The Estate of George Washington, Deceased |
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Alexandria Augustine Washington Bank Bank of Alexandria Bushrod Washington cash Chapter Charles claim Colonel Commissioners Commonwealth of Virginia copy Dandridge debt deceased December deed Dismal Swamp District of Columbia Dogue executors Fairfax County Farm Fayette Fielding Lewis filed Ford Genl George Washington give and bequeath Go Washington Hammond heirs House hundred acres ington interest Inventory James River James Welch John July June Kanawha Kanawha River Kanhawa land Lawrence Lewis lease ledger legatees letter lots Martha Washington Maryland McClean miles Mount Vernon Nansemond Nellie nephew Ohio Oratrix original paid papers payment Philadelphia possession Potomac Company President purchase received record Samuel Washington shares slaves sold Stuart testament thereof Thomas Thornton thousand acres thousand dollars tion Tobias Lear tract trustee United Wash Washington's death wife William wrote
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Page 16 - These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence, or in defence of their country and its rights ; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof.
Page 39 - I give each one hundred dollars, in consideration of the attachment of their fathers to me ; each of whom having lived nearly forty years in my family. To each of my nephews, William Augustine Washington, George Lewis, George Steptoe Washington, Bushrod Washington, and Samuel Washington, I give one of the swords or couteaux, of which I may die possessed ; and they are to choose in the order they are named.
Page 33 - ... for these reasons it has been my ardent wish to see a plan devised, on a liberal scale, which would have a tendency to spread systematic ideas through all parts of this rising empire, thereby to do away local attachments and State prejudices, as far as the nature of things would, or indeed ought to admit, from our national councils.
Page 131 - To promote literature in this rising empire and to encourage the arts have ever been amongst the warmest wishes of my heart, and if the donation which the generosity of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia has enabled me to bestow on Liberty Hall — now by your politeness called Washington Academy — is likely to prove a means to accomplish these ends, it will contribute to the gratification of my desires.
Page 31 - I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes, as to excite the most painful sensations, if not disagreeable consequences...
Page 131 - The present is a favourable season also for bringing again into view the establishment of a national seminary of learning within the district of Columbia, and with means drawn from the property therein subject to the authority of the general government. Such an institution claims the patronage of Congress, as a monument of their solicitude for the advancement of knowledge, without which the blessings of liberty cannot be fully enjoyed, or long preserved...
Page 1 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Page 235 - Prompted by these actual observations I could not help taking a more extensive view of the vast inland navigation of these United States...
Page 113 - The benevolence of your heart, my dear Marquis, is so conspicuous upon all occasions, that I never wonder at any fresh proofs of it ; but your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit would diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country.
Page 143 - ... and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted. This is true in part only, for like all things else, when nourished and supplied plentifully with aliment, it is rapid in its progress ; but let these be withdrawn, and it may be stifled in its birth, or much stinted in its growth Although we cannot avoid first impressions, we may assuredly place them under guard When the fire is beginning to kindle and your heart growing warm, propound these questions to it.