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Excerpt from Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious Gen.: George Washington, Late President of the United States of America, &C
After his father died, the charge of the family devolved on his eldel'c brother Law rence, a young man of molt promifing tal ents who, at that time, was a captain un der Admiral Vernon, in the colonial troops, employed in the expedition againfi Gartha gena; upon his return, having come into the 'poifeflion of his patrimonial efiates, in honor of his Admiral, from whom he had received many civilities, he named his new manfion moun't-verfienr He was afterwards made Adjutant General of the militia of Vir ginia, but did not long furvive, and on his demife (notwithftanding there were heirs of an elder branch, who poltefs a large {hare of the patrimony) th'e eldeft fon by the fecond marriage, inherited the part upon which that feat now hands, and a confiderable lane ded property attached to it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
