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"In the year 1753 the people of Virginia were alarmed by a report that the French, aided by the Indians, were erecting a long line of military posts on the Ohio. This manoeuvre, predicting no good to the ancient dominion, was properly resented by Robert Dinwiddie, the governor, who wished immediately in the name of his king to forbid the measure."
"But how to convey a letter to the French commandant on the Ohio was the question."
"The moment he [George Washington] heard of the governor's wishes, he waited on him with--a tender of his services."
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