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Francisco de los Cobos

Francisco de los Cobos

Secretary of the Emperor Charles V
A comprehensive biography of the Seceretary of State and Comendador for the kingdom of Castile under Emperor Charles I of Spain.
The Ohio Company

The Ohio Company

Its Inner History
Alfred P. James presents a comprehensive reconstruction of the history and activities of the Ohio Company of Virginia, which was formed by esquire Thomas Lee and eleven others. In 1747, the group petitioned the governor and Council of Virginia for 200,000 acres of land west of the Allegheny Mountains. There they would ...
My Partner, The River

My Partner, The River

The White Pine Story on the Susquehanna
Albert Gallatin

Albert Gallatin

Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat
Raymond Walters, Jr. presents the definitive biography of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), recounting sixty years that the Swiss-born diplomat served his adopted country as a congressional leader, Secretary of the Treasury, financier, and ambassador. Gallatin was a founder of the House Committee on Finance (later the Ways and Means Committee), a ...
George Washington in the Ohio Valley

George Washington in the Ohio Valley

This book chronicles Washington's excursions to the Ohio Valley frontier, as a soldier and private citizen. Through newspaper accounts, letters, and the journals of Washington and his contemporaries, we learn much about the man's leadership qualities, military skills, his honor and integrity, and how his life was shaped ...
A Traveler’s Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania

A Traveler’s Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania

This book presents a county-by-county guide to historic landmarks in western Pennsylvania, and how to reach them. Twenty-seven counties are included, along with maps of each. Along the way, travelers will find historic forts, residences of leading citizens, old iron furnaces, grist mills, churches, inns, taverns, tanneries, and many other ...
George Mercer Papers

George Mercer Papers

Relating to the Ohio Company of Virginia
Edited By Lois Mulkearn
George Mercer was a lieutenant and later captain of the First Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War, and a land surveyor. He served as agent for the Ohio Company in England. In this book, Lois Mulkearn interprets George Mercer's documents on the activities of the Ohio Company....

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