Diary of the Siege of Detroit in the War with Pontiac

Here in one book the reader will find a variety of original sources about the Pontiac Rebellion of 1763, including a diary by an unnamed soldier at Fort Detroit, a narrative of events as they transpired by Major Robert Rogers, also present during the siege, and various other contemporaneous and relevant correspondences & papers regarding Pontiac’s attack and the overall Indian rebellion.  The reader who conscientiously reads both The Gladwin Manuscripts and this book will have a working knowledge of Pontiac’s War.

These sources were collected and published together in 1860 by Franklin B. Hough (1822–1885), medical doctor, scientist, historian and the first chief of the United States Division of Forestry, the predecessor of the United States Forest Service.  Illustrations included are primarily handwritten signatures of the various correspondents.

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