Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . ursuant to the following clause in his will: To my nephew, Bushrod Washington, and his heirs (partlyin consideration of an intimation made to his deceased father,while we were bachelors, and he had kindly undertaken to super-intend my estate during my military service in the former warbetween Great Britain and France, that if I should fall therein,Mount Yernon, then less extensive in domain than at present,should become his property), I give and bequeath all that partthereof whicli is comprehended within the following
Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . ursuant to the following clause in his will: To my nephew, Bushrod Washington, and his heirs (partlyin consideration of an intimation made to his deceased father,while we were bachelors, and he had kindly undertaken to super-intend my estate during my military service in the former warbetween Great Britain and France, that if I should fall therein,Mount Yernon, then less extensive in domain than at present,should become his property), I give and bequeath all that partthereof whicli is comprehended within the following limits:[here the boundaries are specified] containing upward of fourthousand acres, be the same more or less, together with themansion house, and all other buildings and improvementsthereon. He also bequeathed to Bushrod his library ofbooks and pamphlets, and all of his papers. This principal heir of Washington (who had no children)was a son of the Generals brother, George Augustine, andwas at that time about forty years of age. Two years before AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 337. BrSHROR ?WASHINGTON. AYasliingtons death, President Adams had appointed Bnshrodto the office of Judge of the Supreme Court of tlie UnitedStates, and lie performed the duties of liis exalted station witheminent ability until his death, thirty-two years afterward. Judge Washington took possession of the Mount Vernon es-tate, immediately after the death of Mrs. Washington. Amongthe slaves that belonged to him, and who were taken to MountVernon at that time, only one is living. Although set free bythe will of his master in 1829, he has never left the estate,but remains a resident there, where he is regarded as a patri-arch. I saw him when I last visited Mount Vernon, in theautumn of 1858, and received from his lips many interestingreminiscences of the place and its surroundings. 838 MOUNT VERNON
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