[Illustration: Frontispiece] American Statesmen STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION [Illustration: _The Home of the Washington Family_] * * * * * GEORGE WASHINGTON BY HENRY CABOT LODGE IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I. 1889 PREFACE This edition has been carefully revised, and although very little has been added of late years to our knowledge of the facts of Washington's life, I have tried to examine all that has appeared. The researches of Mr. Waters, which were published just after these volumes in the first edition had passed through the press, enable me to give the Washington pedigree with certainty, and have turned conjecture into fact. The recent publication in full of Lear's memoranda, although they tell nothing new about Washington's last moments, help toward a completion of all the details of the scene. H.C. LODGE. WASHINGTON, February 7, 1898. * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER. INTRODUCTION I. THE OLD DOMINION II. THE WASHINGTONS III. ON THE FRONTIER IV. LOVE AND MARRIAGE V. TAKING COMMAND VI. SAVING THE REVOLUTION VII. "MALICE DOMESTIC, AND FOREIGN LEVY" VIII. THE ALLIES IX. ARNOLD'S TREASON, AND THE WAR IN THE SOUTH X. YORKTOWN XI. PEACE INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS GEORGE WASHINGTON From the painting by Gilbert Stuart in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This painting is owned by the Boston Athenæum and is known as the Athenæum portrait. Autograph is from Washington's signature to a bill of exchange, from "Talks about Autographs" by George Birkbeck Hill. The vignette of the residence of the Washington family is from "Homes of American Statesman," published by Alfred W. Putnam, New York. LAWRENCE WASHINGTON From an original painting in the possession of Lawrence Washington, Esq., Alexandria, Va., a great-great-great-nephew. Autograph from MS. in New York Public Library, Lenox Building. MISS MARY CARY From an original painting owned by Dr. James D. Moncure of Virginia, one of her descendants. No autograph can be found. MISS MARY PHILIPSE From Irving's "Washington," published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Autograph from Appleton's "Cyclopædia of American Biography." WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE From the original painting by Emanuel Leutze in the New York Metropolitan Museum. The United States flag shown in the picture is an anachronism. The stars and stripes were first adopted by Congress in June, 1777; and any flag carried by Washington's army in December, 1776, would have consisted of the stripes with the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew in the blue field where the stars now appear. INTRODUCTION