Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . tates inhis first journal that he was tosurvey certain lands for theOhio Company, but there wasno word that he really did several years the indus-trious surveyor pursued hisprofession, mostly in the em-ploy of Lord Fairfax. In1751 he accompanied Law-rence to the Barbadoes whither the elder brother went in searchof health. But the voyage was unavailing, and returning to , Lawrence there died in July, 1752. It was the sameyear that George was summoned to Williamsburg, the seat of theVirginia government, and by Governor Robert Dinwiddi
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . tates inhis first journal that he was tosurvey certain lands for theOhio Company, but there wasno word that he really did several years the indus-trious surveyor pursued hisprofession, mostly in the em-ploy of Lord Fairfax. In1751 he accompanied Law-rence to the Barbadoes whither the elder brother went in searchof health. But the voyage was unavailing, and returning to , Lawrence there died in July, 1752. It was the sameyear that George was summoned to Williamsburg, the seat of theVirginia government, and by Governor Robert Dinwiddie ap-pointed Adjutant General of the Northern Division of the Vir-ginia Militia, with the rank of major, on pay of one hundred andfifty pounds a year. He was thus preferred over many older can-didates because of his sobriety, faithfulness and the proven evi-dence that he carried an old head on young shoulders. In ap-pearance he easily passed for thirty, though he was but Dinwiddie told the young major of his interest in the. GEORGE WASHINGTON, The surveyor. Washington and Ohio. 491 Ohio Company and the coming struggle between France andEngland for the Ohio valley. The chain of forts established bythe French from Lake Erie to the Ohio must be broken in must send an efavoy to present the claims of the Coloniesto the Ohio valley and to warn the French that further advancesby them would be met by force of arms. WASHINGTON A DIPLOMAT. The youthful Major Washington was chosen as that envoyby Governor Dinwiddie on the advice of Lord Fairfax, who said,Here is the very man for you; young, daring and adventurous,~but yet sober-minded and responsible, who only lacks opportunityto show the stuff that is in him. The first diplomatic errandof Washington was to champion the cause of England againstthe pretensions of France. In October, 1753, accompanied byChristopher Gist, as guide and Van Braam as French interpreterand one Davidson as Indian interpreter, fo
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