. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . ^ were translated andpublished in two volumes, by an English iS^^ MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX. De Chastellux was the life of every company into which hewas introduced, while in this country, and he left a verypleasant impression at Mount Yernon. In the library there,where he was entertained in the autumn of 1781, Washingtonwrote to him a playful letter in the spring of 1787, afterreceiving from the marquis an account of his marriage to anaccomplished lady, a relative of the Duke of
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . ^ were translated andpublished in two volumes, by an English iS^^ MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX. De Chastellux was the life of every company into which hewas introduced, while in this country, and he left a verypleasant impression at Mount Yernon. In the library there,where he was entertained in the autumn of 1781, Washingtonwrote to him a playful letter in the spring of 1787, afterreceiving from the marquis an account of his marriage to anaccomplished lady, a relative of the Duke of Orleans. Isaw, wrote Washington, by the eulogium you often made 124 MOUNT VERNON on tlie happiness of domestic life in America, that you hadsw allowed the bait, and that you would as surely be taken,one day or another, as that 3ou were a philosopher and your day has at length come. I am glad of it, with all myheart and soul. It is quite good enough for jou. Now youare well served for coming to fight in favor of the Americanrebels, all the way across the Atlantic ocean, by catching thatterrible contagion—domestic felicity—which, like the smallpoxor plague, a
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