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Mason, George, Washington's neighbor and friend..

Masonic apron presented to Washington by Madame Lafayette..

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Mercer, Dr. Hugh, at Mount Vernon...

Mifflin, Governor, meets Washington on the frontiers of Pennsylvania..
Military clothes of Washington, picture of...

Miniature of Washington, by Mrs. Sharpless

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Miniature portrait of Mrs. Washington, painted by Robertsor in 1792.
Mirror of Washington still at Mount Vernon

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Monuments of several meinbers of the Washington family on the east side of the tomb of
the General.

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style of living at, before the Revolution..

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"Morning" and "Evening"-landscapes painted for Washington, by Winstanley, now at
Arlington House..

Morris, George P., his ode on Washington's sword and Franklin's staff
Morris, Gouverneur, stands to Houdon for the figure of Washington..

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Morris, Mrs., accompanies Mrs. Washington to New York..

Morris, Robert, builds a studio for Pine the portrait painter...

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house of, in Philadelphia, rented for Washington's residence...

Morris, Roger, marries Mary Phillipse..

proscribed, as an "enemy to his country"

Mortar, bronze, that belonged to Cimon Washington in 1664, picture of..
Mossom, Rev. David, unites Washington and Mrs. Custis in marriage..
Mother of Washington, visited by him for the last time......
Motier, a family name of Lafayette, assumed by his son in 1795

Motto of the Washington family....

Mount Vernon, the mansion at, built by Lawrence Washington.

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mansion and other buildings at, found by the General much in want of repair, after
his eight years' absence..

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passes into the possession of Bushrod Washington, nephew of the General, on the
death of Mrs. Washington..............

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few articles of the personal property of Washington remaining at....

engravings that belonged to Washington still remaining at....
successive owners of, for one hundred and sixteen years..
inconsiderate conduct of visitors at..

for many years falling into decay.

proposition to make it a national possession.

high price offered by speculators for, rejected..

the property of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association....

the work of renovation and restoration commenced at..
moral associations connected with the name.........
Moustier, Count de, French minister, at Mount Vernon..

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Mural candelabra, used in Washington's dining-room at Philadelphia, picture of.

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

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picture of bust of Necker, presented to Washington..

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

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Oath of office administered to Washington in 1793, by Judge Cushing..
Occoquan Falls, mills at, destroyed by Lord Dunmore..

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..
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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 1753, picture of......
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............

Washington's letter to Clinton on the subject of..

Peale, Angelica, crowns Washington at Gray's Ferry in 1789
Peale, Charles Willson, beginning of artist life of.

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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 from, 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.
Pendleton, Edmund, at Mount Vernon on his way to the first Congress
Peters, Judge, meets Washington on the frontiers of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia the federal city for ten years..

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

marries Roger Morris...

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reply of, to the insulting proposition of the French Directory.
appointed second major-general of the Provisional Army.
Pine, Robert Edge, an English painter, at Mount Vernon..
his portrait of Washington in Montreal....

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Pistols, Washington's, description and picture of...

Pitcher Portrait, and eulogy of Washington on the back of it..

Plan of the grounds at Mount Vernon..........

Plaster cast taken of the face of Washington.....

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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Presidential mansion at Philadelphia, picture of.......

Profile portrait of Washington...

Profile portraft of Mrs. Washington

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..

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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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.
Receptions of Mrs. Washington...

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
public entertainment on the occasion of........

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Ripon, Earl of, present owner of the English seat of the Washington family.
Rochambeau, Count de, at Mount Vernon in 1781.

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Rush, Dr., remarks of, in relation to the seat of government ....

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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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Sago 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 Wash ́ngton's last watch, picture of..
Scal-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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Secretary, Washington's, willed to Dr. Craik.........

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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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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.

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Statuary, orders of Washington for, from London..

Statue, bronze, of Washington, ordered by Congress..

to be made by the best sculptor in Europe.

Statue of Washington, ordered by the legislature of Virginia..

Steuben, Baron, at Washington's inauguration.

Stockton, Annis, assistance of, in honoring Washington at Trenton..

Strickland, Mr., his description of the personal appearance of Major Lewis in 1837.
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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Stuart, Gilbert, painter of Eleanor Parke Custis.
Style, old and new, how it originated.............

Summer-house at Mount Vernon, picture of.........

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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The Entry, a satire, published in 1789.

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Thomson, Charles, secretary of Congress, carries to Washington at Mount Vernon, a notice
of his election to the presidency.

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.
Tomb of Washington broken into thirty years after his death..

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Van Braam, teaches Washington the art of fencing

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Vases, porcelain, that belonged to Washington, picture of

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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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medal.in commemoration of his capture of Porto Bello, preserved at Mount Vernon
Virginia, address of legislature of, to Washington

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legislature of, vote a statue of Washington

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chamber of Washington ....

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

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Warville, Brissot de, at Mount Verncz..

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.

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becomes master of Mount Vernon on the death of Mrs. Washington
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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about to enter the navy..

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a letter from his uncle to his mother decides her against his going to sea
returns to school, and loves a "lowland beauty"

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story of his love and courtship.

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made colonel in 1754..

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his mother endeavors to dissuade him from going to the field again.
enters Braddock's family..

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preserved on the field of blood

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

sick at Mount Vernon...

a member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia.

personal appearance of, at the time of his marriage

present from Frederick the Great to.

attends the theatre at Williamsburg

appearance of, on his farms..

chief crops of his farms

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views calmly the approaching political storm
activity of, in public affairs....

first portrait of, by Peale, at the age of forty...

journey of, to Philadelphia as delegate in the first Congress..

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Washington, George Steptoe, receives a sword from the General

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

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

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Washington, Harriet, a resident of Mount Vernon......

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Washington, Henry, defender of the English city of Worcester against Fairfax.

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