had  come  to  reside  at  Green  way  Court  in  the  Shenan-
doah Valley,  and  here  the  boy  often  stopped  as  he  jour-
neyed to  and  fro.  The  result  was  a  warm  personal
friendship  from  which  the  country  youth  must  have
profited.  Lord  Fairfax  was  a  man  of  the  world  and
had  seen  life  in  every  form.  lie  had  passed  his  youth
as  a  fine  gentleman  in  the  most  elegant  society  of  Lon-
don ;  had  known  Addi.^on,  and  even  written  some  num-
bers of  the  "  Spectator  ;  "  and  after  mingling  with  dukes
and  duchesses  and  flirting  the  fans  of  line  ladies,  liad
come,  a  disappointed  old  man,  to  pass  his  age  in  the
Virginia  woods.  He  was  almost  alone  at  Greenway
Court,  where  he  spent  his  time  chiefly  in  hunting ;  ami
the  visits  of  young  George  Washington  were  doubtless
a  great  pleasure  to  him.  To  the  youth  they  must  have
been  equally  profitable  in  expanding  his  views  and
giving  him  a  glimpse  of  the  great  world  ;  and  it  is  cer-
tain that  to  the  end  of  his  life  he  retained  the  warmest
regard  for  the  old  nobleman.
The  direct  result  of  this  early  association  and  employ-
ment as  surveyor  was  to  place  him  in  the  way  of  pro-
motion. His  ability  was  recognized,  and  at  nineteen  ho
was  appointed  Adjutant- General  of  the  Northern  Dis-
trict of  Virginia.  He  discharged  his  duties  with  credit ;
became  known  as  a  man  of  efficiency ;  and  the  result
was  his  selection  to  bear  the  English  protest  beyond  the
Ohio.
