. . there are near 2,000 acres of land belonging to the tract, surrounded in a manner by water.” Of the two-story Georgian brick mansion that stood as its stately centerpiece, Washington recalled that it “stood on high and commanding ground.” 3 The house was approached by a ...
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Earlier this week, the U.S. House passed a water infrastructure bill by a strong vote of 399-25. TheWater Resources Development Act of 2016companion legislation passed the Senate easily by a margin of 95-3 earlier in the month. The legislation would clear the backlog of port and waterway ...
The future will have for the South swift or slow development of its masses and of its soil in proportion to the swift or slow development of this kind of training. This change of view is a true measure of Mr. Washington’s work. The literature of the Negro in America is colossal, ...
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1 Unlike that of its later and more famous incarnation, the entrance stood on the river side, attesting to the extensive commercial traffic then churning along the Potomac down below. In those days, one could also see thousands of wild ducks gathering on the surface of the water. As Washi...
8 The instructions that Dinwiddie had received from London—and that Washington presumably stashed in his saddlebag—stated categorically that if the French were found to be building forts on English soil, they should be peacefully asked to depart. If they failed to comply, however, “we do he...
George Washington: mapMap of a portion of the Ohio River region made by George Washington, 1754. Little is known of George Washington’s early childhood, spent largely on the Ferry Farm on theRappahannock River, oppositeFredericksburg, Virginia.Mason L. Weems’s stories of the hatchet and cherr...
For the next 20 years the main background of Washington’s life was the work and society of Mount Vernon. He gave assiduous attention to the rotation of crops, fertilization of the soil, and the management of livestock. He had to manage the 18 slaves that came with the estate and others...