The True George Washington
Reading edition
by Paul Leicester Ford
Author of “The Honorable Peter Stirling” Editor of “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson” and “The Sayings of Poor Richard”
“That I have foibles, and perhaps many of them, I shall not deny. I should esteem myself, as the world would, vain and empty, were I to arrogate perfection.” —Washington
“Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice.” —Shakespeare
1896 BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
Tenth Edition
Electrotyped and Printed by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO WILLIAM F. HAVEMEYER, IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE AUTHOR TO HIS COLLECTION OF WASHINGTONIANA.