Fort Augusta (Pa.) account books, 1753-1765 1753-1765

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Fort Augusta (Pa.) account books, 1753-1765 1753-1765

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These volumes include a record of personal expenses, 1753-1765, and entries made at Harris' Ferry, 1760, and at Fort Augusta, 1761-1763 (1 v.); ledgers, 1757-1764, with lists of soldiers with payments for wages (4 v.); a record of rations issued to Mr. Hunter's mess, Colonel Burd's company, and Mr. Graydon's mess, 1761-1763 (1 v.); day books, 1762-1763 (2 v.). All the volumes contain records of purchases of beef, venison, bread, corn, sugar, rum, butter, salt, etc.; records of payments for washing, tobacco, playing cards, tea, lemons, thread, combs; and records of purchase of medicines, shoes, clothing, etc.

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Burd, James, 1726-1793

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James Burd was a Pennsylvania merchant and farmer. He also commanded at Fort Augusta (Pa.) and elsewhere during the French and Indian War, 1755-1763. From the description of Business records and accounts, 1747-1768. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122316269 James Burd was born in Scotland. He immigrated to Philadelphia in 1747 and became a merchant there. He moved to Shippensburg in 1752. He played a prominent role in the French and Indian War a...

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