New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . or a shorttime recognized as King of Holland. The grandduke was also a man of scientific attainments. In personal appearance the Count de Survilliershad, in spite of a tendency toward corpulency, agraceful figure. He was of less than mediumheight, and by his temperance, keeping seasonablehours and constant exercise, he preserved to itsfull a strong constitution. He much resembled hisbrother Napoleon, having a complexion peculiarand striking, as smooth and transparent as awomans. Of his life at Bordentown it may be said that
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . or a shorttime recognized as King of Holland. The grandduke was also a man of scientific attainments. In personal appearance the Count de Survilliershad, in spite of a tendency toward corpulency, agraceful figure. He was of less than mediumheight, and by his temperance, keeping seasonablehours and constant exercise, he preserved to itsfull a strong constitution. He much resembled hisbrother Napoleon, having a complexion peculiarand striking, as smooth and transparent as awomans. Of his life at Bordentown it may be said that itcombined the elements of leisure, usually digni-fied, the study of men, books, art, and nature, anda willingness to disclose the splendors of his hometo the humblest as the most conspicuous of hisfriends and acquaintances. Whether throwingapples and oranges upon the ice when skaterssought his lake, presenting Christmas gifts to thepoor, giving work to a small army of retainerswhom he employed, or welcoming Lafayette,Clauzel, Lallemand, Desnouettes, Henry OlaJ .3^. LAFAYETTE CARRIAGE. (Built by order of Congress iu 1824 for the use of General IiOfayette during )iis fourtli aud last vifit to the Uuited States.) 236 NEW JERSEY AS A COL Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, Gen-eral Winfield Scott, Commodore Charles Stewart,Commodore Robert F. Stockton, or members ofthe government of the State of New Jersey, therewas always in his every act the spirit of the King,a gracious, generous monarch who had fallenupon sad days. Whatever bitterness, whateversorrow, there was in his heart he kept to pastimes he was perhaps fondest of billiards,and played the game in the old fashioned was a delight for him to teach this sport tothose young Americans who came to his house,and one of his apt pupils was the late Colonel Mor-ris R. Hamilton, for many years librarian of theState of New Jersey. It was in 1824, upon the occasion of GeneralLafayettes visit to America, that the Count
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