THE

WRITINGS

OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON;

BEING HIS

CORRESPONDENCE, ADDRESSES, MESSAGES, AND OTHER

PAPERS, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE,

SELECTED AND PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS;

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

NOTES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

BY JARED SPARKS.

VOLUME XII.

BOSTON:
AMERICAN STATIONERS' COMPANY.

JOHN B. RUSSELL.

E 312.7

1837

Entered according the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight

hundred and thirty-seven, by JARED SPARKS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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PART FIFTH;

COMPRISING

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TO CONGRESS,

PROCLAMATIONS,

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ADDRESSES.