Coulon de Villiers, Louis, 1710-1757. Journal de la campagne de M[onsieu]r de Villiers depuis son arrivée au fort du Quesne jusqu’à son retour audit fort : manuscript, 1754. MS Can 9. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

History note:

Coulon de Villiers was an officer in command of colonial regular troops at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Summary:

Diary describes ambush of his brother's Canadian troop by the Virginia militia under George Washington, subsequent battle to avenge his death, and articles of re-capitulation.