Identifier: conquestofcountr01inengl (find matches)
Title: Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen. George Rogers Clark
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: English, William Hayden, 1822-1896
Subjects: Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 Clark family Clark's Expedition to the Illinois (1778-1779) Clark's Expedition against Detroit, 1781
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. Kansas City, Mo. : Bowen-Merrill Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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on the 12th of June, re-solved, That the general assembly have a high sense ofColonel Clarks important services in the reduction of FortSt. Vincennes. That the governor be requested to trans-mit to him, by the hands of Lieutenant Rogers, an ele-gant sword, in the name of the general assemblv, and intestimony of the merit of his services; and that the treas-urer pay for the same. At the same time two hundredpounds were voted Lieutenant John Rogers, who was incommand of the guard that conducted the British prisonersto Virginia, and it is presumed that, in pursuance of theresolution, he conveyed the sword to Colonel Clark. Thereare, however, traditions and uncertainties in relation tothe sword, or swords, presented bv the state of Virginiato George Rogers Clark, and the subject will be fully con-sidered in a subsequent chapter. All that needs to be saidnow is that the cut on the next page is certainly a correctrepresentation of a sword which was presented to him bythe state of Virginia.
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APPENDIX TO VOL. I. INTRODUCTORY. THE SEVERAL ACCOUNTS OF THE CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE BRITISH POSTS NORTHWEST OF THE RIVER OHIO, WRITTEN BY GENERAL GEORGE ROGERS CLARK. The order in which these accounts were written is asfollows: i. Account written at Vincennes, February 24, 1779, ofhis march to, and capture of, that place. This was writtento the governor of Virginia, in the nature of a report, butnever reached him, as it was captured from the messenger,and the messenger killed by the Indians, as related in thebody of this work. A copy of a part of this letter, proba-bly the most of it, is now in the Canadian archives, Ottawa,Canada, Haldimand collection. Notice of it will be foundon page 218, Canadian Archives Report, 1887, and it isgiven in full in the thirteenth chapter of this volume. 2. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, April 29, 1779, writtenafter Clark had heard of the capture of his first account.This letter was probably written in duplicate and one copysent to Patrick Henry, as subst

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