. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . , Charles,to wait upon the company at table. He also sent down theprecious silver tray for their use. Placing a dozen glasses ofice cream upon it, Charles carried it to the visitors, and said, Ladies, this waiter once belonged to General Washington,and from it all the great ladies of the Revolution took young ladies, as if actuated by one impulse, immediatelyarose, crowded around Charles, and each in turn, kissed thecold rim of the salver, before touching the cream. The session o
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . , Charles,to wait upon the company at table. He also sent down theprecious silver tray for their use. Placing a dozen glasses ofice cream upon it, Charles carried it to the visitors, and said, Ladies, this waiter once belonged to General Washington,and from it all the great ladies of the Revolution took young ladies, as if actuated by one impulse, immediatelyarose, crowded around Charles, and each in turn, kissed thecold rim of the salver, before touching the cream. The session of 1T90-91, was the third of the first Congress, and ended by limitation onthe 3d of March; but Wash-ington did not depart fromPhiladelphia for Mount Ver-non, until Monday the that day, at twelveoclock, he and his familyleft his residence on Market-street, in his English coach,drawn by six horses, accompanied by Mr. Jefferson and Gen-eral Knox (two of the heads of departments), who escortedthem as far as Delaware. Major Jackson was also of theparty. He accompanied Washmgton to Mount Yernon, and. THE PRESIDENTIAL MANSION. 268 MOUNT YERNON tliroughont an extensive tour through the Southern states,which the President commenced a few days afterward. That tour had occupied Washingtons thoughts from time totime, for several months. Many leading men of the Southinvited him to visit their respective states. He had made atour eastward, and it was deemed expedient that the Southernstates should be honored by his presence. Their invitationsgenerally expressed a desire, that the President, in the eventof his making such tour, should honor the writers by a resi-dence with them, while he remained in their respective neigh-borhoods. Among others who proffered the hospitalities ofhis house was Colonel William Washington, the heroic cavalryofficer in the southern campaigns under Greene, who was thenresiding in Charleston. But his invitation, like all others ofthe same kind, was declined
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