Experiencing Mount Vernon

Will be the first book to focus on visitors' accounts of Mount Vernon--"from Washington's return as the victorious general of the Revolutionary army through the end of the Civil War.

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Introduction

1

(18)

1784

``A Private Citizen on the Banks of the Potomac''

George Washington

19

(1)

1785

``Two of the Richest Days of My Life''

Elkanah Watson

20

(6)

``The First Man in the World''

Robert Hunter

26

(10)

1786

Laboring Hands

George Washington

36

(11)

1787

A Model for the Nation

Samuel Powel

47

(7)

1788

Dinner and Talk of the New Constitution

Olney Winsor

54

(2)

1796

``Washington Has Something Uncommonly Majestic and Commanding in His Walk, His Address, His Figure and His Countenance''

Benjamin Henry Latrobe

56

(11)

1797

``They Hoped They Would No Longer Be Slaves in Ten Years''

Louis-Philippe

67

(2)

1798

Acute Observations: From Domestic Pursuits to Concern for the Nation

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

69

(19)

1799

``Tranquil Happiness Reigns''

Elizabeth Ambler Carrington

88

(5)

1801

Dinner with the Widow Washington

Samuel Latham Mitchill

93

(2)

1802

Mount Vernon during Martha Washington's Last Days

Thomas Pim Cope

95

(8)

1818

``Ingratitude Is upon Us''

A Letter to a Friend in Richmond

103

(5)

1821

Sold: Fifty-four Negroes

Bushrod Washington

108

(8)

1822

Public Property?

Charles H. Ruggles

116

(2)

No Eating, Drinking, and Dancing Parties Allowed

Bushrod Washington

118

(1)

1823

The Fourth of July

From the National Intelligencer

119

(4)

1824

Lafayette's Return

Auguste Levasseur

123

(3)

1826

Shock and Consolation

Thomas Hayes

126

(1)

Improprieties and Threats

From the Microcosm

127

(2)

``These Grounds Should Be the Property of the Nation''

A Veteran Officer

129

(2)

1832

Overwhelmed by the Nation's History

From the Family Magazine

131

(4)

1832

A Death in the Family

The Account of an Anonymous Physician

135

(3)

1833

``A Glorious Remembrance''

Caroline Moore

138

(5)

1834

Going to Ruin

Benjamin Brown French

143

(3)

Mecca of the Mind

From the New-England Magazine

146

(5)

1839

``I Was Never More Disappointed in My Life''

L. Osgood

151

(6)

1840

An Inheritance Shared with the Nation

Jane Charlotte Washington

157

(1)

``Marked and Scratched All Over''

Robert W. Nelson

158

(2)

1841

A Rare Opportunity

M****

160

(4)

1842

The New Proprietor

John Augustine Washington

164

(2)

1843

``Without Thinking That We Trespassed''

Caroline Wells Healey

166

(3)

1844

``A Voice Now Calls, Which Should Touch a Responsive Chord in Every Heart''

From the Democratic Union

169

(5)

1846

Preserve This ``Landmark on the Highway of Human Freedom''

Samuel I. Prime

174

(6)

1850

An Appeal to the North and the South

Mrs.C****

180

(4)

``The Most Delightful Day of Our Lives''

``Rambler''

184

(5)

1850

Yielding to the Desires of the Public

From the New-York Daily Tribune

189

(1)

1851

A Staff for the Holy Land

Orlando B. Willcox

190

(2)

1852

A Visit from Kossuth

W. T. C.

192

(5)

1853

Enter the Ladies

Louisa Cunningham

197

(1)

1854

A Progress Report

Anonymous

198

(4)

1856

``Holy Ground, Sacred Pleasure''

Augusta Blanche Berard

202

(4)

1861

Homage and Anguish

A Letter Written on Board the U.S. Pawnee

206

(2)

Soldiers and Shawls

Sarah Tracy

208

(1)

Whither Washington?

From the New York Times

209

(2)

``We Are Overrun with Soldiers''

Mollie

211

(3)

1862

``Vandals Looking for Relics''

Private Robert Knox Sneden

214

(2)

1865

``We Believe the Place Where We Are Standing to Be Holy''

George W. Clymans

216

(9)

Appendix: The Washingtons of Mount Vernon

225

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Experiencing Mount Vernon

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials