the forenoon I walked about the town-At half passed 2 oclock I received, and answered an address from the Corporation and the Complim" of the Clergy of different denominations-dined between 3 & 4 oclock-drank Tea with Mr Hand."- Washington's Diary.

"July 12.-On Monday, July 4, being the Anniversary of American Independence, the Corporation [of Lancaster], at the particular request of the inhabitants, waited on him [the President] with an address: At three o'clock the President, and a very large number of citizens, set down to an elegant entertainment, provided for the occasion, in the court-house."Claypoole's Daily Advertiser.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6.

At Philadelphia: "July 7.-Yesterday the President of the United States arrived in this city, on his return from his southern tour. His approach was announced to the citizens, by the firing of cannon and the ringing of bells." -Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20.

At Philadelphia: "I yesterday had Mr. Jaudenes,* who was in this country with Mr. Gardoqui, and is now come over in a public character, presented to me for the first time by Mr. Jefferson. Colonel Ternant is expected here every day as minister from France."- Washington to David Humphreys.

Colonel Humphreys was at this time in Lisbon, having been appointed minister to Portugal on February 21. At the time of the appointment he was in London, having left the United States in August, 1790. Mr. Humphreys revisited this country in 1794, returned the following year, and soon afterward married Miss Bulkly, an English woman of fortune. He was transferred (May 20, 1796) from Lisbon to the court of Madrid, where he remained until succeeded by Charles Pinckney in 1802.

* Don Joseph De Jaudennes was associated with Don Joseph De Viar, the Spanish minister, in the management of Spanish interests in the United States. He subsequently acted as commissioner and envoy from Spain.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9.

At Philadelphia: "A slight indisposition, since my return, (occasioned by a tumor, not much unlike the one I had at New York in 1789), of which I am now recovered, does not forbid the expectation, that my health may be ultimately improved by my tour through the southern States."- Washington to William Moultrie.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18.

At Philadelphia: "August 20.-Thursday [August 18], the French and Spanish Ambassadors, together with several other distinguished personages dined with the President of the United States, and in the evening there was a small display of fire works exhibited nearly opposite the President's house, given by a few citizens in compliment to the Company."-Dunlap's American Daily Adver

tiser.

“August 10.—Yesterday arrived in this city Mons. DE TERNAnt, Minister Plenipotentiary from his Most Christian Majesty to the United States of America, after a passage of 45 days from Rochefort, on board the frigate La Favorite. In his suite came Messieurs Dupont and Kellerman.” *—Idem.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5.

At Philadelphia: "September 5.-This afternoon went to the President's house on Market Street and there dined with him and his lady, and four members of his family, besides the following members of the [Pennsylvania] House [of Representatives]: Hon. William Bingham, Speaker, Messrs. [Richard] Wells, [Francis] Gurney, [Lawrence] Seckel from the city; [William] Macpherson, [Thomas] Lilly, [Philip] Gardner, [Henry] Tyson, [Joseph] Reed,

* Jean Baptiste Ternant served as major in the Revolutionary War under Baron Steuben (whom he accompanied to this country) until September 25, 1778, when he was made lieutenant-colonel and inspector of the armies in Georgia and South Carolina. He was taken prisoner at Charleston in 1780, but was soon exchanged, and returned to France after the conclusion of peace.

[David] Stewart, [Jonathan] Hoge, [John] Montgomery, [Samuel] Maclay, [John] White, [William] Findlay, [John] Baird, [Jacob] Eyerly, [Anthony] Lerch, [John] Mulhollan, [Adamson] Tannehill, and Peter Lloyd, our clerk. I cannot help remarking that President Washington is an unassuming, easy and sociable man, beloved by every person."-Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15.

Leaves Philadelphia: "September 19.-Thursday afternoon [September 15], the PRESIDENT left this city on a tour to Mount Vernon."-Claypoole's Daily Advertiser.

