Letter [manuscript] : [Pa.], to Gen. Edward Hand, Fort Pitt, Pa., [1777 May].

Letter [manuscript] : [Pa.], to Gen. Edward Hand, Fort Pitt, Pa., [1777 May].

Letter probably written in May, 1777, by Lt. Col. Archibald Lochry to Gen. Edward Hand at Fort Pitt, regarding Lochry s raising of sixty men to protect the settlements of Conemaugh and Kiskiminetas, Pa., following a March 21, 1777, Indian attack in which Andrew Simpson was killed and the brother of...

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Main Author: Lochry, Archibald, -1781 (Author)
Corporate Author: AM (Publisher) (digitiser.)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Series:Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America.
Subjects:
Hand, Edward, > 1744-1802.
United States. > Continental Army.
Armed Forces.
Indians of North America.
armed forces.
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Summary:Letter probably written in May, 1777, by Lt. Col. Archibald Lochry to Gen. Edward Hand at Fort Pitt, regarding Lochry s raising of sixty men to protect the settlements of Conemaugh and Kiskiminetas, Pa., following a March 21, 1777, Indian attack in which Andrew Simpson was killed and the brother of Captain Samuel Morehead (Kittaning commandant) was captured.
Item Description:Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 521.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).
Location of Originals/Duplicates Note:Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library

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