The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-22
ST. PAUL is HOME
OF WASHINCTONIA
Many Relics of Father of His
Country in Possession
Of Descendants.

Probably, with the possible excep-
lions OF Washington. d. c., Mount YER
non, Pope's Creek, Boston and kindred
places which knew the Father Of His
country In person, there Is no other
city In the United States that is in
vested With more of certain degree of
familiarity with the great WASHINGTON.
IL familiarity in that direction Is pos
slDle at this late day, than st. Paul
III tnlS city reside nephew and niece
or George Washington - necessarily
many times removed in fact, so MANY
tlmes removed that one could scarcely
imagine the relationship; and vet IL is
distinctly traceabIe In an unbrokan
line from the first president Of the
United States to Lawrence Washing
Ton, a82 Dayton avenue, and his sister,
Mrs. j. c. Hill, 122 Virginia avenue.
The latter Is the proud possessor Of
George Washington's private seal. an
aftlcle supposed to have been made in
England about the year 1850, and from
winch the different insignia Of the
United States are supposed to have had
their origin. Upon 1t is a shield of Pc
cular design, surmOunted by a crown
In the hollow Of which reclines a black
dove. AT the top of the shield are three
stars, and lower down are two very
broad bars. Twined about the bottom
IS wreath of, presumably. laurel or
olive branches. Through this is inter-
tWlned the usual garlanded riband,
upon which is the legend, ''EXitus Acta
Probat, meaning the event justifies the
deed, and under all is the signature OF
George Washington. 1t is of the very
finest steel, said by competent authori-
meS to be the true Damascus metal.
ana its impressions at this date are as
clearly cut as they could have been
when first 1t was used by the man who
was to free the struggling colony from
n f1Nn1 IN4o1
yoke.
Another of Mr.. Hills treasures is a
bust, steel engraving. vtgnette Of Will
liam Augustine Washington, a nephew.
indeed, the favorite nephew of the
Revolutionary leader. This was, most
probably for the reason that, more
than any Of the name since the DAYS of
1916, this William betrayed more of the
characteristics which made his uncle
the nations idol in those stormy times.
Ih1s engraving Is of exceedingly fine
execution; and the stern, unbendinR
observance of the dictates of conscience
are delineated in the features Of the
man, almost as well, the spectator Ia
constrained to think, as though he
stood before one in the flesh There
one can trace the family resemblance
of forcefulness-the quality, drawn out
into deeds by the stress of the times
and the requirements of the period.
IllaI IIIctOc OcOES0 w washington as one
who, IN the history of mankind Ia
without a fellow" The entire por-
trait is not much larger than a silver
dollar; but, such Is its remarkable
quality of Clearness, it at first blush
appears much larger. = > 3 e&
Last, and possibly least, because OF
their commences now, is a genealogi-
cal tree of the Washington family, dat.
Ing back to the year 1864, or just about
the time Of the birth Of Shakespeare.
The first name which appears is that
of Robert Lawrence Washington, of
Gray's Inn. who married Anne Par
giter, Oct. Z, 1864. The first Of the fam
lily who were known to have landed on
the shores of America were John. and
his brother. Andrew, who came over
from the East Riding Of Yorkshire.
England, and settled in Virginia, in or
about the year e5T. Little did John
Washington, in Ihose days. imagine
that from him should spring ''the lion
OF the people," the man who should,
by mere force of character see clearly
into futurity In the dark days and
nights Of Valley Forge and lead q
doubling, trembling people to victory
and freedom.
These relies of relative, far re-
moved though he may be, whom all the
world reveres, and whom the youngest
nation on the globe worships without
exception or reserve. are tenderly
treasured by their owner, who, though
inclined to be reticent about the dis
cussfOn of the subject at all, is very
proud of having in her possession ar
ticles which were at one time the prop
erty of the greatest man the country
ever knew.