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May 20, 2002 · The address was first printed in Claypoole’s American Daily Advertiser for 19 Sept. 1796, where it was given a date of 17 September. Except for the date change and variations in capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, the published version reproduced the ADS.
- Neutrality Proclamation
Printed copy, DNA: RG 46, Third Congress, 1793–95, Senate...
- Enclosure
The quotation in this address, was composed, and intended to...
- James Madison to Gw, 20 June 1792
Having been left to myself, for some days past, I have made...
- Neutrality Proclamation
September 19, 1796 Source Miller Center In one of the most famous addresses in American history, Washington declines to seek a third term as President, and he thanks the American people for entrusting him with the position.
The letter was first published as The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States in Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1796, about ten weeks before the presidential electors cast their votes in the 1796 election.
President George Washington’s Farewell Address - 1796 (abridged) Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in
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In 1796, President George Washington published his “Farewell Address” to the nation. After two terms in office, Washington decided to retire from public life—clearing the way for the peaceful transfer of power from one President to another.
Farewell Address to the People of the United States | Monday, September 19, 1796. #foreign policy #government. Editorial Notes. Washington's admonition to Americans to avoid foreign entanglements stemmed from his own personal experience.
May 20, 2002 · [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, ed. David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 722.]
