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Language:English
Date:1708-1754
Contributor:Logan, James, 1674-1751 | Penn, William, 1644-1718 | Newcheconner | Thomas, George, 1695?-1774 | Croghan, George, 1720?-1782 | Tostee, Peter | Dinnen, James
Subject:Pennsylvania--History | Mines and mineral resources | Diplomacy | Warfare | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Type:Text
Genre:Correspondence | Depositions | Reports
Extent:8 items
Description: Six letters regarding a mine Indians have discovered and are working; Shawnees "performing business" for Colonel Evans; Shawnees allegedly guilty of murdering colonists and Logan's efforts to treat with Newcheconner about it; Newcheconner's instistence on Shawnee innocence in the matter; a pass for Shikellamy to come to Philadelphia. A 1754 deposition by George Croghan and two other traders complaining that they were robbed and detained by pro-French Shawnees led by Peter Chartier at Shawneetown on the Allegany, and that their (enslaved?) African American servant was set free. A 1737 report by George Miranda titled "A true account of all the men in the three towns in Allegania of the Shawnese nation, " containing names and total population figures for French Town, Peter Chartier Town, Kiscomonetta's Town.
Collection:Selections from the correspondence of the Honourable James Logan, 1699-1750 (Mss.B.L82)
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Wyandot includes: Huron, Wendat, Wyandotte, Huron-Wyandot
Language:English
Date:1755
Contributor:Morris, Robert Hunter, approximately 1700-1764
Subject:Braddock's Campaign, 1755 | Pennsylvania--History | United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763 | Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 | Warfare
Type:Text
Genre:Speeches
Extent:4 pages
Description: Speech to the Wyandots after General Braddock's defeat, telling them to wait for new plans.
Collection:Indian and Military Affairs of Pennsylvania, 1737-1775 (Mss.974.8.P19)