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announced to Congress by Hon. John Marshall of Virginia
Delaunay, governor of the Bastile....

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Death of Washington, system of management, written by the General, completed only four
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health and vigor of Washington only a few days before...
detailed account of the illness preceding...

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D'Estaing presents a bust of M. Necker to Washington..

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Destiny of Washington,” an allegorical painting.

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Diary, Wash.ngton's, kept in the blank leaves of the Virginia Almanac..

extract from, concerning furniture....

note made in it on the 11th of December, 1799...

Dick, Dr., consulted by Dr. Crack on the occasion of Washington's last illness.
Dinner, at the table of Washington, the artist Robertson's description of...
Dinner, farewell, of Washington, at Philadelphia, in 1797......

Dinner, Washington sits down to, without changing his damp clothes, December 12, 1799... 320
Dinwiddie, Governor, sends Washington to Ohio..

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Dress of Washington at his second inauguration minutely described..
Dress-sword of Washington, picture of.

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Duer, President, on the anxiety of citizens to see Washington on his retirement from office, 295
Dunlap, William, paints Washington's portrait..

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Earl of Buchan, letter of, accompanying the oaken box sent by him to Washington.
Elizabethtown Point; Washington met at, by a committee of Congress..
Elkanah Watson, anecdote of his, respecting his visit at Mount Vernon.
Ellenborough, Lord, nephew of, marries the granddaughter of Mrs. Washington.
Emblazoning on Washington's coach,..

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English traders driven away from the Ohio by the French...
Etiquette, doubts of Washington in relation to

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Eulogy of Washington written on the back of the Pitcher Portrait.

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Eulogy of Washington, written on the back of the Sharpless profile.....................

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Evans, Mrs. Eliza, daughter of General Anthony Walton White.
Evening a landscape, by Winstanley.....

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Everett, Edward, large sum paid by, into the treasury of the Ladies' Mount Vernon A880-

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Fairfax, Washington a vestryman of the parish of
Family dinner at Washington's house in New York

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Family plate of Washington made over again in New York, and additions made to, in 1789.. 265
several pieces of, now in use at Arlington House.

Farowell Address of Washington, prepared by Washington at Mount Vernon

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profound sensation caused by its publication .

said by Alison to be unequalled as an uninspired composition...
Farewell dinner of Washington at Philadelphia, in 1797...

Federal city, Major L'Enfant employed to make a plan and survey of..
named by the commissioners without Washington's knowledge.
point of land selected by Washington for the

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Field, an English painter, takes a button from Washington's coat.

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Flag, British, captured at Yorktown, presented to Washington, picture of.
Flag Hessian, presented to Washington.

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Flower-garden at Mount Vernon, plants in...

Fort du Quesne taken possession of by Colonel Washington

France, hostile attitude of, in 1795...

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pacific relations with, on the overthrow of the Directory by Napoleon Bonaparte.. 324
unanimity of military leaders in looking to Washington in the impending war with, 321
Franklin, Dr., to superintend making of statue of Washington....

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Franklin's staff willed to Washington...

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Fraunces' Tavern, at New York, Washington parted with his officers at.
Frederick the Great, his praise of Washington

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French Directory, insolent attitude of, toward the United States..

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French dominion ceases south of Lake Erie, on Washington's taking Fort du Quesne.......
French minister, furniture of, purchased by Washington

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Frestel, M., tutor of young Lafayette, favorable mention of, by Washington....
Funeral of Washington, detailed account of......

minute guns fired from schooner of Mr. Robert Hamilton, during.
Funeral procession of Washington, gentlemen who made the arrangements for.
composition and order of.....

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Germantown, Washington proposes to call Congress together at, in consequence of the pres-

ence of yellow fever in Philadelphia.
family of Washington at, in the summer of 1794.

Giles, Tommy, notice of....

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Gist, agent of English Ohio Company, questioned by an Indian.
Glass-ware, first manufactured in the United States..

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Gloucester, Duke of, speaks of the Americans in presence of Lafayette.

Goblets, silver, belonging to Washington..

(+ picture of one.

Gold medal decreed to Washington by Congress for the recovery of Boston

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Gorget, silver, worn by Washington, while in the colonial service, history of, by Mr. Quincy £59
Graham, Mrs. Macaulay, modest allusion of Washington to the visit of, in 1785..
Gray's Ferry, Washington's reception at..

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Greene, General, Washington dines with the widow of, in 1791.

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Greene, Rev. Ashbel, particular description by, of Washington's habits at table.
Greenway Court.

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Greenwood, Isaac I., owner of Washington's pistols

Gunston Hall, the seat of George Mason..

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Hale, Sir Matthew, his "Contemplations Moral and Divine," read by Washington's mother, 31
Hallam, Lewis, at the head of a company of players..........

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proposes a convention of states to amend the Articles of Confederation.

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Hamilton, Mr. Robert, fires minute guns from his schooner during the funeral of Washington 341
Harpsichord presented to Nelly Custis by Washington..

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governor of Virginia, letter of, respecting the statue of Washington.

