I recommend this great website, which is a digital library of books about western Pennsylvania, a number of the books being old and out of print, but with much information about the French and Indian War, Henry Bouquet, Braddock, George Washington before the Revolutionary War, genealogies,etc. The address is: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/fulltext.index.html. Go to browse books, and the first item on the page is an detailed history about the Battle of Bushy Run. The second article that begins with "Allegheny cemetery.." contains the eloquent funeral oration for Commodore Joshua Barney of the Revolutionary War. This begins on p. 152. My ancestor, Robert Kinkade, states in his 1820 pension application that he served with Commodore Barney from 1780 until peace was concluded. Robert mentions specifically the battle on the ship "Hyder Ali", and on p. 155 of the book is this information: "In the action of the Hyder Ali, and for which he (Joshua Barney) was complimented by Pennsylvania, he reserved his fire until within pistol shot--then raked his adversary fore and aft, and in twenty minutes her colors were struck. This was the most gallant action of his naval life, and for which he received the thanks of Congress and the country. His fame travelled throughout the land, and his praise was incorporated in the ballads of the day; "The roaring Hyder Ali" was a familiar to all, as the nursery tales to lisping infancy, or the scenes at Bunker Hill to the valiant soldier who had participated in that bloody combat. The name of the captured vessel, the "General Monk", was changed to "General Washington"; and it is a remarkable historical fact, that this ship, under the command of Captain Barney, carried out to Europe the instructions of his government to Dr. Franklin, relative to the negotiations for peace, and was the first to bring back to this country the thri! lling news, that is was accomplished upon a basis honorable and satisfactory to the American people." So perhaps Robert Kinkade went to France--is that where Benjamin Franklin was at war's end?--as a sailor on the ship "General Washington". Does anyone have knowledge of this ballad about the Hyder Ali? Also, legal-sized paper is required if you want to copy a page from the 200 or so books in this digital library. Barb Van Hout