. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. all! once, within these walls,One whom memory oft recalls,The father of his country dwelt;And yonder meadows broad and damp,The fires of the besieging campEncircled with a burning belt. 295 Washington probably took possession of this house beforethe middle of July, as he himself records, under date of July15, that he paid for cleansing the premises assigned him, whichhad been occupied by the Marblehead regiment. The Com-mittee of Safety had ordered it vacated early in May for theirownuse, but thereis no evidencethat they ever satthere. Whatever re-l
. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. all! once, within these walls,One whom memory oft recalls,The father of his country dwelt;And yonder meadows broad and damp,The fires of the besieging campEncircled with a burning belt. 295 Washington probably took possession of this house beforethe middle of July, as he himself records, under date of July15, that he paid for cleansing the premises assigned him, whichhad been occupied by the Marblehead regiment. The Com-mittee of Safety had ordered it vacated early in May for theirownuse, but thereis no evidencethat they ever satthere. Whatever re-lates to the per-sonality of Wash-ington will re-main a matterof interest to thelatest times. Thepencils of thePeales, of Trum-bull, Stuart, ofWertmiiller, andothers have de-picted him in ear-ly manhood, inmature age, andthe decline of life; balls washi-voton statue. cans with his commaBdiug figure and noble cast of features .- < A combination and a form indeed,Where every god did seem to set his sealTo give the world assurance of a 296 HISTORIC FIELDS AND MANSIONS OF MIDDLESEX. One of Eochambeaus generals has left by for the most satis-factory account of Washingtons outward man : — His stature is noble and lofty, he is well made and exactlyproportioned ; his physiognomy mild and agreeable, but such as torender it impossible to speak particularly of any of his features, sothat in quitting him you have only the recollection of a fine has neither a grave nor a familiar air, his brow is sometimesmarked with thought, but never with inquietude ; in inspiring re-spect he inspires confidence, and his smile is always the smile ofbenevolence. Says another : — With a person six feet two inches in stature, expanded, muscular,of elegant proportions and unusually graceful in all its movements,— his head moulded somewhat on the model of the Grecian an-tique ; features sufficiently prominent for strength or comeliness, —a Roman nose and large blue eyes deeply thoughtfu
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