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e small-pox. His brother soon afterwards died, and by his will George became heir to the fine estate of Mount Vernon. In 1753 he was sent on a delicate mission, by the governor of Virginia, to the commander of the French forces making encroachments on the English ___domain, and performed the duties with great credit, for which he was thanked by the Virginia legislature. So highly were his character and services valued, that when, in 1755, Plan showing foundation of Wakefield House, Westmoreland, Va., in which President Washington was born. General Braddock came to make war on the French, Washington was chosen his principal aide-de-camp. After the defeat of Braddock (see Braddock, Edward), he Monument marking Washington's birthplace. directed the retreat of the vanquished troops with great skill. At the age of twenty-seven he married the young widow Custis (Washington, Martha), and they took up their abode at Mount Vernon, where he pursued the business of a farmer until 1774,