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Washington Aims for Duty and Love on Virginia Frontier
Washington weathered Braddock’s defeat and frontier peril while serving Virginia as a leader and legislator. The narrative follows his cautious return to duty, his romance with Martha Custis culminating in a 1769 wedding, and his rise as a prosperous planter and merchant managing Mount Vernon estates and London trade links.
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Dunbar
Fort Cumberland
Philadelphia
Invalide
Dinwiddie
Ohio
Shirley
Niagara
Braddock
Duquesne
Heausajour
Acadia
Johnson
Lake George
Dienkau
Crown Point
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Threse
Oswego
Willem Henry
Washington
Boston
Eark
London
Bia
Virginia Aentieman
New York
Beverly Robinson
Mary Phillippe
Bhirley
Atleet
William Pitt Ghroet
Emalier
Pool
Bing
Williamsburg
Plantationa
Martha Custis
Daniel Parke Custis
Uty
Williamebutis Bustaces
Forbes
Pela
Behe
Joby
John St. Clair
Love
Alee
House of Cary
Mercer
A Majesty
Francis Fauquier
Ocarnet
White House
York Cervide
Winchester
Elther
Robinson
Solony
Speaker
Mr. Washington
Custis
Robert Cary & Co
England
George Washington
Mount Vernon
British West Indies