Description
Signed by Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, Acts Passed at a Congress of The United States of America, in Commemoration of the Opening of the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. September 27, 2013.
Quarto, xiv, [15]-93, [13pp]. Publisher’s imitation calf binding, title stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers, with facsimile of Washington’s bookplate on the front endpaper. Includes a 48-page program for the Grand Opening celebration. Housed in custom blue cloth box, invitation to the event on the front pastedown, lined with brown felt, silk bookmark, blue paper slipcase.
This work is signed by President Jimmy Carter, who signed it with a full signature, and Bill Clinton, who dated his signature “10/13/16.”
This work is a reproduction of the official printing of the Acts of the first Congress, including the first official printing of the Bill of Rights. (Evans 22189) (Sabin 15493)
