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Above: In December 1799, George Washington died of pneumonia at his home in Mount Vernon. His last words were, "Tis Well."
Shortly after, the immigrant printer Christian Jacob Hütter printed this 16-page memorial to his adopted country's first president.
This eulogy is a two-scene dialog set in the afterlife, where George Washingtion is greeted by historical figures already there, including Christopher Columbus, William Penn, and Ben Franklin.
Also included are songs celebrating American freedom or Freiheit, songs titled Americanisches Freiheitslied and Lob der Freiheit.
This rather rare pamphlet is almost never seen; I have located it only one other library, The Library of Congress.
For me, this little book is a memorial for Washington and Hütter, both.
