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At the same time Lawrence Washington procured for his brother, then only nineteen years of age, an appointment as one of the adjutants-general of Virginia, with the rank of major.

From George Washington, Volume I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

And Lawrence followed this up by persuading the governor of the colony to appoint George as one of the adjutants-general of Virginia.

From Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans by Baldwin, James

Two of the best adjutants-general the world has produced literally wore themselves out in the service—Seth Williams and John B. Rawlins.

From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Hitchcock, Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman)

At the age of nineteen, in 1751, Washington was appointed one of the adjutants-general of Virginia, with the rank of major.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles

But here come, in all the wet, the adjutants-general with the papers.

From Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by Lee, Robert Edward, General