Pershing, M. W. (Marvin W.), 1849-

Scope and Contents This collection includes a 15 page document, "Memories of the Civil War", read by Marvin W. Pershing before the Century Literary Club, Indianapolis, Indiana, on January 22, 1935.

Scope and Contents This collection contains photostatic copies of documents regarding the Lochry Expedition during the Revolutionary War obtained by Edgar J. Pershing from the British Museum. The photostats include correspondence between Archibald Lochry and George Rogers Clark (August 8, 1781-August 14, 1781), and an August 29, 1781 report sent to Arent de Peyster, British commander at Detroit, from Andrew Thompson and Alexander McKee regarding the attack of the Lochry party with a list of men under Lochry's...