George wasn't quite the stuffed shirt that he appeared to be. First of all, he understood the concept of taking advantage of situations, in order to make a buck. For example, while employed for others as a surveyor, he spotted and bought the best parcels of land for himself as the wilderness was pushed back. He had a torrid affair with a married woman who lived on a nieghboring plantation, until her husband took her to England and didn't come back. He became the wealthiest man in Virginia, and probably in the colonies, by marrying Martha Washington, the richest widow in the colonies (have you ever seen a picture of Martha Washington?).He basicly confessed to treasous acts, when he signed the surrender document giving up Fort Necessity to the French, but later claimed that he did not know that, because he could not read French. Though he had been out of military service for years, when he found out that the Continental Congress was looking for a commander in chief, he dug out his old uniform, and marched around for weeks, trying to make himself noticed. Mount Vernon was the largest distillary in all the colonies, and probably half of his product ended up being bought by Indians, who even then had a predisposition for alcoholism. On the other hand, I think that he did free his slaves when he died, unlike Jeffereson, who didn't even free his own children slaves when he died, much less their mother.
