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Craik, Rev. James, owns the secretary that belonged to Washington

Crayon profile of Washington.....

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Crest of Washington engraved upon his family plate..........

Cunningham, Miss Anna Pamela, regent of Mount Vernon..

Cushing, wife of Judge, extract from a letter of, describing her visit at Mount Vernon in
February, 1799

Custis. Daniel Parke, Mrs. Washington's first husband.

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Custis, G. W. P., places an inscribed stone on Washington's birth-place.

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letter of, to Washington, respecting the son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, as a
suitor for the hand of Nelly Custis....

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massive gold ring presented to Lafayette by, at the tomb of Washington..

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articles for, ordered from London by Washington

Custis, Martha, daughter of Mrs. Washington, her sickness and death.

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Custis, Master and Miss, London orders of Washington for.

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Custis, Nelly, a son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton a suitor for the hand of..
Lawrence Lewis & suitor for the hand of.

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Dandridge, Mr., private secretary of Washington in 1793..

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Davis, Rev. Thomas, books presented to him by Washington on the occasion of his officiat-
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Death-bed of Washington, resignation of Mrs. Washington exhibited at..

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why no clergyman was present at......

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Death-chamber of Washington, thoughts suggested to the author by a visit to.............. 339
Death of George A. Washington, nephew of the General.................

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Death of Washington, system of management, written by the General, completed ouly four
days before....

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

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

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

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extract from, concerning furniture.....

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

Dick, Dr., consulted by Dr. Craik 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... $30
Dinwiddie, Governor, sends Washington to Ohio..

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

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Dunmore, unsuccessful attempt of, to desolate Mount Vernon....

Dunn, Washington's coachman....

Dutch tile in Washington's birth-place, picture of...........

Dry-well at Mount Vernon.....

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..

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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.

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

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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

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Farewell Address of Washington, prepared by Washington at Mount Vernon

profound sensation caused by its publication

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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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singular historical fact respecting the site of the

Washington meets commissioners to lay out ...

Federal Convention, Washington president of....

Fencing, Washington takes lessons in, from Van Braam...

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

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First President of the United States, Washington elected..

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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preparations made for war with, in 1798...

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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...

Franklin's staff willed to Washington.....

Fraunces' Tavern, at New York, Washington parted with his officers at.

Frederick the Great, his praise of Washington

Fredericksburg, Washington visits his mother at in 1781.

Freemasons at the funeral of Washington..

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

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

French minister, furniture of, purchased by Washington

French officers' admiration of Washington's mother..

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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Galveston, Spanish ship-of-war, salutes Washington.
Garden-house at Mount Vernon, picture of....

Gardens at Mount Vernon...

Gardoqui, Don Diego, at Washington's table

Gates, Major Horatio, at Mount Vernon

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

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

แ Washington's letter to Jefferson respecting..

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

Goblets, silver, belonging to Washington..

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6+ picture of one.

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

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picture of................

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Gorget, silver, worn by Washington, while in the colonial service, history of, by Mr. Quincy 359
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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Hale, Sir Matthew, his "Contemplations Moral and Divine," read by Washington's mother, 31
Hallam, Lewis, at the head of a company of players..

Hamilton, Alexander, letter of, to Washington, on peace...

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

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governor of Virginia, letter of, respecting the statue of Washington..
Hay, Colonel Samuel, pistols presented to, by Washington..

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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....
Hospitalities, Washington's, reasons for declining, on his Southern tour in 1791
Houdon, the sculptor, engaged to make a statue of Washington


his bust of Washington....

letter of Washington to...

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

Hounds, French, presented to Washington by Lafayette.

แ anecdote of one of them..

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

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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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Jay, Rev. William, impromptu lines of, on seeing a picture of Mount Vernon..
Jefferson, Thomas, letter of, respecting Houdon

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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..
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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....

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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
letter of Edward Livingston to....

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picture of Masonic apron sent by, to Washington...

"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.
picture of...

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Last illness of Washington, detailed account of..

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