Washingtons Expeditions 1753 1754 And Braddocks Expedition 1755 With Histo
Washingtons Expeditions 1753 1754 And Braddocks Expedition 1755 With Histo
James Haddon
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As Capt. Orme is now writing to your Honor I doubt not that he will give you a circumstantial account of all things Avhich will ma^e it needless for me to add more than that I am, Honorable Sir, Your most humble servant, Geo. Washington. He then retired to Mt. Vernon, where he arrived on the 26th day of July. Col. Dunbar returned to England, where in November follov/ing he was suspended because of his injudicious retreat, and Avas sent into honorable retirement as lieutenant governor of Gibralt...ar. He was never again actively employed, and died in 1777. By the defeat of Braddock and the withdrawal of the troops the frontiers of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia were left in unutterable gloom. The most westward forts Avere Fort Cumber- land and Fort Ligonier, and behind these the inhabitants shut themselves far east of their western boundaries. This condi- BRADDOCK'S EXPEDITIONS 95 tion of affairs continued until in Novem- ber, 1758, when Brig. Gen. John Forbes crossed the moutains at Ligonier and settled forever the dispute for the Ohio Valley.
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