Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 [Extract of a letter from Mr. Priestly to Mrs. Lapsly]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05135 Author/Creator: Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 28 August 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy
Creator from docket, which is in Knox's hand. Williams sent an extract of a letter from Mr. Priestly of Beardstown, Kentucky to Mrs. Lapsly who was residing at the warm springs in Bath County, Virginia. The extract says "The men are returned from the Expedition under the Command of Genl Wilkinson all safe but two who were killed. They killed seven Indians took thirty prisoners and destroyed two Towns and the Crops at them. they brought in one white white [sic] child but her mother who was at the Same Town they could not find." The extract was dated 28 August, while the docket is dated 16 September. This document originally accompanied by GLC02437.05156.
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