Souvenirs of a Diplomat Private Letters From America During the Administration
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XLVI. NEW YORK, September 14, 1840. I WENT this morning to see the grounds, six miles from town, on which preparations are being made for a new cemetery. It will be like a magnificent English park. The Ameri cans take great care of their dead ; when I re marked this as greatly to their praise, some one said it was not a question of sentiment, but of self-love. On the highest point of this * Apparently Manhattanville. 136 RECOLLECTIONS OF A DIPLOMAT. cemetery, which will be called " Greenwood Ci...metery" there is a level piece of ground, on which it is proposed to erect a monument in memory of General Washington. The view from this point is certainly the most beautiful in the whole world. I went afterward on board the North Caro lina, an American man-of-war and school for young midshipmen ; I was requested in Paris to obtain information about this school. I have examined into the subject thoroughly. I have also visited the penitentiary ; the situation is so charming that it has been named Mount pleasant 's Penitentiary.
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