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Series: Life of Boone: 2 B
: Chapters 1-6 (1742-1770). These chapters cover Boone's ancestry and early life in Pennsylvania; his removal to North Carolina, his marriage, and his participation in the troubles incident to the French and Indian War; his early hunting excursions in the Blue Ridge and southern Appalachian mountains and in Florida; and his meeting with John Finley (Findlay, Findley) and their excursion into Kentucky in 1769-1770. Interspersed are a clipped signature (1765) of a J. Findlay, a note of introduction (1758) signed by a J. Finley, and several letters to Thwaites on the identity and genealogy of numerous Pennsylvania men bearing this name.
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