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Show I 54 TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AMERICA: principally at Philadelphia, Mount Vernon has confequently fu ffercd very materially. The houfe and offices, with every other part of the place, are out of repair, and the old part of the building is in fnch a pe~ riiliable il:ate, that I have been told he wifhes he had pulled it en ci ·dy down at fir!l:, and built a new houfe, inllead of making any add1 tion to the old one. The grounds in the neighbourhood arc cultivated, but the principal farms are at the di!l:ance of two or three miles. As almofl: every firanger going through the country makes a point of vifitir.g Mount Vernon, a perfon is kept at the houfe during General Wailiington's abfencc, whofe fole bufinefs it is to attend to t1:rangers. Immediately on our arrival every care was taken of our horfcs, beds were prepared, and an excellent fupper provided for us, with dar ' t and other wine, &c. As the feafon was now too far advanced to fee the country to advantage, I proceeded no farther in Virginia than Mount Vernon, but returned again to the city of Walhington, |