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Title	William Smith Letter to Arthur St. Clair
Subject	Military Ohio Lord Dunmore's War, 1774 Recruitment
Place	Northwest Territory
Description	This letter written by William Smith to Arthur St. Clair (then magistrate for the area around Fort Pitt, now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) describes the actions of Dr. John Connolly (the royal governor of Virginia's agent in Pennsylvania) and his seizure of Fort Pitt and recruitment of a garrison to invade the Ohio country in Lord Dunmore's War. The letter measures 7" by 13" (19 by 33 cm) and is part of a larger collection of Arthur St. Clair letters that is owned by the State Library of Ohio and on permanent deposit at the Ohio Historical Society. Lord Dunmore's War was caused primarily by a boundary dispute between the colonies of Virginia and Pennsylvania over the western territories in what is now Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio and some minor skirmishes between American Indian tribes, mostly Shawnee, and settlers around the Ohio River. In response John Murray, Lord Dunmore (the royal governor of Virginia) sent his agents Dr. John Conolly and George Croghan to Fort Pitt to garrison forces and defend the frontier in January of 1774. There were several battles leading up to the Battle of Point Pleasant (West Virginia), where the American Indians were decisively defeated. Lord Dunmore pursued them over the Ohio River and headed for present day Chillicothe, the Shawnee capital. There, Dunmore and the American Indians signed the Treaty of Camp Charlotte, which opened up the western lands to European settlement. The Mingo chief Logan, protesting the treaty, sent a moving speech to the assembly, stating that all of his family had been killed in the war, and "who is left to mourn for Logan, not one." Arthur St. Clair (1734-1818) was governor of the Northwest Territory and administrator of Indian affairs for the western territories from 1787 to 1802. St. Clair led an army against the American Indians, who threatened war after their land was given to the U. S. government without their authorization, in November 1791.
Creator	Smith, William
Date of Original	July 05, 1774
Collection	Arthur St. Clair Papers
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts); MIC 96
Format	manuscripts
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	Text
Date created	2010-10-19

Title	Om74_1147095_034
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Full Text	Sir [underlined] [written in a different hand at an angle]1774 [written in a different hand at an angle]July 5 The Proceedings of Conolly are shocking & a high Dis grace to the government from which he pretends his authority as well as to this Government for suffering such fla- grant acts within its known Jurisdiction. No Pains shall be spared to get you effectual & immediate Relief. When any thing falls in the way D r. [superscript] McKenszie [crossed out] M c [superscript] Kenzie will not be forgot__ Something concerning your Fort Pitt affairs will be published from Time to Time, as we confirm [tear] intelligence__ [tear] may easily know my Sentiments with Respect to [tear] proposed by my Brother - I have wrote him [tear] shall now leave it to himself If he thinks he can [tear] happy I have endeavored to put the means in his Power & if he now encumbers himself or connects himself impro- perly it is his own act__ However, I know where he lives, it is not easy to do better, & I wish not to give him a Moments [tear] I am in haste Yours W m [superscript and underlined] Smith Philad a. [superscript] July 5 th [superscript] 1774 [underlined] [Second page blank]
Date created	2009-01-22

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