Harrison, Benjamin, goes with Washington to the Congress in 1775.

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Home of Washington, as it was in 1759

Home and tomb of Washington to be ever cherished as memorial treasures.
Hopkinson, Francis, portrait of, painted by Pine...

letter of Washington to, in relation to his sitting to Pine for his portrait..
Hospitalitics, Washington's, reasons for declining, on his Southern tour in 1791
Houdon, the sculptor, engaged to make a statue of Washington

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Houdon's bust of Washington, picture of 163—the Original mask.

Humphreys, Colonel, accompanies Washington to Mount Vernon in 1781.

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Ice-house at Mount Vernon, picture of.

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Inauguration of John Adams.

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Inauguration of Washington, as first president of the United States...

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Jackson, Major, accompanies Washington to Mount Vernon and on his Southern tour, in 1791. 267
Jane and Mary Washington, autographs of..

Jay, John, letter of Washington to, in 1786...........

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anxiety of Washington respecting the treaty made by.
Jay, Rev. William, impromptu lines of, on seeing a picture of Mount Vernon.
Jefferson, Thomas, letter of, respecting Houdon

letter of, respecting bust of Lafayette

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arrival of at New York, in 1784....

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Key of the Bastile, letter of Washington to Lafayette respecting the......
Kitchen and dancing-hall erected by Mr. Custis at Arlington Spring.
Knox, General, Washington's letter to, respecting his going into office..
at Washington's inauguration..

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letter of Washington to, two days before his retirement to private life
appointed third major-general of the Provisional Army...

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Ladies' Mount Vernon Association the present owners of Mount Vernon
Lafayette, Marquis de, visit of, at Mount Vernon in 1784....

Washington's intuitive perception of his character on his first arrival
letter of, to Washington at New York...

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sends key of Bastile to Thomas Paine, to be sent by him to Washington
letter of, to Washington, presenting key of the Bastile..

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ceremony at the presentation of the bust of, to the city of Paris.

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massive gold ring presented to, by Mr. Custis, at the tomb of Washington....
Lafayette, George Washington, accompanies Washington to Mount Vernon, on his retire-

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reasons of state govern Washington's manner of receiving, on his arrival from France, 303
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แ Lament of Washington," poem from the pen of Attorney-General Bradford, respecting the
misfortunes of Lafayette

Langdon, John, president of the United States senate pro tempore..

informs Washington by letter of his elevation to the presidency...
Lantern, ancient iron, eighty years at Mount Vernon, now at Arlington House.
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La Salle, commander-in-chief of the militia of Paris.
Last illness of Washington, detailed account of..

Last words of Washington...

Lawrence Washington, goes to Barbadoes for his health.

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Lawrence Washington, accompanied to Barbadoes by his brother George.

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letters of Washington to, relating to his house and furniture in Philadelphia.....250, 253
residing in the family of Washington at the time of his last illness.
Lee, General Charles, at Mount Vernon.

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the first to congratulate Washington after his taking the oath of office.
his opinion of The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine..

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ietter of Washington to, respecting a newly-invented threshing-machine...
invited to pronounce an oration on the occasion of Washington's funeral........... 346
anecdote of, showing his familiarity with Washington..

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Lee, Mrs. Robert E., the great-granddaughter of Mrs. Washington

Lemon-tree at Mount Vernon

L'Enfant Major, employed to furnish a plan and survey of the federal city..

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his plans of the federal city approved of by Congress.
Lepine, watches made by, purchased by Washington..
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Lewis, George, inherits a sword from Washington...
Lewis, Lawrence, a suitor for the hand of Nelly Custis..

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Lewis, Major, re-entombs remains of Washington and his wife in marble sarcophagi, in 1837, 354
Lewis, Robert, instructed by Washington in the management of his estate.
Lexington, effects of the news of the battle of, at Mount Vernon...

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Liquor-chest that belonged to Washington, remaining at Mount Vernon in 1857..

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Livermore, Mr. George, his account of a silver gorget, a rel c of Washington's earlier life.... 358
Livingston, Chancellor, administers the oath of office to Washington in 1789...
Livingston, Edward, letter of, to George Washington Lafayette...

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letter of, to Washington, communicating the news of the conclusion of peace, in 1788, 130
London Chronicle, sketch of Washington in....

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Macubbin, Mrs., opens a ball at Annapolis with Washington..

McHenry, Mr. letter of Washington to, from Mount Vernon, after his retirement..

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letter of Washington to, respecting the anticipated troubles with France...................
anxiety of Washington expressed to, that his affairs might be found in order after
his death....

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Mansion near the Potomac, the home of the Washington family
Mansion, the presidential, at Philadelphia, picture of..

Marble coffin of Washington, picture of...

picture of portmanteaux containing.

McKean, Sally, becomes the wife of the Marquis d'Yrugo..

McPherson's Blues, six survivors of, in 1859.

Madison, James, writes an inscription for the statue of Washington..

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Marquée and Tent of Washington

Marriages of foreign envoys with American women, numerous...

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