Rules of Conduct Author:George Washington Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: On the llth, I got to Belvoir,1 where I stopped one day to take necessary rest; and then set out and arrived in Williamsburg the 16th, where I waited upon his Ho... more »nor the Governor, with the letter I had brought from the French commandant, and to give an account of the success of my proceedings. This I beg leave to do by offering the foregoing narrative, as it contains the most remarkable occurrences which happened in my journey. I hope what has been said will be sufficient to make your Honor satisfied with my conduct; for that was my aim in undertaking the journey, and chief study throughout the prosecution of it. WITH GENERAL BRADDOCK. Washington had been an officer in command of Virginia troops in the war between England and France, when, in February, 1756, General Braddock arrived in Virginia with two regiments of regular troops from England. Everybody expected that the French would at once be driven out of the Ohio valley, and General Braddock was one of the most confident. There was a bustle in every quarter, and Alexandria was made the headquarters from which troops, military stores, and provisions were to be sent forward, for they could be brought up to that point in men-of-war and transports. As soon as Braddock had arrived in the country, Washington had addressed him a letter of welcome, and now he was keenly intent on the general's movements. From Mount Vernon he could see the ships in the Potomac and hear the din of preparation. He could not ride into town or to Belvoir without being 1 A plantation belonging to the Fairfax family, not far from Mt. Vernon. in the midst of the excitement. This was something very different from the poor, niggardly conduct of war which he had known in the colony. It was on a great scale ; it was war carried on by His Majesty...« less