ELECTION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.


The Massachusetts Centinel,Vol XI, no 5. Boston: April 1, 1789. 4 pp (paginated 17-20). Folio (372 x 230 mm). Woodcut headpiece, engraved decorations to p 3 and 4. Disbound. Some toning and spotting, small losses at spine."GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ. IS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." Page 2, column 3 features a heading, "Southern Mails," which reports that on March 18 in Philadelphia, "since the votes of the electors of South Carolina and Georgia have been known, it appears that illustrious soldier and venerated citizen" George Washington has been elected President.