Washington's Reception by the Ladies on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J., April 1789, on His Way to be Inaugurated First President of the United States

Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier American
 Sitter George Washington American

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George Washington on horseback, accompanied by other gentlemen, is greeted by ladies bearing flowers as he rides over the bridge at Trenton. Banners bear the following inscriptions: "Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776" "The Defender of the Mothers will be the Proctector of the Daughters."

Washington's Reception by the Ladies on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J., April 1789, on His Way to be Inaugurated First President of the United States, Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813–1888 New York), Hand-colored lithograph

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