McClure, David, 1748-1820 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.00015-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
20 August 1772
Author/Creator
McClure, David, 1748-1820
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania
Pagination
3p. : address : Height: 18.8 cm, Width: 15.1 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
Road to Revolution

Discusses a trip to western Pennsylvania, where McClure stopped at Fort Pitt before heading further west to serve as missionary to the Delaware Indians in a town on the Muskingum River in Ohio. Gives his thoughts on the regional geography, the fort, and the Indians (both their vices and potential to "become a people"). M'Clure was a doctor of divinity who taught at Dartmouth College. M'Clure spells his name Maccluer.

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