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Excerpt from Life of George Washington: Written for Children George washington was born the 22d of February, 1732, in a house which had belonged to his great-grandfather, on Bridge's Creek, near the Potomac River, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father's name was Augustine Washington; his mother's, before her marriage, Mary Ball. She was the second wife of hit. Washington, and a beauti ful woman. She seems also to have had a strong, upright character; and brought up her children exceedingly well. Soon after George's birth, his father left the old family estate, and went to live in Stafford County, near Fredericksburg. Both these houses have since gone to ruin. In those days, good schools were very rare, and even the rich planters did not find it easy to have2 george washington. [1743. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.