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Necker, M., dismissed from his post as minister of finance, in France..

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inscriptions on bust of, presented to Washington...
picture of bust of Necker, presented to Washington....

Newport, Rhode Island, Washington makes a voyage to, for the benefit of his health.
North, Lord, culotions of, on hearing of the defeat of Cornwallis.

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Oath of office administered to Washington in 1793, by Judge Cushing..

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Occoquan Falls, mills at, destroyed by Lord Dunmore..

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Ode to Washington sung at Trenton....

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Ogden, Charles S., original study of Peale's first portrait of Washington, in possession of........ 97
Olmutz, dungeon at, the prison of Lafayette for three years..
Oration pronounced by General Henry Lee, on the occasion of the funeral of Washington.. 346
Otis, Mr., holds the Bible at Washington's inauguration.............

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Packsaddle used by Washington on his expedition to the Ohio country in 1758, picture of... 53
Paine, Thomas, letter of to Washington respecting the key of the Bastile.

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letter of to Washington respecting the success of “The Rights of Man,”.
Washington shamefully abused by, in a published letter..

Patrick Henry's opinion of Washington.......

Patrick Henry, Washington heard the burning words of, in the Virginia Assembly.
Peace, desire for in England....

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paints Washington at Mount Vernon in 1772..
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fac-simile of his receipt for ten guineas for painting miniature of Mrs. Washington, 97
ordered by Gov. Harrison to paint a portrait of Washington to make a statue froin, 175
emblematic paintings by, on the occasion of Washington's retirement from office..296
Peale, Rembrandt, his history of the Pitcher Portrait and the eulogy on the back of it.....263
Pendleton, Edmund, at Mount Vernon on his way to the first Congress.
Peters, Judge, meets Washington on the frontiers of Pennsylvania.

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Pinckney, Gov. Charles Cotesworth, receives Washington at the wharf in Charleston, in 1791, 269

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Plate, Washington's, picture of pieces of, at Arlington House....
Pohick Church, Washington attends...

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Precedents established for the President of the United States....
Presence of Washington, remarkable sense of awe caused by.

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Protestant Episcopal Church, burial service of Washington according to the ritual of.
Provisional Army, Washington appointed commander-in-chief of, in view of the impending
war with France...

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major-generals and other officers appointed by Washington....

Punch-bowl, tea-table, and sideboard, picture of....

Putnam, Life of, written at Mount Vernon by Humphreys...

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Randolph, Peyton, chosen president of first Congress...

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Ranney, letter of Washington to, in relation to his sending flag-stones, &c., from England... 153
Rawlins, Mr., one of Washington's overseers, sent for to bleed Washington in his last illness, 332
Reading of Washington at his second inauguration.

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Receptions of Mrs. Washington....

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Receptions of Washington at New York and at Philadelphia...
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, interesting correspondence of Wash-
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Remains of Washington, account of the re-entombment of, in 1837.
Resolution, important, passed by the first Congress ...

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Retirement from office of Washington, extract from a newspaper of the day, describing a

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Ripon, Earl of, present owner of the English seat of the Washington family.

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Rush, the late venerable Richard, incident related by, illustrating the feelings of Washington
toward Lafayette in misfortune....

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Bago palm at Mount Vernon....

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St. John's Lodge, in New York, in possession of the Bible used at Washington's inauguration, 217
Sarcophagi of Washington and his wife, description of.....
Seal, impression of Washington's, attached to a death-warrant.
Seal, impression of Washington's last watch, picture of......
Seal-ring, picture of Washington's.....

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Seals, Washington's watch, lost on Braddock's field and in Virginia, and afterward found.... 31
pictures of.........

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Sharpless, James, his profile portraits of Washington and Mrs. Washington said to be the best
likenesses extant

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Sharpless, Mrs., beautiful miniature of Washington by.
Shield, silver, on Washington's coffin, picture of....

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Sideboard, black walnut, that belonged to Lawrence Washington, now at Arlington House. 316
Silver candlestick, Washington's, picture of........

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Spaniards, depredations of, on British commerce in the West Indies..
Spy-glass, Washington's anecdote in connection with...

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Statuary, orders of Washington for, from London.....
Statue, bronze, of Washington, ordered by Congress..

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to be made by the best sculptor in Europe..
Statue of Washington, ordered by the legislature of Virginia....
Steuben, Baron, at Washington's inauguration.....

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Stockton, Annis, assistance of, in honoring Washington at Trenton..
Strickland, Mr., his description of the personal appearance of Major Lewis in 1887.
Struthers, Mr. John, marble sarcophagi presented by, for the re-entombing of the remains

of Washington and his wife, in 1837...

