Exceedingly rare, print on silk, titled “An Elegiac Poem on the Death of George Washington Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States, Who died at Mount Vernon, Virginia, 14th December, 1799, Aged 69 years. Dedicated to the Citizens of the Unites States.”, issued in the wake of George Washington's Death, poem is in three vertical columns within a decorative pediment and tombstone design., printed 17 days after Washington's death, on January 1, 1800, by R. Aitken and is listed in the "Threads of History" reference book as #18. Missing in virtually every collection and museum. Provenance: The Hoes family, Wayland, MA by descent of President James Monroe, 19 x 11 1/2 inches.

Separations on center folds, minor losses to lower border, some staining