Religious BeliefsOne factor in Washington's education which must not go unnoticed was his religious belief. When only two months old he was baptized, presumably by the Rev. Lawrence De Butts…
EDGERTON Alfred Peck , a Representative from Ohio; born in Plattsburg, N.Y., January 11,
1813; was graduated from Plattsburg Academy; engaged in newspaper work for a
brief period, and later in…
OCHILTREE Thomas Peck , a Representative from Texas; born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., October 26, 1837; attended the public schools; volunteered in
1854 as a private in Capt. John G…
Horsemanship and HuntingWashington was from boyhood passionately fond of horsemanship, and when but seventeen owned a horse. Humphreys states that "all those who have seen General Washington…
DANIEL, Wilbur Clarence (Dan), a Representative from Virginia; born in Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Va., May 12, 1914; grew up on a tobacco farm in Mecklenburg County, Va.; educated in Virginia…
DANIEL Wilbur Clarence (Dan) , a Representative from Virginia; born in Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va., May 12, 1914; grew up on a tobacco farm in Mecklenburg County,
Va.; educated in Virginia…
Other PropertiesFortunately for the farmer, the Mount Vernon estate was but a small part of his property. His father had left him a plantation of two hundred and eighty acres on the…
Arts and LiteratureIn 1751, at Barbadoes, Washington "was treated with a play ticket to see the Tragedy of George Barnwell acted: the character of Barnwell and several others was said to be…
Senate Years of Service: 1842-1846
Party: Democrat McDUFFIE George , a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in Columbia County, Ga., August 10, 1790; attended an old-field school…
MarriageThe love-affair thus alluded to had begun in March, 1758, when ill health had taken Washington to Williamsburg to consult physicians, thinking, indeed, of himself as a doomed man. In…
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