. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . f the Sage IWhose valor and wisdom Are stampd on the age!Time-hallowed mementos Of those who have rivenThe sceptre from tyrants, The lightning from heaven. n. This weapon, 0 Freedom! Was drawn by thy son,And it never was sheathd Till the battle was won!No stain of dishonor Upon it we see!Twas never surrenderd—, Except to the free 1 ni. While Fame claims the heroAnd patriot sage,Their names to emblazon On Historys page,No holier relics Will Liberty Franklins staff, guardedBy Was
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . f the Sage IWhose valor and wisdom Are stampd on the age!Time-hallowed mementos Of those who have rivenThe sceptre from tyrants, The lightning from heaven. n. This weapon, 0 Freedom! Was drawn by thy son,And it never was sheathd Till the battle was won!No stain of dishonor Upon it we see!Twas never surrenderd—, Except to the free 1 ni. While Fame claims the heroAnd patriot sage,Their names to emblazon On Historys page,No holier relics Will Liberty Franklins staff, guardedBy Washingtons sword. In the same glass case are other interesting relics of Wash-ington, the most conspicuous of which is his camp-chest, anold-fashioned hair trunk, twenty-one inches in length, fifteenin width, and ten in depth, filled with the table furniture usedby the commander-in-chief during the war. The compart- 136 MOUNT VERNON ments are so ingeniously arranged, that they contain a greatnumber of articles in a small space. These consist of agridiron; a tea and coffee pot; three tin saucepans (one. WASHINGTONS CAMP-CHEST. movable handle being used for all); five small glass flasks,used for honey, salt, coifee, port-wine, and vinegar; three largetin meat dishes; sixteen plates; two knives and five forks; acandlestick and tinder-box; tin boxes for tea and sugar, andfive small bottles for pepper and other materials for makingsoup. Washington alluded to the tin plates in this camp-chest, inthe following letter to Doctor John Cochran, surgeon-generalof the northern department of the continental army, written atWest Point on the 16th of August, 1779 : AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 137 Deak Doctoe:—I have asked Mrs. Cochran and Mrs,Livingston to dine with me to-morrow ; but am I not in honorbound to apprise them of their fare? As I hate deception,even where the imagination only is concerned, I wilh It isneedless to premise that my table is large enough to hold theladies. Of this they ha
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