Letter 1784 [manuscript]
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Dickinson, John N.
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Letter from Dickinson to Ephraim Douglass on the creation of Fayette County, Pa. From the description of Letter 1784 [manuscript] (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 405140961 Epithet: tailor, of Canterbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000355.0x000387 ...
Douglass, Ephraim, 1749?-1833
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Ephraim Douglass was a carpenter, trader and soldier in the Revolutionary War. By 1769, he was employed in a variety of occupations at Fort Pitt, including carpenter, blacksmith, and clerk. Douglass spoke several American Indian dialects and in 1771 began trading with local tribes. Later that year, he established a business with Devereaux Smith that included trading outposts in the Indian Territory surrounding Pittsburgh. The partners opened another store in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, in 1776, wh...
