(Encyclopedia) Engelmann, GeorgeEngelmann, Georgeĕngˈəlmən [key], 1809–84, American physician and botanist, b. Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, educated at the universities of Heidelberg and Würzburg (M.D…
(Encyclopedia) Bannatyne, GeorgeBannatyne, Georgebănˈətīn [key], 1545–1608?, collector of Scottish poems. He compiled the Bannatyne MS (1568), the chief collection of Scottish verse of the 15th and…
As PresidentWhile President, a more elaborate hospitality was maintained. Both in New York and Philadelphia the best houses procurable were rented as the Presidential home,—for Washington "…
CharityAfter the terrible attack of fever in Philadelphia in 1793, Washington wrote to a clergyman of that city,—"It has been my intention ever since my return to the city, to contribute my…
Charles LeeUndoubtedly the most serious army antagonist was General Charles Lee, and, but for what seem almost fatalistic chances, he would have been a dangerous rival. He was second in…
Continental CongressThese attempts to undermine Washington owed their real vitality to the Continental Congress, and it is safe to say that but for Washington's political enemies no army…
Congressional InterferenceTo make matters worse, politics were allowed to play a prominent part in the selection of officers, and Washington complained that "the different States [were],…
His DeathWashington's final illness began December 12, 1799, in a severe cold taken by riding about his plantation while "rain, hail and snow" were "falling alternately, with a cold wind."…
EmancipationBy his will Washington gave Lee his "immediate freedom or if he should prefer it (on account of the accidents which have befallen him and which have rendered him incapable of…
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