[Rarebooks] FS: George Washington's Biographers: Scarce 1932 speech

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TITLE: “George Washington As Seen by His Latest Biographers”

By William Webster Ellsworth.
Reprinted from The Litchfield Enquirer, September 1, 1932.

DISCUSSION: An “Address delivered before the Litchfield Historical
Society, Saturday, August 27th, 1932.” 1932 was the Bicentennial of George
Washington’s birth, and the associated festivities gave the author impetus
to put together this talk, which is much more than simply a discussion of
recent books about George Washington. William W. Ellsworth’s
great-grandfather was Washington’s Chief Justice, Oliver Ellsworth, and a
grandfather married the daughter of Washington’s friend Noah Webster, and
from these associations his interest in Washington began early and ran
deep, and he seems to have read anything he could get his hands on about
the General. Much of the talk discusses various opinions of George
Washington, both by his contemporaries and a slew of later writers, as
well as a myriad of entertaining anecdotes and stories about Washington to
illustrate various points. When he does get around to discussing recent
books, he focuses on Rupert Hughes’ multi-volume biography (which was not
then completed), W.E. Woodward’s “George Washington: The Image and the
Man”, Bernard Fay’s “George Washington, Republican Aristocrat”, and Louis
M. Sears’ “George Washington”.

The text also includes a separate section, “List of Washington Exhibits at
the Tapping Reeve House, Saturday, August 27th, 1932”.

A most uncommon item.

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 8.5”x11”, 32 pages, each printed on one side only.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor wear, some soil to the covers.

PRICE: $150.00

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