. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . fty years later, thesimple compass and chain and other mathematical instru-ments of his earlier and later years, were distributed amonghis family connections, but only one of them, a small libraryinstrument, was mentioned in his will, as follows: To David Stuart I give my large shaving and dressingtable, and Tny telescojpeP Dr. Stuart married the widow of John Parke Custis, theson of Mrs. Washington. The telescope is now in possessionof his granddaughter, wife of the Eeverend A. B. Atkins
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . fty years later, thesimple compass and chain and other mathematical instru-ments of his earlier and later years, were distributed amonghis family connections, but only one of them, a small libraryinstrument, was mentioned in his will, as follows: To David Stuart I give my large shaving and dressingtable, and Tny telescojpeP Dr. Stuart married the widow of John Parke Custis, theson of Mrs. Washington. The telescope is now in possessionof his granddaughter, wife of the Eeverend A. B. Atkins,of Germantown, Pennsylvania. And now another and more extended field of action opened before the young resident at Moimt Yernon. Beneath the roof of tliat pleasant mansion, toward the spring of 1751, he received from acting Governor Burwell the commission of adjutant of his military district, with the rank and pay of4 50 MOUNT VERNOK major. It was an acceptable honor. His military spirit waskindling; for it had been fanned by old Major Muse, afellow-soldier with Lawrence at Carthagena, who was a fre-. WASHINGTON S TELESCOPE. quent and welcome guest at Mount Vernon, and by the stoutDutchman, Van Braam (who afterward figured ingloriouslyin history), who had taught him the art of fencing. Young Washington had scarcely taken his initial steps inthe performance of his new duties when he was drawn frompublic life. Dark and ominous shadows were alternatingwith the sweet domestic sunlight that smiled so pleasantlyaround Mount Vernon. Tliey were cast by the raven wingof the angel of disease. A hectic glow was upon the cheeks AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 51 of Lawrence Wasliington, anc liis physicians advised him togo to the more genial climate of Barbadoes in search ofhealth. George went with him. It was in bright September,1Y51, when they sailed, and in dark and stormy January hereturned to tell the anxious wife of his brother that her loveaone must go to Bermuda in the spring; for the hecti
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