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A Visit to Mount Vernon
Visitors to Mount Vernon often wrote and published pilgrimage stories, like this one by Benson J. Lossing, a prominent historian and magazine editor of the 1800s. Lossing's writings and illustrations of Mount Vernon kept the estate and the efforts of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association in the public eye, reinforcing Mount Vernon as a national symbol belonging to the American people.
Harper's Weekly vol. 2 issue 79, New York City, wood engraving, July 3, 1858 |