Included are correspondence, anecdotes, reminiscences, biographical and genealogical information, and military records, mostly of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, consisting of pension statements, orderly books, muster rolls, and payrolls.
The topics discussed by the early pioneers deal with Indian relations, battles, experiences in captivity, and expeditions; the Revolutionary War; Dunmore's expedition; the War of 1812; border warfare; the Moravian campaign; descriptions of Indian customs; and briefer allusions to other frontier events, places, and persons.
