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Account of the Seneca attack in Virginia

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.02003 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1687/07/21 Pagination: 1p. : docket : Height: 31 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

The document explains that a group of Seneca Indians attacked some English settlers in Virginia, and then describes the conflict that ensued.

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