george washington

  • George Washington Quote

    I am currently finishing up the research phase for my 4th book and I came across this quote from George Washington: “For my own part, I shall not undertake to say where the Line between Great Britain and the Colonies should be drawn, but I am clearly of opinion that one ought to be drawn;…

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  • Hercules

    The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and use shall make us as tame and abject slaves, as the blacks we rule over with such arbitrary sway. –  George Washington     Slave prettily pretending on the promenade. A…

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  • 1. William Byrd married a 21-year-old widow whose dead husband was the son of a former governor of Virginia. She agreed that William’s first son would be named after him; a heritage the son wore so proudly he went on to become the future founder of Richmond. 2. William Byrd, the son, married Lucy, one…

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