. The true story of George Washington : called the father of his country. RIDING OFF TO LAND SURVEYING HAS ITS RISKS. WIfV THE BOY BECAME A SURVEYOR. 37 at home, but, because the girl he was to marry suddenlydecided to marry some one else, Lord Fairfax got mad(as great Lords and small boys will some times, you know).He left England forever and sailed across the sea to America,v/here he owned acres upon acres of land among the Virginiamountains. This great tract of country had been given byKing Charles the second to Lord Fairfaxs when this Lord Fairfax found out what a
. The true story of George Washington : called the father of his country. RIDING OFF TO LAND SURVEYING HAS ITS RISKS. WIfV THE BOY BECAME A SURVEYOR. 37 at home, but, because the girl he was to marry suddenlydecided to marry some one else, Lord Fairfax got mad(as great Lords and small boys will some times, you know).He left England forever and sailed across the sea to America,v/here he owned acres upon acres of land among the Virginiamountains. This great tract of country had been given byKing Charles the second to Lord Fairfaxs when this Lord Fairfax found out what a fine countryVirginia was, and how rich the land was, he determined tolive there and improve his property. People had been going upon his lands without leave andsettling upon it — squatters, they were called — and LordFairfax found that he needed some one who was bright andbold and strong, who could go all over his great possessions(which included nearly one-fifth of the present State of Vir-ginia), determine their boundaries, mark down the piecesthat the squatters had taken possession of
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