Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 386
ie. But no time was to be lost, and theenergetic governor and council issued orders toerect a fort at once upon the point of land atthe fork of the Ohio, which Washington hadrecommended as the best site. Washington was tohave command of the two companies of men whowere to be enlisted for this… … WASHINGTON DELIVERS GOVERNOR DINWIDDIE S LETTER TO THE FRENCH COMMANDANT. back settlements, and began the construction ofthe fort. Lord Fairfax took a lively interest in his youngfriends business, but it was not so easy to enlistmen for an expedition of this kind, as it was toraise and drill a…
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