Lawrence and John Washington--Their Emigration--Augustine Washington--His Marriage with Jane Ball--Birth of George--The Parental Home--The Scenery--Anecdotes--The Mother of Washington--Education--Lord Fairfax--The Surveying Tour--George at the age of seventeen years--The Mansion of Lord Fairfax--Contrast between the English and the French--British Desperadoes--The Ferocity of War--Military Organization--Claims of France and England--Scenes of Woe--Heroic Excursion of Washington to the Ohio. About two centuries ago there were two young men, in England, by the name of Lawrence and John Washington. They were gentlemen of refinement and education, the sons of an opulent and distinguished family…
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