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Reports on the French & Indian War...
Reports on the French & Indian War...
Item # 696159
February 21, 1761
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Feb. 21, 1761
* Fort Prince George - South Carolina
* Major Andrew Thompson
Page 5 has a report headed: "America" with Boston, New York and Philadelphia datelines. Included is a naval encounter between the French and British from the French & Indian War. Another item mentions: "...that the Indians continue in their old way, but that Major Thompson has again thrown into Fort Prince George a large supply of provisions, and that there are near 1000 men in and about the fort."
A few other items relating to the French & Indian War as well.
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 10 3/4 inches, full red tax stamp on page 4, very nice condition.
AI notes: In 1760, during the Anglo-Cherokee War, Fort Prince George in South Carolina became the center of a violent conflict between British forces and the Cherokee. Major Andrew Thompson, the British commander, was killed on February 16, reportedly by a Cherokee slave. In retaliation, British troops inside the fort executed several Cherokee hostages, which escalated the conflict and led to further warfare. The events at the fort marked a turning point in British-Cherokee relations and intensified the broader conflict in the southern colonies during the French and Indian War.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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