Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . milton says he suspected them oftreachery from the first, and discloses that he had takenevery precaution to secure all the gunpowder in town, andsupposed he had, but that when Clark arrived, with hisammunition all destroyed or damaged by water, the inhabit-ants supplied him with an abundance which they had con-cealed. Clark gives Bosseron and Legrace the credit ofsupplying him with this indispensable article. Francis Bosseron was a man of affairs and left his impresson the locality where he
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . milton says he suspected them oftreachery from the first, and discloses that he had takenevery precaution to secure all the gunpowder in town, andsupposed he had, but that when Clark arrived, with hisammunition all destroyed or damaged by water, the inhabit-ants supplied him with an abundance which they had con-cealed. Clark gives Bosseron and Legrace the credit ofsupplying him with this indispensable article. Francis Bosseron was a man of affairs and left his impresson the locality where he lived. A street bears his name in Vincennes, andalso a town, a town-ship and a creek inKnox countv. Hewas an active aid ofFather Gibault in the meeting at St. Xaviers Church,when the inhabitants of Vincennes first declared theirallegiance to the Americans, and he held civil offices duringthe Virginia occupancy. Colonel Legrace was appointed by Colonel John Todd * Legras is the way the name is generally written and printed, but he wrote itLegrace, as will be seen by the fac-simile of his FRANCIS BOSSERON AND J. M. P. LEGRACE. 357 lc:>^-^rL
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