Letter from Captain John Connolly, Pittsburgh, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia

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Fort Pitt, June 27, 1774.

The inhabitants in general are fled from this place, and the country is in great confusion. I understand a party of Shawanese warriors were about to set out to annoy our settlements towards Red Stone, and I have detached one hundred active militia, under the command of good officers, to fall in with them if possible, and expect to hear of a skirmish between them every hour. I have sent down the appraisment of the King' s boats, which I was obliged to tear up in the hurry to lash the pickets. You will observe the necessity of keeping some of the Royal Irish here, in order to protect so valuable a part of his Majesty' s property.