. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . was his senior inyears, likewise of slender form, and a face remarkable for itsexpression of unclouded intelligence. He was more carefullydressed, more polished in manners, and much more fluent inconversation than his companion. Tliey reached Mount Yer-non at seven oclock, and after an exchange of salutations withWashington and his family, and partaking of breakfast, thethree retired to the library and were soon deeply absorbed inthe discussion of the great questions then agitating the pe
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . was his senior inyears, likewise of slender form, and a face remarkable for itsexpression of unclouded intelligence. He was more carefullydressed, more polished in manners, and much more fluent inconversation than his companion. Tliey reached Mount Yer-non at seven oclock, and after an exchange of salutations withWashington and his family, and partaking of breakfast, thethree retired to the library and were soon deeply absorbed inthe discussion of the great questions then agitating the peopleof the colonies. The two travellers were Patrick Henry andEdmund Pendleton. A third, the silver-tongued Cicero ofVirginia, Pichard Henry Lee, was expected with them, but hehad been detained at Chantilly, his seat in Westmoreland. All day long these three eminent Yirginians were in council;and early the next morning they set out on horseback for Phila-delphia, to meet the patriots from other colonies there. Will Lee,Washingtons huntsman, and favorite body servant, now that AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS 103. PATRICK HENRT. Bishop had become too old and infirm to be active, was theonly attendant npon his master. Thej crossed the Potomacat the Falls (now Georgetown), and rode far on toward Balti-more, before the twilight. On the 4th of September, the daybefore the opening of the Congress, they breakfasted at Chris-tina Ferry (now Wilmington), and dined at Chester; and thatnight Washington, according to his diary, lodged at DoctorShippens, in Philadelphia, after supping at the New that house of pubhc entertainment he had lodged nearlytwo years before, while on his way to New York to placeyoung Custis in Kings (now Columbia) College^.S^ At ten oclock on Monday morning, the 5th of September,17Y4, the First Continental Congress commenced its sessions 104 MOUNT VERNON in Carpenters Hall, in Philadelphia. The members firstassembled at the City Tavern, and marched in procession to th
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