Drawing and letter [manuscript], n.d. and 1913.

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Drawing and letter [manuscript], n.d. and 1913.

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Pen and ink drawing of George Washington as he appeared in September 1780 by James Maury. With the drawing is a provenance note, 1913 January 30, by H. Lowndes Maury, stating that the drawing was done by Maury late in life from memory on a leaf from Montesquieu's "Spirit of the laws."

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