Download or read book A Bit of Mount Vernon History written by Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes the efforts of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union to recover damages from the government of the United States stemming from the government's seizure of the boat that had been been used on the Potomac River to bring visitors to Mount Vernon before the outbreak of the Civil War.