. Washington, the man of action . , - i ,*::-;.•. WASHINGTON White House. Here the newlymarried couple resided for a timeand then moved to Williamsburgso that Washington might attendthe sessions of the House of Bur-gesses, to which he had been electedduring the war. To be numbered among the law-makers of Virginia at the age oftwenty-six was a signal the young legislator was notsorry when the session closed, forhe was anxious to renew his lifeas a planter, and at the earliestpossible moment he started forMount Vernon, which he had in- 85 WASHINGTON herited from his father and whichhe
. Washington, the man of action . , - i ,*::-;.•. WASHINGTON White House. Here the newlymarried couple resided for a timeand then moved to Williamsburgso that Washington might attendthe sessions of the House of Bur-gesses, to which he had been electedduring the war. To be numbered among the law-makers of Virginia at the age oftwenty-six was a signal the young legislator was notsorry when the session closed, forhe was anxious to renew his lifeas a planter, and at the earliestpossible moment he started forMount Vernon, which he had in- 85 WASHINGTON herited from his father and whichhe had always intended to make hispermanent home. Indeed the mo-ment he arrived at the scene of hisboyhood days he began carrying outthe plans he had long had in mindfor establishing a model plantation,and for six happy years he devotedhimself to this task. In all this Mrs. Washingtonseconded his efforts most effi-ciently, for much of the manage-ment of a successful Virginianplantation in those days devolvedupon the mistress of the busy a
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