Stuart, David, Washington wills his telescope and shaving apparatus to..

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Sword and staff, Washington's and Franklin's, picture of, and ode by George P. Morris...
Sword, Washington's, picture of.......

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Table, particular description by Rev. Ashbel Greene of Washington's habits at..
Tea-table, Washington's, now at Arlington house, description of...

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Telescope, Washington's, in the possession of the wife of Rev. A. B. Atkinson..

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Telescope, Washington's pocket, presented to General Jackson..

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Thomson, Charles, secretary of Congress, carries to Washington at Mount Vernon, a notice

Thornton, Dr., his plan for the capitol approved of by Washington....

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Threshing-machine, letter of Washington to General Henry Lee respecting one............. 287
Tomb of Washington broken into thirty years after his death..

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Vaughan Samuel, presents a marble chimney-piece to Washington

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Vault, the Washington family, site of a proposed new one indicated to Major Lewis by
Washington, a few days before his death.............

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Vault, the Washington family, directions left in the General's will concerning
Vault, old, of the Washington family, picture of .....

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Vernon, Admiral, commander-in-chief of the English navy in the West Indies....
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Virginia, address of legislature of, to Washington..

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Von Berckel, copy of an allegorical picture painted by the wife of..

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Vulcan, a French hound, anecdote of..

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Walker, Colonel, aide to Baron Steuben, takes a letter to Gov. Clinton from Mount Vernon, 132
Wallace, words of, brought to memory of the author, while occupied in sketching the death-

chamber of Washington...

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Warville, Brissot de, at Mount Vernca....

Washington and the Fairfaxes in Virginia in political opposition..
Washington, a page of Charles I., dies at Madrid.

Washington, Augustine, father of George, death of

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bequeaths Hunting Creek estate to Lawrence .......

Washington Benevolent Society, recipient of Washington's masonic apron
Washington, Bushrod, wills his watch to Mr. Adams..

receives a sword from General Washington..

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becomes master of Mount Vernon on the death of Mrs. Washington. ............. 250
Washington, Colonel William, hospitalities of proffered to Washington on his Southern tour, 268
Washington family emigrate to America nine years after the death of Charles I............ 29
Washington, George, a boy at Mount Vernon....

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a letter from his uncle to his mother decides her against his going to sea.........
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his mother endeavors to dissuade him from going to the field again...

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most of the time in camp for four years afterward, except when sick.. ............. 58
his journey to Boston in 1756..

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journey of, to Philadelphia as delegate in the first Congross...................................................... 103

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letters of, alluding to his retirement after the war, to Knox and Lafayette...

Washington, George A., ill health of, in 1792....

distress of Washington on account of the mortal sickness of....
Washington, George Steptoe, receives a sword from the General.....
Washington, Harriet, a resident of Mount Vernon....

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present at the attack of Admiral Vernon and General Wentworth on Carthagens.
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adjutant-general of his district......

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Washington Lodge, Alexandria, Washington's masonic apron in..................................................
Washington, Lund, the General's overseer.....

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reproved by the General for saving Mount Vernon from destruction by giving al
to the enemies of his country.

Washington, Mrs., portraits of children of..

letters to, from her husband, destroyed by her.
grandchildren of, painted by Pine........

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reply of, to Congress, respecting the disposition of the remains of her husband..... 348

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Watson and Cossoul, correspondence of, with Washington respecting his masonic apron.... 169
Watson, Elkanah, anecdote of his, respecting his visit at Mount Vernon..

remarks of, in relation to Washington's masonic apron..

Watson, John F., owns Washington's military button......

Weems, Rev. Mason L., officiates at Pohick Church.

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Westford, sole survivor of Judge Washington's slaves, portrait of..

White, General Anthony Walton, picture of gold pen presented to, by Washington...........
"Widow of Malabar," translated by Humphreys at Mt. Vernon, performed at Philadelphia..
Will of Washington, executed in July, 1799, written out entirely by himself...
Wine-coolers, disposition of, that belonged to Washington...........

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Winstanley, William, landscapes "Morning" and "Evening" painted for Washington by.
Wolcott, Oliver, of Connecticut, prudence of.....

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Worcester, English city of, defended by Henry Washington against Fairfax

Wright, Joseph, paints portraits of Washington and his wife..

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attempts to take a plaster mould from Washington's face..
makes a medal die of Washington.

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Yellow fever in Philadelphia iz 1794, Washington retires to Mount Vernon to avoid........... 286
Yrujo, Marquis d', the Spanish minister, the guest of Washington in 1796 at Mount Vernon.. 289
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