[18] Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania, vol. ii., p. 31.
[19] Craig’s History of Pittsburg, p. 104.
[20] Craig’s History of Pittsburgh, p. 226. It is interesting to note that Pittsburg was on the direct mail route to Kentucky—Boone’s old route through Cumberland Gap not being a mail route.
[21] United States Statutes at Large, vol. ii., p. 173.
[22] United States Statutes at Large, vol. ii., p. 226.
[23] Senate Reports, 9th Cong., Sess., Rep., No. 195.