Journal, 1774-1824 bulk 1774-1777.

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Journal, 1774-1824 bulk 1774-1777.

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Journal made from rough notes of a trip to America. Cresswell came to America in hopes of acquiring land and settling permanently, but personal difficulties, the uncertain state of affairs, and the Revolutionary War caused him to return to England. While travelling, he visited or lived in Barbadoes, Maryland, Virginia, western Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Philadelphia, and New York. Included are observations on the towns he visited, frontier techniques and customs, the social customs of both Indians and whites, and details of the growth of the revolutionary movement. Names mentioned include Captain Buddecomb, Captain George Rogers Clark, Captain Christopher Gist, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Neville, and George Rice.

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Gist, Christopher, -1759

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Buddecomb, Captain.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Neville, John, 1731-1803

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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

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Surveyor; noted Indian fighter in the American midwest in the latter half of the 18th century. From the description of Documents, 1778-1818. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287330 American Revolutionary Colonel in the Old Northwest. Clark first came to Detroit from Cleveland in 1817, and was followed by his parents in a commercial fisherman and deputy collector of customs in China, Mich. (from M.P.C., I, 501-507: Clark's "Recollections".) (blue ...

Rice, George A.

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Cresswell, Nicholas, 1750-1804

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Derbyshire, England tourist in America during pre-Revolutionary War era. From the description of Journal, 1774-1824 bulk 1774-1777. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 25003077 ...