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CONTENTS.
Description of the Arms of the Washington Family..
The Washington Family in England..
A Baronial Residence of the Family...
Washington's Seals, and Books in his Library.
Reference to his Birth-Place.
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The Family of Washington's Mother. His Birth.
His Birth-day and Change in the Calendar.....
Home of the Washington Family on the Rappahannock.
Place of Washington's Birth described....
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Letters of Washington and Richard Henry Lee, in childhood..
Death of Washington's Father.....
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Lawrence Washington. Admiral Vernon..
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Lawrence with Admiral Vernon on a Naval Expedition..
Siege of Carthagena; Lawrence Washington at Home..
Lawrence Washington's Mansion. Mount Vernon Estate..
The first Mansion at Mount Vernon..
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The Surroundings of George Washington's Boyhood...
Account of Lord Fairfax's Life and Death....
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Society at Mount Vernon. Young Washington prepares for Sea...
His Mother interferes, and he returns to School.....
Washington's first Love. Temptation and Constancy.
His Early Sports and regular Occupation..
Experience as a Surveyor and in Wood-craft..
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Appointed a public Surveyor. Disposition of his implements.
Washington's Military Genius awakened........
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Lawrence and George Washington in Barbadoes. Lawrence dies..
George inherits Mount Vernon and Paternal Estate.
Conflicting interests of the English and French in America.
Washington, a Virginia Major, performs a Perilous Errand..
Major Washington leads an Expedition against the French...
Washington continued in the Public Service. Commissioned a Colonel. 55
First meeting of Washington and Braddock....
Washington with Braddock. Battle of the Monongahela.
His Personal Losses. His Errand to Boston..
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Enamored of Mary Phillips on the Banks of the Hudson..
His rival, and their different destinies....
Washington leads Troops toward Fort Du Quesne.
End of Campaign. Return of Washington to Mt. Vernon..
Delegate in the Virginia Assembly. His Courtship...
Story of his Courtship continued.....
Marriage engagement with Martha Custis....
The Young Widow's First Husband. Her Fortune.
The Marriage; its Place and Circumstances..
The Washington Family at Mount Vernon..
Character of Mrs. Washington. Mt. Vernon Estate..
Articles used in the House during Washington's Bachelorhood...
Orders preparatory to the reception of a Wife...
Articles ordered by Washington as a Husband.
Articles used by a Virginia Lady, in 1760.....
Works of Art ordered for the Mt. Vernon Mansion...
Articles used by a Virginia Boy a Century ago
Articles used by a Virginia Girl a Century ago..
Glimpses of Domestic Arrangements at Mt. Vernon..
Washington's daily Life revealed by his Diaries..
Social Enjoyments, Sports and Amusements.
Mrs. Washington's Equipage for the Road...
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Washington's fine Horses. His appearance on Horseback..
The Equestrian Outfit of a Virginia Gentleman..
Aquatic Sports. Social enjoyments abroad....
Washington in the Civil Service. Life at the Capital....
Washington's Home Habits. Industry, Economy and Method..
He writes with a Gold Pen. Keeps a Diary through Life...
His Accounts, Correspondence and attention to his Farm.
Washington as a Farmer. His Table Habits.....
The Product of his Farm. Character of his Flour..
The Mount Vernon Wharf...
Shadows of coming Events....
Washington's long training for the approaching Struggle.
George Mason, his neighbor and Friend.....
Washington's Connection with the Church of England..
The establishment of Pohick Church......
Washington as an Architect and Draughtsman..
Ministers at Pohick Church. Mason L. Weems..
Character and occupation of Weems...
Washington a Vestryman in Alexandria.
Pohick Church in decay......
The Author's experience in Pohick Church.
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The interior of the Church.....
Charles Wilson Peale, the Painter;....
Peale paints the first Portrait of Washington...
Rembrandt Peale's account of Field, the Painter.
History of the Study of Washington's Portrait....
Peale paints a miniature Likeness of Mrs. Washington...
Death of Mrs. Washington's Daughter...
Tokens of the Storm of the Revolution..
Washington chosen a Delegate to the First Continental Congress..
Assembling of the Delegates. Conference at Mt. Vernon..
Washington and Friends on their journey to Philadelphia..
Opening of the First Congress. Its Character...
Local changes at Mt. Vernon....
Social gathering of a Patriot Army..
Distinguished Visitors at Mount Vernon..
Charles Lee and Horatio Gates....
Character and Conduct of Charles Lee.....
Character and Career of Horatio Gates..
Washington in the Virginia Assembly. Patrick Henry..
News at Mount Vernon of the Battle of Lexington..
Washington departs for Philadelphia..
Congress and a Continental Army....
Washington Commander-in chief of the Continental Army.
Mrs. Washington in Camp. Washington's Letters to her.
Siege of Boston. Honors conferred on Washington.
His Achievements in New Jersey. Hessian Flag..
Washington's last Victory and last Trophy.
Domestic and Social Life at Mount Vernon..
Mount Vernon during the War. Temporizing rebuked..
