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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Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Draper manuscripts: Joseph Brant papers, 1710-1879.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter, 1789 August 14.
American Periodical Series I
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Draper manuscripts: Joseph Brant miscellanies, 1779-1892.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter signed : Niagara, to James Wheelock, 1802 Dec. 17.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Selected materials on Indian affairs, 1698-1796, 1698-1796
American Philosophical Society
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter from Joseph Brant : to Sir John Johnson Bart., 1799 March 17.
Cornell University Library
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter and memorandum, 1784-1797.
Newberry Library
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Letter, 1799 May 30, Mohawk Village, to John O'Bail.
United States Military Academy, USMA Library
Goodwin-Haines Collection. Misc. photo Joseph Brant, Sir Francis Bond Head. n.d.
University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
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
Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) letter and portrait, undated
New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807. Joseph Brant correspondence, 1796.
Library of Congress
Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808. Papers 1765-1808.
Hamilton College, Daniel Burke Library
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: Draper's historical miscellanies, 1720-1887.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
Street, Thomas C., ca. 1814-1872. Letter : Niagara Falls, Chippawa, to Lewis Burnell, Brantford, 1845 Dec 13.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774. Papers, 1733-1808.
American Periodical Series I
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Portrait collection, ca. 1600-1850
Cornell University Library
Street, Thomas C., ca. 1814-1872. Letter : Niagara Falls, Chippawa, to Lewis Burnell, Brantford, 1845 Dec 13.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
New York (State). Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton). Gubernatorial and personal records, 1725-1854 (bulk 1755-1817).
New York State Archives
Draper Manuscripts: Draper's Notes
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891. Collection of Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts, 1735-1890.
Library of Congress
O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886,. Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820.
American Philosophical Society Library
Washington Irving collection, 1683-1839, (bulk 1753-1839)
Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Chalmers, Harvey. Six Nations status : arrival and settlement in Canada, present position, ca. 1946.
American Periodical Series I
Robert Adams Day Book, 1768-1775
Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
Huntington Free Library. Native American biography vertical file [ca.1850-2000.].
Cornell University Library
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891. Draper manuscript collection, 1779-1794
Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Library. Miscellaneous manuscripts about North American Indians, 1695-[ca.1929]
Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
Book relative to Indian affairs journals to treaties, 1791-1794.
Newberry Library
Portraits and pictures collection, circa 1750-1900.
Cornell University Library
Josiah Harmar papers 1681-1937 Harmar, Josiah papers
William L. Clements Library
Ewing, William. Letter : Geneceo [sic], to Israel Chapin, Esq., 1794 Sept. 17.
Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809. Account, 1809 Jan.
Newberry Library
Correspondence with Mrs. Simcoe [Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe]
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: Pittsburgh and Northwest Virginia papers, 1768-1854.
Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843
Houghton Library
Fonda family. Fonda family papers, 1736-1870.
Churchill County Museum
Record of Council and speeches to and by the Indian Nations in Upper Canada, 1796-1803.
New-York Historical Society
Public Archives of Canada. Selected materials on Indian affairs, 1698-1796.
American Philosophical Society Library
Livingston, James H. Letter, 1778 November 23.
American Periodical Series I
Blake, Alex N. Letter, 1838 December 24.
American Periodical Series I
Guy Johnson papers, 1773-1831
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Halsey, Francis W. Papers, 1902-1911.
American Periodical Series I
Six Nations. Speech : Oneida [N.Y.], delivered to the Oneidas, by Skenodoa and Petrus, to his excellency General Schuyler, 1783 July 21.
Newberry Library
Draper Manuscripts: Newspaper Extracts
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
Washington Irving's Life of George Washington
Volume VII, Miscellany, 1764-1792
Cornell University Library
[Brantford. : Pamphlet box.]
HCL Technical Services, Harvard College Library
Phelps and Gorham Company. Records, 1776-1892.
American Periodical Series I
Orr, Robert, 1744-1833. Captain Robert Orr's Account, 1781.
Indiana Historical Society Library
Selections from papers relating to the Six Nations, 1789-1820, 1789-1820
American Philosophical Society
Cleaveland, Moses, 1754-1806. Moses Cleaveland letter to Joseph Brant, 1796 May 26.
Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
Washington Irving's Life of George Washington
Volume X, miscellany, 1764-1805
Cornell University Library
Canada Public Archives records of Indian affairs [microform], 1696-1856.
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
Norton, John, b. ca. 1760. Letter book, 1806-1810 [microform].
New York State Library
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Gates, Horatio, 1728-1806
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Gibson, John, 1740-1822.
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Johnson, William, Sir, 1715-1774.
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Kerr, Elizabeth, d. 1845.
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Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808.
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Livingston, James H.
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McCorry, James.
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McKee, Alexander, d. 1799
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Monckton, Robert, 1726-1782
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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.
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Morris, Thomas, 1771-1849
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Norton, John, b. ca. 1760.
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Norton, John, Mohawk.
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O'Bail, John, 1735-1836.
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O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886,
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Orr, Robert, 1744-1833.
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Ourry, Lewis, 1717-1779
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Parrish, John, 1729-1807.
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Pécaudy de Contrecoeur, Claude-Pierre, 1705-1775
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Phelps, Oliver, 1749-1809.
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Phillips, Moses.
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Pierce, Solomon L.
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Polhemus, John, 1738-1834.
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Puisaye, Joseph Geneviève, Comte de, 1755-1827.
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Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806
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Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866,
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Stanwix, John, 1690? -1766
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St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818
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St. Clair, John, Sir
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St. Leger, Barry, ca. 1737-1789.
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Street, Thomas C., ca. 1814-1872.
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Sullivan, John, 1740-1795.
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Van Rensselaer, Robert, 1740-1802.
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Webb, Nathaniel.
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Wheelock, James,
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Williams, Eleazer, 1789-1858.
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Wood, John.
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Brandt family.
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Claus family.
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Fonda family.
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Phillips family.
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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
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Goodwin-Haines Collection.
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Goodwin-Haines Collection.
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Huntington Free Library.
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Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Library.
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Newberry Library.
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New York (State). Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton)
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Phelps and Gorham Company.
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Public Archives of Canada.
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Six Nations.
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Subjects:
- 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
Occupations:
- Army officers, British
- Chiefs, Indian
Places:
- Canada (as recorded)
- New York (State)--Old Fort Niagara (as recorded)
- Ontario (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Neversink River (N.Y.) (as recorded)
- Québec--Québec (as recorded)
- Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.) (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)
- Mississauga (Ont.) (as recorded)
- France (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Belleville (W. Va.) (as recorded)
- Vermont (as recorded)
- Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.) (as recorded)
- Fort Pitt (Pa.) (as recorded)
- Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Fort Bedford (Ont.) (as recorded)
- Fort Detroit (Mich.) (as recorded)
- Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)
Variant Names
Thayendanegea, 1742-1807
Brant, Joseph, Mohawk chief, 1742-1807
Ihayenoanegen
Thayendanegea, opperhoofd van de Mohawks, 1742-1807