Haudenosaunee materials, Burd-Shippen Papers

Culture:

Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe

Language: English

Date: 1757; 1767

Contributor: Wooley, Peter

Subject: Pennsylvania--History | Diplomacy | Warfare | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763

Type: Text

Genre: Correspondence | Journals

Extent: 3 items

Description: 1767 receipt from Peter Wooley to James Burd, on the account of John Penn for purchase of vermilion for the use of the Haudenosaunee. Journal (and copy) by unknown author, kept during the siege of Fort William Henry in August 1757, particularly mentioning Native involvement in the siege and capture of the fort and French plundering.

Collection: Burd-Shippen Papers Mss.B.B892

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