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William Roscoe Thayer. George Washington
George Washington
Table of Contents
PREFACE
W.R.T
I. ORIGINS AND YOUTH II. MARRIAGE. THE LIFE OF A PLANTER III. THE FIRST GUN IV. BOSTON FREED V. TRENTON AND VALLEY FORGE VI. AID FROM FRANCE; TRAITORS VII. WASHINGTON RETURNS TO PEACE VIII. WELDING THE NATION IX. THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT X. THE JAY TREATY XI. WASHINGTON RETIRES FROM PUBLIC LIFE XII. CONCLUSION INDEX. ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO
GEORGE WASHINGTON
CHAPTER I
ORIGINS AND YOUTH
CHAPTER II
MARRIAGE. THE LIFE OF A PLANTER
S[ALLY] FAIRFAX ANN SPEARING ELIZ'TH DENT
CHAPTER III
THE FIRST GUN
CHAPTER IV
BOSTON FREED
CHAPTER V
TRENTON AND VALLEY FORGE
CHAPTER VI
AID FROM FRANCE; TRAITORS
CHAPTER VII
WASHINGTON RETURNS TO PEACE
CHAPTER VIII
WELDING THE NATION
CHAPTER IX
THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT
CHAPTER X
THE JAY TREATY
CHAPTER XI
WASHINGTON RETIRES FROM PUBLIC LIFE
CHAPTER XII
CONCLUSION
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William Roscoe Thayer
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The army began to move about the middle of May, but it went very slowly. During June Washington was taken with an acute fever, in spite of which he pressed on, but he became so weak that he had to be carried in a cart, as he was unable to sit his horse. Braddock, with the main army, had gone on ahead, and Washington feared that the battle, which he believed imminent, would be fought before he came up with the front. But he rejoined the troops on July 8th. The next day they forded the Monongahela and proceeded to attack Fort Duquesne. Writing from Fort Cumberland, on July 18th, Washington gave Governor Dinwiddie the following account of Braddock's defeat. The one thing happened which Washington had felt anxious about—a surprise by the Indians. He had more than once warned Braddock of this danger, and Benjamin Franklin had warned him too before the expedition started, but Braddock, with perfect British contempt, had replied that though savages might be formidable to raw Colonials, they could make no impression on disciplined troops. The surprise came and thus Washington reports it:
When we came to this place, we were attacked (very unexpectedly) by about three hundred French and Indians. Our numbers consisted of about thirteen hundred well armed men, chiefly Regulars, who were immediately struck with such an inconceivable panick, that nothing but confusion and disobedience of orders prevailed among them. The officers, in general, behaved with incomparable bravery, for which they greatly suffered, there being near 60 killed and wounded—a large proportion, out of the number we had!
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