Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 2/3
Summary
The author of this journal article wishes to show the importance of various nationalities that settled in Pennsylvania - the Dutch, English, German and Scotch Irish are discussed.
Scotland born, James Burd came to the American colonies in 1747. He first lived in Philadelphia,then Shippensburg, Pa, and finally moved to Lancaster County. During the French and Indian War, he was an officer in the British army. He was a builder of roads and forts on the Pennsylvania frontier. He briefly served in the American army during the Revolutionary War. He died in 1793 at his home in Dauphin County Pa.
Chapters: James Burd in Scotland/Merchant in Philadelphia/Roadbuilder for Braddock/Engineer: Builder of forts/Loyal Hanna and the Forbes Campaign/The Monongahela and the Redstone country/Fort Pitt and an indian treaty/Burd and Bouquet/Fort Augusta and Pontiac's conspiracy/Fighting Franklin's "Old Ticket"/Tinian/Revolutionary period/Independence/The last frontier.
The making of Pennsylvania; an analysis of the elements of the population and the formative influences that created one of the greatest of the American states
