The United States Gazette. Vol. IV No. 81, Whole No. 405. Philadelphia, 9 March 1793. 4 pages, folio, disbound, 9 7/8 x 16 1/4 in. 

Washington had little enthusiasm for his second term as President of the United States. He had initially intended to step down after his first term and had even drafted an address, yet he was convinced that his leadership was necessary for the continuation of the young nation, especially with the ongoing political conflicts between rivals Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. He was again unanimously selected by the Electoral College. 

He delivered his second inaugural address in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia and, at 135 words, it remains the shortest inaugural address ever delivered. It is published in full on page 3, beginning: "I am again called upon by the voice of my Country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate. When the occasion proper for it shall arrive, I shall endeavor to express the high sense I entertain of this distinguished honor, and of the confidence which has been reposed in me, by the people of United America."

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