[Rarebooks] FS: 1860 Washington Farewell Address -Grover & Barker Sewing Machines Edition

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1860 Washington Farewell Address -Grover & Barker Sewing Machines 
Edition

“Published for Gratuitous Distribution, by the Grover & Baker Sewing 
Machine Company, New York”. No date, but undoubtedly October or November 
1860. %%An interesting piece of Americana, a reprinting of George 
Washington’s September 17, 1796 Farewell Address, published on the eve 
of the Civil War with the prefatory note -“Believing a recurrence to the 
advice of the Father of His Country, contained in his Farewell Address, 
cannot fail to be salutary at this time, we republish this Address, and 
shall distribute it gratuitously to the public”. This booklet is not 
dated, but the last page includes a note from a report on the September, 
1860 Kentucky State Fair, and the rear cover includes written 
endorsements from a variety of public figures including South Carolina 
Senator J.H. Hammond and Mrs. Jefferson Davis. South Carolina seceded 
from the Union on December 20, 1860, and Senator Davis resigned from the 
Senate on January 21, 1861, so it seems likely this predates those 
events. Uncommon- OCLC locates 3 examples.

Softcover. 4”x6”, 16 pages. Some soil, light wear. Fragile. [417/42756]  
$100

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