Main Series | Volume 1: The Formative Years | Introductory Material and Text | Chapter III: The Voyage to China | Frederick Law Olmsted to John Hull Olmsted, 10 April 1843
Appointment as Colonel of the Virginia RegimentGeorge Mason to George Washington, 21 August 1755Robert Orme to George Washington, 25 August 1755John Martin to George Washington, 30 August 1755General Instructions for Recruiting, 1–3 September 1755Memorandum, 3 September 1755Joseph Ball to George Washington, 5 September 1755Memorandum, 6 September 1755George Washington to Peter Hog, 6 September 1755George Washington to Peter Hog, 6 September 1755George Washington to Andrew Lewis, 6 September 1755George Washington to Andrew Lewis, 6 September 1755Memorandum, 6 September 1755George Washington to Charles Dick, 6 September 1755Memorandum, 6 September 1755George Washington to Charles Dick, 6 September 1755George Washington to Andrew Lewis, 6 September 1755George Washington to Robert Spotswood, 6 September 1755Memorandum, 6 September 1755Charles Dick to George Washington, 6 September 1755George Washington to Adam Stephen, 11 September 1755George Washington to William Peachey, 11 September 1755Memorandum, 11 September 1755George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 11 September 1755George Washington to John Robinson, 11 September 1755John Robinson to George Washington, 14 September 1755Memorandum, 15 September 1755George Washington to George Gordon, 15 September 1755George Washington to George Gordon, 15 September 1755George Washington to John Jones, 15 September 1755George Washington to David Bell, 15 September 1755Orders, 15 September 1755Memorandum, 17 September 1755Orders, 17 September 1755Memorandum, 17 September 1755Robert Dinwiddie to George Washington, 17 September 1755John Jones to George Washington, 17 September 1755Orders, 18 September 1755After Orders, 18 September 1755George Washington to Joshua Lewis, 18 September 1755George Washington to Hancock Eustace, 18 September 1755Memorandum, 18 September 1755Memorandum, 18 September 1755George Washington to Thomas Cocke, 18 September 1755John Defever to George Washington, 18 September 1755Orders, 19 September 1755Memorandum, 19 September 1755George Washington to Andrew Montour, 19 September 1755George Washington to Charles Dick, 20 September 1755George Washington to Adam Stephen, 20 September 1755Peter Hog to George Washington, 23 September 1755Memorandum, 24 September 1755George Washington to Peter Hog, 24 September 1755Landon Carter to George Washington, 25 September 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 25 September 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 27 September 1755William Brockenbrough to George Washington, 29 September 1755John Champe to George Washington, 30 September 1755John Champe to George Washington, 30 September 1755Memorandum, 2 October 1755George Mercer to Thomas Waggener, 2 October 1755John Defever to George Washington, 2 October 1755George Washington to Thomas Waggener, 3 October 1755George Washington to Francis Triplett, 3 October 1755George Washington to John Carlyle, 3 October 1755George Washington to David Bell, 3 October 1755Memorandum, 3–5 October 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 4 October 1755Memoranda, 5 October 1755Orders, 6 October 1755George Washington to Henry Woodward, 6 October 1755George Washington to the Ordinary Keepers, 6 October 1755Peter Hog to George Washington, 6 October 1755Memorandum, 7 October 1755George Mercer to Andrew Lewis, 7 October 1755George Mercer to Storekeeper, 7 October 1755Landon Carter to George Washington, 7 October 1755Memorandum, 8 October 1755George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 8 October 1755George Washington to John Robinson, 8 October 1755George Washington to Andrew Lewis, 8 October 1755George Washington to Thomas Waggener, 8 October 1755George Washington to Henry Lee, 8 October 1755George Washington to John Carlyle, 8 October 1755George Washington to Thomas Waggener, 8 October 1755Memorandum, 10 October 1755George Washington to William Cocks and John Ashby, 10 October 1755George Washington to William Vance, 10 October 1755Press Warrant, 10 October 