George Washington
Steven Sims
Social Studies 8-6
4/5/99
Born February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, he was the first son of
his father Augustine's second marriage; his mother was the former Mary
Ball of Epping Forest. When George was about three, his family moved to
Little Hunting Creek on the Potomac, then to Ferry Farm opposite
Fredericksburg on the Rappahannock in King George County.
In the interim, the powerful Fairfax family of neighboring Belvoir
introduced him to the accomplishments and …
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…m. on December14, he
awakened his wife to say that he was having trouble breathing. At
sunrise she sent for Dr. James Craig, who arrived at 9 a.m. and
diagnosed the illness as "inflammatory quinsy." During the morning
Washington was bled three times and two more doctors, Elisha Dick of
Alexandria and Gustavus Brown, were summoned. One counseled against
bleeding, but more blood was taken and purges administered.
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