. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . tlie old French war, who was now too old togo to the camp. He lived near the mansion, the Nestor of theplantations, and was overseer of one of the farms. JSTo doubthe fcame, as was his custom on great occasions, fully equippedin his regimentals, made after the fashion of George theSeconds time, to greet the man he so much loved. Bishopwas then almost eighty years of age, with deep furrows uponhis cheeks, a few gray locks upon his temples, and his oncemanly form bent gently by the weight o
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . tlie old French war, who was now too old togo to the camp. He lived near the mansion, the Nestor of theplantations, and was overseer of one of the farms. JSTo doubthe fcame, as was his custom on great occasions, fully equippedin his regimentals, made after the fashion of George theSeconds time, to greet the man he so much loved. Bishopwas then almost eighty years of age, with deep furrows uponhis cheeks, a few gray locks upon his temples, and his oncemanly form bent gently by the weight of years, and slirunkenby the suns of nearly fourscore summers. On the morrow, the French noblemen, with their suites, ar-rived—jRochambeau first, and De Chastellux afterward—andall but the chief made it a day of rest. For him there was norepose. He was not permitted to pass even an hour alone withhis wife. Public and private cares were pressing heavily uponhim. He was on his way to measure strength with a poweifulenemy, and his words of affection were few and hurried. AJ] AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 121. COUNT DE EOCHAMBEAU. the morning of the 10th he was closeted with his manager, andbefore dinner he wrote to Lafayette the first letter that he haddated at Mount Yernon since early in May, 1775, saying, •• Weare thus far on our way to you. The Count de Rochambeau hasjust arrived. General Chastellux will be here, and we pro-pose, after resting to-morrow, to be at Fredericksburg on thenight of the 12th. Tlie 13th we shall reach New Castle ; and,the next day, we expect to have the pleasure of seeing youat your encampment. These calculations were correct; theyarrived at the camp of Lafayette, at Williamsburg, on theevening of the 14th. Rochambeau and Chastellux were guests worthy of such ahost. The former was of a noble Vendorae family. He was 122 MOUNT VERNON- of medium height, slender in form, and then fifty-six years ofage. He had been aide-de-camp to the Duke of Orleans, five-
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