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George Washington spent time analyzing and collecting rules that he felt constituted decent behavior. His 110 rules include such gems as “Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another, though he were your enemy” and “Labor to keep alive in your breast that little celestial fire called conscience.” Promotes gentility and provides an interesting glimpse into our beloved founding father. Includes historical information of how these rules came about.

This journal of George Washington, now for the first time printed entire and with literal exactness, was begun, as shown by the date in the opening lines, when he was but one month over sixteen years of age. It is his own daily record of observations during his first remunerated employment. His proficiency as a surveyor, and his fortitude in encountering the hardships of the forest in this expedition were, considering his age, truly remarkable. With him the beginning determined the end. Biographers have made us acquainted with the character of his worthy parents, and with the sturdy stock from which they were descended. It does seem as though Providence called our Washington into being, and educated him in the western world just at the time when a great leader was wanted to direct a revolution, and to found on this continent a new and a free, English-speaking nation. Every factor, whether of lineage or culture, in the admirably balanced character of Washington, as well as every aspiration of his heart, from his cradle to his grave, is of high interest to the world. Although deprived of a father's care at the age of eleven years, he was, however, especially blessed in having such a mother as the noble Mary Washington, who conscientiously discharged her sacred duty as his guardian, counselor and friend. Hence filial reverence grew with his growth and strengthened with his maturing years into fixed principles, making him throughout all his eventful life loyal to every virtue and heroic in every trust.When George Washington set out on the enterprise herein narrated, he was just out of school, where he had received the best education the neighborhood could supply, supplemented with good private instruction. We may well believe that his mother and his brothers then supposed that George had attained an age and proficiency when he should either go to college to acquire a higher education, or embark speedily in some respectable calling; and we may further conclude that this precocious youth was eager to take part in the affairs of life, and deferentially announced his preference for the latter course. Possibly he was influenced in this selection by his great admiration for his half-brother, Major Lawrence Washington, who was actively and prosperously engaged in various business enterprises, who made much of George, and had him visit Mount Vernon whenever it was practicable.

He was an American Founding Father and the new nation’s first president, but before that, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732–1799) was an excruciatingly correct child with a passion for propriety. At the age of 14, he copied out 110 rules for elegant deportment from a work created by Jesuits in the 16th century as a guide for young gentleman of quality, and through these rules, which he took greatly to heart, we can see the beginnings of the man Washington would become taking shape. Though many of the rules deal with matters of etiquette—such as whom should rise for whom in mixed company—many others concern far deeper matters that touch on personal philosophies about judgment, honor, success, and conscience. As a peek into the manners of a bygone age, this is an intriguing work. As a peek into a great man in his formative years, this is an extraordinary one.

THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE. I.The Two Sisters34II.Making Up The Expedition37III.The Embarkation43IV.Alix Carpentier51V.Down Bayou Plaquemine.—the Fight With Wild Nature55VI.The Twice-married Countess61VII.Odd Partners In The Bolero Dance65VIII.A Bad Storm In A Bad Place69IX.Maggie And The Robbers73X.Alix Puts Away The Past80XI.Alix Plays Fairy.—parting Tears.84XII.Little Paris90XIII.The Countess Madelaine94XIV."Poor Little Alix!"99XV.The Discovery Of The Hat104XVI.The Ball108XVII.Picnic And Farewell116ALIX DE MORAINVILLE121SALOME MÜLLER, THE WHITE SLAVE.I.Salome and her Kindred145II.Six Months at Anchor148III.Famine at Sea150IV.Sold into Bondage155V.The Lost Orphans159VI.Christian Roselius162VII.Miller Versus Belmonti163VIII.The Trial169IX.The Evidence173X.The Crowning Proof178XI.Judgment180XII.Before the Supreme Court185THE "HAUNTED HOUSE" IN ROYAL STREET. I.As It Stands Now192II.Madame Lalaurie200III.A Terrible Revelation204IV.The Lady's Flight212V.A New Use219VI.Evictions223ATTALIE BROUILLARD. I.Furnished Rooms233II.John Bull236III.Ducour's Meditations239IV.Proxy243V.The Nuncupative Will248VI.Men can be Better than their Laws257WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH261I.Secession262II.The Volunteers.—Fort Sumter266III.Tribulation269IV.A Beleaguered City274V.Married279VI.How it was in Arkansas281VII.The Fight for Food and Clothing285VIII.Drowned out and starved out289IX.Homeless and Shelterless296X.Frights and Perils in Steele's Bayou302XI.Wild Times in Mississippi308XII.Vicksburg320XIII.Preparations for the Siege326XIV.The Siege itself334XV.Gibraltar falls343LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.From photographs of the originals, in possession of Mr. George W. Cable."Tonton"FrontispieceSome of the Manuscripts1Part of François's First Page34Part of First Page, "Alix Manuscript"121The Court Papers168The Entrance of the "Haunted House"194Printed on Wall Paper in the Siege of Vicksburg339Fac-simile of a Letter from Adj.-Gen. Thomas L. Snead349

To the people of the United States.Friends and Fellow Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those, out of whom a choice is to be made.I beg you, at the same time, to do me the jus¬ tice to be assured, that this resolution has not been taken, without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country; and that, in withdrawing the tender of service which silence in my situation might imply, I am influenced by no diminution of zeal for your future interest; a full conviction supports no deficiency of grateful respect for your past kindness; but that the step is compatible with both.The acceptance of and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me had been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power, consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard, to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn. The strength of my inclination to do this, previous to the last election, had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you; but mature reflection on the then perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations, and the unanimous advice of persons entitled to my confidence, impelled me to abandon the idea.

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Excerpt from Journal of My Journey Over the Mountains: By George Washington, While Surveving for Lord Thomas Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, in the Northern Neck of Viginia, Beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-8Washington and the demand of historians, this method, if faithfully executed, must produce the pre ferred edition of his writings.A few miscellaneous pieces in Washington's youth ful handwriting are preserved in this Journal, and are here printed with the same effort for literal accuracy which has been bestowed upon the journal itself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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