1755Orders, 10 October 1755George Washington to Thomas Bryan Martin, 10 October 1755George Mercer to Thomas Waggener, 10 October 1755George Mercer to John Carlyle, 10 October 1755George Washington to John Jones, 10 October 1755George Washington to Andrew Montour, 10 October 1755George Washington to Christopher Gist, 10 October 1755Orders, 10 October 1755George Washington to John Hardin and Thomas Lemen, 11 October 1755George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 11–14 October 1755Memorandum, 12 October 1755George Washington to Thomas Lemen, 13 October 1755Memorandum, 13 October 1755Memorandum and Advertisement, 13 October 1755Peter Hog to George Washington, 13 October 1755George Washington to John Ashby, 14 October 1755Orders, 14 October 1755William Prentis and William Withers to George Washington, 14 October 1755Orders, 15 October 1755Christopher Gist to George Washington, 15 October 1755George Washington to John Hall and John King, 16 October 1755George Washington to William Peachey, 16 October 1755George Washington to John Carlyle, 16 October 1755George Mercer to Robert Spotswood, 16 October 1755Orders, 16 October 1755George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 17 October 1755Orders, 17 October 1755George Washington to Thomas Gage, 17 October 1755 [letter not found]George Washington to Roger Morris, 17 October 1755 [letter not found]John Carlyle to George Washington, 17 October 1755George Mercer to Andrew Lewis, 18 October 1755Orders, 18 October 1755George Washington to Christopher Gist, 18 October 1755Thomas Bullitt to George Washington, 18 October 1755Robert Dinwiddie to George Washington, 18 October 1755George Washington to Robert Callender, 20 October 1755George Washington to John Jones, 20 October 1755Orders, 20 October 1755George Washington to Adam Stephen, 20 October 1755George Washington to Charles Dick, 20 October 1755George Washington to Abraham Crittenden, 20 October 1755William Fairfax to George Washington, 20 October 1755George Washington to John Carlyle, 21 October 1755George Washington to William Cocks, 23 October 1755George Washington to John Ashby, 23 October 1755George Washington to Henry Van Meter, 23 October 1755Orders, 23 October 1755George Washington to George William Fairfax, 23 October 1755Orders, 26 October 1755George Washington to John Bacon, 26 October 1755George Washington to Allan McLean, 26 October 1755Robert Dinwiddie to George Washington, 25 October 1755Orders, 27 October 1755George Washington to Andrew Lewis, 27 October 1755George Washington to William Cocks and John Ashby, 27 October 1755Orders, 28 October 1755George Washington to William Fleming, 28 October 1755George Washington to David Bell, 28 October 1755George Washington to Peter Hog, 28 October 1755George Washington to John Bacon, 28 October 1755George Washington to Adam Stephen, 29 October 1755George Washington to Charles Dick, 29 October 1755Orders, 29 October 1755George Mercer to John David Wilper, 30 October 1755George Washington to Robert Spotswood, 31 October 1755Robert Hunter Morris to George Washington, 31 October–1 November 1755George Mercer to John Fenton Mercer, 1 November 1755George Washington to Alexander Boyd, 1 November 1755George Washington to John Jones or George Conway, 1 November 1755Christopher Gist to George Washington, 1 November 1755Peter Hog to George Washington, 3 November 1755Roger Morris to George Washington, 3 November 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 6 November 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 7 November 1755George Mercer to William Daingerfield and John Dean, 8 November 1755George Mercer to John Savage, 8 November 1755Memorandum from Committee to Supervise Military Expenditures, 8–11 November 1755George Mercer to John Jones, 9 November 1755Robert Orme to George Washington, 10 November 1755George Washington to Robert McKenzie, 11 November 1755Memorandum, 11 November 1755George Washington to Thomas Walker, 11 November 1755George Mercer to James Craik, 13 November 1755George Washington to Robert Stewart, 18 November 1755George Washington to George Fraser, 18 November 1755George Washington to Austin Brockenbrough, 18 November 