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The True George Washington: Soldier: Strategy
StrategyStrikingly at variance with these personal qualities of courage and hot blood is the "Fabian" policy for which he is so generally credited, and a study of his military career goes far…The True George Washington: Family Relations
Family RelationsHis FatherAlthough Washington wrote that the history of his ancestors was, in his opinion, "of very little moment," and "a subject to which I confess I have paid very little…The True George Washington: Farmer and Proprietor
Farmer and ProprietorMount VernonThe earliest known Washington coat of arms had blazoned upon it "3 Cinque foiles," which was the herald's way of saying that the bearer was a landholder and…The True George Washington: Enemies: Gates
GatesTurning from these public rather than personal foes, a very different type of enemies is encountered in those inimical to Washington in his own army. Chief of these was Horatio Gates,…The True George Washington: Friends: The Generals
The GeneralsKnox was the earliest army friend of those who rose to the rank of general, and was honored by Washington with absolute trust. After the war the two corresponded, and Knox…The True George Washington: Enemies: Jefferson
JeffersonThe political course of Washington while President produced the alienation of the two Virginians whom he most closely associated with himself in the early part of his administration…The True George Washington: Friends: Lafayette
LafayetteAs need hardly be said, however, the strongest affection among the general officers was that between Washington and Lafayette. In the advent of this young Frenchman the commander saw…The True George Washington: Physique: Portraits
PortraitsHow far the portraits of Washington conveyed his expression is open to question. The quotation already given which said that no picture accurately resembled him in the minute traits…The True George Washington: Enemies: The Press
The PressAnother type of enemy, more or less the result of this differing with Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Randolph, was sundry editors and writers who gathered under their patronage and…The True George Washington: Social Life
Social LifeIn VirginiaThere can be no doubt that Washington, like the Virginian of his time, was pre-eminently social. It is true that late in life he complained, as already quoted, that his…Trending
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