i'm doug bradburn, president and ceo of george washington's mount vernon. today, it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you inside the mansion, into george washington's study. this is what i like to call his man cave. in some ways it is almost the opposite of the place we visited last time. newook at the room, which was a state room, where george washington was showing off to the public his ideas of what the young country should emulate, also his history. also, his own emphasis on agriculture. this space is private space. this is the space where george washington did his business with the estate, conducted private correspondence, the room that he got dressed in every morning. after billy lee was injured, christopher shield we know [inaudible] in the mornings when he was out mount vernon doing correspondence before he got ready to go out and do his field. didn the place that he allow other people to come in, because he had personal secretaries throughout the years that worked in here, visiting historians who would have been , and othershis room certainly woul

i'm doug bradburn, president and ceo of george washington's mount vernon.oday, it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you inside the mansion, into george washington's study. this is what i like to call his man cave. in some ways it is almost the opposite of the place we visited last time. we look at the