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At the close of this exhibition the material was requested by Woodward and Lothrop in connection with the Fifth War Loan Drive and the books together with other features comprising the Jefferson exhibit, were shown in the GStreet windows of Woodward’s from July 1 to July 11, 1944.
“We realize that the books are irreplaceable and for that reason their loan to the department is appreciated.’’
In the preface of this set of books is written the following description of their contents:
The Memoir contained in the first volume, commences with circumstantial notices of his earliest life; and is continued to his arrival in New York, March, 1790,, when he entered on the duties of the Departmnet of State, of which he had been just appointed Secretary.
The contents of the Memoir, succeeding the biographical pages, may be designated as following:
(1) ..General facts and anecdotes relating to the origin and early stages of the contest with Great Britain.
(2) Historical circumstances relating to the Confederation of the States. - * ...
(3) Facts and anecdotes, local and general, preliminary to the Declaration of Independence.
<4) An exact account of the circumstances attending that memorial act, in its preparation and its progress through congress, with a copy from the original draught, in the same hand, showing the alterations made in the draught bj Congress. >
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