The magazine of American history with notes and queries . no person except the Vice-Presi-dent visited Mrs Washington this evening. Saturday. Dec 12. Exercised in the coach with Mrs Washington andthe two children (Master and Miss Custes) between breakfast and dinner—went the fourteen miles round.* Sunday, Dec 13. Went to St Pauls Chapel in the forenoon. Monday, Dec. 14. Walked round the Battery in the afternoon. Tuesday Dec 15. Exercised on horseback about ten oclock—called onthe Secretary of the Department of War, and gave him the heads of manyletters to be written to characters in the Wester
The magazine of American history with notes and queries . no person except the Vice-Presi-dent visited Mrs Washington this evening. Saturday. Dec 12. Exercised in the coach with Mrs Washington andthe two children (Master and Miss Custes) between breakfast and dinner—went the fourteen miles round.* Sunday, Dec 13. Went to St Pauls Chapel in the forenoon. Monday, Dec. 14. Walked round the Battery in the afternoon. Tuesday Dec 15. Exercised on horseback about ten oclock—called onthe Secretary of the Department of War, and gave him the heads of manyletters to be written to characters in the Western Country, relative chieflyto Indian affairs. Visitors to the Levee to-day were not very numerous,though respectable. •The fourteen miles round, to which Washington refers, was over the old picturesqueBloomingdale road on the west side of Manhattan Island, leaving what is now Riverside Parknear the high bluff where General Grants tomb attracts the world, by a cross-road, to the Kings-bridge and old Boston roads in returning. GEORGE WASHINGTON I I. THE WASHINGTON PEW IN ST. PAUL S CHAPEL. [Thepew in which, Washington worshiped in St. Pauls Chapel is on the north side of the chapel under thegallery about half way between the chancel and the vestry room. Directly opposite it on the south side of thechapel is the pew then occupied by Governor George Clinton-] Wednesday Dec 16. Dined with Mrs Washington and all the family,(except the two children) at Governor Clintons—where also dined theVice-President, his lady, Col. and Mrs Smith, the Mayor Col Varick, andhis lady, and old Mr Van Berkel and his daughter. Thursday Dec 17. The following company dined here, viz : the chiefjustice of the United States and his lady; Mr King, Col and Mrs Law- 112 GEORGE WASHINGTON rence, Mrs Gerry, Mr Egbert Benson, Bishop Provost, and Doct. Lynnand his lady. Friday, Dec 18. Read over and digested my thoughts upon the subjectof a National Militia, from the plans of the militia of Europe, those o
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