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22 June 1785. Cuthbert Harrison, Wheeling, Va. W. Va., to Leven Powell, Loudoun County, Virginia.

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Author: Harrison, Cuthbert, 1749-1824
Abstract: Gives a detailed account of his month-long journey westward, with his family and others, especially traveling on the Monongahela River to Fort Pitt, and further; Indians were unfavorable; the families fared well, and the wives "prove the greatest of Heroines"; hope to arrive in Ky. soon; is sending a valuable horse in order for a negro woman he left behind to be sent out as soon as possible.
Issued Date: 1785-06-22
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10288/23179
Citation: Leven Powell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.


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