1755George Washington to Alexander Boyd, 18 November 1755George Washington to Thomas Walker, 18 November 1755George Washington to Adam Stephen, 18 November 1755George Washington to George Fraser, 18 November 1755Robert Stewart to George Washington, 21 November 1755George Washington to Denis McCarty, 22 November 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 22 November 1755Thomas Gage to George Washington, 23 November 1755Christopher Gist to George Washington, 24 November 1755William Fleming to George Washington, 26 November 1755Peter Hog to George Washington, 26 November 1755Thomas Walker to George Washington, 26 November 1755George Washington to Adam Stephen, 28 November 1755George Washington to Peter Hog, 28 November 1755George Washington to Charles Dick, 28 November 1755Peter Hog to George Washington, 29 November 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 29 November 1755Orders, 3 December 1755George Washington to Joshua Lewis, 3 December 1755Memorandum, 3–5 December 1755George Washington to William Bronaugh, 3 December 1755George Washington to Thomas Walker, 3 December 1755George Washington to Adam Stephen, 3 December 1755George Washington to Alexander Boyd, 3 December 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 3 December 1755John McNeill to George Washington, 4 December 1755Thomas Walker to George Washington, 4 December 1755George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 5 December 1755George Washington to John Robinson, 5 December 1755George Washington to George Fraser, 5 December 1755Robert Stewart to George Washington, 5 December 1755George Washington to Anthony Bacon, 6 December 1755George Washington to Richard Washington [document with enclosures]George Washington to Robert Stewart, 8 December 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 9 December 1755Memorandum, 10 December 1755George Mercer to Henry Campbell, 11 December 1755William Byrd to George Washington, 12 December 1755Robert Dinwiddie to George Washington, 14 December 1755George Washington to John Savage and Robert McKenzie, 16 December 1755George Washington to Mordecai Buckner, 16 December 1755George Washington to James Craik, 16 December 1755George Mercer to John Fenton Mercer, 16 December 1755John Robinson to George Washington, 16 December 1755Peter Hog to George Washington, 17 December 1755Thomas Walker to George Washington, 17 December 1755Thomas Walker to George Washington, 17 December 1755Orders, 20 December 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 21 December 1755Orders, 22 December 1755George Mercer to Thomas Walker, 22 December 1755Orders, 23 December 1755George Mercer to Thomas Walker, 23 December 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 23 December 1755George Mercer to Thomas Walker, 24 December 1755George Mercer’s Orders, 25 December 1755George Mercer to Thomas Walker, 25 December 1755Orders, 26 December 1755Court of Inquiry, 26 December 1755George Mercer to Robert Johnston, 26 December 1755After Orders, 26 December 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 26 December 1755Thomas Walker to George Washington, 26 December 1755Memorandum, 27 December 1755George Washington to Andrew Lewis, 27 December 1755George Washington to Peter Hog, 27 December 1755George Washington to Adam Stephen, 28 December 1755Orders, 28 December 1755George Washington to William Cocks, 28 December 1755George Washington to John Ashby, 28 December 1755Orders, 29 December 1755George Washington to John Ashby, 29 December 1755George Washington to Thomas Rutherford, 29 December 1755After Orders, 29 December 1755Orders, 30 December 1755Robert Duncanson to George Washington, 30 December 1755Adam Stephen to George Washington, 30 December 1755Orders, 31 December 1755George Washington to Christopher Gist, 31 December 1755George Washington to Robert Hunter Morris, 1 January 1756Orders, 1 January 1756Memorandum, 1–2 January 1756Orders, 2 January 1756Orders, 3 January 1756George Washington to Thomas Walker, 3 January 1756Orders, 4 January 1756Thomas Bryan Martin to George Washington, 4 January 1756Orders, 5 January 1756Orders, 6 January 1756Memorandum, 6 January 1756Memorandum, 6 January 1756Orders, 