Recruiting new militiamen for an expedition against the Shawnee in the Ohio Territory, on the Cuyahoga River, took place on July 4th and 5th at Pricketts Fort, with indifferent success reported.
Although a fair number of interested men initially stepped forward to join the ranks, once it was explained to them that, at [...]
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On the 4th of July, a recruiting party at Pricketts Fort
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Recruiter for General Hand to be at Pricketts Fort, July 4
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To All Brave, Healthy, Able Bodied and Well Disposed Young Men, in this Vicinity, Who have any Inclination to Join the Troops now Raisng under General Hand, at Fort Pitt, for the Defence of the Liberties & Independence of the United States against the Hostile Designs of Foreign Enemies
TAKE NOTICE,
that Saturday, July Fourth, at Pricketts [...]
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