Articles about the Battle of Point Pleasant [manuscript], 1885-1901.

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Articles about the Battle of Point Pleasant [manuscript], 1885-1901.

Articles include "The Battle of Point Pleasant, Oct. 10, 1774, and "The Point Pleasant Battle Monument Commission."

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University of Virginia. Library

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Lewis, Andrew, 1720-1781

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Of Irish descent, Lewis was a resident of Augusta County, Va., and active in the militia there; served with distinction under Washington and Braddock during the French and Indian War; was appointed a Brigadier General in the Continental Army, 1 March 1776; took command of the forces at Williamsburg and at Gwynn Island, where in July, 1776 he was in charge of the forces that drove Gov. Dunmore out of the Old Dominion; resigned his commission, 15 April 1777 for reasons of health, but remained acti...

Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809

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Appointed governor of Virginia in 1771. From the description of Correspondence, 1771-1778. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26923951 Lord Dunmore was the British governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. From the guide to the Land Grant to Ambrose Gatewood, 1773 June 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor of New York (1...

Lane, S. Eliot.

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Point Pleasant Battle Monument Commission.

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