7 January 1756Memorandum, 7 January 1756Memorandum, 7 January 1756Orders, 8 January 1756Address, 8 January 1756Memorandum, 8 January 1756Memorandum, 8 January 1756Evening Orders, 8 January 1756Memorandum, 8 January 1756Orders, 9 January 1756George Washington to Adam Stephen, 9 January 1756George Washington to Thomas Waggener, 9 January 1756General Instructions for Recruiting, 9 January 1756George Washington to Robert Stewart, 9 January 1756John Carlyle to George Washington, 9 January 1756 [letter not found]Orders, 10 January 1756George Washington to Thomas Walker, 10 January 1756George Washington to David Bell, 10 January 1756George Washington to Peter Hog, 10 January 1756George Washington to Alexander Boyd, 10 January 1756George Washington to Robert Rutherford, 10 January 1756Memorandum, 11–14 January 1756John Carlyle to George Washington, 12 January 1756George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 13 January 1756Orders, 14 January 1756George Mercer to William Cocks, 14 January 1756George Mercer to Robert Stewart, 14 January 1756George Mercer to Mordecai Buckner, 14 January 1756After Orders, 14 January 1756George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 14 January 1756Adam Stephen to George Washington, 18 January 1756Robert Dinwiddie to George Washington, 22 January 1756William Withers to George Washington, 22 January 1756Robert Carter Nicholas to George Washington, 23 January 1756Charles Lewis to George Washington, 25 January 1756George Washington to Charles Lewis, 27 January 1756George Washington to George Fraser, 27 January 1756Peter Hog to George Washington, 27 January 1756John Robinson to George Washington, 27 January 1756George Mercer to Denis McCarty, 30 January 1756Memorandum, 30 January 1756Adam Stephen to George Washington [document with enclosures]George Washington to Adam Stephen, 1 February 1756George Washington to Thomas Walker, 1 February 1756George Washington to John Blagg, 2 February 1756George Washington to John Dean, 2 February 1756George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 2 February 1756Robert Hunter Morris to George Washington, 2 February 1756Memorandum, 2–3 February 1756George Washington to John Kirkpatrick, 3 February 1756Peter Hog to George Washington, 3 February 1756Landon Carter to George Washington, 26 February 1756Robert Orme to George Washington, 2 March 1756Joseph Chew to George Washington, 4 March 1756William Shirley to George Washington, 5 March 1756George Washington to Adam Stephen, 25 March 1756 [letter not found]Adam Stephen to George Washington, 29 March 1756Adam Stephen to George Washington, 29 March 1756Adam Stephen to George Washington, 30 March 1756John Robinson to George Washington, 31 March–2 April 1756Peter Hog to George Washington, 3 April 1756George Washington to William Shirley, 4 April 1756 [letter not found]Adam Stephen to George Washington, 4 April 1756 [letter not found]Orders, 7 April 1756George Washington to John Blagg, 7 April 1756George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie [document with enclosures]George Washington to John Robinson, 7 April 1756George Washington to Adam Stephen, 7 April 1756Commission, 7 April 1756Orders, 8 April 1756George Mercer to Robert Rutherford, 8 April 1756George Mercer to Robert Rutherford, 8 April 1756George Mercer to John Blagg, 8 April 1756George Washington to David Bell, 8 April 1756Robert Dinwiddie to George Washington, 8 April 1756Orders, 9 April 1756George Washington to Robert Hunter Morris, 9 April 1756Orders, 10 April 1756George Washington to David Bell, 10 April 1756Orders, 11–12 April 1756George Washington to David Bell, 12 April 1756George Washington to John Fenton Mercer, 12 April 1756George Mercer’s Orders, 13 April 1756Orders, 14 April 1756George Washington to David Bell, 14–15 April 1756George Mercer to Robert Rutherford, 14–15 April 1756William Fairfax to George Washington, 14 April 1756Thomas Walker to George Washington, 14 April 1756Orders, 15 April 1756George Mercer to Reuben Vass, 15 April 1756George Mercer to John Fenton Mercer, 15 April 1756Robert Dinwiddie to George Washington, 15 April 1756William Withers to George Washington [document with enclosures] 