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From the Patent Office we
went to the Treasury depart
ment - thence to the State
department, here we were
shown the identical letter
Benedict Arnold, to Major
Andre found in the pocket
of Andre - signed Augustus
& written as though Andre
were a Merchant - saw
also the Original Consti-
tution of the United States
with the Signatures of the dele-
gates from the 13. States -
it was beautifully penned
on Parchment one two
feet square, tied together
with a deep-blue ribbon -
at the Patent Office saw
also the original Declaration
of Indepedence, many of the
signatures were nearly oblitera-
ted, on account of having
been written with iron ink -

From State Department we
went to the Presidents House
took a peep into the East
Room, splendidly furnished
eight large gilt mirrors,

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in front of the White house
in a beautiful park, is a
very fine bronze Statue of
of Gen. Jackson, on horse-
back - Mounted on a white
Marble pedestal - then
called at Mr. Aker's office
to see the Bust of [Mrs.?]
Davis, a very fine one in-
deed - After dinner walked
on to Capitol Hill & called
on Anne Royal, a woman
85 years of age - She is indeed
as Mrs. R. says, the Living
Curiosity of Washington -
was brought up by the
Indians, married a Captain
of the Army, he died, & the
has printed a paper called
the Huntress for the past 20
years - She has a fine intel-
lectual head - She lives in a
small house, has two little boys
whom she is educating, one boy
she has instructed in Greek, &
Latin & Geometry - said to me
no one can know how to
reason without studying Geometry
learning to say therefore, wherefore