Alvord, Clarence Walworth, (Editor).  Carter, Clarence Edwin (Co-Editor) and George Croghan. The New régime, 1765-1767. Springfield, Ill:           Illinois State Historical Library, 1916. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b729539.

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          The New Regime is volume of eleven of the Illinois State Historical Collections (IHC). The IHC has twenty-one volumes

which present various primary source documents from the 1600s up through 1860. Volume 11 contains reproduced primary

source documents relating to trade and military actions in the British West. The title new regime points to the British take over

of the French Pay De Haunt (Upper Country). Within this volume are correspondence from Sir William Johnson, General Gage,

the Lords of Trade, George Croghan, and the Journal of Harry Gordon. Gordon's journal beginning on page 290 of volume

eleven is the primarily edited document for this project.  

 

Anderson, Fred. Crucible of War: The Seven Years’ War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. https://v4.lib.virginia.edu/sources/books/items/u3505798.

 

     The Crucible of War remains the standard for Seven-Years War history. This expansive volume covers the entire war period and addresses the post-war challenges the new British empire faced. This work is used to contextualize documents relating to the Board

of Trade and continental events. 

 

Mereness, Newton Dennison (ed) and National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Travels in the American Colonies. New York: Macmillan, 1916. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t78s59918.

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     This work contains several travel journals from the early American West. Captian Harry Gordon's Journal is reproduced here. I referenced this edition to verify transcriptions. Most annotation which points out alternate editions come from the notes of Travels

in the American Colonies.

 

"Thomas Gage's letter to the Earl of Shelburne, discussing affairs of foreign and Indian trade, also mentioned in the enclosed journal of Harry Gordon". Correspondence; Diary, The National Archives, Kew, CO 5/85 1766-1767/01/22. Accessed March 1, 2021. http://www.colonialamerica.amdigital.co.uk.proxy01.its.virginia.edu/Documents/Details/CO_5_85_015. 

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     The digital "Colonial America" archive contains an incredible amount of primary source documents from the 18th century. This collection was curated by the Adam Matthew foundation and the British National Archives. It presents to the public invaluable

source documents. My copy of Harry Gordon's original journal is from their collection. Located at CO 5/85 1766-1767/01/22.

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Thwaites, Reuben Gold. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846; a Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the Period of Early American Settlement. Cleveland, O., 1904. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002454520t.

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     This edition from Reuben Gold Thwaites brings together four journals from the late 18th century, including several

correspondences to add contextualization to the reproductions of the journals. George Croghan's 1765 journal exists within this

resource. This project referenced Croghan's 1765 journal for background data annotation and notes.

 

Volwiler, Albert T.. George Croghan and the Westward Movement, 1741-1782. Early Western Journals. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark, 1926. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001262985?urlappend=%3Bsignon=swle:urn:mace:incommon:virginia.edu.

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     Volwiler presents in his 1926 work one of the first narratives of George Croghan's life. Utilizing writings of the era Volwiler

compiles a full picture of many of Croghan's exploits. Despite few references in the historical record, this is one of the few resources

that has previously reviewed the Gordon 1766 journal to paint the historical narratives of 1766. This work contains the best

descriptions of Croghan's actions, which are used to add depth to footnotes. 

 

Wainwright, Nicholas B.. Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg. George Croghan: Wilderness Diplomat. Wilderness Diplomat. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1959. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015037358408?urlappend=%3Bsignon=swle:urn:mace:incommon:virginia.edu.

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     This 1959 work is the most modern resource to explore George Croghan's exploits in full. This work contains excellent narrative description utilizing military correspondence as well as trade correspondence from George Morgan and company to flush out the

economic interactions of George Croghan. Annotations referencing Morgan or exact monetary balances generally come from the

"Illinois Mirage" chapter of this work. 

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