A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane.

  • Boston Athenaeum.
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[1897]
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Credit: A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenæum / compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    445 *Agricultural Society of New York, i vol. 4to. New York. Society for the Proinotion of Agriculture, Arts, and Manu- factures. Transactions. Parts I, II. New York. 1792-94. A. 446 ^Transactions of the Agricultural Society of New York, i vol. Same. Transactions. Part I. New York. 1792. A. 450 ^Account of dilferent Kind of Sheep, i vol. 8vo. Pallas, Peter Simon. An account of the different kinds of sheep found in the Russian dominions and among the Tartar hordes of Asia. Edinburgh. 1794. 475 Judge Peters on Plaster of Paris, i vol. Peters, Richard. Agricultural enquiries on plaister of Paris. Phila. 1797. 8°. The Athenaeum has a copy of this bound with two other pam- phlets in the volume lettered “ Sketches and Inquiries” (no. 431). The above entry must indicate another copy which does not seem to have been sold or noticed. 16 ^Price’s Carpenter, i vol. Price, Francis. The British carpenter; or, A treatise on carpentry. London. 1768. A. 316 ^Horseman and Farrier, i vol. Solleysell, Jacques de. The compleat horseman; or Perfect farrier. London. 1729. A. 428 *Practical Farmer, i vol. Spurrier, John. The practical farmer, being a new and compendious system of husbandry, adapted to the different soils and climates of America. Wilmington. 1793. A. 7 Elements of Rigging, 2 vols. [Steel, David.] Elements and practice of rigging and seamanship. Numerous folding plates. 2 vols. London. 1794. 4°. A. Sold at the 1876 sale (lot 92) for $9. The author wrote to Washington from London, loth July, 1795.— “ A very old and worthy friend of mine, M'. Christopher Rich- mond, received from me, some months ago, a copy of a new work, ‘The Elements and Practice of Rigging, Seamanship, and Naval Tactics.’ Thinking it would serve my interest, he introduced it to the notice of the War Department of your United States; and it became, as I understand, an official deposit there. He since sug- gested to me, that I had an opportunity of shewing, according to my sphere, the very high respect he had often heard me express for you: and I thank him for the hint. “ Give me leave therefore, sir, to request that you will place in your library the accompanying volumes. The part I have taken in them you will find in the preface; and I hope you will think the work of respectable execution. . . .” $2.00 1.00 •50 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.50 20.00