Excerpt from Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington, Late President of the United States of America, and Commander in Chief of Their Armies, During the Revolutionary War In the l0th year of his age, he had the misforu tune to lofe an excellent father, who died in 1742, and the patrimonial efiate devolved to an elder. Brothen - This young gentleman had been an oficer, in the Colonial tr00ps fent in the expediu tion againfi Carthagena. Ou his return he call ed the family manfion Mountvernon, in honour of the Britiih Admiral, and defiined his brother George to ferve in the navy. 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.