[141] Irving, i, 45; and Lodge: Washington, i, 59. Many years later when he became rich, Washington acquired a good library, part of which is now in the Boston Athenæum. But as a young and moneyless surveyor he had no books of his own and his "book" education was limited and shallow.
[142] Binney, in Dillion, iii, 281-84.
[143] Irving, i, 37, 45; and Sparks, 10.
[144] Irving, i, 27.
[145] Irving, i, 46.
[146] As will appear, the Fairfax estate is closely interwoven into John Marshall's career. (See vol. II of this work.)
[147] For description of Greenway Court see Pecquet du Bellet, ii, 175.
[148] Washington's Writings: Ford, i, footnote to 329.
[149] For a clear but laudatory account of Lord Fairfax see Appendix No. 4 to Burnaby, 197-213. But Fairfax could be hard enough on those who opposed him, as witness his treatment of Joist Hite. (See infra, chap. V.)
[150] When the Revolution came, however, Fairfax was heartily British. The objection which the colony made to the title to his estate doubtless influenced him.