New Releases by Mary STEVENS

This pamphlet contains a historical argument based on documentary evidence about the relative claims for authenticity between two carriages, each purporting to be the one used by the Washington family in Philadelphia. After Mr. R.L. Brownfield laid the facts before the Regent and Vice-Regents of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association in May 1907, the case was submitted to Professor J. Franklin Jameson, Director Department of Historical Research, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. Jameson rendered his opinion of the arguments in February 1908. Jameson felt "forced to conclude that we have no serious evidence to show that either of these carriages belonged to General Washington, while we also have much to show that the coach now at Mt. Vernon belonged instead to Mrs. Powel."

The Henry Stevens family correspondence, 1844-1862, consists of letters written between Henry and Candace Stevens of Barnet, Vermont, and six of their children: Henry Jr., Sophia, Enos, Simon, Frank and George. The topics of the correspondence include the education and careers of the children, travel, finances, and there is much written about the work various family members did in copying and collecting historical documents for preservation. Family marrieages, births, and deaths are mentioned. There are also letters to Henry Sr. relating to business and politics. The third son, George was in the military and died in service in 1846. The family apparently acquired some of his military correspondence and it is interfiled with the family papers.