. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. s, quick in his perceptions, and firm inhis decisions, he betrays also, in every act, a courtesy which is not thechild of etiquette, but a natural trait and family hereditament, and theindex of a thorough and practical knowledge of the world, and of humannature. Gen. V. house, at Keokuk, unpretending, yet most inviting, in allthe luxuries of real comfort, is the resort of many of the best families ofneighboring towns and cities, embracing St. Louis, and of a wide circleof frie
. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. s, quick in his perceptions, and firm inhis decisions, he betrays also, in every act, a courtesy which is not thechild of etiquette, but a natural trait and family hereditament, and theindex of a thorough and practical knowledge of the world, and of humannature. Gen. V. house, at Keokuk, unpretending, yet most inviting, in allthe luxuries of real comfort, is the resort of many of the best families ofneighboring towns and cities, embracing St. Louis, and of a wide circleof friends, as well as of the distinguished strangers who visit the city—the hospitality of the host, and of his estimable lady, being known andread of all men. The General, yet only in the prime of life, is, as ever, among the fore-most in all works of public utility and enterprise. It is not at allprobable that the point at which we leave him will be the close of hispublic career. If Iowa shall consult her true interests, we shall soonhear of him, doubtless, in some new and responsible capacity of 4^*-^#^—.^ _ t^:^-<^^^^^^<-^c-<-^^(^.^^. ?WILLIAM H. WASHINGTON, OF CRAVEN COUNTY, N. C. 359 HON. WM. H. WASHINGTON, OF CRAVEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, Hon. Wm. , eldest child of General Nicholson Wash-ington and Elizabeth Washington, was born in the County of Wayne, andState of North Carolina, on the 7th day of February, A. D. 1813. Whileyet a child he manifested that vivacity of disposition, aptness of mind,and energy of character which have since distinguished him; and hisfather, a respectable planter and successful country merchant, determined,therefore, at an early period to give him a liberal education. He was ac-cordingly entered at Spring Bank Academy, an institution of very highrepute at that time, in the County of Wayne. At the early age of thir-teen he was fully prepared to enter college; but his father deeming itimprudent to place him at
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