Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . his coat, as his duty and situation exposedhim to every danger. Such was the general confidence in his talents, that hemay be said to have conducted the retreat. Colonel Washington was appointed, on his return home, by the legislatureof the colony, commander-in-chief of all the forces raised and to be raised inVirginia, which appointm
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . his coat, as his duty and situation exposedhim to every danger. Such was the general confidence in his talents, that hemay be said to have conducted the retreat. Colonel Washington was appointed, on his return home, by the legislatureof the colony, commander-in-chief of all the forces raised and to be raised inVirginia, which appointment he accepted, and for about three years devoted histime to recruiting and organizing troops for the defence of the colony. In1758, he commanded an expedition to Fort Du Quesne, which terminated suc-cessfully, and the French retired from the western frontier. At the close of thiscampaign Washington left the army, and was soon after married to Custis, a widow lady of Virginia, of amiable character and highly re-spectable connections. From the date of his marriage until the year 1774, aperiod of about sixteen years, Washington passed his time in the enjoyment ofdomestic life, and in the cultivation of his estate at his beautiful family-seat of. Residence of Washington, Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon. He was occasionally called upon, however, to discnargeduties as a magistrate of the county, or a member of the legislature. Whenthe difficulties between Great Britain and her American colonies assumed athreatening aspect, in 1774, he was sent to the continental Congress as one ofthe delegates from Virginia. The following year, when an army of provincialshad concentrated in Massachusetts, prepared for a contest with the troops of themother-country, Washington was unanimously chosen by the continental Con-gress as the commander-in-chief, and took the command of the army in July,1775. From the moment of his taking upon himself this important office, he devo-ted the great powers
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