Fort Franklin Beseiged, Etc.
Document 1794This is Denney's report from the western counties of Pennsylvania, particularly from Fort Pitt and Fort Franklin which he describes as being beseiged.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
This is Denney's report from the western counties of Pennsylvania, particularly from Fort Pitt and Fort Franklin which he describes as being beseiged.
Date
06/27/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Le Boeuf
Collection
Document number
1794062790001
Page start
7
Note
Enclosed in Knox to Mifflin, 07/15/1794.
Notable persons
William Irvine
Ebenezer Denney
Mr. Johnson, Agent for the British
Six Nations
good riflemen
Indians
General Knox
Notable locations
Carlisle
Fort Le Boeuf
British post
western counties
Campbell's
frontier counties
Allegheny
Susquehanna
French Creek
Fort Franklin
Notable items
impertinence of the agent of the U.S.
fear of having our supplies stopped or destroyed
wagon load from Pitt to Franklin
houses and stores
block house