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Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation is the name of a list best known as a school writing exercise of George Washington, who became the first president of the United States of America. Most of the rules have been traced to a French etiquette manual,... Read Full Overview

Among the manuscript books of George Washington, preserved in the State Archives at Washington City, the earliest bears the date, written in it by himself, 1745. Washington was born February 11, 1731 O.S., so that while writing in this book he was either near the close of his... Read Full Overview

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This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Moncure D. Conway was an American writer, abolitionist and minister. He is best known for his biographies of influential Americans.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

The book "" George Washington's Rules of Civility "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations... Read Full Overview

""George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to Their Sources and Restored"" is a book written by Moncure D. Conway. This book is a thorough analysis of the famous ""110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation"" that were written by a young George... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

George Washington's Rules of Civility: Traced to Their Sources and Restored is a book written by Moncure Daniel Conway in 1890. The book is a comprehensive study of the famous set of rules of civility and decent behavior that George Washington, the first President of the United... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

""George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to Their Sources and Restored"" is a historical text written by Moncure D. Conway. The book examines the famous set of rules of civility that George Washington copied as a young man, and traces their origins back to their original... Read Full Overview

"George Washington's Rules of Civility" by Moncure D. Conway, first published in 1890, is a study of the history of the 110 principles or maxims which were written out by hand by George Washington as a young man and preserved in the Washington archives. These principles were... Read Full Overview

""George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to Their Sources and Restored"" is a historical book written by Moncure D. Conway. The book explores the origins of the famous ""Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation"" that were written by a young George... Read Full Overview