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Re: Washington
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David Kiracofe <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:13:26 -0400
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By commoner, I meant merely that George Washington -- whatever superior qualities he possessed -- lacked an aristocratic title; gentry are not automatically part of the nobility.  And anxious American conservatives, intent on stabilizing and ordering their society, would have passed over a commoner in favor of someone with clearly noble blood.

David Kiracofe



David Kiracofe
History
Tidewater Community College
Chesapeake Campus
1428 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
757-822-5136

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