George was our first president and the richest president we ever had. In today's money he would have been worth around $500 million. He owned, at least, 800 slaves and his own distillery that produced up to 11,000 gallons of whiskey a year.
Or, to put it another way, our first president was a rich, drunk slave holder.
Was he much loved in his day? Thomas Payne couldn't stand him. He even wrote Washington a letter saying he prayed for his death. Thomas Jefferson was no Washington fan either. Jefferson was a big critic of Washington and Martha hated Jefferson as a result.
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