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Letter from Isaac Peirce

Description:

Letter written by Isaac Peirce, a settler in Belpre, Ohio, to Jeffery Matthewson. The letter discusses Peirce's efforts to find good tenants for Matthewson's land. Pierce also talks about attacks on the settlement by Native Americans, abductions of local settlers, troop strength, and general living conditions in the area. The city of Belpre was the second permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory. Established along the Ohio River in 1789 by members of the Ohio Company, the location was surveyed the previous year as Belle-Prairie, French for beautiful meadow.

Creator:

Isaac Peirce

Creation Date:

May 12, 1794

Collection Number:

VFM 2113

Image Number:

TAH0301

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