_George Washington_
BY WOODROW WILSON PHD., LITT.D., LL.D.
COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED FROM OLD PRINTS, PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY HOWARD PYLE
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
BOOKS BY
WOODROW WILSON
INTERNATIONAL IDEALS GUARANTEES OF PEACE IN OUR FIRST YEAR OF WAR WHY WE ARE AT WAR A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN A MAN COMES TO HIMSELF ON BEING HUMAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK [ESTABLISHED 1817]
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY HARPER & BROTHERS COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY WOODROW WILSON PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
M.A.
TO
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WITHOUT WHOSE SYMPATHY AND COUNSEL LITERARY WORK WOULD LACK INSPIRATION
ILLUSTRATIONS
ATHENÆUM PORTRAIT, BY GILBERT STUART _Frontispiece_
GEORGE WASHINGTON _Facing p._18
TIDE-WATER, VIRGINIA, 1738 (MAP) “ 22
WILLIAM BYRD “ 26
JAMES BLAIR “ 34
ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD “ 38
FACSIMILE OF THE ENTRY OF WASHINGTON’S BIRTH _Page_ 41
THOMAS, SIXTH LORD FAIRFAX _Facing p._48
MOUNT VERNON AT THE PRESENT DAY “ 52
LAWRENCE WASHINGTON “ 58
FRENCH AND ENGLISH IN NORTH AMERICA, 1755 (MAP) “ 60
GENERAL EDWARD BRADDOCK “ 82
THE BURIAL OF BRADDOCK “ 90
WASHINGTON AND MARY PHILIPSE “ 92
LEAVING MOUNT VERNON FOR THE CONGRESS OF THE COLONIES “ 100
“THE WHITE HOUSE,” ON THE PAMUNKEY “ 104
TAZEWELL HALL, THE HOME OF THE RANDOLPHS “ 120
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE, FROM AN OLD PRINT “ 120
PEYTON RANDOLPH “ 132
GEORGE MASON “ 136
IN THE OLD RALEIGH TAVERN “ 146
WASHINGTON, FROM A PORTRAIT BY REMBRANDT PEALE “ 158
CARPENTER’S HALL, PHILADELPHIA “ 166
WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS AT VALLEY FORGE “ 198
THE ESCAPE OF ARNOLD “ 208
THE BUST OF ECKSTEIN “ 218
FRAUNCE’S TAVERN, NEW YORK “ 226
WASHINGTON BRINGING HIS MOTHER INTO THE BALL-ROOM, FREDERICKSBURG “ 240
THOMSON, THE CLERK OF CONGRESS, ANNOUNCING TO WASHINGTON, AT MOUNT VERNON, HIS ELECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY “ 266
THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL MANSION, NEW YORK “ 272
WASHINGTON MANSION, PHILADELPHIA “ 272
WASHINGTON, AFTER A PAINTING BY SAVAGE “ 276
CONGRESS HALL, 1790-1800 “ 282
ELEANOR PARKE CUSTIS “ 286
WASHINGTON AND NELLY CUSTIS “ 300
DEATH OF WASHINGTON “ 304
HANOVER COURT-HOUSE “ 310
THE OLD TOMB, MOUNT VERNON “ 310
IN WASHINGTON’S DAY
GEORGE WASHINGTON