British GeneralsThe Braddock campaign brought acquaintance with one which did not end in friendship, however amicable the beginning. There can be little doubt that there was cameraderie with…
PhysiqueContemporary DescriptionsWriting to his London tailor for clothes, in 1763, Washington directed him to "take measure of a gentleman who wares well-made cloaths of the following size:…
Relations with the Fair SexEarly RomanceThe book from which Washington derived almost the whole of his education warned its readers,—"Young Men have ever more a special care That Womanish…
Master and EmployerSlavesIn his "rules of civility" Washington enjoined that "those of high Degree ought to treat" "Artificers & Persons of low Degree" "with affibility & Courtesie,…
LafayetteAs need hardly be said, however, the strongest affection among the general officers was that between Washington and Lafayette. In the advent of this young Frenchman the commander saw…
GRISWOLD Harry Wilbur , a Representative from Wisconsin;
born on a farm near West Salem, La Crosse County, Wis., May 19, 1886;
attended the West Salem public and high schools and the college of…
ADAMS Wilbur Louis , A Representative from Delaware; born in Georgetown, Sussex County, Del., October 23, 1884; attended the public schools, Delaware College, Newark, Del., and Dickinson College,…
PALMER Henry Wilbur , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Clifford, Susquehanna
County, Pa., July 10, 1839; attended Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., and Fort
Edward Institute, Fort Edward…
BENTLEY Henry Wilbur , a Representative from New York;
born in DeRuyter, Madison County, N.Y., September 30, 1838;
moved with his parents to Morrisville, N.Y.;
attended Union School, Yates…
WHITE Wilbur McKee , a Representative from Ohio;
born near Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, February 22, 1890;
educated in the rural schools and the Hillsboro High School;
Marietta (Ohio)…
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