(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the dining room, Mount Vernon, VA.) It was here in the dining room that Charles Thomson, secretary of the Congress, told Washington he had been unanimously elected president in this year
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1782, that Some time ago he [ JA ] was told that Mr. Washington was... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Washington's southern tour, 1791" - Internet Archive [PAR] I arrived here on Friday; visited the President at Mount Vernon on Saturday, ... 
very roomy and commodious and the dining room is very large and elegant.