The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

80 WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. [AT. 23.
TO JOHN A. WASHINGTON.
Youghiogany, 28 June, 1755.
DEAR BROTHER,
Immediately upon our leaving the camp at George's
Creek, on the 14th instant, from whence I wrote to you,
I was seized with a violent fever and pain of the head,
which continued without intermission until the 23d,
when I was relieved, by the General's absolutely ordering the physician to give me Dr.4James's powders, one
of the most excellent medicines in the world. It gave
me immediate ease, and removed my fever and other
complaints in four days' time. My illness was too violent to suffer me to ride; therefore I was indebted to a
covered wagon for some part of my transportation; but
even in this, I could not continue far. The jolting was
so great, that I was left upon the road with a guard,
and some necessaries, to wait the arrival of Colonel
Dunbar's detachment, which was two days' march behind us, the General giving me his word of honor, that I
should be brought up, before he reached the French
fort. This promise, and the doctor's declaration, that, if
I persevered in my attempts to go on, in the condition I
then was, my life would be endangered, determined me
to halt for the above mentioned detachment.
As the communication between this and Will's Creek
must soon be too dangerous for single persons to pass,
it will render the intercourse of letters slow and precarious; therefore I shall attempt (and will go through it
if I have strength) to give you an account of our proceedings, our situation, and prospects at present; which I
desire you will communicate to Colonel Fairfax, and
others, my correspondents, for I am too weak to write
more than this, letter.
In the letter, which I wrote to you from George's