Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . ly adai)ted for its preservation ; andan account of the doings of the society was oflicially trans-mitted to Mrs. Peter. The gorget remained in that situation, under the care ofthe society, for live or six years, until its final dissolution,when, by a vote of the society, it was formally placed in mycustody ; and I immediately wrote to Mrs. Peter a statementof the circumstances, oflering to return the gorget to her. Shewas pleased to reply, that it was her wish that I should retainit in my possession, and make such dis
Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . ly adai)ted for its preservation ; andan account of the doings of the society was oflicially trans-mitted to Mrs. Peter. The gorget remained in that situation, under the care ofthe society, for live or six years, until its final dissolution,when, by a vote of the society, it was formally placed in mycustody ; and I immediately wrote to Mrs. Peter a statementof the circumstances, oflering to return the gorget to her. Shewas pleased to reply, that it was her wish that I should retainit in my possession, and make such disposition of it as I sawfit. When I last visited Mount Vernon, in the autumn of 1857,I saw there a few articles, not already mentioned, that belongedto Washington. These were a liquor-chest, two miiTors, sometissue paj^er, one of his ordinary address cards, several dia-grams and memoranda from his pen, and a number of en-gravings. The liquor-chest was in a closet adjoining the dining-ioom,and was used by the family when I was there. It is made of AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 34-. 8 LIQTTOR-CHKST. iiialioii;aiij ; and traditiou avers that it composed a part of
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