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In perhaps the earliest and best sourced biography of George Washington by perhaps the new nations premier writer, Washington Irving it gives details to the effect that in 1751 or shortly after when he was but 19 years old and appointed a militia leader for his district with the nominal rank of Major George Washington set about schooling himself for his military duties under the tutelage of his elder half brother Lawrence Washington, a veteran of campaigns under the British flag..and his old brothers old cronies, an Adjutant named "Muse" (no first name given) who taught him the 'evolution of arms' and sword master named Jacob Van Braam.. styled as being a Mercenary "of the Dalgetty Order"
Curiously other biographers (notably, John Marshall) mention him only as 'an interpreter' brought along on the preliminary diplomatic expeditions leading up to the culmination of his earlier actions against the French, and not as a long time associate and instructor who campaigned with his brother and schooled George Washington in the art of the sword and other military matters. At the Battle of Great Meadows in July of 1754,
The order of Dalgetty appears to be completely unknown although it's a place name in Scotland. Curiously enough, a character in Sir Walter Scot's fictional work "Legends of Montrose" set in Scotland of the 17th century and published in 1819 is a Mercenary named Dalgetty.
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