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Hardy, Charles, Sir, 1716?-1780. Letter signed : Albany, to [Sir William Johnson], 1755 Oct. 11.

Title: Letter signed : Albany, to [Sir William Johnson], 1755 Oct. 11.

On political, military, and Indian affairs.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270510043 View

Fox, Henry, Baron Holland, 1705-1774. Document signed : Whitehall, to the Governor of New York, 1756 Mar. 13.

Title: Document signed : Whitehall, to the Governor of New York, 1756 Mar. 13.

Concerning military forces in North America.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (7 p.) ; (fol.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270890337 View

Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957. Conferences held with Indians at Easton, 1756.

Title: Conferences held with Indians at Easton, 1756.

Unbound notes from a conference held in July and November 1756, with two previous messages sent by the government to the Indians residing on the Susquehanna, and their answers thereto. Include information about who was in attendance, things that were exchanged, and what transpired.

ArchivalResource: 49 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67615581 View

Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of, 1705-1782. Loudoun papers : Americana, 1682-1780 (bulk 1755-1758).

Title: Loudoun papers : Americana, 1682-1780 (bulk 1755-1758).

Personal and official papers of Lord Loudoun accumulated during his command of British forces in America from 1756 to 1758 constitute the greater part of the collection. The bulk of the collection deals with the campaigns of 1758-1757, including the fall of Fort Oswego, Fort William Henry, and Loudoun's expedition against Louisbourg, including materials documenting Loudoun's relations with colonial authorities, institutions, and society; frontier defenses; relations with the Six Nations, Sir William Johnson and Edmond Atkin. There are also papers relating to the command of Edward Braddock (1755) and William Shirley (1755-1756) as well as Loudoun's successors James Abercromby and Jeffrey Amherst. The papers include official and personal correspondence, reports, returns of troops, ordnance, stores, accounts, orders, appointments and other documents; Loudoun's communications with the Office of the Secretary at War, Southern Department of the Office of Secretary of State, Board of Trade, as well as his letters to William Augustus, the duke of Cumberland. Correspondents include James Abercromby, William Wildman, viscount of Barrington, John Calcraft, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, William Denny, John Forbes, Henry Fox, George Montagu-Dunk, the earl of Halifax, George II, Sir Charles Hardy, Sir William Johnson, Thomas Pownall, James Prevost, WilSir William Shirley, John Stanwix, Daniel Webb, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and others.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 8,000 pieces.141 boxes.

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Hardy, Charles, Sir, 1716?-1780. Sir Charles Hardy manuscript material : 1 item, 1757

Title: Sir Charles Hardy manuscript material : 1 item, 1757

· Autograph copy of two dispatches to Lord Halifax, British politician : 31 Jul, 4-5 Aug 1757 : (MISC 0285) : 11 pages folio, each dispatch signed; from "on board the Invincible in Halifax harbour."

ArchivalResource: 1 item

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/300099840 View

Forbes, John, 1707-1759. Papers of John Forbes [manuscript], 1755-1759.

Title: Papers of John Forbes [manuscript], 1755-1759.

The papers from Forbes's campaign against the French at Ft. Duquesne contain correspondence, reports about Indian allies and the colonial governments, military returns and instructions, intelligence reports and some financial papers. They concern strategy, supply, the advance across Pennsylvania, colonial cooperation, provisioning of the troops, Indian negotiations and relations with British and colonial officers. Material is present from other British campaigns in the French and Indian war, particularly the assault at Ft. Ticonderoga, the massacre at Ft. William Henry, the siege of Louisburg, and Braddock's defeat which is described in the letterbook of Sir John St.Clair, the highest ranking officer to survive.

ArchivalResource: 530 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647835114 View

Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774. Papers, 1733-1808.

Title: Papers, 1733-1808.

This collection of Johnson's papers represents a significant number of Johnson's personal and business papers. The collection consists of several thousand individual documents ranging from bills and receipts to correspondence to household inventories. The collection includes materials seized by the State during the American Revolution and other materials acquired subsequently to supplement the collection. Included in this collection are correspondence, bills, accounts, records of public proceedings, official and military reports regarding Johnson as a land developer, records relating to Johnson's activities as a fur trader and his activities as Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Also included are papers relating to trade with the Indians; papers relating to Johnson's activities during the French and Indian War, particularly the Battle of Lake George in 1755; the construction of Johnson's homes, Fort Johnson and Johnson Hall; the erection of public buildings for use by the county seat in Johnstown, N.Y. and other papers reflecting Johnson's role as a prominent figure on the colonial frontier. The collection also contains materials relating to Johnson's activities as a land agent for his uncle Sir Peter Warren. Johnson acted as Warren's agent shortly after his immigration to America and managed Warren's Mohawk Valley lands. The collection was badly damaged in the 1911 New York State Capitol fire. Those documents that survived were published as Johnson Papers (see publications note). A published calendar of the collection was issued prior to the fire and the absence of particular documents is easy to ascertain (see publications note). The State Library holds other papers of Johnson and his family which are cataloged separately.

ArchivalResource: 35 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145407473 View

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805. Letter : Albany, [N.Y.], to Gen. [William] Johnson, Lake George, [N.Y.], 1755 Nov. 11.

Title: Letter : Albany, [N.Y.], to Gen. [William] Johnson, Lake George, [N.Y.], 1755 Nov. 11.

November 11, 1755, letter from Thomas Pownall at Albany to Sir William Johnson, British superintendent of Indian affairs who was at Lake George in command of forces assigned to take Fort Carillon and Fort St. Frederic from the French, regarding matters related to the war.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39071734 View

Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785. LS, 1756 June 24, Providence, R.I., to Sir Charles Hardy.

Title: LS, 1756 June 24, Providence, R.I., to Sir Charles Hardy.

Hopkins, as governor of Rhode Island, requests the permission of the governor of New York for a shipload of flour to be purchased in New York and transported to Rhode Island, in spite of trade regulations during the French and Indian War.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122524991 View

Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866. Francis L. Hawks papers, 1833-1866.

Title: Francis L. Hawks papers, 1833-1866.

Papers, 1833-1866, mainly correspondence, but also including some notes on history (especially that of North Carolina) and bibliography, a manuscript, evidently written for children, entitled Conversations on geology, certificates of membership in various historical societies, a commission authorizing him to perform marriages in Mississippi, and other miscellaneous papers. The correspondence includes letters from R.A. Henderson, Joseph Lovell, J. Avery Shepherd, Charles Tomes, and James A. Fox, among others. Many deal with church affairs, Hawks's own clerical duties and interests, and his interest in the affairs of the Episcopal Church. The collection also contains a document dated 1756, describing the laying of the foundation stone of King's College, New York (later Columbia) by Sir Charles Hardy.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58779122 View