What were the major events in Georges life that took place while he lived at Ferry Farm?
Georges sister Mildred died in 1740. The house caught on fire on Christmas Eve, 1740, and was repaired. Georges father, Augustine, died in 1743. George learned surveying. He learned how to behave in society by writing out the Rules of Civility (a book of etiquette based on maxims in a 1595 French manuscript). He applied for his first military appointment on June 10, 1752. Washington wrote this letter, now in the foundations collection, at Ferry Farm. George became a Mason at Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge No. 4 on Nov. 4, 1752, while still living at Ferry Farm.
