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Feb. 22, 1800 GEORGE WASHINGTON Memorial by Richard Alsop To MARTHA WASHINGTON

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Feb. 22, 1800 GEORGE WASHINGTON Memorial by Richard Alsop To MARTHA WASHINGTON
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February 22, 1800 Memorial “A Poem Sacred to the Memory of George Washington” by Richard Alsop
February 22, 1800-Dated, GEORGE WASHINGTON’s Birthday Anniversay and Mourning Period, Imprint titled, A Poem Sacred to the Memory of George Washington by Richard Alsop, Dedicated To Mrs. MARTHA WASHINGTON, Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, Choice Very Fine.
Richard Alsop (1761–1815) was an American Author from the Alsop family of Middletown, Connecticut. He was a member of the literary group called the “Hartford Wits,” and contributed verse to the Political Greenhouse and the Echo. This historic Memorial Imprint has 22 pages, complete, plus its original light green paper wraps, measuring 6.25” x 9.75” having an unusual and rare special page stating it is Dedicated: “To Mrs. MARTHA WASHINGTON; As A Small Tribute of Esteem to Her Virtues... (Signed in Print) Richard Alsop.” Nicely printed text on clean fresh laid period paper and an excellent Poem in loving dedication to Washington. February 22, 1732 was George Washington’s birthday, he died at Mount Vernon on December 14, 1799. A very scarce original Imprint.