Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . ^ surrounded by joiners, masons, and painters; andsuch is my anxiety to get out of their hands, that I havescarcely a room to put a friend into or to sit in myself, withoutthe music of hammers or the odoriferous scent of paint. The mansion at Mount Yernon was soon thoroughly repair-ed, and many ornaments and pieces of furniture, not known toit before, were placed in it. Whatever had been used in thepresidential mansion at Philadelphia, and could be appro-priately transferred to Mount Yernon, were reserved, MhenWashingt
Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . ^ surrounded by joiners, masons, and painters; andsuch is my anxiety to get out of their hands, that I havescarcely a room to put a friend into or to sit in myself, withoutthe music of hammers or the odoriferous scent of paint. The mansion at Mount Yernon was soon thoroughly repair-ed, and many ornaments and pieces of furniture, not known toit before, were placed in it. Whatever had been used in thepresidential mansion at Philadelphia, and could be appro-priately transferred to Mount Yernon, were reserved, MhenWashington broke up his establishment in the federal capital,and disposed of all superfluities. Among other things brought on from Philadelphia, Avas apair of mural candelabra, of elegant form and workmanship. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 301 These were upon the walls of the dining-room at Philadelphia,which was also nsed for public receptions by the Presidentand his wife. They were now placed in the large drawing-.
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