. Westmoreland County, Virginia : parts I and II : a short chapter and bright day in its history. WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA 21 of that Colonel John Augustine Washington whose wife was thedaughter of Colonel John Bushrod. His ancestors on both sidesof the house had taken part in the councils of the Colony and ofthe Church in the Colony from the beginning of their history, andthough perhaps not w^ealthy, he enjoyed from infancy every advan-tage that social and political prestige could give; and, what stoodhim in better stead than either or both, the careful training ofpious, intellectual par
. Westmoreland County, Virginia : parts I and II : a short chapter and bright day in its history. WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA 21 of that Colonel John Augustine Washington whose wife was thedaughter of Colonel John Bushrod. His ancestors on both sidesof the house had taken part in the councils of the Colony and ofthe Church in the Colony from the beginning of their history, andthough perhaps not w^ealthy, he enjoyed from infancy every advan-tage that social and political prestige could give; and, what stoodhim in better stead than either or both, the careful training ofpious, intellectual parents. His early tutelage was firm, if notsevere. The dominant purpose of parental authority in that daywas the inculcation of a spirit of reverence. His duty to God, hisduty to his neighbor, and veneration for his parents held higherplace in the curriculum of the school in which he was reared thanthe softer policy of obedience from love, and whatever moderncritics may say of it, its vindication seems secure in the charactersit produced. In the only letter written by Bushrod Washingtonto his p
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