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| Caption: |
Library, Mt. Vernon
Mansion
The
library with the banquet hall were both added by Washington and transformed
the simple villa into the stately Mansion House. It was designed as a study
with capacious and numerous closets for maps, books etc. Nearly nine hundred
volumes comprising the library collection at Washington's death. The desk,
chair, mahogany book case, globe and surveyor's tripod, two maps, prayer
book and bible are all original possessions now in place. |
| Publisher: |
Leet
Brothers, Wash. |
| Postcard Era:.. |
Divided Back |
| ID Number: |
F-22572 |
| Postmarked: |
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