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THBFamous FUNERAL ORATION On the Death of GEORGE WASHINGTON by Major Gen. Henry Lee
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Eulogy By Major General Henry Lee Including: "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen..." Funeral Oration for General Washington
1800-Dated, "A FUNERAL ORATION On the Death of GEORGE WASHINGTON" a First Edition English Printing of the most Famous and Historic General Washington Eulogy, given by Major General Henry Lee, Including "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen...", Choice Crisp Near Mint.
This rare original Imprint is fully titled, "General Washington! A Funeral Oration ON HIS DEATH, By MAJ. GEN. LEE. ALSO AN EULOGY: By JUDGE MINOT" printed by J. Bateson, Soho, 28 pages, measuring 8.75" x 5.75", bound in later 19th century with fresh "Belfast - 1833" watermarked endpapers, 3/4 Leather Marbled Hardcovers disbound, internally near mint, clean and lovely, beautifully printed upon crisp Untrimmed original period laid paper. Lee famously eulogized George Washington to both Houses of Congress and before a crowd of 4,000 at the first President's funeral held on December 26, 1799, where he uttered his world famous statement in tribute, "... first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Exceedingly rare, we find no recent auction record, and the first we have offered of this truly wonderful, historic Washington Eulogy Given By American Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer and Major General Henry Lee.
Henry Lee III (1756 - 1818) was an early American Patriot who served as the Ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. During the American Revolution, Lee served as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army and earned the nickname "Light-Horse Harry". Lee was the father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
From 1786 to 1788, Lee was a Delegate to the Continental Congress, and in the last-named year in the Virginia Convention, he favored the adoption of the United States Constitution. From 1789 to 1791, he served in the General Assembly and, from 1791 to 1794, was Governor of Virginia.
In 1794, Lee accompanied Washington to help the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania. A new county of Virginia was named after him during his Governorship. Henry Lee was a Major General in the U.S. Army in 1798-1800. From 1799 to 1801, he served in the United States House of Representatives of the Congress.
He famously eulogized General Washington to both Houses of Congress and a crowd of 4,000 at the first President's funeral on December 26, 1799, where he stated the historic line: "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
Our Auction Contents:
Black History & Slavery: (Lots 1 - 63)
Abraham Lincoln Related: (Lots 64 - 74)
Historic Autographs: (Lots 75 - 235)
Colonial America: (Lots 236 - 261)
Revolutionary War: (Lots 262 - 304)
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