The History of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington as First President of the United States (Classic Reprint) 12+

🔖 Excerpt from The History of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington as First President of the United StatesA. Brock, Librarian of the Virginia Historical Society; Justin Winsor, Librarian of Har vard University; General Charles G. Loring, Curator of the Museum of Fine Arts, Bos ton; Arthur Mason Knapp, of the Boston Public Library; Edmund Mills Barton, Li brarian of the American Antiquarian Society; George H. Moore, Librarian of the Lenox Library; Amos Perry, Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society; Frank B. Gay, Librarian of the Connecticut Historical Society; Charles J. Hoadly, Librarian of the State Library of Connecticut; and to State Librarians, Librarians of Historical Societies, and gentlemen connected with scores of other public institutions throughout the United States. To the United States Ministers at the courts of England, France, Spain, Holland, and Sweden; to Henry Vignaud, of the United States Legation at Paris; and to B. F. Stevens, of London, the thanks of the committee are likewise due. The list is a long one of gentlemen in this country whose services in connection with the publication of the Memorial Volume can not be forgotten - John Jay, John Bigelow, Richard Watson Gilder, Alexander W. Drake, Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, Moncure D. Conway, major-general George 'w. Cullum, and William Hayes Ward, of-new York Robert C. Winthrop, Thomas Jefferson coo]idge,judge Mellen Chamberlain, and Samuel H. Russell, of Boston; Willia...