Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . government, he hastened hisdeparture; on the sixteenth of April,therefore,—the second day after receivingthe certificate of his election,—he badeadieu to Mount Vernon, to private life,and to
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . government, he hastened hisdeparture; on the sixteenth of April,therefore,—the second day after receivingthe certificate of his election,—he badeadieu to Mount Vernon, to private life,and to domestic felicity, and, in companywith Mr. Thomson and Colonel Hum-phreys, proceeded to New York, wherecongress was then in session, to assumethe administration of the new , notwithstanding the weight of anxi-ety upon his mind concerning the publicbusiness, he did not omit to jjay a partingvisit to his venerable mother. Embracinghis mother, Washington bowed his headupi>n her shoulder and wept, murmuringat the same time something of a hope thatthey should meet again. No, George,she replied, this is our last parting; my GEEAT AND MEMORABLE EVENTS. 141 days to come are few. But go, fulfill yourhigh duties, and may God bless and keepyou. She was then afflicted with a town, where the whole population turnedout to do him honor. And thus it was,that, notwithstanding Washington wished. cancer, of which she died in her eighty-second year. Leaving Alexandria, he was accompa-nied by a throng of citizens to George- to make a private journey, his desire couldnot be gratified. The public feelings weretoo strong to be suppressed. Crowdsflocked around him enthusiastically whei^ 142 OUR FIRST CENTURY.—1776-1876. ever he stopped; and corps of militia, andprocessions of citizens, attended liimthrough their respective states. At Phil-adelphia, he was received by a concourseof the most distinguished personages ofthe city and state, and followed by thou-sands of people to a g
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