# General Washington — Essays character guide

> General Washington in Essays by Henry David Thoreau.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Washington

**First appearance:** 0023-slavery-in-massachusetts

## Who they are

First U.S. president; invoked as a symbol of integrity.

## In the story

### [A Plea for Captain John Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/a-plea-for-captain-john-brown)

Mentioned as an example of a figure who 'was let off without dying,' contrasted with Brown's genuine life and death.

### [The Wellfleet Oysterman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/the-wellfleet-oysterman)

Remembered by the old man as a portly, resolute officer riding through Boston; the old man imitates his posture and hat-waving.

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