James Burd : Frontier Defender, 1726-1793 /
Nixon, Lily Lee
James Burd : Frontier Defender, 1726-1793 / Lily Lee Nixon. - 1 online resource (208 p.) : 2 illus. - PENNSYLVANIA LIVES .
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- I. James Burd in Scotland -- II. Merchant in Philadelphia -- III. Roadbuilder for Braddock -- Map of Pennsylvania. Drawing By Page Cory -- IV. Engineer: Builder of Forts -- V. Loyal Hanna and the Forbes Campaign -- VI. The Monongahela and the Redstone Country -- VII. Fort Pitt and an Indian Treaty -- VIII. Burd and Bouquet -- IX. Fort Augusta and Pontiacs Conspiracy -- X. Fighting Franklin’s “Old Ticket” -- XI. Tinian -- XII. Revolutionary Period -- XIII. Independence -- XIV. The Last Frontier -- Bibliographical Note -- Index
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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781512813371 9781512818277
10.9783/9781512818277 doi
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
American History. American Studies. Autobiography. Biography.
James Burd : Frontier Defender, 1726-1793 / Lily Lee Nixon. - 1 online resource (208 p.) : 2 illus. - PENNSYLVANIA LIVES .
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- I. James Burd in Scotland -- II. Merchant in Philadelphia -- III. Roadbuilder for Braddock -- Map of Pennsylvania. Drawing By Page Cory -- IV. Engineer: Builder of Forts -- V. Loyal Hanna and the Forbes Campaign -- VI. The Monongahela and the Redstone Country -- VII. Fort Pitt and an Indian Treaty -- VIII. Burd and Bouquet -- IX. Fort Augusta and Pontiacs Conspiracy -- X. Fighting Franklin’s “Old Ticket” -- XI. Tinian -- XII. Revolutionary Period -- XIII. Independence -- XIV. The Last Frontier -- Bibliographical Note -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781512813371 9781512818277
10.9783/9781512818277 doi
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
American History. American Studies. Autobiography. Biography.