Mount Vernon und seine Verbindungen, historisch, biografisch und bildhaft . von der Tatsache seiner Wahl. Dieser Brief mit einer offiziellen Urkunde wurde dem Obersten Richter, der am Dienstag, dem 14., zwischen zehn und elf Oklokken am Morgen in MountVernon eintraf, von dem verehrten Sekretär Thomson gewählt. Washington machte die übliche Tour auf den Farmen, und die Sekretärin wurde von Mr. Washington empfangen, der seine Freundschaft und die Hosijitali-Verbindungen seines Hauses in Philadelphia genossen hatte. Bei seiner Rückkehr von den Feldern vor einem Viertel begrüßte Wash-ington Mr. Thomson

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Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . of the fact of his election. This letter, with anofficial certificate, was conveyed to the chief magistrate electby the venerable Secretary Thomson, who arrived at MountVernon on Tuesday, the 14th, between ten and eleven oclockin the morning. Washington was making the usual tour olhis farms, and the secretary was cordially received by Mrs.Washington, who had enjoyed his friendship and the hosijitali-ties of his house at Philadelphia. On his return from the fields at a quarter before one, Wash-ington greeted Mr. Thomson with much warmth, for theirfriendship was most sincere. They had gone tluough a longstruggle for their countrys liberation hand in hand, one in thefield, the other in the senate; and the bond of sympathy, strengthened by retrospection, was powerful. Tliomson was AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 193 soon invited to the library, where he revealed the object of hisvisit, and delivered the letter of President Langdon. Publicaffairs at once became the topic of conversation, and long did. CHARLES THOMSON. the two patriots linger at the table that day, after Mrs. Wash-ington, Colonel Humphreys, Mr. Lear, and two or three guestshad withdrawn. Only for a few minutes were they separated, when Washington, in his private study in an upper room, wrote the following letter to Mr. Langdon, and placed it inthe hands of a servant to be conveyed to the post-office atAlexandria: Mount Vernon, lith April, 1789. Sir : I had the honor to receive your official communica-tion, by the hand of Mr. Secretary Tliomson, about one oclockthis day. Having concluded to obey the important and flat- 1.3 194 MOUNT VERNON tering call of my country, and having been impressed with theidea of the expediency of my being with Congress at as earlya period as possible, I propose to commence my journey onTliursday morning, which will be the day after to-morrow. Toward evening Washington left Mount Yernon on horse-back, accompanied by

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