. Rambles in colonial byways . his neck beneath his masters was Nelson, the war-horse upon whoseback, at Yorktown, Washington had receivedthe surrender of Cornwallis. The warended, Nelsons work was over. Turnedout to graze in summer, in winter carefullygroomed and stabled, he lived to a good oldage, but by his masters strict command wasnever again allowed to feel the burden of asaddle. Thus three years passed in quiet and re-tirement. But they were neither years ofleisure nor of rest. The cares of state werethrust upon the privacy of the home life atMount Vernon. Washington held the
. Rambles in colonial byways . his neck beneath his masters was Nelson, the war-horse upon whoseback, at Yorktown, Washington had receivedthe surrender of Cornwallis. The warended, Nelsons work was over. Turnedout to graze in summer, in winter carefullygroomed and stabled, he lived to a good oldage, but by his masters strict command wasnever again allowed to feel the burden of asaddle. Thus three years passed in quiet and re-tirement. But they were neither years ofleisure nor of rest. The cares of state werethrust upon the privacy of the home life atMount Vernon. Washington held the lead-ing-strings of the infant republic. Theweakness of the Articles of Confederationwere apparent to him, and it was in his con-stant thought to devise some form of strongcentralized national governmental authorityand administration. He was in communica-tion with the patriots in all parts of theStates, hanging together and defaulting intheir duty and obligations under the free andeasy system of 1777, and it was on the ve-222. RAMBLES IN COLONIAL BYWAYS randa or in the library of Mount Vernonthat the preliminary steps were arrangedwhich led to the overthrow of the system ofthe Confederation and the substitution of thenational system in 1787. It was on a sunny day in April, 1789, thatCharles Thomson, secretary of the Conti-nental Congress, arrived at Mount Vernonwith the official notification of Washingtonselection to the Presidency. Reluctant toleave the congenial pursuits and surround-ings of Mount Vernon, he nevertheless re-sponded once more to his countrys call, andon April 16, 1789, left for New York, thejourney being one constant succession ofovations. He inaugurated the new govern-ment, and soon after was followed by , who established the social in-stitutions decided upon for the executiveoffice and surroundings. During the yearsof his Presidency Washington occasionallyvisited Mount Vernon, passing a short timethere during the adjournments of als
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