WASHINGTON, George

Journal of Colonel George Washington, commanding a detachment of Virgi

Item #1179

WASHINGTON, George. Journal of Colonel George Washington, Commanding a Detachment of Virginia Troops Sent by Robert Dinwiddie, Lt. Governor of Virginia, Across the Allegheny Mountains, in 1754, To Build Forces at the Head of the Ohio...An Appendix Is Added in the Form of a Diary, Supplying an Account of the Battle of the Great Meadows and the Capitulation of Fort Necessity.... Edited by J.M. Toner. Albany: Munsell, 1893. 8vo. 273pp. Very good untrimmed copy in later leather-backed boards. Howes W-134. "Washington's first published work and of great historical significance...."

Price: $500.00