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Left Mt Vernon 4.15 Alexandria 4.45 Christ Church very remarkable and in good condition. Original glass like white lattice. Carlyle House surrounded by an apartment house very damaged but now some what repaired and furnished. River porters gone. Small child's carriage with hood. Drawing room with Georgian panelling and mantlepiece. Ceiling supported by cornice with volutes with rosettes in spaces and angle with pine cones: Two good wooden Adam mantlepieces one in dining room very effective with columns and colonnettes set off with black paint against white. Another exceptionally fine Adam mantle in entrance hall of apartment also black and white