[Responsibility2nd]

Well done!

[dadfly]

thanks for the post. excellent.

[jagusafr]

Reminds me of the Heinlein quote ending in “Specialization is for insects”. Excellent and all too rare these days.

[higgmeister]

Very good!   I have read the first three volumes of Washington Irving's four volume biography of George Washington.

This article neglected to state that the Fairfax patriarch was Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Scotland) who loved George Washington as if he had been his own son.   Lord Fairfax was the only British peer to live in colonial America.

Though an avowed Loyalist, Fairfax kept quiet and was known to be close to Washington. He was never insulted or molested. Title to his domain, however, was confiscated during the hostilities by the Virginia Act of 1779. Less than two months after the 1781 defeat of the British army at Yorktown, the 88-year-old Fairfax died at his seat at Greenway Court. He was buried on the east side of Christ Church (Episcopal) in Winchester, Virginia.

[Albion Wilde]

he carefully diversified his farms, moving away from tobacco alone to raising wheat, corn, carrots, apples and more, adding such services as ironworks, and clothing and cider manufacture, to become self-sufficient.

He also had a fishery beside the Potomac at Mount Vernon, and exported dried fish to England.

The tour of Mount Vernon and its visitor center and gift shop is one of the best half-days+ you will spend. There are also dining places and other points of interest in the area.

[dljordan]

Very good!

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