(WASHINGTON GEORGE) Issues of the Gazette dUtrecht on the co

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(WASHINGTON, GEORGE.) Issues of the Gazette d'Utrecht on the conflict in America, including early mentions of George Washington. 22 issues: 13 regular biweekly 4-page issues and 9 2-page supplements, each about 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; unbound and uncut, with folds but generally minimal wear, the important 20 September issue with soiling and edge wear touching a few letters on the top edge. Utrecht, Holland, June to December 1754

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These issues include coverage of the frontier skirmishes in the American western frontier which would soon lead to war. At least two of these issues mention a 22-year-old Virginia Regiment colonel named George Washington--the events of this period were his first taste of international attention. The 3 June issue includes a long summary of Washington's 1753 diplomatic mission to the French in western Pennsylvania; his diary of the trip had recently been published in London. A supplement dated 20 September includes on verso the full articles of surrender which Washington had signed at Fort Necessity in July. This was the falsely translated document in which Washington unwittingly admitted to assassinating the French officer Jumonville. This was the confession which made Washington a villian in France and helped spark the French and Indian War.