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

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lochry, Archibald, -1781, author.
Contributor:
Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library), owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Continental Army.
United States.
Hand, Edward, 1744-1802.
Hand, Edward.
Armed Forces.
Indians of North America.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Pennsylvania? : producer not identified, 1777]
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.
Notes:
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.
Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).

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