Letter : Wioming [i.e. Wyoming, Pa.], to Lewis Gordon, Easton, [Pa.], 1771 Aug. 1.

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Letter : Wioming [i.e. Wyoming, Pa.], to Lewis Gordon, Easton, [Pa.], 1771 Aug. 1.

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Aug. 1, 1771, letter from Capt. Dick to Lewis Gordon, an Easton, Pa., public official active in defending Pennsylvania's claim to Wyoming Valley lands, regarding the ambush of Dick's relief force at Fort Wyoming.

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Captain of militia troops serving the proprietary government of Pennsylvania in an ongoing dispute with the Susquehannah Company of Connecticut over possession of lands in the Wyoming Valley. In July, 1771, Dick led approximately thirty men with provisions and ammunition to relieve Fort Wyoming, which was under siege by Susquehannah Company forces. Ambushed, Dick and about two-thirds of his men fled into the besieged fort, but lost the supplies. On Aug. 15, the garrison ...

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