Ohio archæological and historical publications (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by F.J. Heer · leaf 218
drama of 1750-60, Washington was the chief figure. He signed the firsttreaty ever drawn up in the central west, with old Van Braamand Villiers in a misty rain at Fort Necessity. When, in quicksuccession, the French fortified the spot Washingtons geniushad selected for a British fort, and the brave… … When, then, in 1759, the young Colonel took his bride, ^MarthaCustis, to Mount \ernon, he was well acquainted with the thenwest, though it might seem that thereafter its destiny and hiswere to be indifferent to each other. But not so. The daysthat were passed in his early struggles for fame and…
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