华盛顿传_Georage_Washington

作者：William Roscoe Thayer

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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.