Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05

4 = THE thousands g p aaorss
IN rha visit the home o. ,. seosss
n v w. ,s,nston at Mount vernon non
Az Wasn ,,, lass than / per cent
y 4, P, that they have been m m'' ths
\ allie ' mon and that many q a ars
Impose, a. ufs sxhibited5 as original als
81 .-. mutations Of articles atan home nome when
| Co., in the washington mons
IL died save begun a campaign
\ Many ~ lust what conditions as e4 the
10 ascel..s'HV ernon-how many y gan ~,
& Noun a.xblbited as genuine are : T T
articles eN now many are ny no which
&3as ana sas,,n laborous task ins a meas
85aye oss NJ result In some J., itsl nthers
& leads e III ~ has borne fruit IN oer that
|Sbut w i,ss already begins 70 sno" , ens
bni wnl rssasearch may reveal ., ,3y tInth ,'o'
SSeepeF . rss, Of getting at the run l,a
n ne S what little has been Gone n,,, i, a ~.
al From, ,Mnvvestigation, scientlticaiis n,,
SFay o. XIV ~ carried out 1t mas , uet,.
81 tcura,..hss KY The famous white ena r,e
shown ~ sH ssshibIted as belonging 70 1s aa
IA toa M,a shington was a coach .0w Viz
ral ,,.sr Samuel Powell of Philadei.
sy Ma =. 'Washington's day. but never ','s,
9Shia, u I, the first president.
n fe 90 ',tmate end of the FAMOUS
II ING ,.. u,., coach was, it would seem,
[SSasn'i asnse Of charity, its parts pelns
IN inc ea rsilcs by charitable assocla-
#old u The rf powell chariot. during
NON. ,ovared career was sequestefsa
a3ts cHe nM,e in Now Yorll's CHINATOWN
Sor, : ' tainr purchased by the Mount
Tern,or association, ~, tho bed
q :. bas also been shown thae tne peu
Il l. ne, n@' ayhibition as the one on which
9oM u, INN died is the third to nave
v as's sxh,hjted as Washington's death
4 2fen nd that several of the pictures
4 pe et,., az AZ furniture and many or me
1 i W. are merely replicas Of those
Yg s,aaily owned by Washington ana
y a s.,,'', we're found inside the Mount
Rs.s. on residence until placed there
In exhibition,
Il CONTROVERSY AS TO COACH.
d ,tention 10 the so-called Washing
1 e coach was first publicly attracted
har Tho Prince Of Wales, now King
Sdn.srd VII Of England. made a, tour
n ia United States and Canada.
IN. nriace arrived at Philadelphia ut
4 o'clock in the afternoon of Oct. "
mi thc following day attended the
4 res Al Point Breeze Park. The
faners On Oct II, after describing the
bces. the visitors, etc, said:
#aThe old family coach of General
George Washington was drawn around
Ia grounds by six gray horses. 1t
attracted much attention.
7Another press item at the time re-
&rred to the coach as "a coach said
4 havo belonged TO General Washing
En-
IA niece of carriage builder named
Eilliam Dunlap was then the owner |
7 the coach. She It still living In
Philadelphia. At the time OF the
flnce's visit she was a girl of IL. and
DISTINCTLY renemberers standing on the
Bach brought out on that occasion.
#She positively asserts, however, that
never belonged to General Washing
Sn, but was built for the Powels. and
ia. her family have always so stated.
Ter father, Henry Dunlap, did own
Washington carriage at one time,
lt II fell to pieces through old age.
bis fact and the resemblance Of tho
owel eGuipage to the Washington
ach, she assigns for the persistence
her people have shown in calling the
DWELL vehicle the Washington coach.
IN the same year, 1860. John Jay
NTH. In a work, entitled american
istorical and Literary Curiosities,
yes a picture of General Washing
ms coach, with this note:
"A controversy exists whether this !.
cture was taken from the Identical
aryiage but all agree In stating that
not the genuine article it is fac
9miie, the two coaches having been
mported at the same time and having
Pen Of the same design"
sThe two coaches referred to were
Pose Of General Washington and Mrs.
lllzabelh Willing Powell, wife of Mayor
samuel Powe! of Philadelphia. They
ere ordered at the same time, ana
!ere quit In England by David Clarke,
scotchman. who came over with
ZEN; establishing himself as a carri-
n builder in Sixth street, between
a NY and Market streets. Philadel-
nd OF WASHINGTON VEHICLE.
!. .ae coaches were identical, except
ny General Wash!ngton's was ornam-
rWa win four medallions painted
Nlprianl and representing the four
sasohs, one on each panel of the
'dcn' and with his coat of arms en-
,az9hed on the doors. The Powell
'as1, on the contrary. had plain
r,s's, with the Powell arms emhlaz-
p-sen coach had high driving seat,
pM;opflate to state coaches of thai
1 !gl va oh 100 ,l, L.,