Description: The Bio begins— CHAPTER I. — An 18-page Genealogy of the Washington family. . . . . Page 1. The Washington family is of an ancient English stock, the genealogy of which has been traced up to the century immediately succeeding the Conquest. At that time it was in possession of landed estates and manorial privileges in the county of Durham, such as were enjoyed only by those, or their descendants, who had come over from Normandy with the Conqueror, or fought under his standard. And continues— Page 5. In 1183AD the Family changed its surname and estate, and therefore assumed that of 'De Wessyngton'. The condition of the military service attached to its manor will be found to have been often exacted, nor was the service in the grand hunt an idle form. Hunt-ing came next to war in those days, as an occupation of the nobility and gentry. Page 17/18. George, the eldest, the subject of this biography, was born on the 22nd of Feb.1732, in the homestead on Bridges Creek. This house commanded a view over many miles of the Potomac, and the opposite shore of Maryland. It had probably been purchased with the property, and was one of the primitive farm-houses of Virginia. A stone marks the site of the house, and an inscription denotes it being the birthplace of Washington. . . . We have entered with some minuteness into this genealogical detail ; tracing thefamily step by step through the pages of historical documents for upwards of six centuries. Wehave shown that, for many generations, and through a variety of eventful scenes, it has main-tained an equality of fortune and acquitted itself with honor and loyalty. Hereditary rank maybe an illusion ; but hereditary virtue gives a patent of innate nobleness beyond all the blazonry of the Herald's College. CHAPTER II. — The Home of Washington's boyhood— His Early Education— Death of Washington's Father— The Widowed Mother and Her Children— School Exercises. . . . Et Cetera, Et Cetera
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Binding: Hardcover
Year: 1856
Language: English
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Author: Washington Irving
Region: North America
Publisher: G.P. Putnam & Co.
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Topic: Historical
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
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