Robert Stobo correspondence, 1754 July 28

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Robert Stobo correspondence, 1754 July 28

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/399645164

Contains a letter from Stobo to James Innes.

0.2 linear ft. (1 wallet, 1 large manuscript)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7418093

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Stobo, Robert, 1726-1770

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Robert Stobo was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1727. Following the deaths of his parents in the 1740s, Stobo moved to the Virginia colony to seek his fortune as a merchant. In Virginia, Stobo became a favorite of Governor Dinwiddie. As the conflicts of the French and Indian War escalated, Stobo joined the Virginia Regiment. He served as an engineer at Fort Necessity under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Washington. After Fort Necessity fell to the French on July 3, 1754, Stobo was captu...

Innes, James, Col.

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