Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1913, Vol. 37

The original manuscript, of the journal of James Kenny, "kept by him on his journey to Pittsburgh, and notes or remarks of what he judged worth taking notice of while he remained there, " is preserved in the Manuscript Division of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He had charge of the trading store established by the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, of the Province, and his records of local, military and Indian affairs are valuable and of interest for their details. He describes the great freshet, which did so much damage to the new town, William Ramsay's experiments with a double section battean, propelled by paddles worked by the feet, he accompanied John Bartram on his botanical excursions, his friendship with Christian Frederick Post, the Moravian missionary to the Indians, and the movements of the Indian kings of Pennsylvania and Ohio tribes of Indians, will be found of especial interest.

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