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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9913

Metadata
Title:Shawnee materials, Selections from the correspondence of the Honourable James Logan
Contributor:Logan, James, 1674-1751
Penn, William, 1644-1718
Newcheconner
Thomas, George, 1695?-1774
Croghan, George, 1720?-1782
Tostee, Peter
Dinnen, James
Date:1708-1754
Description: Six letters regarding a mine Indians have discovered and are working; Shawnees "performing business" for Colonel Evans; Shawnees allegedly guilty of murdering colonists and Logan's efforts to treat with Newcheconner about it; Newcheconner's instistence on Shawnee innocence in the matter; a pass for Shikellamy to come to Philadelphia. A 1754 deposition by George Croghan and two other traders complaining that they were robbed and detained by pro-French Shawnees led by Peter Chartier at Shawneetown on the Allegany, and that their (enslaved?) African American servant was set free. A 1737 report by George Miranda titled "A true account of all the men in the three towns in Allegania of the Shawnese nation, " containing names and total population figures for French Town, Peter Chartier Town, Kiscomonetta's Town.
Extent:8 items
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9913
Is Part Of:Selections from the correspondence of the Honourable James Logan, 1699-1750
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Subject:Shawnee
Pennsylvania--History
Mines and mineral resources
Diplomacy
Warfare
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Type:Correspondence
Depositions
Reports
Type (DCMI):Text

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Citation: Logan, James, 1674-1751; Penn, William, 1644-1718; Newcheconner; Thomas, George, 1695?-1774; Croghan, George, 1720?-1782; Tostee, Peter; Dinnen, James. 1708-1754. Selections from the correspondence of the Honourable James Logan, 1699-1750.
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