- 名称：华盛顿传_Georage_Washington
- 作者：William Roscoe Thayer
- 状态：完结
- 播音：佚名
- 最新章节：George Washington.pdf
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- sobadfromconsumptionthathedecidedtopassthewinterinawarmclimate.HechosetheIslandofBarbados,andhisbrotherGeorgeaccompaniedhim.Shortlybeforesailing,GeorgewascommissionedoneoftheAdjutants-GeneralofVirginia,withtherankofMajor,andthepayof£150ayear.TheysailedonthePotomacRiver,perhapsnearMountVernon,onSeptember28,1751,andlandedatBridgetownonNovember3d.ThenextdaytheywereentertainedatbreakfastanddinnerbyMajorClark,theBritishofficerwhocommandedsomeofthefortificationsoftheisland."Wewent,"saysGeorgeWashington,inajournalhekept,"myselfwithsomereluctance,asthesmallpoxwasinhisfamily."Thirteendayslater,Georgefellillofaverystrongcaseofsmallpoxwhichkepthimhousedforsixweeksandlefthisfacemuchdisfiguredforlifewithpockmarks,afactwhich,sofarasIhaveobservedhisportraits,thepaintershavecarefullyforgottentoindicate.
