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Site of Washington's Birthplace
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THE
LIFE
OF
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
COMMANDER IN CHIEF
OF THE
AMERICAN FORCES,
DURING THE WAR WHICH ESTABLISHED THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUNTRY,
AND
FIRST PRESIDENT
OF THE
UNITED STATES.
COMPILED UNDER THE INSPECTION OF
THE HONOURABLE BUSHROD WASHINGTON,
FROM
ORIGINAL PAPERS
BEQUEATHED TO HIM BY HIS DECEASED RELATIVE, AND NOW IN POSSESSION OFTHE AUTHOR.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,
AN INTRODUCTION,
CONTAINING A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE COLONIES PLANTED BY THE ENGLISHON THE
CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA,
FROM THEIR SETTLEMENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THAT WAR WHICH TERMINATEDIN THEIR
INDEPENDENCE.
BY JOHN MARSHALL.
VOL. II.
THE CITIZENS' GUILD
OF WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD HOME
FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
1926
Printed in the U.S.A.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
Birth of Mr. Washington.... His mission to the French on the Ohio....Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment of regular troops....Surprises Monsieur Jumonville.... Capitulation of fort Necessity....Is appointed aid-de-camp to General Braddock.... Defeat and death ofthat general.... Is appointed to the command of a regiment.... Extremedistress of the frontiers, and exertions of Colonel Washington toaugment the regular forces of the colony.... Expedition against fortDu Quesne.... Defeat of Major Grant.... Fort Du Quesne evacuated bythe French, and taken possession of by the English.... Resignation ofColonel Washington.... His marriage.
CHAPTER II.
Colonel Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the Americanforces.... Arrives at Cambridge.... Strength and disposition of thetwo armies.... Deficiency of the Americans in arms and ammunitions....Falmouth burnt.... Success of the American cruisers.... Distress ofthe British from the want of fresh provisions.... Measures to form acontinental army.... Difficulty of re-enlisting the troops.... Planfor attacking Boston.... General Lee detached to New York....Possession taken of the heights of Dorchester.... Boston evacuated....Correspondence respecting prisoners.