John Connolly papers, 1778-1790.

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John Connolly papers, 1778-1790.

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Letters of Dr. John Connolly, noted Tory leader and friend of Lord Dunmore, to his half-brother, James Ewing, Mar. 1, 1790; parole issued from Yorktown to Philadelphia, 1778.

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Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Connolly, John, 1750?-1813

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Dr. John Connoly was born in Pennsylvania in 1743. He trained as a doctor and moved to the American frontier in 1762. He came to Pittsburgh in 1774, where he sided with Virginia during the boundary dispute between that province and Pennsylvania. His actions in Pittsburgh led to violence between white settlers along the frontier and the Indian nations of the Ohio country. This violence erupted into Lord Dunmore's War between the Shawnee Indians and Virginia, which ended in a victory for the Virgi...

Ewing, James,

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