Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-29
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the official, surviving orders.
The manuscript was owned by Bishop
r. M. Bristol of Washington, but passed
out of his hands some time ago. It is
looked upon as one of the most valu-
able and interesting Of early American
documents.
The manuscript is eight pages, folio
In size, and is entirely in the hand
writing Of John Singer Dexter, assistant
adjutant general of the Continental
Army with the troops at Newburgh, N.
Y. II is Endorsed by Brig. Gen. James
Clinton: "Genl. Washington's fare
well orders TO the Army in 1888" A
second Endorsement, in an unknown
hand, reads: From the papers of
Genl. Jas. Clinton and the copy from
which the orders was read"
The orders were sent from Rocky
Hill, N. j., where Washington was then
in attendance upon the Continental
Congress, sitting at Princeton.
John G. Fitzpatrick. assistant chief
Of the manuscript division of the Ii
brary of Congress, aided Bishop 1Fistal
In establishing the authenticity Of the
manuscript. Fitzpatrick, after care
full study, said:
This manuscript undoubtedly Is the
copy made by the assistant adjutant
general, and, following the usual pfae-
tice, Dexter read the orders himself te
the remnant Of the Army. then waiting
at Newburgh for the British to evacuate
the city Of New York.
"It is known that Brig. Gen. James
Clinton was with the troops during
their march down to the city and dur
ing the evacuation. I~See no reason to
doubt the truth Of these two indorse-
ments."
Fitzpatrick further says that the or
ders were sent in a letter from Lieut..
Col. David Cobb, aide de camp to
washington There is copy Of the
orders by Cobb in the Washington man
uscript in the Library of Congress.
THE Endorsement that these were
the orders" he says-"that is, the pa
per from which the orders were read
burgh by Dexter-must be taken at its
face value, because Of the fact that the
other Endorsement is in the handwrit-
ing Of Gen. Clinton"
The orders were printed in the news
papers of the day. Most Of the Cont
mental Army already had been dis
banded and returned to their homes.
So far as the information of the
manuscript division of the Library OF
congress goes, the 6TlSIOl copy dIlI
those in the Washington papers are the
"Of these" says Fitzpatrick, "the
Bristol manuscript is the more valu'
able and interesting"
It is cherry blossom time in Wash
ington.
And cherry blossoms mean only one
thing In the Capital City of the Unitet
States-S5ring. One has never known
Washington in all of its fullness unit
one has seen it in the Springtime.
People come from near and far t.
get a glimpse of this. Artists set thei
easels under the blooming trees trying
to put on canvas the reality of thu
blossoms. Girls clad in Oriental cos
tunes walk along the sea wall, holding
over them japanese sunshades.
The Washington cherry blossem
date back to the time that Mrs. Viii
liam Howard Taft was First Lady o
the Land, She had seen them IN tn
East and had had q number OF tn
trees nianted here.
Then DR.. Jokichi Takaniine, note
chemist of Japan, came to Washington
on a visit He was delighted TO lear
of the interest taken in his country
CUeTTy DlOoSOAlo
Through DR.. Takamine a gift of 200
trees was sent to Washington in 100!
The trees arrived, but were condemne
as infected, and were burned. But D.
Takamine was not to be discouraged
He resumed his efforts and 1000 NOR
trees we're given by the City of Toki
in 1871 From these grew the boWe
of blooms.
The cherry blossoms are In numerou
shades.
First, there are the almost white an
the delicate lavenders and pinks yellow
cerise-and two weeks later come tn
double rose pink blossoms-the ulti
mate of Japanese cherry blossoms
There are at least a dozen species {
the blossoms, varying in shape, siz
celer and tins OF Towering, The
SOON, in turn. about six weeks 3rol