[George Washington: Farmer by Paul Leland Haworth]@TWC D-Link bookGeorge Washington: Farmer CHAPTER II 7/25
His countenance as a whole was pleasing, benevolent and commanding, and in conversation he looked one full in the face and was deliberate, deferential and engaging.
His voice was agreeable rather than strong.
His demeanor at all times was composed and dignified, his movements and gestures graceful, his walk majestic and he was a superb horseman[2]. [2] Adapted from a description written by his comrade-in-arms, George Mercer. The bride brought her husband a "little progeny" consisting of two interesting stepchildren; also property worth about a hundred thousand dollars, including many negro slaves, money on bond and stock in the Bank of England.
Soon we find him sending certificates of the marriage to the English agents of the Custis estate and announcing to them that the management of the whole would be in his hands. The dower negroes were kept separate from those owned by himself, but otherwise he seems to have made little distinction between his own and Mrs.Washington's property, which was now, in fact, by Virginia law his own.
When Martha wanted money she applied to him for it.
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