Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) WASHINGTON. [Illustration] THE EARLY LIFE OF WASHINGTON; DESIGNED FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT OF THE YOUNG. By a Friend of Youth. PROVIDENCE: KNOWLES, VOSE AND COMPANY. 1838. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838, by Knowles, Vose & Co., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the District of Rhode-Island. CONTENTS. CHAPTER FIRST. Washington’s birth――his ancestors――the first school he attended――family anecdotes――death of his father. CHAPTER SECOND. Family anecdote――George lives with his half-brother Augustine about three years, and attends Mr. Williams’s school――his manuscript book of forms――his rules of behavior. CHAPTER THIRD. Came very near entering the British Navy at the age of fourteen――attends school at Fredericksburg――becomes a practical surveyor at the age of sixteen――the Indian war dance――continues surveying three years――is appointed Adjutant General of the Militia, with the rank of Major, at the age of nineteen――accompanies his half-brother Lawrence to Barbadoes――Lawrence dies and leaves George the Mount Vernon estate. CHAPTER FOURTH. Washington’s mission from the Governor of Virginia to the French commandant, at the age of twenty-one――narrowly escapes being killed by an Indian――came near being drowned in the Allegany river――visits Queen Aliquippa. CHAPTER FIFTH. Major Washington, at the age of twenty-two, is appointed to command the regular Virginia forces, consisting of two companies――being increased to six companies, he is raised to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and made second in command――his modesty――the fort, just begun at the fork of the Ohio, surrenders to the French――Washington attacks and defeats a party of French. CHAPTER SIXTH. Battle of the Great Meadows――vote of thanks to Colonel Washington and his officers――disapproving of the arrangement of the Virginia troops, he retires from the service. CHAPTER SEVENTH. Is invited by General Braddock to join his expedition as a volunteer――accepts the invitation――Battle of Monongahela――Washington conducts the retreat with ability, and retains the confidence of the public. CHAPTER EIGHTH.