"This book accompanies the landmark Lancaster Long Rifle Exhibit held in 2012 at the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania."--d.j. back panel.
"The original research presented here focuses on the experience of the Pennsylvania militia formations established and evolving over the course of the French and Indian War, and during the subsequent years of Pontiacs War, from 1754 to 1765. In particular, the Black Boys Uprising of 1765 in the Conococheague Region of Pennsylvania serves as the index case, the first time American militiamen successfully defeated British regulars by employing adaptive hybrid tactics combined with accurate long-range rifle fires. This event demonstrates the means by which American militia might achieve tactical parity with British regulars." [Clark Summers in his review of the book, https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/dissertations/AAI10982011/]
Reproduced from the collection of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
LCHS has reel 48 of 112.
See "Minutes and Papers of the Revolutionary Committees in Lancaster County, 1774-1777" by Francis S. Fox found in Pennsylvania History, v. 71, no.2 (2004), p. 213-225 for related information.
Contents
Series 8A. George Chalmers -- Series 8B. Ebenezer Hazard -- Series 8C. Hispanic collection -- Series 8D. Other collections -- Series 9. Miscellaneous manuscripts.
