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The result was: rejected by — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:37, 9 March 2013 (UTC).
not enough original content
William Colfax
edit- ... that William Colfax was Captain of Washington's Life Guard where he was prominently positioned at the Surrender at Yorktown and is also grandfather to the 17th U.S. Vice President?
Created by WilliamKF (talk). Self nominated at 22:57, 16 February 2013 (UTC).
The article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are sourced to a book, a reliable source, and accepted in good faith. However this is the only source for the article, and it would be preferable to have more than one source. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:12, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Most of the article is copied directly from the single cited source. That source is old enough to be PD, so I've added an attribution template, but there is barely any original material - doesn't come close to meeting the 1500-character minimum. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:11, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
