The journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1777.

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Main Author: Cresswell, Nicholas, 1750-1804.
Corporate Author: Plimpton Press, (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Lincoln MacVeagh, The Dial Press, 1924.
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Online Access:http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lhbtn.30436
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Table of Contents:
  • Preparations
  • The voyage, first glimpses
  • Virginia, illness, Barbados
  • Virginia again, proposed trip to Illinois
  • Over hill and stream, the Kentucky River
  • The Ohio River, the Indian country
  • Back in Virginia, news of the revolution
  • Attempt to leave, suspected as a spy
  • A winter of discontent
  • Hampton, Williamsburg, voyage to New York
  • Two months in New York Harbour
  • General Washington, the colonies
  • Return voyage, Edale once more
  • Appendix, comparative table of dates.