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French and Indian War Primary Sources

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William Trent's Journal, 1763

Excerpt

Full Journal - by A. T. Volwiler, published in Mississippi Valley Historical Review 11 (1924): 390-413. Electronic version published by JSTOR. Used with  permission of the Organization of American Historians. 

William Trent's Orderly Book - Transcribed by Kimberly Burton

Maps and Diagrams

Indian Land Cessions map LOGO

Map of Native American land cessions. By Adrienne Gruver. Courtesy of Daniel K. Richter.

 

Fort Duquesne watercolor LOGO

Watercolor plan of Fort No. 37 (Fort Duquesne), with notes on the strength of the fort and its defenders.

 

Fort Pitt and Duquesne LOGO

Map of Forts Duquesne and Pitt. Penn Papers, Indian Affairs.

 

Fort Duquesne Hutchins LOGO

 Plan of Fort Duquesne, by Thomas Hutchins. Hutchins Papers.

 

Fort Duquesne Fairhill LOGO

A Plan of Fort Duquesne now called Pittsburgh. Emily Norris Vaux Papers in Norris of Fairhill Family Letters.

 

boundary map LOGO

A Map of the Country between Wills Creek & Monongahela River shewing the route and Encampments of the English Army in 1755. Braddock Expedition Papers. 

 

Draught of Monongahela LOGO

A Draught of the Monongahela and Youghiogany Rivers . . . 1759, by J. Shippen Jr.