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Title: Washington, the man of action
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Hill, Frederick Trevor, 1866-1930 Job, 1858-1931, ill
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799
Publisher: New York, London : D. Appleton and Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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seven dol-lars and upwards a day, his ser-vices being constantly in demand.This life in the saddle not onlyvastly improved his woodsmanship 31 WASHINGTON but gave him an unusual oppor-tunity for judging the prospectivevalues of land, in the purchase ofwhich he utilized all his sparesavings. Meanwhile he made his head-quarters at Captain LawrenceWashingtons house where he metan ex-officer named Adjutant Muse,who gave him some instructionin military science, and a retiredsergeant named Van Braam, whotaught him how to fence. It wasdoubtless Captain Lawrence whosuggested that his kinsman shouldthus employ himself, as he wished 32 With Braddocks Rear Guard(July 7-8, 1755) /V M ^J^:<^KVM f^vOlt -if-dC Jto; ^ ; ,; « *™jj» t^*»^v.i« V <^\J*» Lf^ v\°:? H -. v~- #~~-~ ^— - Av ^ ^ %**, 7m H\ r •* - ^ ^v^.-v^V •• fea Su...^4.,jf^x/fix ^ .-j;^ Mlifttf ^ ^^^^^^^^^^i^^^^ p^ Wr^^, ^V^^
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WASHINGTON to qualify him for a commission inthe colonial army. The result wasthat by the time the young manwas nineteen he was appointeda military inspector, with the rankof Major, at a salary of a hundredand fifty pounds a year. It is plain,however, that Washington himselfhad no intention of adopting asoldiers life when he accepted thispost, the duties of which weremerely nominal. Indeed he con-tinued his work as a surveyor untilresponsibilities imposed on him byCaptain Lawrences illness anddeath compelled him to abandon 87 WASHINGTON it, and it was not until he wasnearly twenty-two that an eventoccurred which entirely changedhis career. CHAPTER III OPPORTUNITY YEARS before his death CaptainLawrence Washington hadforeseen trouble between the Frenchand the English, for the tradingcompany in which he was interestedclaimed land on the Ohio River towhich France asserted a paramountright, and he saw that it was onlya question of time when the twogovernments would be drawn intothe controv

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