the habit of noting down the events of the day in a simple,
straightforward manner, so that many manuscripts of
his were long extant, presenting often different versions
of the same journey. 'The earlier antiquaries published
these as chance brought them to their notice.[1] The
official reports themselves were preserved in the colonial
archives, and are published in the Pennsylvania and New
York collections. It is believed that this is the first attempt
to bring together a selection of Croghan material that in
any adequate manner outlines his interesting career.
The chronological extent of these journals (from 1750-
1765) makes those which follow—Post's of 1758; and
Morris's of 1764—interludes in the events which Croghan describes, thus throwing additional light upon the
same period and the same range of territory.
R.G.T.
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- ↑ See Craig, The Olden Time, and the heterogeneous mass of Croghan's writings therein printed.
