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WASHINGTON NUMBER.

THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS.

THE MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

Vol. XIX.

CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1888.

Portrait of Washington (by STUART).

George Washington,

No. 2.

Frontispiece.

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Mrs. MARTHA J. LAMB.
ILLUSTRATIONS.Mount Vernon, from an Artist's unfinished sketch-Portrait of Washington as a
Virginia Colonel, by a French Artist-Portrait of Washington, by James Peale-Portrait of Washing-
ton, by Stuart, for Marquis of Lansdowne-Portrait of Martha Washington, from Miniature by Robert-
son-Washington's Pew in St. Paul's Chapel.
Hon. WILLAm Henry SMITH.
ILLUSTRATIONS.-Portrait of Colonel Henry Bouquet-Fac-simile of original letter of Washington
to Bouquet, August 7, 1758, in British Musuem.
GEORGE H. MOORE, LL.D.
Major-General HAMILTON SCHUYLER.

Unpublished Washington Letters.

Washington as an Angler.

The Stars in Our Flag.

ILLUSTRATION.-The Thirteen Stars.

A Memory of the Revolution..
E. W. B. CANNING.
Truth in Legal Investigation; The True Genesis of a Great Reform.
Hon. CHARLES J. MCCURDY and Hon. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD.
Original Documents. Two interesting unpublished Washington Letters: Washington to
Lund Washington, at Mount Vernon, in 1775, and Washington to George Mason,
Esquire, Gunston Hall, in 1779; contributed by Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet-Two
private unpublished Washington Letters on the Death of Washington; Theodore
Foster to Solomon Drowne, and Sarah Drowne to Solomon Drowne; contributed by
Mr. Henry T. Drowne.

Minor Topics. Henry Cruger Van Schaack-Address to General Washington by the Hebrew Congregation, Newport, Rhode Island, August 17, 1790-President Washington's Servants at New York-Washingtonople-Washington's Household Expenses for month of October, 1783.

Notes. Barrels of Sand Marked as Powder: Washington's Experiences at Cambridge, in 1775-An Irish Tribute to Washington-Washington and the Connecticut Tythingman -Likeness of Dred Scott.

'Queries. Heraldry-Thomas Lee and his “ Uncle West."

Replies. Athens of America-College of New Jersey Fire Company-Some Account of
Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.

Societies. Maryland Historical Society-Wyoming Historical and Geological Society-The
Oneida Historical Society-The Rhode Island Historical Society-New York Historical
Society-Dedham Historical Society-New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Historic and Social Jottings.

Book Notices. George Washington, by Hale-Washington and his Country, by Irving
and Fiske-Life of Washington, by Townsend-The Old South and the New, by
Kelley-Natural Law in the Business World, by Wood-Pre-Glacial Man, by Burge
-The Poets and Poetry of America, Edgar Allan Poe-Archives of Maryland, 1667-
1687-'8, edited by Browne-Collections of the New York Historical Society for 1882
-The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, by Warfield.

Advertisements-Books, Schools, etc., 1 to 10-Periodicals and Miscellaneous, 11 to 24.

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