Letters, 1786-1788.
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Mount Vernon is located on the Potomac River near the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and is best known as the home of George and Martha Washington. George Washington's ancestors acquired the estate when it was known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation. In 1740, Lawrence Washington renamed the plantation Mount Vernon after the English naval officer Admiral Edward Vernon, under whom he served. Under George Washington, the plantation reached a size of nearly 8,000 acres and was divided into five far...
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Olney Winsor was a Providence, Rhode Island merchant temporarily in Virginia operating a company store. From the description of Letters, 1786-1788. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122355409 ...
Washington, George, 1732-1799
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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...
