Primary tabs

Robert Stobo to Colonel Innes, July 28, 1754 (transcription)

  • Order Reproduction
  • Title
  • Robert Stobo to Colonel Innes, July 28, 1754 (transcription)
  • Creator
  • Stobo, Robert, 1726-1770
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
  • Date
  • July 28, 1754
  • Identifier
  • 31735060225921
  • Description
  • Transcription of Robert Stobo's letter to Colonel Innes, during his captivity at Fort Duquesne, describing the concerns of the Shanoe (Shawnee) Indians about the alleged imprisonment of two of their "kings and 300 warriors," the plight of the Shanoe left in the villages who are vulnerable to raids from Cheroquees (Cherokees) and Cotabes, as well as the competing English and French attempts to ally themselves with the Shanoe. The letter also describes the number and movement of French troops at Fort Duquesne.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • correspondence
  • Subject
  • Indigenous peoples
    Indians of North America
    Fortification
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Fort Duquesne (Pa.)
    Pittsburgh (Pa.)
  • Finding Aid
  • Guide to the Robert Stobo Letter and Plan of Fort Duquesne, July 28, 1754 DAR.1925.05
  • Source
  • Robert Stobo Papers
  • Container
  • Box 1, Folder 2
  • Language
  • eng
  • Collection
  • Robert Stobo Papers
    Darlington Digital Library
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
    http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Robert Stobo to Colonel Innes, July 28, 1754 (transcription)
(0 - 0 of 0)

Sorry, but your search returned no results.