George Rogers Clark papers, 1779-1788

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George Rogers Clark papers, 1779-1788

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Includes contemporary transcript of Joseph Bowman's journal of the expedition of George Rogers Clark to retake Fort St. Vincents (Vincennes) from Henry Hamilton, January 29 - March 20, 1779; Clark's letter to Governor of Pennsylvania about his preparations for the attack against Detroit, March 23, 1781.

0.2 linear ft. (1 wallet)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7427615

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Bowman, Joseph, 1752-1782

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Soldier. From the description of Letter, 1779 June 14. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46729030 ...

Ft. St. Vincents.

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Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818

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Surveyor; noted Indian fighter in the American midwest in the latter half of the 18th century. From the description of Documents, 1778-1818. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28287330 American Revolutionary Colonel in the Old Northwest. Clark first came to Detroit from Cleveland in 1817, and was followed by his parents in a commercial fisherman and deputy collector of customs in China, Mich. (from M.P.C., I, 501-507: Clark's "Recollections".) (blue ...