An Inventory of Articles at Mount Vernon

1810

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In the Little Parlour
D.
C.
D.
C.
1 Looking Glass 30      
1 Tea Table 8      
1 Settee 15      
10 Windsor Chairs 20      
2 Prints representing Storms at Sea 20      
1 do a Sea fight -- between Paul Jones of the Bon Homme Richard & Capt. Pearson of the Seraphis 10      
1 do the distressed situation of the Quebec &c. 15      
2 do 1 the whale fishery at Davies Streights & the other the Greenland do. 20      
1 Likeness of Gen'l Washington in an Ovolo frame 4      
1 do "LaFayette" 4      
1 do Dr. Franklin 4      
1 Gilt frame of wrought work containing chickens in a basket 20      
1 do The likeness of a Deer 5      
1 Painted likeness of an Alloe 2      
6 others of different Paintings 12      
1 Carpet 10      
2 Window Curtains 5      
And Irons, Shovel, Tongs & fender 6   220  

From: Charles H. Callahan, Washington: The Man and the Mason, (Washington, D.C.: Memorial Temple Committee of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, 1913), 35. (There are two different original versions of the inventory for the Little Parlor. The transcription combines information from both.)

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