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of course removed, and my Father's picture now occupies the Royal Frame.

Having mentioned the miniatures of Washington painted for his family during the War, I shall need no excuse for now introducing the Portrait of Martha Washington. (No 3 Mrs Washington)

"At the close of each Campaign, an aid de Camp repaired to Mount Vernon, to escort her; and her arrival in Camp. in a plain Chariot, with Postillions in white & scarlet liveries, was always an occasion for general happiness, & a signal for the Wives of other principal officers to join their husbands"

"To her intimate Friends & acquaintances, & to the nation," -- says Mr Sparks -- "the character of Mrs Washington was ever a theme of praise. Affable & courteous; exemplary in her deportment; remarkable for her deeds of Charity & piety; unobtrusive, & without vanity -- she adorned by her domestic virtues the sphere of private life, and filled with dignity every station in which she was placed" Mr Custis informs us that Gen. Washington, around his neck, wore the miniature of this excellent Wife, from the day of marriage, through all the vicissitudes of his eventful life till his last days at Mount Vernon.