. A complete and comprehensive guide to all the departments of the United States government, succinctly told in few words for the benefit of visitors to the national capital. •ral «;« Washiii Mail ha \VasliiiiLrt( COLONIAL STYLK. Tlir house of t lie old Colonial style, and little room conlaius eitherthe actual furniture used hy ov« it. commandiiiL a view of ji wide expanse of The \\:i>iiiiiulon lio ;ii .Ml. \<m OLI» I»LANT.\TION. Here. HJxIeeii miles below Washinjrtoii, lies the old plantation orljrinallygranted to .Jolm WashiiiLrlon. who eame to Washlnuton in H,
. A complete and comprehensive guide to all the departments of the United States government, succinctly told in few words for the benefit of visitors to the national capital. •ral «;« Washiii Mail ha \VasliiiiLrt( COLONIAL STYLK. Tlir house of t lie old Colonial style, and little room conlaius eitherthe actual furniture used hy ov« it. commandiiiL a view of ji wide expanse of The \\:i>iiiiiulon lio ;ii .Ml. \<m OLI» I»LANT.\TION. Here. HJxIeeii miles below Washinjrtoii, lies the old plantation orljrinallygranted to .Jolm WashiiiLrlon. who eame to Washlnuton in H,:,!;. and the to (Jeorue Washiii^lon. in He lived here hefore and after liisniarrlakc until tin- war of the Kev<dulion and until <alled upon to take u|^the duties of the tirst Iresldelit of Hie Illlted States. 15 FARMER GEORGE. Diu-in«- Ms life time tlie Patlier of his oountry loolied after tliis planta-tion aftertlie manner of all gentlemen farmers of his day. He raised cropsof tobacco which he shipped to London and exchanged for the commoditiesthat served to keep up his famous establishment. Here he and Martha Wash-ington entertained lavishley and sumptuiously.
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