SATURDAY, MAY 19.

At Mount Vernon: "My family now Howell* is admitted into it, will be more than full, and in truth than is convenient for the House, as Mr. [Bartholomew] Dandridge † (a nephew of Mrs. Washington) is already one of it, and but one room for him, Howell and another person to sleep in, all the others being appropriated to public or private uses."— Washington to Charles Carter.

FRIDAY, JUNE 1.

At Philadelphia: "June 1.-The President of the United States has arrived in this city from the Southward."-Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser.

"Since his [the President's] return from Virginia, prior to which journey he had desired me to forward a packet for Sir Isaac Heard ‡ which I addressed to you, or to Mr. Boyd for you, by the ship George Barclay, since that time I have been honoured by an invitation to dine with him. Except in the honour, believe me there is nothing pleasant in the circumstance, for it is of all others the most dull and unentertaining. The President's reserve, the effect partly I think of pride, partly of constitutional diffidence, throws a restraint on the whole party. The conversation was in consequence uncommonly phlegmatic and trivial, though as the party contracted into a smaller circle, the Secretary of State's strictures on monarchs began to throw a certain portion of animation into it. This gentleman (Thomas Jefferson) is, or affects to be, a most rigid republican; a warm admirer of Thomas Paine, and a vigorous stickler for revolutions and for the downfall of all aristocracy. The death of the King of Sweden [Gustavus III.] made it extremely probable, he said, that there would be a revolution in that country during the minority of his successor.

"The most dignified character in this country (Washington) has a good deal of (I cannot call it republicanism, for he affects state, he loves to be treated with great respect, and (by the by) is not a little flattered, I conceive, by the particular attention of Mr. Hammond not to visit him but in

* Howell Lewis, son of Washington's sister Betty.

Son of Judge Bartholomew Dandridge, a brother of Mrs. Washington. He died in 1802, while consul at San Domingo.

This packet, under date of May 2, 1792, contained particulars respecting the Washington family in Virginia, for which Sir Isaac Heard, Garter Principal King of Arms, had written to the President. This history of the American braneh will be found in Sparks, vol. i. p. 547.

full dress, but of) a certain dislike to monarchy. If Kings were Presidents, or if the President were a King, I believe that aversion would cease. At present he cannot but conceive himself much inferior in dignity and importance to any of them. When he travels, it is in a very kingly style; for on his last journey he foundered five horses, and I am informed that his secretaries are not admitted into his carriage, but stand with their horses' bridles in their hands till he is seated, and then mount and ride before his carriage."-Edward Thornton to Sir James Bland Burges, Bart., June 11,

1792.

TUESDAY, JUNE 5.

At Philadelphia: " June 5.-We have authority to inform the Public, that the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES intends to honor the Theatre with his Presence this Evening."*-Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser.

"June 8.—We hear, that on Tuesday last [June 5], the President of the United States and his Lady, attended by the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury and his Lady, honoured Mr. Pearce with a visit to his Cotton Manufactory [No. 13 Penn Street].-The President attentively viewed the Machinery &c. and saw the business performed in its different branches, which met with his warmest approbation.”—Idem.

THURSDAY, JUNE 21.

At Philadelphia: "In the course of last winter, I had some of the chiefs of the Cherokees in this city, and in the spring I obtained, with some difficulty indeed, a full representation of the Six Nations to come hither. I have sent all of them away well satisfied, and fully convinced of the justice and good dispositions of this government towards the Indian nations generally. . . . With difficulty still greater, I have brought the celebrated Joseph Brant [Thayendanegea] to this city, with a view to impress him also with the equitable intentions of this government towards all the nations of his color. He only arrived last

* "For the Benefit of Mons. Placide. BY AUTHORITY. By the Old American Company, at the Theatre in Southwark. This Evening, June 5, Will be presented a COMEDY, Called-The Beaux Stratagem. End of the Play, DANCING on the TIGHT ROPE, By Monsieur PLACIDE and the LITTLE DEVIL.".”—Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser, June 5.

night,* and I am to give him an audience at twelve this day."- Washington to Gouverneur Morris.

The policy of the first President toward the Indians was, if possible, to attach them to the interests of the United States, and at the same time to persuade them to exchange the savage state for one of civilization. To carry out this design it was thought that no better plan could be adopted than to impress upon them the habits of industry and the cultivation of their lands. In concluding an address (January 19, 1791) to Cornplanter, Halftown, and Great-Tree, three chiefs of the Seneca Nation, at that time on a visit to the seat of government, Washington said, "You may, when you return from this city to your own country, mention to your nation my desire to promote their prosperity, by teaching them the use of domestic animals, and the manner that the white people plough and raise so much corn; and if, upon consideration, it would be agreeable to the nation at large to learn these arts, I will find some means of teaching them at such places within their country as shall be agreed upon."

