Mount Vernon, the home of Washington . Washingtons Book Plate lina undertook to organizethe Mount Vernon LadiesAssociation; and the story ofher struggles through longyears, during all of whichtime she was in an invalidcondition, is a chapter inwomanly heroism and devo-tion to a self-enforced dutythat furnished as its unselfishreward the preservation ofthe Washington Mansion, ii when otherwise the chanceswere that it would havecrumbled to decay. One of the tasks was toraise more than $200,000 bypublic subscription, and$68, of this amountwas secured by Hon. EdwardEverett of Massachusetts,w
Mount Vernon, the home of Washington . Washingtons Book Plate lina undertook to organizethe Mount Vernon LadiesAssociation; and the story ofher struggles through longyears, during all of whichtime she was in an invalidcondition, is a chapter inwomanly heroism and devo-tion to a self-enforced dutythat furnished as its unselfishreward the preservation ofthe Washington Mansion, ii when otherwise the chanceswere that it would havecrumbled to decay. One of the tasks was toraise more than $200,000 bypublic subscription, and$68, of this amountwas secured by Hon. EdwardEverett of Massachusetts,who lectured throughout thecountry. Once in awhile some Con-gressman asks for an inves-tigation of Mount Vernon,or presents a resolution forthe government to purchasethe place; but when thesesame statesmen find out howmuch better the ladies havedone with their charge thanthe government is doing with [42]. You eagerly bend forward to behold the caskets 48 anything in its care, theyusually end their interferenceby commending these noblewomen, representing manystates, who have done such avaluable service to their coun-try, through their custodyand management of everypatriotic Americans shrine—Mount Vernon. [U) v *
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