12.He probably became a patriot at an early age, for his father was an admirer of Patrick Henry and an occasional petitioner for colonial causes, and his mother's brother, Judge Joseph Jones, was a close friend to Washington, Jefferson, and Madison.
他很可能在很小的时候
成为一名爱国者, 因为他的父亲是帕特里克·亨利的崇拜者, 偶尔
为殖民事业请愿, 而他母亲的兄弟约瑟夫·琼斯法官是华盛顿、杰斐逊和麦迪逊的密友。机翻
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