Colonial Manners
Based on the Exercise of a Schoolboy*
George Washington, sometime before the age of 16, transcribed Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation. (This may be a school assignment in penmanship- original errors in numbering have been corrected; original spelling is unchanged.)
*Washington, George. Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation: a Book of Etiquette. Williamsburg, VA: Beaver Press, 1971.
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Read about our interpretations after reading this in class today.
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