Chronicles of border warfare, or, A history of the settlement by the whites, of north-western Virginia, and of the Indian wars and massacres in that section of the state : with reflections, anecdotes, &c. /
by Alexander Scott Withers.
Description
- Related Names
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Hacker, William, d. 1830?
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891
Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913
Hacker, William, -1830?
Powers, William, 1765-1856
Robert Clarke Company
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Cincinnati : R. Clarke Co., 1895.
- Edition
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A new ed. /
- Summary
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The focal point of Chronicles of Border Warfare is the American settlement throughout the northwestern portion of colonial Virginia (an area which today encompasses parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) from the French and Indian War to the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and the ensuing clashes with the indigenous population. -- From the publisher.
- Note
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Largely written by William Powers and William Hacker, but prepared for publication by Withers, according to a statement made by a grandson of Powers. Cf. L.G. McWhorter, The border settlers of northwestern Virginia, 1915, p. 41-42.
- Physical Description
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xx, 447 p. :
port. ;
24 cm.
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