Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807

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Joseph Brant, also known as Thayendanega, (born March 1743 in Ohio Country along the Cuyahoga River - died Burlington Beach, Upper Canada, November 24, 1807), Mohawk Chief and an officer in the British military during the American Revolutionary War. He served in expeditions during the French and Indian War. As a Captain during the American Revolution, he led the four Iroquois Nations that sided with the British as well as a group of loyalists. He married three times, lastly to Catharine Adonwentishon. Brant worked as a negotiator for the Six Nations in talks with the British to provide tracts of land for the Mohawk Reservation on the Grand River in Ontario. Brantford, Ontario; a city located on a portion of his land grant, is named for him.
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referencedIn Norton, John, b. ca. 1760. John Norton papers, 1804-1816, bulk 1804-1810. Newberry Library
referencedIn Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: Draper's historical miscellanies, 1720-1887. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Street, Thomas C., ca. 1814-1872. Letter : Niagara Falls, Chippawa, to Lewis Burnell, Brantford, 1845 Dec 13. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774. Papers, 1733-1808. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Portrait collection, ca. 1600-1850 Cornell University Library
referencedIn Street, Thomas C., ca. 1814-1872. Letter : Niagara Falls, Chippawa, to Lewis Burnell, Brantford, 1845 Dec 13. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn New York (State). Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton). Gubernatorial and personal records, 1725-1854 (bulk 1755-1817). New York State Archives
creatorOf Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Draper manuscripts: Joseph Brant papers, 1710-1879. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Draper Manuscripts: Draper's Notes Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter, 1789 August 14. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891. Collection of Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts, 1735-1890. Library of Congress
referencedIn O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886,. Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Draper manuscripts: Joseph Brant miscellanies, 1779-1892. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Washington Irving collection, 1683-1839, (bulk 1753-1839) Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Chalmers, Harvey. Six Nations status : arrival and settlement in Canada, present position, ca. 1946. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Robert Adams Day Book, 1768-1775 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Huntington Free Library. Native American biography vertical file [ca.1850-2000.]. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891. Draper manuscript collection, 1779-1794 Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous manuscripts about North American Indians, 1695-[ca.1929] New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Book relative to Indian affairs journals to treaties, 1791-1794. Newberry Library
creatorOf Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter signed : Niagara, to James Wheelock, 1802 Dec. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Selected materials on Indian affairs, 1698-1796, 1698-1796 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter from Joseph Brant : to Sir John Johnson Bart., 1799 March 17. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Portraits and pictures collection, circa 1750-1900. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Josiah Harmar papers 1681-1937 Harmar, Josiah papers William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Ewing, William. Letter : Geneceo [sic], to Israel Chapin, Esq., 1794 Sept. 17. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
creatorOf Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter and memorandum, 1784-1797. Newberry Library
referencedIn Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809. Account, 1809 Jan. Newberry Library
referencedIn Correspondence with Mrs. Simcoe [Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe] Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter, 1799 May 30, Mohawk Village, to John O'Bail. United States Military Academy, USMA Library
referencedIn Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: Pittsburgh and Northwest Virginia papers, 1768-1854. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843 Houghton Library
referencedIn Fonda family. Fonda family papers, 1736-1870. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Record of Council and speeches to and by the Indian Nations in Upper Canada, 1796-1803. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Public Archives of Canada. Selected materials on Indian affairs, 1698-1796. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Livingston, James H. Letter, 1778 November 23. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Blake, Alex N. Letter, 1838 December 24. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Guy Johnson papers, 1773-1831 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Halsey, Francis W. Papers, 1902-1911. American Periodical Series I
creatorOf Goodwin-Haines Collection. Misc. photo Joseph Brant, Sir Francis Bond Head. n.d. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Six Nations. Speech : Oneida [N.Y.], delivered to the Oneidas, by Skenodoa and Petrus, to his excellency General Schuyler, 1783 July 21. Newberry Library
creatorOf Goodwin-Haines Collection. Letter Written by Joseph Brant to Lt. Gov. Simcoe Concerning Lands on the Grand River, April 3, 1796. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Draper Manuscripts: Newspaper Extracts Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume VII, Miscellany, 1764-1792 Cornell University Library
creatorOf Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) letter and portrait, undated New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn [Brantford. : Pamphlet box.] HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
creatorOf Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Joseph Brant correspondence, 1796. Library of Congress
referencedIn Phelps and Gorham Company. Records, 1776-1892. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Orr, Robert, 1744-1833. Captain Robert Orr's Account, 1781. Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820, 1789-1820 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. Moses Cleaveland letter to Joseph Brant, 1796 May 26. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
creatorOf Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808. Papers 1765-1808. Hamilton College, Daniel Burke Library
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume X, miscellany, 1764-1805 Cornell University Library
referencedIn Canada Public Archives records of Indian affairs [microform], 1696-1856. Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Norton, John, b. ca. 1760. Letter book, 1806-1810 [microform]. New York State Library
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associatedWith Bouquet, Henry, 1719-1765 person
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associatedWith Brant, Catherine Croghan. person
associatedWith Brant, Mary. person
associatedWith Brown, John, 1744-1780. person
associatedWith Burd, James, 1726-1793 person
associatedWith Butler, Richard, 1743-1791 person
associatedWith Cartwright, Richard, 1759-1815. person
associatedWith Chalmers, Harvey. person
associatedWith Chew, Joseph, d. 1798 person
associatedWith Claus, Christian Daniel, 1727-1781 person
associatedWith Claus, Daniel, 1727-1787. person
associatedWith Claus family. family
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associatedWith Clinton, James. person
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associatedWith Williams, Eleazer, 1789-1858. person
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Canada
New York (State)--Old Fort Niagara
Ontario
United States
Neversink River (N.Y.)
Québec--Québec
Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.)
United States
New York (State)
Mississauga (Ont.)
France
New York (State)
Great Britain
Belleville (W. Va.)
Vermont
Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.)
New York (State)
Fort Pitt (Pa.)
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Great Britain
New York (State)
Fort Bedford (Ont.)
Fort Detroit (Mich.)
Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.)
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Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776
Cayuga Indians
Indian captivities
Indians of North America
Indigenous peoples
Iroquois Indians
Minisink, Battle of, Minisink, N.Y., 1779
Mohawk Indians
Onondaga Indians
Oriskany, Battle of, N.Y., 1777
Seneca Indians
Stone Arabia, Battle of, Stone Arabia, N.Y., 1780
Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779
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Army officers, British
Chiefs, Indian
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Birth 1742

Death 1807-11-24

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