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James Douglas papers 1738-1850 1738-1787 Douglas, James, papers

Title: James Douglas papers 1738-1850 1738-1787 Douglas, James, papers

The James Douglas papers are comprised of letters, letter books, logbooks, account books, and official naval documents relating to the career of Sir James Douglas, a British Admiral who was active in European and Caribbean waters and participated in the 1745 Siege of Louisbourg.

ArchivalResource: 26 volumes and 29 loose letters and documents

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Barton, Thomas, 1730-1780. Journal of an expedition to the Ohio commanded by his Excellency Brigadier-General Forbes; in the year of our Lord, 1758.

Title: Journal of an expedition to the Ohio commanded by his Excellency Brigadier-General Forbes; in the year of our Lord, 1758.

Diary, 7 July-26 September 1758, of the historic march to and capture of Fort Duquesne by Forbes' army.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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French Archives Records, 1694-1835

Title: French Archives Records 1694-1835

ArchivalResource: 523

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Samuel Finley Field Notes for Bouquet's Expedition 1764, 1846-1849 1764 Finley, Samuel, Field Notes for Bouquet's Expedition

Title: Samuel Finley Field Notes for Bouquet's Expedition 1764, 1846-1849 1764 Finley, Samuel, Field Notes for Bouquet's Expedition

The Samuel Finley Field Notes for Bouquet's Expedition (60 pages) contains detailed descriptions of the topography of Bouquet's route though Pennsylvania and Ohio during his march against the Ohio Indians (October 2-25, 1864). Finley, a field engineer, recorded minute descriptions of physical and environmental features of the landscape, such as the direction and speed of rivers and streams, characteristics of the terrain, soil, and timber quality, and tree and undergrowth density.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume

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Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of, 1705-1782. Loudoun papers : Americana, 1682-1780 (bulk 1755-1758).

Title: Loudoun papers : Americana, 1682-1780 (bulk 1755-1758).

Personal and official papers of Lord Loudoun accumulated during his command of British forces in America from 1756 to 1758 constitute the greater part of the collection. The bulk of the collection deals with the campaigns of 1758-1757, including the fall of Fort Oswego, Fort William Henry, and Loudoun's expedition against Louisbourg, including materials documenting Loudoun's relations with colonial authorities, institutions, and society; frontier defenses; relations with the Six Nations, Sir William Johnson and Edmond Atkin. There are also papers relating to the command of Edward Braddock (1755) and William Shirley (1755-1756) as well as Loudoun's successors James Abercromby and Jeffrey Amherst. The papers include official and personal correspondence, reports, returns of troops, ordnance, stores, accounts, orders, appointments and other documents; Loudoun's communications with the Office of the Secretary at War, Southern Department of the Office of Secretary of State, Board of Trade, as well as his letters to William Augustus, the duke of Cumberland. Correspondents include James Abercromby, William Wildman, viscount of Barrington, John Calcraft, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, William Denny, John Forbes, Henry Fox, George Montagu-Dunk, the earl of Halifax, George II, Sir Charles Hardy, Sir William Johnson, Thomas Pownall, James Prevost, WilSir William Shirley, John Stanwix, Daniel Webb, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and others.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 8,000 pieces.141 boxes.

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Abercromby, James, 1706-1781. Papers of James Abercromby, 1674-1787 (bulk 1758).

Title: Papers of James Abercromby, 1674-1787 (bulk 1758).

Letters, reports, memorials, returns, etc., cover the 1758 campaign of the British army in North America during the Seven Years' War, specifically: the embargo on colonial shipping, the fall of Fort William Henry, the surrender of Louisburg, the expedition against Fort Ticonderoga, the conquest of Fort Frontenac (Cadaraqui), John Forbes's expedition against Fort Duquesne, British use of and relations with the Indians, the internal affairs of the British army, and the recall of Abercromby.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 1,000 pieces.16 boxes also, 2 oversized folders and 1 bound volume.

