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Lot 3
Sale 5604 - The Presidential Sale
Nov 12, 2020
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$1,500 -
2,500
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$3,500
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Lot Description
George Washington (1789-97) Official Memorial Invitation
(Philadelphia), December, 1799. Printed invitation, issued by Congress, to attend the Funeral Oration in honor of President George Washington, held at the German Lutheran Church on Thursday, December 26, 1799. Issued to a Rev. Mr. Cooper (presumably Methodist Ezekial Cooper), by Jonathan Dayton and John Marshall, chairmen of the Committee of Arrangement. 3 x 4 3/4 in. (76 x 120 mm). Includes one engraved portrait of Washington, one engraved image of him on his death-bed, and one engraved view of his tomb.