mantown," tendering the school buildings for the accommodation of Congress should it convene at that place.

"The Public School at Germantown," incorporated in 1784, was on the south side of School Lane, a short distance west of the main street. The building, erected in 1760-61 is still standing and used for its original purposes. It is now known as the Germantown Academy, and is in good repute as an educational institution. The plan of education embraces all the studies necessary to prepare young men to enter the sophomore class at college. Congress did not accept the offer of the Trustees, but convened at Philadelphia on Monday, December 2, all danger from the yellow fever having by that time been dispelled.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24.

At Germantown: "The malady with which Philadelphia has been sorely afflicted, has, it is said, entirely ceased;— and all the Citizens are returning to their old habitations again. I took a house in this town when I first arrived here, and shall retain it until Congress get themselves fixed; * although I spend part of my time in the city."Washington to Colonel Burgess Ball.

The house in Germantown at which the President lived in the month of November, 1793,† is still standing, on the west side of the main street, now known as Germantown Avenue, in the Twenty-second Ward of the city of Philadelphia, and about six miles northwest of Independence Hall. The house-a substantial stone structure about forty feet square, with considerable back buildings, and numbered 5442-is directly opposite Mill Street (formerly Church Lane), and faces an open area which until recent years was known as Market Square. It was erected in 1772, and at the time of its being occupied by Washington was owned by Colonel Isaac Franks, of

* "Germantown, November 27.-The President will be established [in Philadelphia] in about a week, at which time Congress is to meet.". Thomas Jefferson to Mr. Pinckney.

In Rupp's History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, it is stated that General Washington stayed all night, the 13th of November, 1793, at Womelsdorf (fourteen miles west of Reading), and that the inhabitants delivered him an address, which he answered. "A company of volunteers assembled, and amidst repeated firing of guns, near the door of the house in which he lodged, exclaimed, 'Lang lebe George Washington! Lang lebe George Washington!!'"

the Army of the Revolution. It is now owned and occupied by Elliston Perot Morris, a great-grandson of Samuel Morris, captain of the First City Troop, 1776-86. Mr. Morris is the fortunate owner of the letter written by General Washington to Captain Morris, dated Morristown, January 23, 1777, in which he thanks the "Captain and Gentlemen" of the Troop for the many essential services which they had rendered to their country and to him personally during the course of the campaign which ended at Princeton on January 3.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3.

At Philadelphia: Addresses both Houses of Congress in the Senate Chamber. "Exactly at 12 o'clock the President arrived, accompanied by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary at War, and the Attorney General &c and in the presence of a large assemblage of citizens and foreigners delivered to both Houses his address."*

The state of affairs, both external and internal, was largely explained in the President's speech and in a separate message accompanied with many documents. In these were comprised the reasons for the course he had pursued respecting foreign powers, and suggestions for additional legislative enactments to protect the rights of American citizens and maintain the dignity of the country. It was in allusion to these communications to Congress that Mr. Fox made the following remarks in the British Parliament, January 31, 1794: "And here, Sir, I cannot help alluding to the President of the United States, General Washington, a character whose conduct has been so different from that which has been pursued by the ministers of this country. How infinitely wiser must appear the spirit and principles manifested in his late address to Congress, than the policy of modern European courts! Illustrious man, deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind; before whom all borrowed greatness sinks into insignificance, and all the potentates of Europe (excepting the members of our own royal family) become little and contemptible! He has had no occasion to have recourse to any tricks of policy or arts of alarm; his authority has been sufficiently supported by the same means by which it was acquired, and his conduct has uniformly been characterized by wisdom, moderation, and firmness. Feeling gratitude to France for the assistance received from her in that great contest, which secured the independence of America, he did not choose to give up the system of neutrality. Having once laid down that line of conduct,

* Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser, December 4.

which both gratitude and policy pointed out as most proper to be pursued, not all the insults and provocation of the French minister Genet could turn him from his purpose. Intrusted with the welfare of a great people, he did not allow the misconduct of another, with respect to himself, for one moment to withdraw his attention from their interest. He had no fear of the Jacobins, he felt no alarm from their principles, and considered no precaution as necessary in order to stop their progress."

