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CONTENTS. IX 
mediately with Washington.—*Situation of 
Washington.—Plan of the City.—Public 
Buildings.—Some begun, others projected.— 
Capitol. — Presidcnt’sHo use. — Hotel.—Stone 
and other building-Materials found in the 
Neighbourhood.—Private Houses and Inha¬ 
bitants at present in the City.—-Different Opi - 
* nions respecting the future Greatness of the 
City.—Impediments thrown in the way of 
its Improvement .— What has given Else to 
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LETTS R V. 
Some Account of Alexandria.—Mount Vernon , 
the Seat of General Washington.—Difficulty 
of finding the Way thither through the Woods . 
—Description of the Mount, and of the I lews 
from it.—Description of the House and 
Grounds .— Slaves at Mount Vernon 
Thoughts thereon.—A Person at Mount Ver¬ 
non to attend to Strangers.—Return to Wash¬ 
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LETTER VI. 
Arrival at Philadelphia.—Some Observations on 
■ the Climate of the Middle States.—Public 
Carriages prevented from plying between Bal¬ 
timore and Philadelphia by the Badness of the 
Roads.—Left Baltimore during Frost.—Met 
with American Travellers on the Road.— 
Their Behaviour preparatory to setting off 
