. The true story of George Washington : called the father of his country. Ohio country, cameto the fort they had been so long trying to capture, theFrench had gone away, and Washington and his men marchedinto the ruined and smouldering fort, where, not many yearsafter, the town of Pittsburg was built. Then he went home again. He was now the leadingman in Virginia and, though only twenty-six, he was famousthroughout all the Colonies as a brave and daring leader, awise and safe adviser, a cautious and clear-headed man. Soon after his return to MountVernon he married a wife. This wasMrs. Martha C
. The true story of George Washington : called the father of his country. Ohio country, cameto the fort they had been so long trying to capture, theFrench had gone away, and Washington and his men marchedinto the ruined and smouldering fort, where, not many yearsafter, the town of Pittsburg was built. Then he went home again. He was now the leadingman in Virginia and, though only twenty-six, he was famousthroughout all the Colonies as a brave and daring leader, awise and safe adviser, a cautious and clear-headed man. Soon after his return to MountVernon he married a wife. This wasMrs. Martha Custis of White was a wealthy, charming, brown-eyed widow of twenty-six. To her Wash-ington had become engaged, just beforehis last march against the were married on the sixth ofJanuary, 1759, and if any boy or girl wishes to know whata fitting wife to a great man this Virginian woman proved,let them read, when they are older, Washington Irvings longlife of George Washington and his wife, Martha. Three months after his marriage, Colonel Washington. MRS. MARTHA WASHINGTON OFMOUNT VERNON. COLONEL WASHINGTON OF MOUNT VERNON. 63 took his seat in the Virginia legislature, then called TheHouse of Burgesses. He had been elected a member whilewith the troops at Fort Duquesne, and when he took his seat,the speaker, or presiding officer of the House of Burgesses,publicly thanked him for his honorable record in the was surprised, but feeling that he ought to
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