The Mount Vernon papers / by Edward Everett.
| Author/creator | Everett, Edward |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York [etc.] : D. Appleton and company, 1860. |
| Description | xxi, 490 p., 1 l. ; 20 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | 1. Reason for assuming the name of "Mount Vernon papers" [etc.] -- 2. Christmas -- 3. The house of Franklin -- 4. A safe answer -- 5. The comet -- 6-7. An incursion into the Empire state -- 8. The parable against persecution -- 9.Washington's diary. Robertson's miniatures of General and Mrs. Washington -- 10. Washington's diary, pt. II -- 11. Louis Napoleon : three phases in his life -- 12. Washington's diary -- 13. Abbotsford visited and revisited, pt. I -- 14. The fourth of March, 1789 -- 15. Abbotsford visited and revisited, pt. II -- 16. The court of France in 1818 -- 17. Lord Erskine's testimony to Washington -- 18-19. The financial distress of the year 1857 -- 20. Travelling in former times -- 21. Travel in Europe -- 22. Havre and Rouen -- 23. Will there be a war in Europe? -- 24. Another volume of Washington's diary -- 25-26. Washington's southern tour -- 27. Adam's express and the express system of the United States -- 28. At Paris, in 1818 -- 29-31. The illustrious dead of 1859: Prescott, Bond, Hallam, Von Humboldt -- 32-33. Italian nationality -- 34. The light-house -- 35. Prince Metternich -- 36-37. Seven critical occasions and incidents in the life of Washington -- 38. Several critical occasions and incidents in the life of Washington -- 39. Fontainebleau, Burgundy, Autun, Talleyrand -- 40. Lyons -- 41. From Lyons to Geneva -- 42. Excursion from Geneva to Chamouni, Mont Blanc -- 43. The Montanvert, the Sea of ice, and the Green garden -- 44. Geneva, Ferncy, Lausanne -- 45. From Lausanne to Freyburg -- 46. Berne -- 47. The nineteenth of April, 1775 -- 48. From Berne to Sachseln -- 49. Stanz, Lucerne, Tell -- 50. Goldau, Aloys Reding, Grutli, the Tellensprung -- 51. Altorf, the valley of the Reuss, the Valais -- 52. Daniel Boon -- 53. The New York ledger. |
| General note | These papers were written at the request of Robert Bonner, editor. |
| General note | Papers contributed to the New York ledger. The author received for the series ten thousand dollars, to aid the Mount Vernon ladies association in the purchase of the home of George Washington. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. |
| General note | Sabin no. 23259. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG10214488-B |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| LCCN | 15019109 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |