Very Fine and Rare City of Philadelphia "French and Indian War" Engraved Powder Horn, Lieutenant William Watts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dated November 1758

British Officer Lieutenant William Watts was in the city of Philadelphia in the fall of 1758 and was of the 17th Regiment of foot under General John Forbes. A headline printed in the Boston Evening Post on June 11, 1759 details a Sergeant and twelve men of the Regiment were sent to fetch provisions going from Stillwater to Scorticoke and were attacked by a party of Indians in passing the woods. An Officer and two men were shot and killed in the skirmish; the Officer being Lieutenant Watts.