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7.

At Philadelphia: Receives from the House of Representatives, through the committee, Messrs. Madison, Sedgwick, and Hartley, an answer to his address of December 3.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10.

At Philadelphia: Is waited on by the Senate, and the Vice-President, in its name, presents him with an answer to his address.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12.

At Philadelphia: "All my landed property, east of the Apalachian mountains, is under Rent, except the estate called Mount Vernon. This, hitherto, I have kept in my own hands: but from my present situation, from my advanced time of life, from a wish to live free from care, and as much at my ease as possible, during the remainder of it, and from other causes, which are not necessary to detail, I have, latterly, entertained serious thoughts of letting this estate also, reserving the mansion-house farm for my own residence, occupation, and amusement in agriculture; provided I can obtain what, in my own judgment, and in the opinion of others whom I have consulted, the low rent which I shall mention hereafter; and provided also I can settle it with good farmers."— Washington to Arthur Young.

Extract from the above-quoted letter: "No estate in United America is more pleasantly situated than this. It lies in a high, dry and healthy country, 300 miles by water from the sea, and, as you will see by the plan, on one of the finest rivers in the world. Its margin is washed by more than

ten miles of tide-water; from the bed of which and the innumerable coves, inlets, and small marshes, with which it abounds, an inexaustible fund of rich mud may be drawn, as a manure, either to be used separately, or in a compost, according to the judgment of the farmer. It is situated in a latitude between the extremes of heat and cold, and is the same distance by land and water, with good roads, and the best navigation (to and) from the Federal City, Alexandria, and George-Town; distant from the first, twelve, from the second nine, and from the last sixteen miles. The Federal City, in the year 1800, will become the seat of the general government of the United States. It is increasing fast in buildings, and rising into consequence; and will I have no doubt, from the advantages given to it by Nature, and its proximity to a rich interior country, and the western territory, become the emporium of the United States. . . . This river, which encompasses the land the distance above-mentioned, is well supplied with various kinds of fish, at all seasons of the year; and, in the spring, with the greatest profusion of shad, herrings, bass, carp, perch, sturgeon &c. Several valuable fisheries appertain to the estate; the whole shore, in short, is one entire fishery. There are, as you will perceive by the plan, four farms besides that at the mansion-house: these four contain 3260 acres of cultivable land."

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31.

At Philadelphia: "It has been my intention ever since my return to the city, to contribute my mite towards the relief of the most needy inhabitants of it. The pressure of public business hitherto has suspended, but not altered my resolution. I am at a loss, however, for whose benefit to apply the little I can give and in whose hands to place it . . . and therefore have taken the liberty of asking your advice."-Washington to William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania.

1794.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1.

At Philadelphia: "January 6.-On Wednesday last [January 1], New Year's day-Members of both Houses of Congress-Heads of Departments-Foreign MinistersMembers of the Society of the Cincinnati-Officers of the Militia, &c., waited on the President of the United States, to offer him the compliments of the Season."-Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9.

At Philadelphia: "The news of this evening is, that the Queen of France is no more. * When will the savages be satiated with blood? No prospect of peace in Europe, and therefore none of internal harmony in America. We cannot well be in a more disagreeable situation than we are with all Europe, with all Indians, and with all Barbary rovers. Nearly one half the continent is in constant opposition to the other, and the President's situation, which is highly responsible, is very distressing. He made me a very friendly visit yesterday, which I returned to-day, and had two hours' conversation with him alone in his cabinet."-John Adams to Mrs. Adams, January 9.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22.

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At Philadelphia: February 24.-Saturday [February 22], being the anniversary of that auspicious event the birth of the President of the United States, the same was observed here with unusual demonstrations of joy.”—Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser.

* Marie Antoinette was executed October 16, 1793.