Letter Pittsburgh, Pa., to Thomas Mif[f]lin, [Philadelphia], Pa., 1791 Apr. 14.

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Letter Pittsburgh, Pa., to Thomas Mif[f]lin, [Philadelphia], Pa., 1791 Apr. 14.

1791

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April 14, 1791, letter from John Irwin, then a major in the 4th battalion of the Allegheny County militia who was acting for the county lieutenant, to Pennsylvania governor Thomas Mifflin, regarding the defense of the Pittsburgh-Allegheny County frontier against Indian attacks which followed Gen. Harmar's defeat the previous fall. Irwing notes the militia strength required to defend the county and the need to obtain arms and ammunition. He also reports that American ally Cornplanter (Seneca chief) and his party of warriors had joined French Creek inhabitants at the fort in Vanango (i.e. Venango) and that hostile action was expected "when the trees get green."

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Cornplanter (born between 1732 and 1746–February 18, 1836), was a Seneca war chief and diplomat of the Wolf clan. As a chief warrior, Cornplanter fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In both wars, the Seneca and three other Iroquois nations were allied with the British. After the war Cornplanter led negotiations with the United States and was a signatory of the Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784). He helped gain Iroquois neutrality during the Northwest Indian War. ...

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Revolutionary War officer in the Second Pennsylvania Battalion; Pittsburgh rope-maker of the firm John Irwin & Wife. From the description of Letter : Pittsburgh, Pa., to Thomas Mif[f]lin, [Philadelphia], Pa., 1791 Apr. 14. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38133265 ...

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