The Winning of the West, Volume 3 - The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790

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Title: The Winning of the West, Volume Three The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Release Date: April 7, 2004 [EBook #11943]
Language: English
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THE WINNING OF THE WEST
BY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
VOLUME THREE
THE FOUNDING OF THE TRANS-ALLEGHANY COMMONWEALTHS
1784-1790
WITH MAPTHIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, WITH HIS PERMISSION
TO
FRANCIS PARKMAN
TO WHOM AMERICANS WHO FEEL A PRIDE IN THE PIONEER HISTORY OF THEIR COUNTRY ARE SO GREATLY INDEBTED
PREFACE TO THIRD VOLUME.
The material used herein is that mentioned in the preface to the first volume, save that I have also drawn freely on the
Draper Manuscripts, in the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, at Madison. For the privilege of
examining these valuable manuscripts I am indebted to the generous courtesy of the State Librarian, Mr. Reuben Gold
Thwaites; I take this opportunity of extending to him my hearty thanks.
The period covered in this volume includes the seven years ...