The magazine of American history with notes and queries . any dined here to-day, viz: Mr Read of the Senate, ColonelBland and Mr Madison of the House of Representatives, Mr Osgood andhis lady, Colonel Duer, his lady and Miss Brown, Colonel Lewis Morrisand lady, Lady Christina Griffin and her daughter, and Judge Duane andMrs Greene. . Saturday. Oct. 3. Walked in the afternoon and sat about two oclock for GEORGE WASHINGTON 107 Madame de Brehan to complete a miniature profile of me which she hadbegun from memory, and which she had made exceedingly like the original. Sunday Oct. 4. Went to St Paul
The magazine of American history with notes and queries . any dined here to-day, viz: Mr Read of the Senate, ColonelBland and Mr Madison of the House of Representatives, Mr Osgood andhis lady, Colonel Duer, his lady and Miss Brown, Colonel Lewis Morrisand lady, Lady Christina Griffin and her daughter, and Judge Duane andMrs Greene. . Saturday. Oct. 3. Walked in the afternoon and sat about two oclock for GEORGE WASHINGTON 107 Madame de Brehan to complete a miniature profile of me which she hadbegun from memory, and which she had made exceedingly like the original. Sunday Oct. 4. Went to St Pauls chapel in the forenoon. Spent theremainder of the day in writing private letters for tomorrows post. Monday Oct 5. . Exercised on horseback between the hours ofnine and eleven in the forenoon, and between five and six in the afternoonon foot. Had conversation with Colonel Hamilton on the propriety of mymaking a tour through the Eastern States during the recess of Congress,to acquire knowledge of the face of the country, the growth and agricul-. MARTHA WASHINGTON. From the miniature by Robertson. ture thereof, and the temper and disposition of the inhabitants towardsthe new government, who thought it a very desirable plan, and advised itaccordingly. Tuesday Oct 6. Exercised in the carriage with Mrs Washington in theforenoon. . Wednesday Oct 7. Exercised on horseback, and called on the Vice-President. In the afternoon walked an hour. . On the 15th of October Washington started on his tour through the NewEngland States and returning reached New York on the 13th of the Sunday after his return we find the following entry in his note-book: November 15. Went to St Pauls Chapel in the forenoon—and afterreturning from thence was visited by Major Butler, Major Meredith, andMr Smith, South Carolina. Received an invitation to attend the funeral of 108 GEORGE WASHINGTON Mrs Rooesevelt (the wife of a senator of this state) but declined comply-ing with it—first, because the
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