12018-07-15T23:13:56-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72001Begun at Fort Augusta the 5th June 1763.2018-07-15T23:13:56-07:00Burd, James, 1726-1793.American Philosophical Society, Burd-Shippen Papers, Mss.B.B892.James Burd was well-known in colonial Pennsylvania through his role in the French and Indian War, as well as his connections to many of the colony's leading families (most notably the Shippen family). This diary from the summer of 1763 documents Burd's time at Fort Augusta. It recounts the opening of Pontiac's Rebellion and the initial reports of the Indian raid on the Connecticut settlers in the Wyoming Valley.Manuscript, 59 pages.5944Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
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12018-07-15T23:17:27-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650aJames Burd Diary at Fort AugustaWill Fenton2(path)gallery2018-07-16T11:42:20-07:001763Burd, James, 1726-1793.American Philosophical Society, Burd-Shippen Papers, Mss.B.B892.James Burd was well-known in colonial Pennsylvania through his role in the French and Indian War, as well as his connections to many of the colony's leading families (most notably the Shippen family). This diary from the summer of 1763 documents Burd's time at Fort Augusta. It recounts the opening of Pontiac's Rebellion and the initial reports of the Indian raid on the Connecticut settlers in the Wyoming Valley.Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a