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Letter from Joseph Bowman to Isaac Hite, 14 June 1779
Bowman's letter to Isaac Hite discusses trade with New Orleans, the abundance of money at Kaskaskia, British and American troops in the northwest, and a message he wrote that was not received because the messenger was killed at the Falls of the Ohio. Bowman gives a detailed description of the retaking of Vincennes in February 1779 by the Americans led by George Rogers Clark. Bowman mentions guns, military stores, and Native-American goods captured by Clark's men, and notes the Virginia Assembly's indifference to the western territory. Bowman died not long after writing this letter from wounds received during the retaking of Vincennes several months earlier. -
Dr. James Wallace note, 1780
Dr. James Wallace's note about the treatment of revolutionary soldiers, including fevers, vomiting, and reports of fatalities. -
Letter from Dan Smith to Arthur Campbell, 9 August 1778
Daniel Smith writes to Campbell discussing Smith's necessary trip to Kentucky, his attempts to raise soldiers and officers, and his belief that "assistance ought to be given to Kentuckie at this critical time." -
Letter from Robert Tyler, 6 September 1781
This letter from Robert Tyler states that he and Abraham VanMeter had been authorized to examine the condition of state beef stored at Boone’s State, Kentucky, for the troops, noting the quantity that is fit for troops and the quantity that was unfit for the troops. -
Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 1.
Includes two letters which Jefferson wrote to John Randolph in 1775 at the commencement of the Revolution, and a letter written by George Rogers Clark to the governor of Virginia in 1779, describing the warfare along the frontier.