John marshall life of washington6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The evidence of Marshall’s lifelong attachment to Washington is how hard he worked to express it over so many years. What may have been unusual was the extent to which Marshall’s admiration remained durably undimmed to the end of his own long life more than a half century later. Marshall’s veneration of Washington was not unusual among the officers and men who had served under the commanding general. May he ever experience from his Countrymen those attentions which such sentiments of themselves produce. When I speak or think of that superior Man my full heart overflows with gratitude. ![]() May he long enjoy those blessings he has secured to his Country. May happiness attend him wherever he goes. George Washington resigned his commission as the commander in chief of the Continental Army in a public appearance before the Confederation Congress (then sitting in Annapolis) on December 23, 1783, in his own words “commending the Interests of our dearest Country to the protection of Almighty God.” Eleven days later, from Richmond, Virginia, John Marshall, a former captain in the 7th Virginia Regiment now married, settled down, and practicing law, wrote to his old friend and fellow veteran James Monroe:Īt length then the military career of the greatest Man on earth is closed. ![]()
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