The True George Washington [10th Ed.]

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Paul Leicester Ford. The True George Washington [10th Ed.]

The True George Washington [10th Ed.]

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CHAPTER. I.—FAMILY RELATIONS. II.—PHYSIQUE. III.—EDUCATION. IV.—RELATIONS WITH THE FAIR SEX. V.—FARMER AND PROPRIETOR. VI.—MASTER AND EMPLOYER. VII.—SOCIAL LIFE. VIII.—TASTES AND AMUSEMENTS. IX.—FRIENDS. X.—ENEMIES. XI.—SOLDIER. XII.—CITIZEN AND OFFICE-HOLDER

MEMORIAL TABLET OF LAURENCE AND AMEE WASHINGTON, IN SULGRAVE CHURCH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

BETTY WASHINGTON, WIFE OF FIELDING LEWIS

JOHN AND MARTHA CUSTIS

MINIATURE OF ELEANOR PARKE CUSTIS

FICTITIOUS PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON

COPY SHEET FROM YOUNG MAN'S COMPANION

LETTER TO MRS. FAIRFAX

PORTRAIT OF MARY PHILIPSE

PORTRAIT OF MARTHA CUSTIS

SURVEY OF MOUNT VERNON HILLS

MOUNTAIN ROAD LOTTERY TICKET

FAMILY GROUP

DINNER INVITATION

DANCING AGREEMENT

BOOK-PLATE OF WASHINGTON

SURVEY OF WAKEFIELD

WASHINGTON FAMILY BIBLE

MINIATURE OF MRS. WASHINGTON

EARLIEST AUTOGRAPH OF WASHINGTON

RULES OF CIVILITY

LIFE MASK BY HOUDON

TITLE-PAGE OF JOURNAL OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1754

PRESIDENTIAL HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA

THE TRUE GEORGE WASHINGTON

I. FAMILY RELATIONS

II

PHYSIQUE

III

EDUCATION

IV

RELATIONS WITH THE FAIR SEX

"S[ALLY] FAIRFAX, "ANN SPEARING. "ELIZ'TH DENT."

V

FARMER AND PROPRIETOR

BALANCE OF GAIN AND LOSS, 1798

VI

MASTER AND EMPLOYER

VII

SOCIAL LIFE

"GEO. WASHINGTON." VIII

TASTES AND AMUSEMENTS

IX

FRIENDS

X

ENEMIES

XI

SOLDIER

XII

CITIZEN AND OFFICE-HOLDER

ARNOLD, B.,

——, R.H.,

——, G.W.,

MOYLAN, S.,

RAMSAY, W.,

RUTLEDGE, E.,

STEWART, R.,

VAN BRAAM, J.,

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Paul Leicester Ford

Published by Good Press, 2019

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An even greater trouble was their sister Harriot, whose care was assumed in 1785, and who was a member of Washington's household, with only a slight interruption, till her marriage in 1796. Her chief failing was "no disposition … to be careful of her cloathes," which were "dabbed about in every hole and corner and her best things always in use," so that Washington said "she costs me enough!" To her uncle she wrote on one occasion, "How shall I apologise to my dear and Honor'd for intruding on his goodness so soon again, but being sensible for your kindness to me which I shall ever remember with the most heartfelt gratitude induces me to make known my wants. I have not had a pair of stays since I first came here: if you could let me have a pair I should be very much obleiged to you, and also a hat and a few other articles. I hope my dear Uncle will not think me extravagant for really I take as much care of my cloaths as I possibly can." Probably the expense that pleased him best in her case was that which he recorded in his ledger "By Miss Harriot Washington gave her to buy wedding clothes $100."

His second and favorite brother, John Augustine, who was four years his junior, Washington described as "the intimate companion of my youth and the friend of my ripened age." While the Virginia colonel was on the frontier, from 1754 to 1759, he left John in charge of all his business affairs, giving him a residence at and management of Mount Vernon. With this brother he constantly corresponded, addressing him as "Dear Jack," and writing in the most intimate and affectionate terms, not merely to him, but when John had taken unto himself a wife, to her, and to "the little ones," and signing himself "your loving brother." Visits between the two were frequent, and invitations for the same still more so, and in one letter, written during the most trying moment of the Revolution, Washington said, "God grant you all health and happiness. Nothing in this world could contribute so to mine as to be fixed among you." John died in 1787, and Washington wrote with simple but undisguised grief of the death of "my beloved brother."

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