[8] Here was seen the Mount Vernon silver, which had descended to Mrs. General Washington’s great-grandson, General Custis Lee, and which was miraculously preserved during the war, having been concealed in different places—and once was buried near Lexington in a barn, which was occupied by the enemy several days.
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small servants, who speedily gat them into their clean aprons,
small servants, who speedily got them into their clean aprons,
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Every inch of mahogony was waxed and rubbed to the highest state
Every inch of mahogany was waxed and rubbed to the highest state
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and which always looked so pretty on the mahogony.
and which always looked so pretty on the mahogany.