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Show WAS INAUGURATED AT NEW YORK i Washington Took First Oath of Office Of-fice in the Commercial Heart of the Country. All presidential Inaugurations have not taken place In Washington. The Bret of alL whea the Father of His Country tcok the oath of office, was In New York. Washington was conveyed across- th Hudson In a barge, and we ir told-was "received with acclama- tlons." He stayed at the residence of Governor Clinton, and on the morning of Inauguration day a carriage called for him. He seated himself In the conveyance, being accompanied by Colonel Humphries, his aide-de-camp, and Tobias Lear, his private secretary. secre-tary. He was escorted to Federal hall by a civic procession and a body of regular troops. "To the end that the ovth of office may be administered Id the most public manner" Vice President Presi-dent Adams conducted General Wash-ington Wash-ington to the outer gallery. Chancelloi Livingstone administered the oatb. |