Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-20
VALUABLE RELICS.
SENATOR BARBOUR INTRODUCES 4
AMI FOR THEIR PURCHASE.
original Journals and Other Relies For
nsrfy Belonging to General wash'ns-
ton. Now tho Property Of Hss kfns-
man Lawrence Washington.
rrrosa Our Rcealsr Correspondent

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w.wrcrox. April Ex-senator Barbour
y.s introduced in the Senate q bill pro.
v;dinc for the purchase of certain original
iournals and other relics belonging TO Cen
srsi George Washington and now owned oy
Mt Lawrence Washington, OF Farquier
rounty. Va. Papers which accompany the
b,Il show that the collection is, composed
OF The following articles. as well as giving
soNE INTERESTING FACTS:
One "pitchers picture (Which. however.
6;d not belong 10 the General, but 10
Jujce Bushrod Washington: one statuette
~ Neckar journal kept chiefly by Wash-
ington- or manly in his handwriting
Nsrch' 1T9s. to March. 1877 /; q sword broken
at the point and scabbnrd missing; spy
glass tobject glass;, broken; -FOUR en-
cravings in circular frames coIolso Pr
fnra I'M frame-view OF an old church near
Iimericl-(glass broken); O colored pic
snrs in frame" Madonna with Book; o
nortrait In frame-"St. john; one en-
sysving-"I,oui Seige"; picture in
frame entitled Fall of the Bastile," and
mirror (badly broken.
Mr.. Lawrence Washington says in a
written communication, which accompa-
MES the bill. that all of these articles were
inherited by him from bus father. Colo 1i
John Augustine Washington, and with ne
exception Of the pitcher" picture by him
inherited from Judge Bushrod Washing-
ton, TO whom they were bequeathed Dy
General George Washington IN his Will.
ATTRIBUTE FROM FRANCE.
Mr.. Lawrence Washington quotes as fol-
lows from Losing regarding the engraving
of Louis XVI: 1t -; s.
France at the special request OF the hing
. token OF his most Christian Majesty 3 re-
gard for Washington. 1t wassn engray,ng
Of a fnll.length portrait Of King LOUIS XVI,
In his state robes. enclosed in o superb gut
frame. made expressly tor the occasion. AT
the top. surrounded by appropriate EN-:
bIems. are the royal arms of France. and
NJ the bottom the arms of the Washington
family"
row SAVED DURING THE WAR.
The picture, which was formerly OF Mt:
Vernon. is now in about the same state OF
preservation as when seen by Losing. :,
During the late war the sword mentioned
above was hid with other valuables In
an old pigeon-bouse on the property OF
Mr.. Lawrence Wnshington's friend, Mr..
Edward G. Turner, where II remained from
1861 until the close of the war, and where 1t
was so injured by dampness that the in
fcription was obliterated and the scabbard
destroyed.
LAFAYErTE's PRESENT.
The picture of the destruction of the
Bastle, Mr.. Lawrence Washington says.
together with the key (the key having
been presented by his father 10 the ladies
of the Mt. Vernon Association was placed
in the hands of Lafayette, and IN l7Sg he
sent il to Thomas Pane. then in London,
to be forwarded as present TO Washing
pencil representing the destruction of
the prison. With those Lafayette en-
closed q letter to Washington, dated
March 9TH, in which he told him
of the condition Of affairs In France, and
added "Give me leave, my dear General,
10 present You with picture OF the Bas-
tile Just as it looked a few days after l or
dered its demolition, with the key OF the
fortress of despotism. II 10 tribute
which owe my adopted father-asa an aide
de-camp TO my general. as missionary o.
Liberty to its patriarch"
An INTERESTING BELIc.
The "pitcher" picture was presented by
Philadelphia gentleman to Judge wash
ington, and is 80 called because 1t was
broken out of the side of pitcher; and
while it has always been valued on account
of its likeness TO Washington. Its chief
value arises from the fact that on its back
was pasted the original manuscript of the
eulogy quoted by Sharks. commencing
WAsHIsGTOS
Tho Defender Of his Country,
The Founder OF Liberty.
The Friend OF Man,
History and Tradition ere Explored In vain, ETC.,
which is supposed to have been written by
an Englishman.
LOST AND REGAISED.
This picture was taken from Mr.. Law
renee Washington's house during the war
bv Major Atwood, who was induced to
give receipt for it, and who was shortly
afterward captured. The restoration of
the picture was made one of the conditions
of his parole, and he was obliged to send
TO mis- home in Michigan for it before. OBJ
tanning his release. A large portion of the
manuscript on the back of the picture is
destroyed, but enough of it still remains
10 identify 1t.
MIR. Lawrence Washington closes his
statement as follows " his whole collec-
tionremained at Mt Vernon till my father
sold that property to the ladies' assocla-
ton, and have always been owned by the
male members of Washington's family,
who have obtained them by inheritance,
this being the first time they have ever
been offered for sale. In addition TO the
foregoing articles have farm account
book kept by General Washington at Mt.
Vernon"