George Mercer Papers: Relating to the Ohio Company of VirginiaGeorge 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 “Saltsburg” 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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... Side of a plain or clear Field about 5 M in Length NE & SW , & 2 M broad , with a small Rising in the Middle , which gives a fine Prospect over the whole Plain , and a large Creek on the N Side of it called Sciodoe Creek All the Way ...
... Side of a plain or clear Field about 5 M in Length NE & SW , & 2 M broad , with a small Rising in the Middle , which gives a fine Prospect over the whole Plain , and a large Creek on the N Side of it called Sciodoe Creek All the Way ...
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... side S E. 4 m - to the salt lick creek , about a mile up this creek , on the South side is a very large salt lick113 the streams which run into this lick are very salt Salt Springs and tho ' clear leave a bluish sediment the Indians and ...
... side S E. 4 m - to the salt lick creek , about a mile up this creek , on the South side is a very large salt lick113 the streams which run into this lick are very salt Salt Springs and tho ' clear leave a bluish sediment the Indians and ...
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... Side of the Gardens - then 2 E 20 Poles to the Mouth of the Gut at the E Side of the Garden - thence along the Gut N 50 E to a Stump near the Bridge Ford of Wills's Creek 24 P. thence N 12 12 W 19 P. to a Spanish Oak on a Rock in ...
... Side of the Gardens - then 2 E 20 Poles to the Mouth of the Gut at the E Side of the Garden - thence along the Gut N 50 E to a Stump near the Bridge Ford of Wills's Creek 24 P. thence N 12 12 W 19 P. to a Spanish Oak on a Rock in ...
Contents
GEORGE MERCER Papers in | 1 |
Christopher Gists First and Second Journals | 7 |
George and James Mercers Land Release to John Tayloe | 40 |
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