In JULY of 1775, Col Thomas Dunbar wrote to Penna Gov Robert Hunter Morris, that he would retreat from Ft Cumberland with the remnants of Braddock's troops & take up WINTER quarters in Philadelphia - this action opened the land west of the Susquehanna for the massacres that occurred in what are now Franklin & Fulton counties. Michael Today's Topics: 1. Braddock's defeat (Gordon Crooks@verizon.net) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:05:34 -0400 From: "Gordon Crooks@verizon.net" <gordoncrooks@verizon.net> Subject: [PAFRANKL] Braddock's defeat To: <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <BEC2B57A30FC4A0FA12A60F28C60E576@GCrooks> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On April 29, 1755 British general Edward Braddock left Frederick, Md. and crossed over into Pennsylvania and on to Fort Pitt and his defeat and death, thus began the French & Indian Wars. Gordon ------------------------------ To contact the PAFRANKL list administrator, send an email to PAFRANKL-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the PAFRANKL mailing list, send an email to PAFRANKL@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of PAFRANKL Digest, Vol 5, Issue 46 ***************************************