Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1881 — Washington’s Carriage. [ARTICLE]

Washington’s Carriage.

A correspondent in the Sew York Bun says: “It may not be generally known that one of the citizens of this city is the owner of the carriage in which Washington made his tour of the Southern States in 1791. It was built by White, of Philadelphia, and was regarded by him as a masterpiece. In a journpy ol nearly wo' thousand inilejs it is said that "not a screw or a bolt'started. In the towns and villages along the route the appearance of the “white chariot,’ driven by John Fagan, Washington’s trusted coachman, was the signal for general rejoicing. Of the three carriages in which Wash- ' ington was wont to appear in publithis one alone remains, and it is in a wonderful state ot preservation. The others were cut up into canes at the time of Washington’s death. The carriage is now in Philadelphia, and I understand that Mr. Benjamin Richardson, the owner, has written to the foreign visitors to the Yorktown celebration inviting them to inspect it.”