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Fort Pitt and the Revolution on the western frontier / Edward G. Williams.
- Title
- Fort Pitt and the Revolution on the western frontier / Edward G. Williams.
- Author
- Williams, Edward Gilbert, 1902-
- Publication
- Pittsburgh : Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, c1978.
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| Text | Request in advance | F159.P68 F678 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
- Description
- ix, 237 p., [7] leaves of plates (1 fold.) : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subject
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- Note
- "Edition limited to five hundred copies of which this is no. 351."
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [221]-230.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The land : the great American land bonanza as a prelude to revolution -- Internecine colonial strife and resistance to parliament -- War erupts : high-sounding resolves -- Concern of Congress for Indian neutrality -- "An officer of experience" to command Fort Pitt -- General McIntosh comes west -- Indian alliances, a new road, and two new forts -- Brodhead has his chance : command of his own expedition -- High command offers slight rewards -- Small pebbles in a pool create ripples afar.
- LCCN
- ^^^78053189^
- OCLC
- 4149817
- SCSB-12756946
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library