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THE BRADDOCK AND FORBES ROADS AND THEIR EFFECTS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:-The time allotted me will permit of but the briefest outline of my subject. I may say, however, at the beginning that it has been my good fortune to conduct on foot two exploring parties over the old Braddock road (built in 1755 by General Braddock from Cumberland, Maryland, to Braddock. Pennsylvania), and three similar parties over Forbes's military road (built in 1758 from Bedford to Pittsburg), with a view to ascertaining and preserving to posterity the exact location of these famous and historic highways. This we were able to do with surprising accuracy. A somewhat full and detailed account of these military and pioneer roads will appear in the forthcoming numbers of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History.For over a century and a half the English settlers were limited to the tide-water region of the Atlantic seaboard. When this natural territory became so crowded that the population was pressing on the limits of subsistence, the people began to expand beyond their natural environment and to seek other lands. This expansion ultimately led to three important consequences:-1. The settlers trespassed upon the unpurchased lands of the Indians, whose title in the soil had, prior to the treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768 and the purchase of 1784, been consistently respected by Pennsylvania.2. The boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania, which naturally grew out of the desire for the ac-
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| Title | Address delivered at the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bushy Run, Aug. 6th, 1913. |
| Subject | Bushy Run, Battle of, Pa., 1763. |
| Description | The Braddock and Forbes roads and their effect on Western Pennsylvania - Gives the background of the roads and the area around the Fort Necessity Battlefield. |
| Creator | Lacock, John Kennedy. |
| Publisher | publisher not known |
| Date | 1913 |
| Location Covered | Braddock, Pa. |
| Time Period Covered | 1754-1755 |
| Type | text |
| Original Format | volume |
| Digital Format | image/jp2 |
| Identifier | (OCoLC)14136726 |
| Source | 973.26 L118a |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Contact | For information on source and images, contact the State Library of Pennsylvania, Digital Rights Office, Forum Bldg., 607 South Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0600. Phone: (717) 783-5969 |
| Contributing Institution | State Library of Pennsylvania |
| Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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| Title | Address delivered at the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bushy Run, Aug. 6th, 1913. |
| Subject | Bushy Run, Battle of, Pa., 1763. |
| Description | The Braddock and Forbes roads and their effect on Western Pennsylvania - Gives the background of the roads and the area around the Fort Necessity Battlefield. |
| Creator | Lacock, John Kennedy. |
| Publisher | publisher not known |
| Date | 1913 |
| Location Covered | Braddock, Pa. |
| Time Period Covered | 1754-1755 |
| Type | text |
| Original Format | volume |
| Digital Format | image/jp2 |
| Identifier | (OCoLC)14136726 |
| Source | 973.26 L118a |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Contact | For information on source and images, contact the State Library of Pennsylvania, Digital Rights Office, Forum Bldg., 607 South Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0600. Phone: (717) 783-5969 |
| Contributing Institution | State Library of Pennsylvania |
| Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
| Full Text | THE BRADDOCK AND FORBES ROADS AND THEIR EFFECTS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:-The time allotted me will permit of but the briefest outline of my subject. I may say, however, at the beginning that it has been my good fortune to conduct on foot two exploring parties over the old Braddock road (built in 1755 by General Braddock from Cumberland, Maryland, to Braddock. Pennsylvania), and three similar parties over Forbes's military road (built in 1758 from Bedford to Pittsburg), with a view to ascertaining and preserving to posterity the exact location of these famous and historic highways. This we were able to do with surprising accuracy. A somewhat full and detailed account of these military and pioneer roads will appear in the forthcoming numbers of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History.For over a century and a half the English settlers were limited to the tide-water region of the Atlantic seaboard. When this natural territory became so crowded that the population was pressing on the limits of subsistence, the people began to expand beyond their natural environment and to seek other lands. This expansion ultimately led to three important consequences:-1. The settlers trespassed upon the unpurchased lands of the Indians, whose title in the soil had, prior to the treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768 and the purchase of 1784, been consistently respected by Pennsylvania.2. The boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania, which naturally grew out of the desire for the ac- |
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