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Great Britain. Army. Provincial Forces of Pennsylvania. Colonial Henry Bouquet's Orders, 1758.

Title: Colonial Henry Bouquet's Orders, 1758.

The orderly book contains orders of Colonial Henry Bouquet in connection with General John Forbes's assult on Fort Dusquesne. Also pertains to Forts Raystown and Lyttelton, PA. Covers June 17 to September 14, 1758. Published in The Papers of Henry Bouquet, ed. S.K. Stevens, Donald Kent, and Louis Waddell (Harrisburg: The Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission, 1951- ), 2: 656-90.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume, 68 pages.

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Capture of Fort Duquesne by General Forbes in 1758 1908 [manuscript]

Title: Capture of Fort Duquesne by General Forbes in 1758 1908 [manuscript]

Typescript of address given during the Pittsburgh Sesquicentennial celebration in 1908.

ArchivalResource: .05 linear ft.

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Baird, George M. P. Papers.

Title: Papers.

Papers include Baird's manuscript of "Arms, seals and flags associated with the history of western Pennsylvania" and oversized color plates depicting the arms, seals and flags in the work. The oversized plates have been arranged in two folders, arms and seals, and flags, as MFD #12.

ArchivalResource: .15 linear ft. + two oversized folders.

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Bouquet, Henry, 1719-1765. Bouquet's Expedition against the Indians, 1764.

Title: Bouquet's Expedition against the Indians, 1764.

Bouquet's Expedition against the Indians consists of two orderly books issued by Colonel Henry Bouquet, spanning August-November 1764, during which time he lead a small army into western Ohio Indian territory to retrieve white captives and to enforce a peace settlement with the Delaware, Mingo, Shawnee, and Wyandot Indians. These volumes contain detailed information on Bouquet's decisions and actions, and explain how he maneuvered his forces through the wilderness.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

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Potts, J. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1800s.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1800s.

Manuscript entitled, "Some paragraphs in reference to the map in which is inscribed the following. General Forbes' route in the march against Fort Du Quesne [sic], 1758." A note adds, "This map is a copy of the original map, 'General Forbes' Marching Jurnal [sic] to the Ohio. J. Potts.' in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (24 leaves)

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Washington, George, 1732-1799. Plan of a line of march and order of battle submitted to General Forbes, with diagrams of a first and a second plan : autograph manuscript signed : [Raystown, Pa], 1758 Oct. 8.

Title: Plan of a line of march and order of battle submitted to General Forbes, with diagrams of a first and a second plan : autograph manuscript signed : [Raystown, Pa], 1758 Oct. 8.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (12mo and fol.)

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Forbes, John, 1710-1759. John Forbes letter, 1758.

Title: John Forbes letter, 1758.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Rafferty, Ewing, d. 1971. Ewing Rafferty collection of historical verse 1970 [manuscript]

Title: Ewing Rafferty collection of historical verse 1970 [manuscript]

Typed copies of four poems and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: .05 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318104429 View

Joseph Meredith Toner Collection of Manuscripts, 1741-1896

Title: Joseph Meredith Toner Collection of Manuscripts 1741-1896

Physician, author and collector. Correspondence, diary, notes, lists, bibliographical material, printed matter, and other papers reflecting primarily the personal and professional life of Toner, the history and practice of medicine in the United States, and the life and times of George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 237,000 items; 587 containers plus 2 oversize; 225.6 linear feet; 2 microfilm reels

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Bouquet’s Expedition against the Indians 1764 Bouquet’s Expedition against the Indians

Title: Bouquet’s Expedition against the Indians 1764 Bouquet’s Expedition against the Indians

Bouquet’s Expedition against the Indians consists of two orderly books issued by Colonel Henry Bouquet, spanning August-November 1764, during which time he lead a small army into western Ohio Indian territory to retrieve white captives and to enforce a peace settlement with the Delaware, Mingo, Shawnee, and Wyandot Indians. These volumes contain detailed information on Bouquet's decisions and actions, and explain how he maneuvered his forces through the wilderness.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes

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