Papers of Daniel Brodhead, 1779-1781 [electronic resource].
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University of Pittsburgh. University Library System. Digital Research Library.
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Gibson, John, 1740-1822
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Revolutionary War officer and Secretary of Indiana Territory, 1800-1816. From the description of John Gibson papers, 1770-1812. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 429901716 Soldier and Indian trader on the Pennsylvania frontier, 1758-1782; post-Revolutionary War Alleghany County, Pa., judge and militia officer; and secretary of the Indiana Territory, 1800-1816. From 1781-1782, Gibson was commanding officer at Fort Pitt. From th...
Washington, George, 1732-1799
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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...
Pennsylvania. Militia. Pennsylvania Regiment, 8th.
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Brodhead, Daniel, 1736-1809
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Born in 1736 in Marblehead, New York, Daniel Brodhead served as a colonel in the Revolutionary War, commanding the Western Department from his headquarters at Fort Pitt from 1779 to 1781. In the years preceding the outbreak of war, Brodhead operated a gristmill and worked as a deputy-surveyor for the colony of Pennsylvania. Disturbed by the passage of the Coercive Acts in 1774, Brodhead represented Berks County at a protest congress held in Philadelphia. In 1776, he was commissioned as an office...
Pennsylvania. Militia. Pennsylvania Regiment, 4th.
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