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Excerpt from Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious Gen. George Washington, Late President of the United States of America, &C: Containing a History of the Principal Events of His Life, With Extracts From His Journals, Speeches to Congress, and Public Addresses; Also a Sketch of His Private Life As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time in viewing the rivers, and the land in the Fork. Which I think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers. The land at the point is 20 or 95 feet above the common surface of the water; and a gonsiderable bottom of flat well-timbered land all around it, very convenient for building: The rivers are each a quarter of a mile, or more, across, and run here very near at right angles Aligany bearing N. E. And Monongahela S. E. The former of these two is a. Very rapid and swift running water; the other 'deep and still, without any perceptible an. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.