Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jude Eylander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: George Washington] LOG CABIN TO WHITE HOUSE SERIES From Farm House to the White House THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON HIS BOYHOOD, YOUTH, MANHOOD, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE AND SERVICES _By_ William M. Thayer Author of "From Log Cabin to White House," "From Pioneer Home to White House," "From Tannery to White House," "From Boyhood to Manhood," etc., etc. _ILLUSTRATED_ NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS Log Cabin to White House Series. UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME. BY WILLIAM M. THAYER: From Boyhood to Manhood--Life of Benjamin Franklin. From Farm House to White House--Life of George Washington. From Log Cabin to White House--Life of James A. Garfield, with eulogy by Hon. James G. Blaine. From Pioneer Home to White House--Life of Abraham Lincoln, with eulogy by Hon. Geo. Bancroft. From Tannery to White House--Life of Ulysses S. Grant. BY EDWARD S. ELLIS: From Ranch to White House--Life of Theodore Roosevelt. _Price Post-Paid, 75¢. each, or $4.50 for the set._ HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK. Copyright, 1890, By JAMES H. EARLE. To ALL WHO HONOR TRUE MANHOOD, This Volume, _REPRESENTING THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS_, From Boyhood to Manhood IN THE CAREER AND NOBLE CHARACTER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, "_THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY_," Is Sincerely and Affectionately Dedicated. PREFACE. Every American, old or young, should become familiar with the life of Washington; it will confirm their patriotism and strengthen their loyalty. Such a character will become an inspiration to them, eliciting nobler aims, and impelling to nobler deeds. Washington himself wrote to his step-son, who was in college: