Washington

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{"value"=>"<p>Correspondence, transcripts, facsimiles, etc. chiefly concerning the authenticity and ownership of George Washington manuscripts. Correspondents include, Jared Sparks, Moncure D. Conway, Worthington C. Ford, and Victor Hugo Paltsits.</p>"}

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1848

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1848

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1976

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1848

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1976

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1. Washington’s Farewell Address [10/1]
2. Papers regarding the James Sharpless miniature of Washington
3. National monument
4. George Bancroft’s notes on Washington and extracts from letters dated 1784-1797
5. Washington inaugural celebration
6. Washington Centennial
7. Documents pertaining to “George Washington and Mount Vernon: A Collection of Washington's Unpublished Agricultural and Personal Letters”
8. Notes on Washington’s farm book by J. Percy Sabin
9. Genealogical charts and notes on the Washington family by Worthington Ford
10. Duche-Washington letter, 1777
11. Portraits
12. Certification for Dunlap Hopkins as a member of the George Washington Association
13. Commission as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, 1775
14. Monograph of the Washington Will
15. Washington's Jeopardy on Manhattan in 1776 by Victor Hugo Paltsits
16. Bicentennial of Washington's birth
17. Washington's secret of 1782 by Chapman, Clowry
18. Letters between Jane C. Washington and Colonel William Popham, 1838-1839, and Washington as a Communicant of the Church
19. Tributes
20. The Character of Washington
21. George Washington, Descendant of the Saints
22. Printed material, transcripts, original correspondence re: the Washington papers
23. Printed ephemera, portraits
24. Letter paper with Washington's name in the watermark