Papers on Indians losses, 1766-1770.

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Papers on Indians losses, 1766-1770.

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Miscellaneous manuscript papers on Indians losses, 1766-1770. Mainly letters and documents to and from Captain William Trent at Carlisle, on losses sustained from Indian depredations in 1763. Includes lists delineating specific goods lost, with amounts and monetary values.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Trent, William, 1715-1787?

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William Trent, born in Philadelphia in 1715, was appointed Captain of the Pennsylvania Militia in 1746. From 1749-1754 he was partners with George Croghan in Indian trade along the Ohio River. In 1752 as an agent for Virginia, he was in charge of an expedition transporting gifts to the Miami Indians. He attended Indian councils in 1752, 57 and 59. From 1760-1762 he was a member of Simon, Trent, Levy and Franks, traders. He bought a tract of land on the Ohio River from the Six Nations in 1768 whi...