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' i l l .- ¦ I , ' » . > . , P . rS ^ I m 4 U thank you to not ^ e as ejr r tato fhe word lawfully . for carefully , $ n my last letter , p « 151 , col . ii . L 37 > and the oaaaissign of afterwards before orr&ignedm 1 . 37 of the succeeding column *
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274 Effect of the Portrait of Washington on some Indian Chiefs .
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Effect of the Portrait of Washington on some Indian Chiefs . fi [ Extract of a JLetter from New York . ] 1 CALLED to-day on Trumbull , / the great artist , and saw him and liis exquisite paintings . On my
observing how much an Indian would be struck -with his first sight of a tainting , he told me , " that having 1 minted a portrait of General Washngton , the General invited him to dinner to meet a deputation of the Creek Chiefs : after dinner they were shewn into a room where the
Geaeral * s portrait was placed , the General accompanying them , dressed as there represented , and with Mr . Trumbull . The Indians were lost in astonishment ; they alternately looked at General "Washington and at the portrait with many signs of wonder , and finding ,
on approaching it , that there was no projection , and that it was quite flat , were convinced it was a piece of enchantment . In fact , they sat up in council all that night to resolve howit was possible for " the man" ( Trumbull , ) to work a like piece of magic . Mr . T . endeavoured to prevail on
them to let him take one 01 their portraits , but nothing could induce them to consent to it , as they were firmly persuaded , that when once he had wrought the phantom , they would be evermore entirely under the influence of his infernal agency . "
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at Birstal-field He ^ ad , where ? Jfc < PH& $ . ley was born , and accordingly I Stepped at tjie inn , for the ^ uf pc&e ' bf dfc taining the n ^ cesskry tiirectitink The man informed us , that tHe house ^ as two miles distant , but that the *
chairman would have a good b ^ p frfttihfty of pointing it out to utf ffoni the ttftitff a hilt which we should have td t&& over , and being pressed f 6 t tuhe'l 1 * $ s under the necessity o £ testing Sat&foil with a distant view of a iharisibn -which had acquired sd much celebrity from the peculiar character of t&t 6 f l
its earliest , occupants . - " Do you know > , Sir /* said * tne landlord , " that a brother of Dt . Pries % lives in this place ? " Thi $ question very much surprised me , fbfr 1 had no idea that any orother of the Do < rtof s
was then livipg . "Yes , " safcf the landlord , " Mr . Priestley , who & < a younger brother of the ^ Doctor ' s , has resided here the greatest part of his life , and he Is as worthy a mail , akid ha& always been as tnucn respected as
any person in the village . ** *^ I should be very glad , ' * replied I , ** if I pould see this neighbour of yours ; trbuld it be possible for me td be introduced to him ?¦ * " If you respect the character of his brother , " added the host , ** I
am sure , although you are strangws , he will be very glad to see you ^ atnd this person , " said he , pointing to aMrespectable looking man , who sat % ,, " will , I dare say , think it no trOiMe to shew you the way to his house . " The man having , with great good nature , acquiesced , I immediately set 6 Ut
accompanied by my idaughter , \ vho was travelling with me y and I belieye the circumstance of having ^ discovered so near a relative of Dr . Priestley in so obscure a situation , afforded both of us more pleasure than any unexpected event which , till then , had occurred to us during the whole of Our journey . As we passed through the village , Mr . Joshua Priestley met us , and our
guide introduced us to him . xiavrtig informed him that we were dfesiroijs of paying our respects to him in consequence of our regard fpr the memory ofhis brother , he kindly irivited uf * o his house and in the way introdtwred us to one of " his sons , who joined us ,
and walked in with us . When we a * rtVe # , we fbun ^ tj very neat , cleanly cottage , ijuitc » f \ "ie style of simple cowrfryiife 5 a ^ Jv " ariti ^ Je chair sat a respecmbAe ^ foolctti ^
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Mr . Parkes ' s Account of a Visit to jBirstal 9 Dr . Priestley ' s Native Place . Sir , London * May Stk , 1816 . "TT N" consequence of your having sug-JL geated that the public womd be gratified by an account pf an incident which occurred to me ^ hiring a journey in ' the summer of the last ^ yeaf , I
now' sit' down to -comp ly with yout request , ' being happy tnat I have it in my power to contributes in an ^ degree , tcVwarda illustrating the character of one' whd is already so dear to ^ he lovers of science , truth ' and virtue . i f Having ocda&cm , on the ! 3 jm day of last July t 6 gaaa tfhrough the village df * Bitfti $ * ipk ¥ * frk * blt *; I was ^^ ery desirous of seeing the house , situated 1
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 274, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/22/
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