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Title Journal of the proceedings of conrad weiser on his journey to ohio with a message & present from the government of pensilvania to the indians there,...

Creator Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760

Date 1748-1748

Place Ohio, Pennsylvania

Language English

Subjects Indians of North America, Pennsylvania

Description Formerly known as Ayer MS 970.5.
Journal (1830) has additional caption title: Journal of the expedition under Conrad Weiser to the Indians on the Ohio, in 1748 ...
Published in: Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1. Philadelphia : John Pennington, 1851.

Summary Conrad Weiser's journal of his trip over the Alleghanies, Aug. 11 - Oct. 2, 1748, to negotiate with the Indians of the Ohio country, together with an 1830 copy transcribed by Weiser's descendant, Hiester H. Muhlenberg. Journal contains a brief record of Weiser's travel along the Alleghany or Kittaning Trail, and a full record of the meetings at Logstown with representatives of the Iroquois, Shawnee, Wyandot, Mohican, Delaware, and Huron tribes. Included are summaries of Weiser's speeches regarding a British-Indian alliance, British-French hostilities, Seneca Carolina captives, liquor consumption, Pennsylvania traders, etc. Also responses by Seneca, Wyandot, and Delaware chiefs; a census of warriors by tribe; and a record of the division of presents. Five typed letters, three watercolors, a 1752 ms. document witnessed by Weiser, and a newspaper clipping accompany the journals.

Biographical/Historical Note Prominent colonial Pennsylvania Indian agent and interpreter. In 1748, on the English colonies' first official overture to the Indians west of the Alleghany Mountains, Weiser journeyed with George Croghan and Andrew Montour on behalf of Pennsylvania to Logstown on the Alleghany River. There the men met and formed an alliance with the various western tribes that was intended to counteract French influence in the Ohio region.

Extent 2 items (1 box) ; 36 cm + 10 enclosures. Journal (1748): 14 p. ; 34 cm Journal copy (1830): 20 p ; 22 cm

Format Diaries, Manuscripts, Travel literature

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 3200

BibID 134262

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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