LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN. BY E. CECIL BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY, 117 WASHINGTON STREET. 1859. жи Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY, In the Clerk's Dfice of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. YRABBLI PRINTED BY GEO. C. RAND & AVERY. CAMBRIDGE: ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY METCALF AND COMPANY. THIS little book has been written with the hope of giving American children some knowledge of Washington's character. Great pains have been taken to make it accurate, and to avoid the use of long words; but it is not possible to render all the coraplications and responsibilities of Washington's public career perfectly plain:to children. Enough, however, is accomplished, if they can enter into the spirit of his life, and gain something of that loyalty to his memory which every American should feel. GEORGE WASHINGTON. GEORGE WASHINGTON was born the 22d of February, 1732, in a house which had belonged to his great-grandfather, on Bridge's Creek, near the Potomac River, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father's name was Augustine Washington; his mother's, before her marriage, Mary Ball. She was the second wife of Mr. Washington, and a beautiful woman. She seems also to have had a strong, upright character; and brought up her children exceedingly well. Soon after George's birth, his father left the old family estate, and went to live in Stafford County, near Fredericksburg. Both these houses have since gone to ruin. In those days, good schools were very rare, and even the rich planters did not find it easy to have |