The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . - person thoughtof for President, and he was elected without a Adams was chosen Vice-President. Washingtons ^g thcrc wcrc uo railroads, Washinsjton was obliged journey to . New York. to travcl in his carnage from Mount Vernon, on thePotomac, to New York, the temporary capital. Every-where he was detained by the applause of the people,who now looked to his wisdom to complete the workof consolidating thirteen separate States into one na-tion. Troops of horsemen escorted Washington fromplace to place, and
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . - person thoughtof for President, and he was elected without a Adams was chosen Vice-President. Washingtons ^g thcrc wcrc uo railroads, Washinsjton was obliged journey to . New York. to travcl in his carnage from Mount Vernon, on thePotomac, to New York, the temporary capital. Every-where he was detained by the applause of the people,who now looked to his wisdom to complete the workof consolidating thirteen separate States into one na-tion. Troops of horsemen escorted Washington fromplace to place, and every town welcomed him. Hispassage through Philadelphia was a sort of triumph. ^**5^*& ,,^y^^1J^.fe^. GEORGE A PAINTING BY GILBERT STUART. 202 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Washingtonsreception inNew York. beginning ofWashingtonadministratis When he reached the bridge over which he had led hisvictorious little army out of Trenton to fight the battleof Princeton, he found a triumphal arch erected by thewomen of Trenton. It was supported by thirteen pil-lars, and had a large dome, with a sunflower and thesignificant inscription, To thee alone. Another in-scription read, The Defender of the Mothers will bethe Protector of the Daughters. As Washington passedbeneath this arch, girls dressed in white sang an ode ofwelcome, and strewed flowers before the newly chosenPresident. From Elizabethtown Point, in New Jersey, he wasbrought to New York in a handsome barge built for thepurpose, and manned by thirteen master-pilots dressed inwhite. Six other barges, with oarsmen in white, escortedhim. When he landed on a carpeted stairs at the wharf,he was received by the governor and th
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