Excerpt from Library of Southern Literature, Vol. 13: Washington-YoungBy his nineteenth year, he had changed his profession from that of surveyor to that of soldier, and in 1751 was a major on the fron tier. He turned aside from his military duties to devote himself to nursing his brother Lawrence, whom the doctors had sent to the Barbados. Nothing, however, could be done to restore Lawrence Washington's rapidly declining health, and after a few months he died, leaving George Washington his youngest brother, as one of the executors of the estate, and, In the event that his own son did not live, heir to Mount Vernon. It was in this way that the property so intimately identified with the name of Washington came into his possession.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.