The Story of the Washington Coachee and of the Powel Coach which is Now at Mount Vernon
Description:... This pamphlet contains a historical argument based on documentary evidence about the relative claims for authenticity between two carriages, each purporting to be the one used by the Washington family in Philadelphia. After Mr. R.L. Brownfield laid the facts before the Regent and Vice-Regents of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in May 1907, the case was submitted to Professor J. Franklin Jameson, Director Department of Historical Research, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. Jameson rendered his opinion of the arguments in February 1908. Jameson felt "forced to conclude that we have no serious evidence to show that either of these carriages belonged to General Washington, while we also have much to show that the coach now at Mt. Vernon belonged instead to Mrs. Powel."
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