The Present State Of The European Settlements On The Missisippi Sic

Author : Philip Pittman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265172506
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book The Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi written by Philip Pittman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi: With a Geographical Description of That River Illustrated by Plans and Draughts Respecting Philip Pittman, the author of the book that is here reprinted, but few biographical data are obtainable. It appears from the British Army Lists that he was commissioned an ensign July I 3, 1760 and he is reported as an ensign in the 48th Regi ment Of Foot in the Lists for 1761, 1762, and 1763. By the Peace of Paris England Obtained from France all of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River except the Isle of Orleans, and from Spain the prov ince of Florida. It immediately became necessary to occupy and to organize this newly acquired ter ritory. August 7, 1763 the grd Battery of Royal Artillery from Havana received Pensacola from the Spanish commandant, and October 20 a de tachment of Highlanders received Mobile from the French. Pittman must have come with the first British troops or soon afterward, since he says that he resided five years as an engineer in those parts and it is definitely known that he left them toward the close of 1768. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.