My Journey Over the Mountains 1747-8 -Genealogy History

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Journal
Of My
Journey Over the Mountains
By George Washington
While Surveying for Lord Thomas Fairfax
In the
Northern Neck of
Virginia
Beyond the
Blue Ridge
1747 - 1748
Edited by Joseph M. Toner, 1905
165 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable
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“
Washington
’s Journal . . .is the earliest literary effort of this, the most admirable character in all history. The editor has long been engaged in collecting accurate copies of all the obtainable writings of this great man. Wherever it has been found practicable to examine and critically compare even his generally accepted writings with the originals, it has been, or will be done to secure a copy of exact and verified conformity, in every particular, with the text as it left the hand of the writer.
Washington's efficiency and enthusiasm as a surveyor were observed and admired not only by his friend and companion, George William
Fairfax, but also by the Hon. Wm. Fairfax and by Lord Fairfax, who were constantly employing surveyors to lay off lands for sale in the
latter's large domain known as "The Northern Neck" of Virginia, During the early spring of 1748 the demands for surveys were more than
usually pressing by actual settlers in the Shenandoah valley. Lord Fairfax engaged the youth, George Washington, to proceed with George
William Fairfax, his agent, as recorded in this journal, to execute certain commissions and meet a pressing demand. His surveys and
reports gave entire satisfaction and led to his steady employment by his titled patron, principally as a director of his lordship's land
office
and of the surveys, preparatory to sale.
Washington
filled this position for about three years.
This journal, with its memoranda and surveys, makes a valuable addition to our knowledge of the life and employments of
Washington
in his youth. Here are also preserved the names of nearly three hundred of the early settlers and first land owners in the great valley of Virginia, for whom Washington made surveys, or who assisted him in this business.”
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