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1 online resource (xxxviii, 731 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates (2)) : facsimiles, maps |
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University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions. PPiU
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University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections. PPiU
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Summary |
Annotation George Mercer was a lieutenant and later captain of the First Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War, and a land surveyor. He served as agent for the Ohio Company in England. In this book, Lois Mulkearn interprets George Mercer's documents on the activities of the Ohio Company. Through the eyes of Indians, French, and English we see the political and military efforts to control the vast area of the Ohio frontier, and witness treaties signed at Logstown, and those between Pennsylvania and the Weas and Piankashaws in 1740. Among Mercer's other papers are directions for laying out the first British town to be called & ldquo;Saltsburg & rdquo; at present day McKees Rocks, outside Pittsburgh. With this extensive collection, Mulkearn enlightens our knowledge of colonial history and the western frontier |
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Papers from the Darlington Memorial Collection--Cf. Introduction |
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"'The case of the Ohio Company' ... in part II of this book is a reduced but complete facsimile of the original in the New York Historical Society."--Page xx |
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Printed edition limited to 1000 copies |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 675-703) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Ohio Company (1747-1779) -- Early works to 1800
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Darlington Memorial Library.
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Darlington Memorial Library |
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Ohio Company (1747-1779) |
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Manuscripts, English -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Facsimiles
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Manuscripts, English
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Ohio River Valley -- History -- Sources
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Ohio River Valley
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Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
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Genre/Form |
Early works
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Facsimiles
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History
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Sources
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Electronic book
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Author |
Mercer, George.
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Mulkearn, Lois, compiler, editor.
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Darlington Memorial Library.
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University of Pittsburgh. University Library System. Digital Research Library
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ISBN |
9780822975366 |
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082297536X |
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