Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania

'At an early age Doddridge began taking notes of what he saw and learned in life in the western wilderness...his notes cover all phases of the life of the days of the pioneers....It has been rated as high authority on the subjects of which it treats...heroism exhibited, and the terrible hardships endured.' -The Daily Notes (Canonsburg, PA), August 14, 1912This book originally published in 1876 written by historian Joseph Doddridge (1769-1826) contains a wealth of first-hand information on the settlement of western Virginia and Pennsylvania. It includes a memoir of Rev. Doddridge and several articles by his daughter Nacissa; a short history of the Doddridge family.