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Life of Washington

M. L. Weems c1962 © The President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Series
  • The John Harvard Library
ISBN(s)
  • 9780674532502 (hardcover)
  • 9780674532519 (paper)
Subject
  • American: Colonial to 1789
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Cover
  • Frontmatter
  • Introduction by Marcus Cunliffe (page ix)
  • Note on the Text (page lxii)
  • THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON
    • I Introductory (page 1)
    • II Birth and Education (page 6)
    • III George's Father Dies—His Education Continued by his Mother—His Behavior under School-master Williams (page 17)
    • IV George Leaves School—Is Appointed a Private Surveyor to Lord Fairfax, of the Northern Neck—Wishes to Enter on Board of a British Man of War—Providentially Prevented by His Mother—The First Lightnings of His Soul to War (page 24)
    • V French Encroachments on the Ohio—Washington Volunteers His Services to Governor Dinwiddie—His Hazardous Embassy to the French and Indians—Miraculous Escapes—Account of His Journals—Anecdote of His Modesty (page 29)
    • VI The French and Indian War Begins—Washington Goes Forth to Meet the Dangers of His Country—Aims a Blow at Fort Du Quesne—Fails—Gallant Defence of Fort Necessity—Retires from the Service in Disgust—Pressed into it Again by General Braddoch (page 33)
    • VII Fateful Effects of Braddock's Defeat—Washington Wishes to Carry the War into Indian Country—Government Refuses—Defensive War Preferred—The Frontiers Desolated (page 45)
    • VIII Washington's Mother Has a Very Curious Dream—It Points to Great Coming Troubles—A Cloud Rising in England—The Causes of the Revolutionary War (page 55)
    • IX Battle of Bunker's-hill—Of Sullivan's Island—Declaration of Independence—Defeat of the Americans on Long Island—Howe Looks Big—Times Squally (page 73)
    • X Lord North Coming to His Senses, Sends Commissioners to America—Clinton Evacuates Philadelphia—Washington Pursues Him—Battle of Monmouth—Arnold's Apostacy—André Apprehended—Executed—His Character (page 98)
    • XI Washington Again on His Farm—Sketch of His Conduct There—Suggests the Importance of Inland Navigation—Companies Forming—Urges a Reform of the Old Constitution—Appointed President of the United States—Great Difficulties to Encounter (page 128)
    • XII The Death of Washington (page 164)
    • XIII Character of Washington (page 172)
    • XIV Washington's Character Continued—His Benevolence (page 187)
    • XV Washington's Character Continued—His Industry (page 203)
    • XVI Washington's Character Continued—His Patriotism—Conclusion—Washington's Will (page 215)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
WMQ 20.3 (Jul. 1963): 468-469 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1918965
MVHR 50.1 (Jun. 1963): 122-123 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1889000
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