The Ladies of the White HouseUnited States Publishing Company, 1872 - 658 من الصفحات |
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... President , Wash . ington immediately left his home and repaired to New York City , the seat of government . * Our young country demanded , in the beginning , that regard for forms and etiquette which would com mand respect in the eyes ...
... President , Wash . ington immediately left his home and repaired to New York City , the seat of government . * Our young country demanded , in the beginning , that regard for forms and etiquette which would com mand respect in the eyes ...
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... President and his wife re- turned from Mount Vernon , and took up their resi- dence in the house of Mr. Morris , which the corpo- ration had obtained for them . They found Congress- men and public characters already assembled , in ...
... President and his wife re- turned from Mount Vernon , and took up their resi- dence in the house of Mr. Morris , which the corpo- ration had obtained for them . They found Congress- men and public characters already assembled , in ...
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... President always had his hair powdered , and never offered his hand to any one at his public receptions . " On the national fête days , the commencement of the levee was announced by the firing of a salute from a pair of twelve ...
... President always had his hair powdered , and never offered his hand to any one at his public receptions . " On the national fête days , the commencement of the levee was announced by the firing of a salute from a pair of twelve ...
الصفحة 38
... President's family on the 8th of June , 1794. " I confess , " he says , " I was struck with awe and veneration when I recollect- ed that I was now in the presence of the great Wash- ington , ' the noble and wise benefactor of the world ...
... President's family on the 8th of June , 1794. " I confess , " he says , " I was struck with awe and veneration when I recollect- ed that I was now in the presence of the great Wash- ington , ' the noble and wise benefactor of the world ...
الصفحة 39
... President ; workmen were then laying the foundation of the building afterward burned . He was deeply interested in the welfare of the chosen seat of the government , and an amusing anecdote is related of his conference with David Burns ...
... President ; workmen were then laying the foundation of the building afterward burned . He was deeply interested in the welfare of the chosen seat of the government , and an amusing anecdote is related of his conference with David Burns ...
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