State Library of Pennsylvania - Fort Necessity

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A selection of documents on the battles of Fort Necessity and Braddock's Campaign, along with background on French and English relations as well as their interactions with the Native American tribes of the northeastern colonies in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Originally digitized to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Necessity.
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Washington's first campaign, death of Jumonville, and the taking of Fort Necessity; also, Braddock's defeat; the march of the unfortunate general explained by a distinguished historian, traced on the gound by civil engineer, and exhibited on a neat and accurate map, prepared under his direction. The whole arranged by Neville b. Carig.
Braddock, Edward, 1695?-1755, Pittsburgh (Pa.). Wright and Carlton. 1848, Fort Necessity, Battle of, Pa., 1754, Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 2nd, 1754, Braddock's Campaign, 1755.
The section of the volume, pages 07-09, on the defeat of General Edward Braddock, and his fatal injuries sustained during the battle near Great Meadows, Pa, part of the series of battles around Fort Necessity, Pa..
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