The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-10
1T STILL STANDS.
The House in Which Washington Wrote
His Farewell Address.

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His Farewell Address.
From the New York Tribune.
The little state of New Jersey, as every
sshoolboy knows was the scene of many
stirring events during the revolution, and
almost every city, town and hamlet has
or claims to have, a landmark of which
its inhabitants are very proud and delight
to point out to visitors. AS in many other
parts of the country, however. some of
these monuments, which should have
the greatest claims on the American peo-
pie from historical point of view, have
been neglected, apparently forgotten and
allowed to go to decay and ruin.
One of these is the old Berrian house
at Rocky Hill. 1t was in this house that
Washington resided for many months,
and among other acts wrote his farewell
address to the continental army. The
house is an old-fashioned structure, with
large, square rooms and low ceilings to
retain the heat from the hickory and oak
logs burned in the big, open freplaces.
At the time that Gen. Washington occu-
pied the house it was the homestead of
the family of Judge John Berrian, one
of the Oldest families in the state, which
at that time owned vast tracts of land,
obtained by grants from the crown.
Judge Berrian, when the clash came, re-
mained loyal to the American cause, and
his house became refuge for Gen. WASH
ington on more than one occasion.
The old Berrian mansion is located
about a quarter of a mile from the village,
on a steep bluff overlooking the Milestone
river The little village of Rocky Hill is
about six miles from Princeton as the
crow flies. Off the old post road and To-
Gated in among the densely wooded hIlls
of Somerset county, it was unknown to
CORVALLIS or his soldiers, and after the
battles of Trenton and Princeton was
just the place for Washington and his
handful Of eontinentals to retire to for
rest and refuge.
Washington afterward returned at diff
ferent periods to Rocky Hill during the
progress of the war, but the longest time
he resided in the Berrian house was from
June, 17s3 to the following November.
This was just after congress had ad-
journed at Trenton to meet at Princeton
in the old college buildings, and here
Washington was summoned to meet them.
Accompanied by Mrs. Washington and a
part of his military family, Washington
took UP his residence in the old Berrian
house. The general and his staff rode
daily over the seven miles of road TO
Princeton, where congress was in ses-
sion.
pcHet al 'fe'04Ai'l5 sVii q 4oCA'ly lounu ilIe
exceedingly restful and pleasant in the
Berrian house, and found time to indulge
in the simple social recreations Of the
neighborhood. Among the people he called
upon was the family Of John Van Horn,
a wealthy farmer, with whom was stay
ing at the time the noted painter, Dun
lap. The latter, In his "reminiscences OF
Washington, mentions the agreeable sur
prise among the people over the pleasant
discovery that the great general DOS
sessed a liking for social pleasures and
could appreciate joke by laughing as
heartily as other men. 1t was supposed
that Washington was always serious and
grave.
Gen. Washington and Mrs. Washington
were still living in the Berrian house on
Nov. ?, 1888, and while there the general
wrote his farewell address 10 the little
army Of patriots. Washington left Rocky
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