[Illustration: SHARPLESS MINIATURE OF WASHINGTON, 1795]



The True George Washington



By
Paul Leicester Ford

Author of "The Honorable Peter Stirling"
Editor of "The Writings of Thomas Jefferson" and
"The Sayings of Poor Richard"


"That I have foibles, and perhaps many of them, I shall not deny. I should
esteem myself, as the world would, vain and empty, were I to arrogate
perfection."

--_Washington_


"Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice."

--_Shakespeare_



1896