Sun-dials 



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the " pump-stand " in the yard of the " Washington 

 House " ; and the pump seems as ancient as the dial. 

 In this book are three other sun-dials associated 

 with George Washington. At Mount Vernon there 

 stands at the 

 front of the en- 

 trance door a 

 modern sun- 

 dial. The fine 

 old metal dial- 

 face, about ten 

 inches in diame- 

 ter, which in 

 Washington's 

 day was placed 

 on the same 

 site, is now the 

 property of 

 Mr. William F. 

 Havemeyer, Jr., 

 of New York. 

 It was given to 

 him by Mr. 

 Custis; a picture 

 of it is shown on 



page 368. This Sun-dial of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, 

 dial-face is a Virginia. 



splendid relic ; 



one closely associated with Washington's everyday 

 life, and full of suggestion and sentiment to every 

 thoughtful beholder. The sun-dial which stood in 

 the old Fredericksburg garden of Mary Washington, 



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