The artist here accurately depicts him wearing a suit of dark brown, at his side a dress sword, and his hair powdered in the fashion of the period.

White silk stockings and shoes with simple silver buckles completed his attire.

On one side of him stood Chancellor Livingstone, who administered the oath.

On the other side was Vice-President John Adams.

Washington solemnly repeated the words of the oath, clearly enunciating, "I swear": adding in a whisper, with closed eyes, "So help me, God"._] [Sidenote: He forms a system of conduct to be observed in his intercourse with the world.] A President of the United States being a new political personage, to a great portion of whose time the public was entitled, it became proper to digest a system of conduct to be observed in his intercourse with the world, which would keep in view the duties of his station, without entirely disregarding his personal accommodation, or the course of public opinion.