. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . ton House, Brington 373 142. Inscription in the Washington House 374 143. Fac Simile of Washingtons Memorandum 395 144. Masonic Portrait of Washington 397 145. Houdons Mold from Washingtons Face S98 146. Shadow Portraits , 399 147. Washingtons Circular Barn 411 148. Lutheran Church in Philadelphia 412 149. Washington Medal , 412 150. Mrs. Washingtons Signature 435 V 21 1683 ^Qlorthe\t^\^^- f^/ MOUNT VERNON AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. #1^ K many an ancient»^ volume in the lib--rary at Mount Yer-
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . ton House, Brington 373 142. Inscription in the Washington House 374 143. Fac Simile of Washingtons Memorandum 395 144. Masonic Portrait of Washington 397 145. Houdons Mold from Washingtons Face S98 146. Shadow Portraits , 399 147. Washingtons Circular Barn 411 148. Lutheran Church in Philadelphia 412 149. Washington Medal , 412 150. Mrs. Washingtons Signature 435 V 21 1683 ^Qlorthe\t^\^^- f^/ MOUNT VERNON AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. #1^ K many an ancient»^ volume in the lib--rary at Mount Yer-*^ non, while the man-sion remained in thepossession of theWashington family,was the engravedbook-plate of the il-lustrious proprietor,which displayed, asusual, the name andarmorial bearings ofthe owner. Tlie lan-guage of heraldrylearnedly describesthe family arms ofWashington as argent, two bars gules in chief, three mulletsof the second. Crest, a raven, with wings, indorsed jprojper,issuing out of a ducal coronet, w. All this may be in-interpreted, a white or silver shield, with two red bars across. Washingtons book-plate. 28 MOUNT VERNON it, and above them tliree spur rowels, the combination appearing veiy much like the stripes and stars on our nationalensign. The crest, a raven of natural color issuing out of agolden ducal coronet. The three mullets or star-figures indi-cated the filial distinction of the third son. Back into the shadowy past six hundred years and morewe may look, and find the name of Washington presentedwith honorable mention in several counties in England, onthe records of the field, the church, and the state. They weregenerally first-class agriculturists, and eminently loyal menwhen their sovereigns were in trouble. In that trying timefor Englands monarch, a little more than two hundred yearsago, when a republican army, under the authority of a revo-lutionary parliament, was hunting King Charles the First, SirHenry Washington, a nephew of the Duke of Bu
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