Excerpt from The Life of George Washington: Illustrated by Tales, Sketches and Anecdotes, Adapted to the Use of Schools
1. George Washington was born at Bridges Creek, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on the twenty-second of February, 1732. He was the son of Augustine Washington, a descendant of one of the earliest settlers of the first English Colony in America. His father died, and left him at the age of ten years to be educated by an intelligent and affectionate mother. She devoted herself to the care of her children, and lived to reap the full reward of her anxious labors.
2. In the youth of George Washington, the means of instruction in America were very limited.
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