TUESDAY, JULY 3.

At Philadelphia: "Your letter of the 20th ultimo was presented to me by Mr. Williams, who as a professional man may or may not be, for aught I know, a luminary of the first magnitude. But to be frank, and I hope you will not be displeased with me for being so, I am so heartily tired of the attendance, which, from one cause or another has been given to these people, that it is now more than two years since I have resolved to sit no more for any of them, and have adhered to it, except in instances where it has been requested by public bodies, or for a particular purpose (not of the painters), and could not without offence be refused."— Washington to Henry Lee.

Notwithstanding this refusal, Mr. Williams persevered in his purpose, and, acting upon the hint conveyed in the above-quoted letter, offered to compliment the Alexandria Washington Lodge, No. 22, with a portrait of the President, provided the Lodge would apply to him for that purpose.

* " June 21.—Arrived yesterday Evening in this City, Escorted by Colonel Thomas Proctor, and Major Stagg, Col. Joseph Brandt, the celebrated Chief of the Six Nations of the Northern Indians."-Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser.

This offer was brought before the Lodge at a meeting held August 29, 1793, and, being received with favor, the application was ordered to be made.

Being thus armed, Mr. Williams met with better success, and obtained a sitting from the President in September, 1794.* This portrait, a half-length, is still in the possession of the Alexandria Lodge; it represents Washington as a Mason, with the collar and jewel of a Past Master, and amounts so nearly to a caricature (judging from the print after it by O'Neill) † that it would seem the President, in refusing the original application, must have had some inkling as to the lack of artistic powers on the part of Mr. Williams.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4.

At Philadelphia: "July 5.-Yesterday, being the anniversary of the political birth-day of our country, was ushered in with every demonstration of joy due to the occasion, which gave freedom to a world-Congratulations, becoming freemen governed by equal laws, were expressed with a cordiality, which freemen only can feel-Bells and cannon but feebly proclaimed the sentiments of citizens, who, conscious of the advantages which result from political and religious liberty, revere the return of that day, on which they emerged from the horrors of servitude to the blessings of IndependenCE."-Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser.

"Among the offerings to the altar of Freedom-we beheld with sincere satisfaction the homage paid by all orders of men to the Military Defender, and Civil Guardian of his country. Congratulations were offered to the President of the United States by the foreign Ministers-the officers of the militia, and many respectable citizens. The Society of the Cincinnati headed by their President [Thomas Mifflin] and Vice President [Thomas McKean] (the Governor and Chief Justice of the State) went in procession to pay their respects to the President of the United States."-Idem.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11.

Leaves Philadelphia: "July 18.-This day se'nnight the President of the United States and his Lady, left this

* On the back of the portrait is the following inscription: "His Excellency George Washington Esquire President of the United States, aged 64 -Williams Pinxit ad vivum in Philadelphia, September 18, 1794."

† See Baker's "Engraved Portraits of Washington," p. 104.

city, on a tour to Mount Vernon."-Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser.

SUNDAY, JULY 29.

At Mount Vernon: "At present all my business public and private is on my own shoulders; the two young gentlemen [Howell Lewis and Bartholomew Dandridge], who came home with me, being on visits to their friends, and my nephew, the Major [George Augustine Washington], too much indisposed to afford me any aid."- Washington to Alexander Hamilton.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5.

At Mount Vernon: "Since the date of my last despatch to you of the 1st instant, I have received your letters of the 26th and 30th ultimo."- Washington to Alexander Hamilton.

From Alexander Hamilton's Letter." I received the most sincere pleasure at finding in our last conversation, that there was some relaxation in the disposition you had before discovered to decline a reëlection. Since your departure, I have lost no opportunity of sounding the opinions of persons, whose opinions were worth knowing, on these two points; first, the effect of your declining upon the public affairs, and upon your own reputation; secondly, the effect of your continuing, in reference to the declarations you have made of your disinclination to public life. And I can truly say, that I have not found the least difference of sentiment on either point. The impression is uniform, that your declining would be to be deplored as the greatest evil that could befall the country at the present juncture, and as critically hazardous to your own reputation; that your continuance will be justified in the mind of every friend to his country by the evident necessity for it.... I trust, Sir, and I pray God, that you will determine to make a further sacrifice of your tranquility and happiness to the public good. I trust, that it need not continue above a year or two more. And I think, that it will be more eligible to retire from office before the expiration of the term of election, than to decline a reëlection.”—Philadelphia, July 30. Thomas Jefferson also, in writing to Washington on the same subject, under date of May 23, said, "The confidence of the whole Union is centred in you. Your being at the helm will be more than an answer to every argument which can be used to alarm and lead the people in any quarter into violence or secession. North and south will hang together, if they have you to hang on; and, if the first corrective of a numerous representa