Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . unscrupu-lous in the accumulation of to his exaction of enormous feesauthorized by the board of trade for theissue of patents for lands, he gained theill-will of the people of Virginia, andwhen he called for money to enable himto oppose the encroachments of theFrench, the House of Burgesses paid noattention to his expressed wishes. Din-widdle, unmindful of this conduct, en-listed a captains command, and sent themto build a fort at the forks of the Ohio(now Pittsburg)
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . unscrupu-lous in the accumulation of to his exaction of enormous feesauthorized by the board of trade for theissue of patents for lands, he gained theill-will of the people of Virginia, andwhen he called for money to enable himto oppose the encroachments of theFrench, the House of Burgesses paid noattention to his expressed wishes. Din-widdle, unmindful of this conduct, en-listed a captains command, and sent themto build a fort at the forks of the Ohio(now Pittsburg), and called on neighbor-ing colonies for aid in the work. He sentGeorge Washington to the French com-mander on a mission of proved himself to be a zeal-ous officer; and Dinwiddle, discovering hiscapacity, made him adjutant-general of amilitary district. The revelations made to Washingtonat Fort Le Boeuf, the evident preparationsof the French to make a concerted move-ment to secure the occupation of the Ohioregion, and the tenor of St. Pierres an-swer to Dinwiddles letter, convinced the. latter of the necessity of quick and ener-getic countervailing measures. St. Pierredeclared that he was acting under the in-structions of his superior, the MarquisDuquesne, at Montreal, and refused to withdraw his troops from the disputedterritory. Dinwiddie immediately pre-pared for an expedition against theFrench, and asked the other colonies toco-operate with Virginia. This was thefirst call for a general colonial unionagainst the common enemy. All hesi-tated excepting North Carolina. Thelegislature of that province promptly voted400 men, who were soon on the marchfor Winchester, the place of rendezvous;but they eventually proved of little worth,for, doubtful of being paid for their ser-vices, a great part of them were dis-banded before they reached the Shenan-doah Valley. Some volunteers fromSouth Carolina and New York hastenedto the gathering - place. Virginia respo
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