Original t.p. reads: The journal of Major George Washington, sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, Esq.; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief of Virginia, to the Commandant of the French forces on Ohio. To which are added, the Governor's letter; and a translation of the French officer's answer. With a new map of the country as far as the Mississippi. Williamsburgh printed; London, Reprint for T. Jefferys, ... MDCCLIV.
The journal of Major George Washington; an account of his first official mission, made as emissary from the Governor of Virginia to the commandant of the French forces on the Ohio, October 1753-January 1754
Colonial Williamsburg; distributed by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York
Date of Publication
[1959]
Physical Description
xi p., facsim: (28 p.),[31]-41 p. maps. 20 cm.
Notes
"Introduction and notes are by James R. Short and Thaddeus W. Tate, Jr."
"This facsimile...has been printed from the copy owned by Colonial Williamsburg."
Summary
In the early winter of 1752, George Washington marched into the Ohio River Valley to deliver a message to the French who had begun to build forts down the valley in direct violation of the peace between France and England. On this journey, Washington met a cadre of interesting characters including the Half-King and Christopher Gist. What happened was a tale of survival and hardship that served as the first early steps towards war that would erupt in 1754.
