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1 6 The ImUoJournol, Or nwood, S.C., Hb. 1 8, 1 976 immmwmmm man mm urn mi iiiin in OPEN DAILY SAT. Washington's Charleston Was A Prominent Social Visit Event Bicentennial Special HERBAL SHAMPOO 73 Pure, organic. not. Jrust its JroticF 1 your family's htdth with Jjiuf priseripthn SPEED: We fill prescriptions while you wait SAVINGS: Let us price your next prescription 16-02 lABY SHAMPOO 67' 'C Gentle and mild.

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and Edward Rutledge crossed over to Haddresell's Point (now Mount Pleasant) to meet Washington. The American captains who rowed them in the 12-oared barge were acknowledged by Washington to be "most elegantly dressed." A whole flotilla of smaller boats crowded with Charlestonians escorted the president back across the passage, while two boatloads of musicians filled the air with high spirited tunes. As they reached Prioleau's Wharf, a cannon salute preceded the warm but solemn reception. The president was officially welcomed to the city by Gov. Charles Pinckney, Lieut.

Gov. Isaac Holmes, Indenpendent Vanderhorst, the City Council, and the State Society of the Cincinnati and then escorted in a public procession to the Exchange "with colors flying, drums beating, fifes playing." The march was led by the city sheriff carrying his mace, followed in precise order by the other officials, some bearing their new shiny-topped hands, and at last the imposing figure of George Washington accompanied by the governor and his party. All Charlestonians, young and old, must have been there to get what they knew was a historic glimpse of their president. They crowded the streets, the windows, the balconies, and cheered as he passed. If they had had ticker tape in those days, it would have covered the town.

A reminiscence of that day by Charles Fraser, Charleston's famous miniature painter who was then only nine years old, says "of every recollection that I have of that imposing occasion, the most prominent is of the person of the great man, as he stood upon the steps of the Exchange, uncovered, amidst the enthusiastic acclamations of the citizens." Washington stayed a week in Charleston, his longest visit in South Carolina. He was entertained at balls, dinners, and breakfasts, viewed the ruins of Fort Johnson and Fort Moultrie, visited the churches and the. orphan house. He also took time to examine the lines of attack and defense that had been used in the 1780 defense of Charleston. He concluded that "the defense was noble and honorable" but evidently believed that, from a military point of view, the army should have given up the town to the British and been saved for further fighting.

He also agreed to a request from the City Council to have his portrait painted by Col. John Trumbull the next year in Philadelphia. The first canvas that Trumbull painted for that commission was refused by William Loughton Smith, the Charlestonian who- had been appointed to make the arrangements with the artist. Trumbull had portrayed Washington just before the battle of Princeton in New Jersey and considered it eminently successful of the president, showing his "heroic military character." But the Charlestonian believed that his city would be more satisfied with a portrait of Washington as he had looked on his visit "calm, tranquil, peaceful." Fortunately, the president was willing to sit again and a peaceful portrait of Washington now hangs in Charleston's City Hall while its military predecessor is in the fine arts collection at Yale University. Washington must have been extremely satisfied with the impressive and cordial reception he was given in Charleston.

He enjoyed the SEAfeS i Ill -J vw I iii BARKES-HIKD 4 Days a cvf ByJOANN SCHEELE South Carolina Department of Archives and History For Associated Press COLUMBIA (AP) "The most prominent social event in the annals of Charleston is the visit of President Washington on 2d May, 1791," said the "CHARLESTON YEARBOOK" of 1883 as it summed up the noted events of the 18th century. The first president was on his tour of the Southern states when this memorable visit took place. Charleston's City Council assumed the responsibility for making protocol decisions and arrangements for the president's housing and entertainment. It set the pattern for an elegant visit, carefully planned to the last practical detail. A newspaper account of the Council's April 27 meeting reports that a committee recommended that Thomas Weyward house on Church Street, which was at that time rented out, be taken for the president's use, "together with the furniture, for which the sum of sixty pounds be paid, it being the lowest rate at which the house can be procured." Arrangements were also made for servants, for the house to be provided with groceries and liquor, and the horses stabled and fed.

They found someone to donate a barge, someone else to lengthen and repair it gratis, 13 masters of American vessels to serve as a volunteer crew "handsomely dressed at their own expense." They planned a good dinner to be held at the Exchange for six shillings a person, the best Madeira wine and other liquors though they were still, less than a week before the party, searching for enough tables, chairs, and candlesticks for the occasion. The recommendations concluded with plans for an-ball, the repair of St. Michael's bells, and an order for six-foot-long black varnished wands with gold or silver heads to serve as a mark of distinction IJU6Z96 OFFER BY 2 IHI jig LEMON TO TMt Of OOuoon social pleasantries, but the real political purpose for this journey was to make person-to-person contact with the leaders of the South to gain support for the federal government. His visits down the South Carolina coast and his stay in Charleston had brought him in communication with the great families of the Low Country. Many of them were old friends and had fought with him, both in the battle for independence and in forming the new government.

These were the southerners who would be consulted on federal issues and be shown the president's patronage. Charles Cotesworth Pickney and Edward Rutledge were two of these allies whose ties with Washington were apparently strengthened by the Charleston visit, for later on in the tour, when Washington reached Columbia May 24, 1791, he had also reached a solution to one of -his current concerns. The problem was that he had to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court which John Rutledge had left, so he wrote a letter to Pinckney and Rutledge together asking, "Will either of you two Gentlemen accept the office, and in that case, which of you?" To Washington's disappointment, neither could, accept for personal or financial reasons. Pinckney was later offered, in turn, the posts of Secretary of War and Secretary of State.

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