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xi, 42 pages : 20 cm "At the age of twenty-one George Washington wrote a testimonial to his maturity and capacity for leadership ... it continues to be read for its description of the blunt realities of frontier diplomacy in colonial America, and as a record of the first critical test of Washington's qualifications for public service."--cf. introduction. The fighting of the French and Indian War began in May 1754, shortly after Washington's mission "Introduction and notes are by James R. Short and Thaddeus W. Tate, Jr. Illustration and map are by Richard J. Stinely."--Colophon "This facsimile ... has been printed from the copy owned by Colonial Williamsburg."--Page 41
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- Author
- James R. Short, Thad W. Tate
- Publisher
- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation : Distributed by the University Press of Virginia
- Published
- 1972
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780910412575
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.71 / 5 (26 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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