The Viscount de Châteaubriand, who dined with the President the day before his departure for Mount Vernon, after describing in his "Travels in America and Italy," published in 1828, his first interview* with Washington, refers to the dinner in the following words: "The conversation turned almost entirely on the French revolution. The general showed us a key of the Bastille: those keys of the Bastille were but silly playthings which were about that time distributed over the two worlds. Had Washington seen like me the conquerors of the Bastille in the kennels of Paris, he would have had less faith in the relic. The gravity and the energy of the revolution were not in those sanguinary orgies. At the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes, in 1685, the same populace of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine demolished the Protestant church at Charenton with as much zeal as it despoiled the church of St Denis in 1793.

"I left my host at ten in the evening, and never saw him again: he set out for the country the following day, and I continued my journey.

"Such was my interview with that man who gave liberty to a whole world. Washington sunk into the tomb before any little celebrity had attached to my name. I passed before him as the most unknown of beings; he was in all his glory, I in the depth of my obscurity, my name probably dwelt not a whole day in his memory. Happy, however, that his looks were cast upon me! I have felt myself warmed for it all the rest of my life. There is a virtue in the looks of a great man."

*At this interview, upon perceiving the astonishment of the President when he stated that the object of his voyage was to discover the passage to the northwest by penetrating to the polar sea, Châteaubriand said, "But it is less difficult to discover the northwest passage than to create a nation as you have done."

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.

At George Town: "George-Town, September 24.—MONDAY evening last [September 19] the PRESIDENT of the United States, his Lady, and Suite, arrived in this town from the Seat of Government, and on Tuesday took their departure for Mount Vernon."-Claypoole's Daily Advertiser, September 30.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15.

At Mount Vernon: "From long experience I have laid it down as an unerring maxim, that to exact rents with punctuality is not only the right of the landlord, but that it is also for the benefit of the tenant that it should be so, unless by uncontrollable events and providential strokes the latter is rendered unable to pay them."- Washington to Robert Lewis.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21.

At Philadelphia: "October 22.-The President of the United States arrived in town yesterday, from Mount Vernon."-Claypoole's Daily Advertiser.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25.

At Philadelphia: " October 25.-At noon President Washington went to the Congress at the corner of Chestnut and Sixth Streets, and delivered his address [in the Senate Chamber] yesterday being the first day of meeting of the Second Congress."-Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29.

At Philadelphia: "October 29.-The Speaker of the House of Representatives [Jonathan Trumbull] attended by the Members repaired to the President's house, and presented him with an answer to his address."-Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser.

"November 1.-Yesterday [Monday, October 31] at twelve o'clock, the Vice-President attended by the Senate, repaired to the President's House, and presented him with an answer to his address."—Idem.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11.

At Philadelphia: "November 15.-On Friday last [November 11] Mr. Hammond was introduced to the President, by the Secretary of State, and presented his credentials as his Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States."-Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser.

George Hammond was the first minister from Great Britain to the United States. He married (May 20, 1793) Margaret Allen, daughter of Andrew Allen, of Philadelphia, a girl of remarkable beauty. Mr. Hammond remained in this country until 1795, when he returned to England to become under-secretary at the foreign office in London.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8.

At Philadelphia: "This afternoon accounts received, which are believed, that General St. Clair's army has been defeated by the Indians. The action happened November 4th, within fifteen miles of the Miami towns. Six hundred

of our men killed and wounded. General [Richard] Butler and many officers among the slain."-Timothy Pickering to Mrs. Pickering.

When the President received the news of the surprise and defeat of General St. Clair, it is said, on the authority of Colonel Lear,* who was present, that for a few moments he lost all control of himself, and with great violence of manner vehemently denounced the action of St. Clair in allowing himself to be surprised,—an event which he had been expressly cautioned against. The paroxysm of passion, however, lasted but a short time, when he regained his habitual composure.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30.

At Philadelphia: "January 3, 1792.-On Friday morning [December 30, 1791] was presented to the President of the United States, a BOX elegantly mounted with silver,

* "Washington in Domestic Life," by Richard Rush, p. 65.