A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George ... at age 22, Washington became commander of the Virginia Regiment in the French ...
6-29 (24 pages) Ltr, George Washington to Nathanael Greene, 12 Feb 1778, The Papers of George Washington: Revolutionary War Series (hereafter cited as PGW, RWS), ed. Philander D. Chase et al., 20 vols ...