Extract of a letter that discusses frontier violence
Document 1791Letter, describes White aggression; mentions rescue of kidnapped white child; mentions casualties.
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Extract of Letter
Description
Letter, describes White aggression; mentions rescue of kidnapped white child; mentions casualties.
Date
08/28/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Beardstown, Kentucky
Repository
Collection
Document number
1791082890001
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Notable persons
W Lapsly
W Priestly
Lapsly
Priestly
Notable locations
Beardstown, Kentucky
Beardstown, Kentucky
warm springs in Bath County, Virginia
Beards Town, Kentucky
Notable items
killed seven indians
took thirty prisoners
destroyed two towns and the crops at them
brought in one white child
mother
men are returned from the expedition all safe but two are killed