Farewell Address

Farewell Address,
issued by Washington to the people of the U.S. on his retirement from the presidency, was first published in Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Sept. 17, 1796). This monument of American policy, probably written with the aid of Hamilton and Madison, explains Washington's course as President, emphasizes the need for a firm central government, warns against party strife, and inveighs against “entangling alliances” with foreign governments.