The Catalog of a Bicentennial Exhibition
Commemorating the Period of National Mourning

by
Mary Anne Andrei

with a foreword by
Philander D. Chase

FEATURING ORIGINAL ART, LITHOGRAPHS,
PRINTED BOOKS, BROADSIDES, NEWSPAPERS, AND
ANTIQUARIAN OBJECTS RELATING TO THE PERIOD
OF NATIONAL MOURNING FOLLOWING THE DEATH
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, GENERAL OF THE
CONTINENTAL ARMY AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL
COLLECTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA,
THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND
THE KENMORE ASSOCIATION

Stettinius Gallery, Alderman Library
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
February 11th to May 7th, 1999

Copyright 1999 by the Papers of George Washington

A Concert of Mourning was funded by
the Papers of George Washington
and the Associates of the University of Virginia Library.

The Papers of George Washington
Alderman Library, the University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400117
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4117
http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers

Title Page 1 | 2 | Foreword | Introduction | The Final Days | Deathbed Scene | The Funeral | Immediate Response
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