Having finished his business at the Capitol, he returned to William's Ferry, where he again saw Mrs.
Custis, pressed his suit upon her and was accepted.

Characteristic was it that he should conclude the matter so suddenly; but he had had marriage in his intentions for many years.
During the summer Washington returned to his military duties and led a troop to Fort Duquesne.

He found the fort partly demolished, and abandoned by the French; he marched in and took it, and gave it the name of Fort Pitt, in recognition of the great statesman who had directed the revival of British prestige.

The fort, thus recovered to English possession, stood on the present site of Pittsburgh.

I quote the following brief letter from Washington to Mrs.Custis, as it is almost the only note of his to her during their engagement that has been preserved: We have begun our March for the Ohio.