Fort Loudoun Winchester Virginia
Designed & built by Colonel George Washington
1756-1758
Also related events 1752-1764 before and after French & Indian War
North of Winchester VA sits Fort Frederick Maryland. It still exists.
The Park Rangers there will tell any Winchester visitor,
"We might still have a fort, but YOU have George Washington."
Why did GW pose
in this picture
with Red Breeches
and not Blue Breeches?
In 1754 the breeches were red.
After September 1755 the breeches were blue.
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Land promised by
Lt Gov Dinwiddie
was for
the soldiers of 1754.
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Those soldiers
wore red breeches.
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We think that is why
George Washington
wore the red breeches
in the 1772 painting by
Charles Willson Peale.
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By Sept 1755, GW referred to Blue Breeches.
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Source:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0232#GEWN-02-03-02-0232-fn-0003
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Second source on this matter of uniforms, especially the blue breeches:
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Every Officer of the Virginia Regiment, to provide himself as soon as he can conveniently, with a Suit of Regimentals of good blue Cloath; the Coat to be faced and cuffed with Scarlet, and trimmed with Silver: a Scarlet waistcoat, with silver Lace, blue Breeches, and a silver-laced Hat, if to be had, for Camp or Garrison Duty.
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Besides this, each Officer to provide himself with a common Soldiers Dress, for Detachments, and Duty in the Woods.
https://founders.archives.gov/?q=Date%3A1755-09-17&s=1111311111&r=3
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To those men of 1754 only
was Dinwiddie’s promise of western lands.
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And that promise was only to those who served on that mission (Jumonville and Fort Necessity battle) in 1754.
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1754 Proclamation
http://www.sos.ky.gov/admin/land/resources/legislation/Documents/Proclamation%20of%201754.pdf
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More context on the February 19, 1754 Proclamation
http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-01-02-0031#GEWN-02-01-02-0031-fn-0012
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The above is one of 2 designs drawn by Colonel George Washington. Building of it started May 18, 1756 and continue thru end of 1758.
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Washington’s first known portrait by Charles Willson Peale in 1772.
Washington poses in his Virginia Regiment uniform for the French and Indian War, two years
after the
Boston Massacre.
George Washington Bio
From Douglas Southall Freeman's Young George Washington, Volume 1, published 1948, Charles Scribner's Sons:
From Douglas Southall Freeman's Young George Washington, Volume 2, Pages 239-240, published 1948, Charles Scribner's Sons:
From Douglas Southall Freeman's Young George Washington, Volume 2, Pages 239, published 1948, Charles Scribner's Sons:
The Writings of George Washington, 14 vols.
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. I (1748-1757)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. II (1758-1775)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. III (1775-1776)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. IV (1776)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. V (1776-1777)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. VI (1777-1778)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. VII (1778-1779)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. VIII (1779-1780)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. IX (1780-1782)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. X (1782-1785)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. XI (1785-1790)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII (1790-1794)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. XIII (1794-1798)
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The Writings of George Washington, vol. XIV (1798-1799)
“A MEMORIAL, containing a summary Account of Facts, in Answer to the Observations of the English Ministry, addressed to the Courts of Europe.” "
This is the diary of GW stolen by the French at Fort Necessity and re-edited as the French version
https://archive.org/details/memorialcontaini00more/page/n1/mode/2up
Washington Irving's biography of George Washington:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89077178143&view=2up&seq=294
Charles Arthur Hoppin
Used in footnotes by Douglas Southall Washington many times.
The Washington ancestry, and records of the McClain, Johnson, and forty other colonial American families : prepared for Edward Lee McClain by Hoppin, Charles Arthur, 1866- Publication date 1932, volume 2 of 3
All 3 volumes
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008989414
