In the autumn of 1751, at the age of nineteen, George Washington sailed with his older half-brother Lawrence from Virginia to the Caribbean island of Barbados―the one and only time that the future Revolutionary War hero and president would leave the shores of continental North America. Lawrence had long been in poor health and hoped, in vain, that the island climate would prove restorative. The Washingtons landed in early November, and George spent seven weeks on Barbados, recording his impressions of everything from the exotic landscapes and local culture, to the cultivation of sugarcane and the particulars of plantation slavery, before bidding his brother adieu and embarking on the return sail to Virginia. The two sea voyages provided plenty of adventure, at times harrowing, and framed an island interlude that exposed young George to new cultures and new experiences―and also to smallpox. His exposure to the dread disease, and his resulting immunity, would prove fateful a quarter century later when the commander in chief of the ragtag American revolutionary forces blunted a threat more grave than British cannon by directing the immunization of his troops. Technological advances and fresh scholarship make this the most comprehensive and authoritative edition that has ever been--or likely will ever be--published.

George Washington's Barbados Diary, 1751-52

Biographies & Memoirs

Washington, George

Historical

University of Virginia Press

George Washington's Rules of Civility: Complete With the Original French Text and New French-To-English Translations (The Compleat George Washington Series, Vol. 1)

George Washington's Rules of Civility: Complete With the Original French Text and New French-To-English Translations (The Compleat George Washington Series, Vol. 1)

History

Phillips, John T., II

Military

Goose Creek Productions

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Washington's Rules Of Civility And Decent Behavior In Company And Conversation (1888)

Self-Help

Happiness

Kessinger Publishing

'George Washington's Rules of Civility' is a short list of 110 principles or maxims by which, supposedly, proper decent people must abide. While some of these maxims may seem dated others are still quite apt for today. A quick read, 'George Washington's Rules of Civility' is an insightful look at the manners and customs of an age gone by.

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation

Digireads.com

Taking his inspiration from a 16th century French manual on etiquette, young George Washington compiled his own set of instructions under the title, The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior. These concise rules to live by have been studied and copied by millions of readers eager to absorb Washington’s secrets of success in life and work. Neither unduly severe nor sentimental, the rules have stood the test of time and still reverberate today.

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in company and conversation; there are 110 in all.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Rules of Civility &amp; Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the rules have been traced to a French etiquette manual, dating from the late 16th Century. As an exercise Washington hand-copied an English edition. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also presided over the Convention that drafted the Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution established the position of President of the Republic, which title Washington was the first to hold.

Rules of Civility

Personal Transformation

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in company and conversation; there are 110 in all.

The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Copied out by hand as a young man aspiring to the status of Gentleman, George Washington's 110 rules were based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595. The first English edition of these rules was available in Francis Hawkins' Youths Behavior, or Decency in Conversation Amongst Men, which appeared in 1640, and it is from work that Washington seems to have copied. The rules as Washington wrote them out are a simplified version of this text. However much he may have simplified them, these precepts had a strong influence on Washington, who aimed to always live by them. The rules focus on self-respect and respect for others through details of etiquette. The rules offer pointers on such issues as how to dress, walk, eat in public, and address one's superiors.

George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation (Little Books of Wisdom)

Children's Books

Applewood Books

He was an American Founding Father and the new nation’s first president, but before that, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732–1799) was an excruciatingly correct child with a passion for propriety. At the age of 14, he copied out 110 rules for elegant deportment from a work created by Jesuits in the 16th century as a guide for young gentleman of quality, and through these rules, which he took greatly to heart, we can see the beginnings of the man Washington would become taking shape. Though many of the rules deal with matters of etiquette—such as whom should rise for whom in mixed company—many others concern far deeper matters that touch on personal philosophies about judgment, honor, success, and conscience. As a peek into the manners of a bygone age, this is an intriguing work. As a peek into a great man in his formative years, this is an extraordinary one.

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Cosimo Classics

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George Washington's Barbados Diary, 1751-52

George Washington's Rules of Civility: Complete With the Original French Text and New French-To-English Translations (The Compleat George Washington Series, Vol. 1)

Washington's Rules Of Civility And Decent Behavior In Company And Conversation (1888)

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior

George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior

Rules of Civility

The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation

George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation (Little Books of Wisdom)

George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior