Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania ... . RESIDENCE OF MORRIS AND WASHINGTONS 128. Washingtons Carriage. 129 drawn by four, and sometimes by six, fine bay horses. The firstmention of a coach in his diary, in which he evidently refers tothis imported one, is under date December 12, 1789 : Exercisedin the coach with Mrs. Washington and the two children (Masterand Miss Custis) betw
Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdotes, and incidents of the city and its inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the inland part of Pennsylvania ... . RESIDENCE OF MORRIS AND WASHINGTONS 128. Washingtons Carriage. 129 drawn by four, and sometimes by six, fine bay horses. The firstmention of a coach in his diary, in which he evidently refers tothis imported one, is under date December 12, 1789 : Exercisedin the coach with Mrs. Washington and the two children (Masterand Miss Custis) between breakfast and dinner—went the fourteenmiles round. Previous to this he mentions exercising in acoach (probably a hired one) and in the post-chaise/ the vehiclein which he travelled from Mount Vernon to New York. Watson says it was sold after Washingtons death, and as earlyafter as 1804-5 he saw it in New Orleans, where it lay neglected,and was finally destroyed in the British invasion, and part of theiron was reserved for Mr. Watson, and the remainder was usedaround a grave; while Mr. Lossing says: This English coachwas purchased by the late Mr. Custis of Arlington when the ef-fects of the general were sold after Mrs. Washingtons death, andit finally beca
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