Washington After the Revolution
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Excerpt from Washington After the Revolution: 1784 1799 At Mount Vernon: "The public and other papers, which were committed to your charge, and the books in which they have been recorded under your inspection, having come safe to hand, I take this first opportunity of signifying my entire approbation of the manner in which you have executed the important duties of recording secretary, and the satisfaction, I feel in having my papers so properly arranged, and so correctly recorded." - Washington to Richard Varick. In the month of May, 1781, General Washington made arrangements, by authority of Congrees, to have all his official papers recorded in volumes. He appointed Colonel Richard Varick to superintend this work, - to classify the papers according to a plan tarnished by himself, and to engage such a number of copyists as he should deem expedient. These volumes, thirty-seven in number, containing transcripts of Washington´s entire correspondence, official and private, from the beginning to the end of the Revolution, are now the property of the national government, and form one of the moat valuable features of its archives. They were purchased with a large amount of other papers in August, 1884, from Georgo Corbin Washington, to whom they were bequeathed by his uncle, Judge Bushrod Washington, the original devisee under the will of General Washington. Satuday, January 10. At Mount Vernon: "When yon have finished my portrait which is intended for the Count de Solms, I will thank you for handing it to Mr. Robert Morris, who will forward it to the Count de Bruhl (Minister from his Electoral Highness of Saxe at the Court of London), as the channel pointed out for the conveyance of it." - Washington to Joseph Wright, at Philadelphia. Under date of August 4, 1786, the Comte de Solms, "De la Fortress de Kdnigsteln en Saxe," acknowledged the receipt of this portrait in the following terms: "My General and my Hero. - I have just received your picture, and I am entirely taken up to give it a sufficient embellishment by placing it between the King of Prussia and his illustrious brother Henry. You see that tbit is a trio very harmonica... It must be that the picture resembles, for I regard it as the greatest ornament of my fortress." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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