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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    MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. 251 Benezet’s Discourse, i vol. $0.2^ This may be The potent Enemies of America laid open. Phila. [1774.] 16°. See page 21 of the Catalogue. 343 *Bentham’s Panopticon, 3 vols. 2.00 Bentham, Jeremy. Panopticon, or the inspection-house. London. 1791. A. Panopticon : postscript, part I, 2. 2 vols. London. 1791. A. 44 Chapman on Education, i vol. .75 Chapman, George, LL.D. A treatise on education, with a sketch of the author’s methods. Edinburgh. 1773. 12°. A fifth edition, London. 1792. 8°. This was sent by the author with a letter dated Sept. 27, 1783. Washington replied, Dec. 15, 1784, from Mount Vernon,— “ Not until within a few days have I been honor’d with your favor of the 27'.'’ of Sept^ 1783 accompanying your treatise on education. “ My sentiments are perfectly in unison with yours Sir, that the best means of forming a manly, virtuous and happy people, will be found in the right education of youth. — Without iAis foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail; & it gives me pleas- ure to find that Gentlemen of your abilities are devoting their time & attention in pointing out the way. — For your lucubrations on this Subject which you have been so obliging as to send me, I pray you to accept my thanks, & an expression of the pleasure I felt at the declaration of your intention to devote a further portion of your time to so useful a study. Of the importance of educa- tion our Assemblies, happily, seem fully impressed; — they estab- lishing new & giving further endowments to the old Seminaries of learning, and I persuade myself — will leave nothing unessayed to cultivate literature & useful knowledge, for the purpose of qualifying the rising generation for patrons of good government, virtue & happiness.” 99 * Masonic Constitution, i vol. 4to. i.oo The Constitutions of the ancient and honourable fraternity of free and accepted masons. Worcester. 1792. 513 ^Letters in the English and German Language, i vol. .25 Croft, Sir Herbert. A letter, from Germany, to the Princess Royal of England, on the English and German languages. Hamburg. 1797. Pres. 349 ^Columbian Grammar, i vol. .50 Dearborn, Benj. The Columbian grammar. Boston. 1795. A. Pres.