PART FIFTH.

SPEECHES AND MESSAGES TO CONGRESS, PROCLA
MATIONS, AND ADDRESSES.

V. Names and Rank of the General Officers of the Continental

Army in the Revolution

VI. Names of General Washington's Aids-de-Camp during the

Revolution

VII. Governors or Chief Magistrates of the several Colonies and

States during the Public Life of Washington

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336

382

399

412

415

416

VIII. Members of Congress before the Adoption of the Consti-

tution

420

IX. Members of the Convention which formed the Constitution

of the United States in 1787

426

X. Senators and Representatives in Congress during Wash-

ington's Administration

427

XI. Washington's Cabinet during his Presidency

432

XII. Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States during

Washington's Administration

433

XIII. American Ministers and Diplomatic Agents at Foreign Courts

during Washington's Administration

I. Letters written by Washington to Individuals and Public

Bodies

II. Letters addressed to Washington by Various Persons
III. Miscellaneous Letters relating to Subjects mentioned in
Washington's Writings

6. Copy of a Gold Medal presented to General Washington by Congress,

on the Evacuation of Boston,

7. Order of Battle, for 1781,

8. Portrait of Washington, by Stuart, .

9. Facsimile of Washington's Handwriting,

10. Military Operations in Pennsylvania,

11. Battle at Braddock's Defeat,

12. Military Operations in Virginia,

13. Line of March in Forbes's Expedition,

14. Houdon's Bust of Washington,

15. Plan of Boston and its Environs, in 1775,

16. Battle on Long Island,

17. Fort Washington and Haerlem Heights,

18. Military Operations after the Evacuation of New York,

19. Battles of Trenton and Princeton,

20. Military Movements in New Jersey,

21. Battle of the Brandywine,

22. Military Movements in Pennsylvania,

25. Battle of Germantown,

24. Attack on Fort Clinton,

25. Operations on the Delaware River,

26. Encampment at Valley Forge,

27. Retreat of Lafayette from Barren Hill,

28. Battle of Monmouth,

29. Military Works at Stony Point and Verplanck's Point,

30. Operations on Hudson's River,

31. Operations in Virginia,

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106

32. Plan of the Siege of Yorktown,

33. Head of Mrs. Washington, by Stuart,

34. Plan of the Farms at Mount Vernon.

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Frontispiece, XII.

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LIFE

OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

OF

CALIFORNIC

LIFE

OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

CHAPTER I.

Origin of the Washington Family.-John and Lawrence Washington emigrate to America. — Birth of George Washington.-His early Education. His Fondness for mathematical Studies and athletic Amusements, and his methodical Habits.—A Project formed for his entering the British Navy as a Midshipman.-He becomes a practical Surveyor. Engages in the Employment of Lord Fairfax.-Continues the Business of Surveying for three Years.Appointed Adjutant of one of the Districts in Virginia.-Voyage to Barbadoes with his Brother.

THE name of WASHINGTON, as applied to a family, is proved from authentic records to have been first known about the middle of the thirteenth century. There was previously a manor of that name in the County of Durham, in England, the proprietor of which, according to a custom not unusual in those days, took the name of his estate. From this gentleman, who was originally called William de Hertburn, have descended the branches of the Washington family, which have since spread themselves over various parts of Great Britain and America.

Few individuals of the family have attained to such eminence in the eye of the public, as to give perpetuity to the memory of their deeds or their character; yet, in the local histories of England, the name is frequently mentioned with respect, and as denoting