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The New International Encyclopædia/Washington Elm

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2046783The New International Encyclopædia — Washington Elm

WASHINGTON ELM. A venerable elm near the northwest angle of the common in Cambridge, Mass., under which Washington is said to have assumed command of the American Army on July 3, 1775. The tree, though carefully protected, is in an advanced state of decay and retains only a part of its former proportions.