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Autobiography of Samuel Miles (Page 03)

MLA citation style
Miles, S. Autobiography Of Samuel Miles (Page 03). no date. 1802Feb .
APA citation style
Miles, S. (1802). Autobiography of Samuel Miles (Page 03). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A343218
Chicago citation style
Miles, Samuel. “Autobiography Of Samuel Miles (Page 03)”, Centre County Library & Historical Museum - Autobiography of Colonel Samuel Miles, February 4, 1802. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A343218.
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Title

Autobiography of Samuel Miles (Page 03)

Subject

French & Indian War - Personal Account

Description

The Pennsylvania Militia company that Samuel Miles was in built the fort at the Indian village of Shamokin (known as Fort Augusta) in 1756 and remained there until 1758. Samuel Miles and Lt. Atlee were nearly taken prisoner there in 1757 by Indians while gathering plums but another soldier getting a drink from a nearby spring surprised the Indians and was killed allowing Samuel and Lt. Atlee to return 'to the fort in much less time that we were coming out'; the area is now known as the 'Bloody Spring'. In 1758, Samuel Miles started out on the expedition against Fort Duquesne now referred to as the Forbes Expedition.

Creator

Miles, Samuel

Date

1802-02-04

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Time Period Covered

1756-1758

Type

Text

Original Format

Diaries

Digital Format

image/tiff

Identifier

D-29-25-87D

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Contact

paroom@centrecountylibrary.org

Contributing Institution

Centre County Library & Historical Museum

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

A typed transcription of this handwritten story with further descriptions of people, places, events and terminology identified by Samuel Miles is included with this collection.