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George Washington: Farmer

CHAPTER XVII
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Posey," four pounds.

One of the sons later settled in Indiana, and the "Pocket" county is named after him.
Another boy toward whose education Washington contributed was the son of Doctor James Craik--the boy being a namesake.

Doctor Craik was one of Washington's oldest and dearest friends.

He was born in Scotland two years before Washington saw the light at Wakefield, graduated from Edinburgh University, practised medicine in the West Indies for a short time and then came to Virginia.

He was Washington's comrade in arms in the Fort Necessity campaign, was subsequently surgeon general in the Continental Army, and accompanied Washington to the Ohio both in 1770 and 1784.


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