Journal : manuscript copy, 1773.

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Journal : manuscript copy, 1773.

Handwritten transcript of James McAfee's account of a journey down the Ohio River. Also includes manuscript copies of John Butler's letter to the gentlemen settlers below the mouth of the Scioto (1773 June 10), Captain Bullitt's speech to the chiefs of the Shaw[nee]Nation (Chilicothe, 1773 June 9), and the answer of Chief Cornstalk the next morning.

1 v. (41 leaves)

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University of Chicago. Library.

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George Musgrave Giger was classics professor at Princeton University, 1850-65. Francis Turretin (1623-1687) was a theologian. From the guide to the Microfilms of a Translation of Franois Turrettin, Institutio Theologiae Elencticae, 20th century (copies of 19th century originals), (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) ...

Bullitt, Thomas, 1730-1778.

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McAfee, James, b. 1736.

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McAfee, Robert, 1745-1795.

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Butler, Richard, 1743-1791

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