Arrival of Washington at Mount Vernon in 1781......
Greeting of the Family and Servants. Distinguished Guests.
Public Duty regarded as parmount to Private Interest..
Washington hastens to join Lafayette......
The Count de Rochambeau and Marquis de Chastellux...
Washington's playful Letter to de Chastellux...
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De Chastellux's Widow. The Family at Mt. Vernon in 1781....
A cotemporary's description of the Person and Character of Washington. 125
Washington Visits his Mother on his way to Yorktown..
John Parke Custis and his Family....
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Surrender of Cornwallis. Illness of J. P. Custis....
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Death of Mr. Custis. Washington adopts his Children as his own.. ... 127
Eleanor Parke and George Washington Parke Custis, Foster Children.. 128
Washington again visits his Mother and his Home. Ball at Fredericks-
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News of a Treaty of Peace. How Washington received it..
Washington's Announcement of Peace. Army disbanded..
British Evacuate New York. Washington parts with his Officers......
He publicly resigns his Commission at Annapolis.....
His satisfaction in returning to Private Life.....
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His Military Garments then laid aside.....
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History of Washington's Battle Sword. Franklin wills him his Cane.. 134.
Morris's Poem on the Sword and Cane......
Washington's Camp Chest and Contents described..
His Accommodations for a Dinner Party at West Point.
Washington's Camp Goblet. History of his Marquee..
His Writing-Desk and its Associations.....
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The Marquee and its Revolutionary Associations..
Its occasional Uses and Usefulness after the War.
History of the Cincinnati Society....
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The Objects of the Society stated.....
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State Societies. The Order of the Cincinnati.
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Description of the jewelled Order presented to Washington..
Description of the Member's Certificate of the Cincinnati.
Washington chosen first President of the Society..
A Merry and Happy Christmas day at Mount Vernon.
Washington's experience of the Happiness of Retirement..
He resumes the old Social Habits of Mount Vernon.
Lafayette expected there.. Letter to Madam Lafayette.
Simplicity of Life at Mount Vernon. Open Hospitality.
Enlargement of the House at Mount Vernon....
Description of the Mansion as Washington left it.
Surroundings of the Mansion. Washington his own Architect..
He provides for importing Pavement Stone from England..........
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He makes arrangements for the employment of English Mechanics.... 153
He imports the Tools for their use.....
Preparations for Ornamental Planting at Mount Vernon..
Description of the Lawn at the West front of the Mansion.
Description of the arrangement of the Tree-planting..
Account of the Seed and Tool Houses, and Conservatory..
Account of the Tropical and other Plants that survived Washington. 158
An ancient Sago Palm described and delineated...
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Destruction of Washington's Conservatory by fire. Its Ruins...
Account of the Ice-house and Dry-well at Mt. Vernon.....
Description of the Summer House and its Surroundings.
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Washington's Minute Memorandum of Direction and Distances....
Lafayette visits Mount Vernon.......
History of Lafayette's connection with the Continental Army.
Portrait of Lafayette, by Charles Wilson Peale.....
Lafayette's arrival at New York. His Letter to Washington.
His arrival at Mount Vernon. Crowd of Visitors there...
Washington and Lafayette Free and Accepted Masons..
Madam Lafayette presents Washington with a Masonic Apron.
Subsequent History of that Apron.....
Other Masonic Regalia presented to Washington
Washington's Correspondence on the Subject.
How the Regalia was made. Its history. ...
Public honors given to Washington. Bronze statue proposed....
Washington's Portrait Painted by Dunlap..
Plaster-cast taken of his Face by Wright....
Wright's Work accidentally destroyed..
Legislature of Virginia order a Statue of Washington...
Account of the Statue. The Inscription...
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Public Proceedings concerning the Statue. Washington's Letter..
Methods used for procuring a good likeness.....
Houdon employed to make it. Jefferson's Letter.
Arrival of Houdon at Mt. Vernon. His work....
Houdon's Method of obtaining a likeness...
Description and Delineation of the Statue..
Gouverneur Morris the Model for the Figure
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Pine, the Painter. His professional Visit at Mount Vernon.
Washington dislikes sitting to Painters. Other Portraits by Pine..... 181
Elizabeth Parke and G. W. Parke Custis. History of Pine's Portrait... 182
French Hounds sent to Mount Vernon..... 183
Washington's Pack before the Revolution. The French Hounds.. 184
A magnificent Chimney-piece presented to Washington.... 185
Description of the Chimney-piece...... . 186
Description of the Fire-place. Ornaments on the Shelf....
Exchange of Presents. Asses from the Royal Stud at Madrid.......
Description of the Jack Asses. Completion of the Mansion..
Washington employs Tobias Lear as Secretary.....
Condition of the Country. Necessity for political changes.
Washington Apprehensive concerning the Future. A Movement...... 193
Convention for remodelling the Government. National Constitution... 194
Col. Humphreys a Resident at Mount Vernon. His character...
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He brings a Present to Washington from the King of France..
His Literary Labors at Mount Vernon.....
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