The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-24
MOUNT VERNON.
Annual Visit or the Virginia Board o
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anhuhi Visit OF the virginia Board OF
VISITORS.
The Virginia board Of visitors OF Mount
Vernon will undertake their annual trip
10 Mount Vernon on June %, when they
will be received by the board OF regents
Of the institution The board OF visitors
consists OF Colonel John Bell Bigger,
Hon. w. w. Henry. ex-senator X. ".
Moore Of Halifax rounty. Hon. l.. q.
Washington. Senator Robert j. Washing
ton, Senator Fairfax and Senator George
A. Mushbach The board viii be accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinney md
little frankie Mckinney. The Governor
and his party and Colonel Bigger VIII
leave here in the afternoon OF June lst
for Washington, wh-Te they VIII stop at
the Metropolitan Hotel. The next evening
thew will 90 bv boat to Mount Vernon.
There they will be the guests Of the
hoard Of regents OF the Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association Of the Union, consist
ing oil the following ladies' Mrs. Justine
Van Rensselaer, Townsend, Of New YORK.
regent: Mrs NJ ]. VI. Sweat, OF Portland,
Me: Mrs. Cornelius L. King, OF Bellows
lsaUs VI. Miss Alice NJ LOngfellow, OF
Cambridge Mass; hrs. O. r. Winder,
OF Portsmouth, n. H; Mrs. Susan =. j.
Hudson. Of Stratford. Conn; Miss Co
megys. of Dover, Del; Mrs. Mary I.
Barnes, Of Washington. ID. c.; Mrs. Emma
X. Ball. OF Richmond. Va; Mrs. ella b.
Washington, Of Charlestown, W. Va;
Mrs. Letitia II. Walker. Of Leeksvile. n.
G.; Mrs. Lucy X. Pickers, Of EdgeheId
Courthouse, S. c.: Mrs. Georgia Page
Wilder. Of Savannah. Ga; Mrs Martha
Mitchell. Of Milwaukee. Wis; Mrs Ida
A. Richardson, Of New Orleans, La: Mrs
Elizabeth A. Rathbone, Of Ann Arbor
Mich. Mrs. Mary T. Letter, Of Chicago,
H.: Mrs. Woodward, OF Lexington, KY;
Mrs. Jenny NJ Ward. Of ottawa. Kans.;
Mrs. Rebecca b. Flandran, Of 81. Paul,
Mimi; Mrs. Alice Hill, OF Denver COL;
Mrs. Phoebe 4. Hearst, OF San Francisco,
Cal: Mrs. Baker, OF Jacksonville, Fla,
vice-regents..
The day is usually spent in a thorough
inspection of the buildings and grounds,
after which the board Of visitors are en-
tertained at dinner by the board OF re-
gents. The institution is I'm n very pros
perous condition. and the financial status
has been especially good during the past
wear. large revenues having been received
from the number of visitors who attended
the encampment OF the Grand Army of
the Republic at Washington.
According 10 the report Of Superintend-
eut Harrison II. Dodge, the foloWl'&
relics and articles Of use have been re
ceived recently. From Mr.. Hayemeyer or
New York. the dress sword worn ny
General Washington. II is appropriately
framed and hangs i'm the main nan. rom
Nj Lawrence Washington. OF virginia
an exceedingly interesting ana Well-pt'-
served document that belonged to General
Washington. and bears In his own hand
writing this Endorsement: Survey and
division between Spencer and Washington
Soptember and December, 1920. II states
tho terms of division of the original DUN
acres purchased I'm 1919 by John Washing
ton and Nicholas Spencer, and shows d
rough plat OF the tract, subsequently
called Mount Vernon. The old gilt frame
fnci0siug this document was also part OF
Washington's effects. \ brass knop thal
was taken by some relic-hunter from one
of the doors Of the banquet hah many
wears ago was returned 70 Mount yer
non through the kindness of Mr.. y. j.
Packard. Of Sturgis. Mich. From MT
Andrew Reasoner. Of Hoboken, y D.,
conv of the History Of the Washington
Aeeociation of New Jersey" ana also
nbotogranhs of the Generals headquarters
~ NIorristown. The old table and mirror
that belonged 10 General washington az
bfs home i'm Philadelphia, and were AFTER
y,ards Given TO the artist Charles wilson
Peale. have been purchased ana piac7u il
the sitting-room. -.,-., -..,.
The first regent Of the association was
Mrs. Ann Pamela Cunningham OF SCUM
| Carolina. and the first Vlce-resehI "ds
Mrs. Anna Cora Richie, an authores5 oi
great pretension and an actress or i'He
canacitv. She married William f. Richie
Who was at that time owner Of the Rich-
mond Enquirer, and the son OF Ihotnas
Ritchie. the Nestor Of Democracy