Mount Vernon e le sue associazioni, storico, biografico e pittorico . voto animoso, e per quasi quattro mesi ha presieduto con grande dignità le deliberazioni di quella assemblea di agosto.la convenzione è stata aggiornata il 12th di settembre. In quel giorno l'attuale Costituzione degli Stati Uniti fu adottata, in sostituzione degli Articoli della Confederation.That costituzione fu sottoposta al popolo per la ratifica.Verso la fine del 1788 la maggioranza degli stati havingsigned la loro approvazione, il popolo procedeva a scelta capo magistrato della repubblica. Per più di tw

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Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . nanimous vote, and for nearly four months he presided overthe deliberations of that august assembly with great dignity.The convention adjourned on the 12th of September. On thatday the present Constitution of the United States wasadopted, as a substitute for the Articles of Confederation.That constitution was submitted to the people for ratification.Toward the close of 1788 the majority of the states havingsignified their approval of it, the people proceeded to choosea chief magistrate of the republic. For more than two years Washington kept a vigilant andanxious eye upon the movements of the public mind in rela-tion to the federal constitution. Day by day his correspond-ence increased, and he found himself again upon the sea ofpolitical life. Meanwhile the hospitable mansion at Mount AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS 181 Aernon was fre(|nently filled with visitors; and one whomWashington loved, as a soldier and as a friend, was invitedthere as a guest, with a reqnest that he should remain as long. / / COLONKL DAVIU HIMPHREYS. as the house should be agreeable to him. That guest wasDavid Humplirevs, a native of Derby, Conneeticut, and thenabout thirt}^ five years of age. He had received the di})lomaof Bachelor of Arts at Yale College in 1771, when the eininentDoctor Daggett was president. His cotemporaries there wereDwight, Trumbull, and Barlow, a triad of poets, with whomhe was associated in paying court to the muse of song. Hum-phreys was a tutor in the family of the lord of Bhillipsesmanor, on the Hudson, for awhile, and then entered the con-tinental army as a ca})tain. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel during the war, and toward the close became one ofWashingtons favorite aides. He went abroad in 1784, as 182 MOUNT VERNON secretary to the commission for negotiating treaties of com-merce with foreign powers. He was abroad two years, andon his retnrn made quite a protracted visit at Mount Vernon

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