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The True George Washington
by Paul Leicester Ford
Author of “The Honorable Peter Stirling”
Editor of “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson” and
“The Sayings of Poor Richard”
“That I have foibles, and perhaps many of them, I shall not deny. I
should esteem myself, as the world would, vain and empty, were I to arrogate
perfection.”
—_Washington_
“Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in
malice.”
—_Shakespeare_
1896
BY
J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
_Tenth Edition_
Electrotyped and Printed by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO
WILLIAM F. HAVEMEYER,
IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE AUTHOR TO HIS COLLECTION
OF
WASHINGTONIANA.
Contents
Note
CHAPTER I.—FAMILY RELATIONS