Washington´s Home, and the Story of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Washington´s Home, and the Story of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union This purchase was sealed by an act of incorporation and a charter granted by the Legislature of Virginia creating this association a private eleemosynary corporation with the right to hold the deed of this estate. The undertaking by women to purchase Mount Vernon was started in 1853. This Association is, therefore, the oldest woman´s patriotic association in this country. It is frequently asked, How did women accomplish, the purchase of Mount Vernon? The Oft-Told Tale Fifty years after the death of Washington, Ir. John Augustine Washington and his family were living upon this estate. Its broad acres brought a burden of responsibility without profit, for the land was poor, and the mansion and the tomb and grounds were going to ruin. There could be no family privacy, for patriotic tourists arrived at all hours. With reluctance Ir. Washington publicly offered Mount Vernon for sale to the United States Government. He at first declined to sell to any other purchaser than to Congress. Congress declined to purchase. Mr. Washington next offered to sell Mount Vernon to the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its purchase was especially urged upon the Legislature. Virginia declined to purchase. 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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