Talk:Ohio Company

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message: The following sentence about the "Company's Clinic Doctor" was added to the article by User:Conaughy:
:The Company's Clinic Doctor was to be from a veteran of the Kanawhan and "Falls of Ohio" early outpost Treaty Clinic Doctor, widower John Connolly Sr.History of Pittsburgh and environs, Volume 1 By George Thornton Fleming, American Historical Company http://books.google.com/books?id=tzUafgt-eskC&pg=PA557&lpg=PA557&dq=Lancaster+history+John+Connolly&source=bl&ots=xpA8sntAmS&sig=Fz9FZHQ-CBcs7eCxTCHLvQ5K27U&hl=en&ei=6yVjS_W2AcLO8QaU5ISfAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Lancaster%20history%20John%20Connolly&f=false ((1/10/10)Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 20 http://books.google.com/books?id=iSQIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=John+Connolly+Lancaster&source=bl&ots=17cjW9or3e&sig=g-p-Sgt7p7aLLNkvyJbbaTRS-68&hl=en&ei=gCNjS5S6I8Xg8Qa0qN2gAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=John%20Connolly%20Lancaster&f=false (1/29/10), George Croghan's brother inlawJournal of Croghan's Trip to Detroit (1767) Croghan, George in: Peckhan, Croghan's Journal . . . 1767, pp. 31-47. "...The Same Speaker then Spoke on another Belt and Said Father, when the French had this Country, they always kept a Doctor to attend our Sick People at this Place, and for some time after You came here, You did the Same; We are now, and have been this Summer past very Sickly for want of a Doctor to attend us as formerly, We have lost a number of People, We there fore beg You'll let us have a Doctor to attend us when Sick....", who was killed in 1747 protecting Clinic Indians, "Cawnoyes", on the Conestoga Manor. Relocated Subjects of the 5 Nations,To my friend Winjack, King of the Ganawese Indians on Sasqua- hanna, "Brother : I have heard that your friends the Nanticokes are now at yr. Town upon their Journey to the five Nations. I know they are a peaceable People that live quietly amongst the English in Mary Land, and therefore I shall be glad to see them, and will be ready to do them any kindness in my power." New Castle, June 16, 1722. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania By Pennsylvania. Provincial Council, Samuel Hazard, Pennsylvania Committee. To Colo. Juhn French, Francis Worley, & James Mitehell, Esqrs. "Whereas, the three Nations of Indians settled on the North side of the River Sasquahanuah, in His Maties Peace & under the protection of this Government, viz: The Conestogoes, The Shawanoea, & The Cawnoyes, are very much disturbed, and the Peace of thia Colony is hourly in danger of being broken by persons, who pursuing their own private gain without any regard to Justice, Have attempted & others do still threaten to Survey and take up Lauds on the South West Branch of the sd. River, right against the Towns & Settlements of the said Indians, without any Right or pretence of Authority so to do, from the Proprietor of this Province unto whom the Lands unquestionably belong." at Conestogoe, the 18th day of June, in the Eighth year of our Sovereign Lord George. Annoq. Dom. 1722. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania By Pennsylvania. Provincial Council, Samuel Hazard, Pennsylvania Committee  (5/4/2009)
Unfortunately, these lengthy footnotes do not support the information in the sentence. Which source states that John Connolly was to be the "company's clinic doctor"? Which source states that he had previously been a "Treaty Clinic Doctor"? Which source states that Connolly died "protecting Clinic Indians"? The purpose of footnotes is to provide support for the statements made in a sentence; these footnotes do not. Can you clarify? —Kevin Myers 03:58, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for those kind words, Conaughy. By the way, I have nothing against mentioning early frontier doctors who provided services to Native Americans; it's just that we don't have any sources that specifically document this. If you know of any sources that document John Connolly (Jr or Sr) providing medical services to Native Americans, or of the Ohio Company providing such services, let's hear about it. Cheers. —Kevin Myers 15:44, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

text: Hopefully you'll be able to search through your old research at some point. If it's a well-known oral tradition that Connolly Sr. worked as a clinic doctor in the Kanawha Valley, maybe someone like Lyman Draper documented a version of the story. Cheers! —Kevin Myers 17:51, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clinic doctor? 

message: With reference to the map near the top, one can notice that both sides of the Ohio River are encompassed. However, most of northwestern Ohio is excluded. I wish to emphasize why...the land there is very flat and was then covered by The Great Black Swamp (viz.), which was impossible to accurately survey and plat. Eventually a latticework of ditches was dug (still in existence), which carried the water into the Maumee River and some directly into Maumee Bay. 
Musicwriter (talk) 15:50, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perimeters of the Ohio Company 

message: I was researching Christopher Gist when I ended up on this article, and I couldn't help but notice the note from over two years ago to fix the citations here. Upon reading the "Formation" section and finding that the ONE inline citation is a dead-end link, I've started working on finding new sources for the information in this section. Moreover, I object to the unattributed statements on the views of British nationals and land speculators, so unless I'm able to find Wikipedia-worthy sources for those, I intend to remove them. I hope to simplify the presentation of the information and add references that are usable.  MidwestCuttlefish (talk) 20:17, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:   Inline Citations, Working Reference Links, Non-Fact Assertions, and Structure 

message: I've added numerous in-line citations to around 10 sources. Although I haven't addressed the "French and Indian War" section, I'm going to remove the no citations banner. Feel free to replace it if you feel the need! MidwestCuttlefish (talk) 19:50, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sufficient Citations? 

message: Under "Formation," the first graf lists the brothers Lawrence and Augustine Washington as founders. "Augustine" links to the entry for George Washington's father of that name, but he had died five years before the formation of the company. His son, also named Augustine, was indeed a brother of Lawrence Washington; both were elder half-brothers of George. Is the right move simply to de-link? I don't think  Wikipedia has an entry for Augustine, Jr.
Whogeland (talk) 21:40, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: De-linking makes sense to me! I say go ahead and do that. MidwestCuttlefish (talk) 20:58, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion regarding Augustine Washington