Journal of Griffith Evans, 1784, Aug. 30 - 1785, Nov. 13.

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Journal of Griffith Evans, 1784, Aug. 30 - 1785, Nov. 13.

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The journal that Evans kept during his travels to Fort Stanwix and Fort McIntosh. The entries cover the period between Aug. 30, 1784 and Feb. 8, 1785, the date of his return home. There are also some miscellaneous accounts, promissory notes, ect. dated April and May 1785.

79 leaves, 15 x 19 cm, disbound volume.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Evans, Griffith, 1760-1845.

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Griffith Evans was bon in Warwick, Chester Co., Pa. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as clerk in the medical corps of the Continental Army. After the close of the war, he was appointed secretary and storekeeper of the Pennsylvania commissioners who represented the state at the negotiations with the Six Nations nations at Fort Stanwix and the Wyandots, Delawares, Ottawas, and Chippewas at Fort McIntosh (January 1785). Evans was charged with delivering the diplomatic gifts to the I...

Smith, George D. (George Dallas), 1870-1920

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George Dallas Smith (1870-1920), the famous New York book dealer. Beginning with the sales the libraries of of Elihu Dwight Church and Robert Howe in 1911, George D. Smith acted as chief buyer and advisor of Henry E. Huntington. From the description of Papers of George D. Smith, 1910-1912. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122594015 ...