LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Mount Vernon Stable, Built in 1733, Showing also the Powell Coach.]

[Mount Vernon, Showing Kitchen to the Left and Covered Way Leading to It.]

[The Washington Family.]

[Driveway from the Lodge Gate.]

[The Porter's Lodge.]

[One of the Artificial Mounds. The Tree Upon It Was Set Out by Mrs. Grover Cleveland.]

[The Seed House. Beyond Lay the Vegetable Garden.]

[The Mount Vernon Kitchen (restored).]

[Map of Mount Vernon Drawn by Washington and Sent by Him to Arthur Young in 1793.]

[Gully on a Field of Union Farm, Showing Susceptibility to Erosion.]

[Looking Across Part of Dogue Run Farm to "Woodlawn," the Home of Nelly Custis Lewis.]

[First Page of Washington's Digest of Duhamel's Husbandry.]

[Dogue Run Below the Site of the Mill.]

[On the Road to the Mill and Pohick Church.]

[Part of Washington's Plan for His Sixteen-Sided Barn.]

[Bill of Lading for "Royal Gift".]

[Experimental Plot, with Servants' Quarters (restored) in Background.]

[West Front of Mansion House, Showing Bowling Green and Part of Serpentine Drive.]

[First Page of the Diary for 1760.]

[Part of a Manager's Weekly Report.]

[The Butler's House and Magnolia Set Out by Washington the Year of His Death.]

[Spinning House--Last Building to the Right.]

[Weekly Report on the Work of the Spinners.]

[The Flower Garden.]

[A Page from a Cash Memorandum Book.]

[One of Washington's Tavern Bills.]

GEORGE WASHINGTON:
FARMER

CHAPTER I