Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) letter and portrait undated

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Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) letter and portrait undated

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7707

Letter to Thomas Morris discussing travels to Canada, outstanding claims, and friendship (September 8, 1796); an essay "For the Daily Advertiser" entitled "An incident in 1779," recounting Brant's attack on Neversink, New York (undated), and an engraved portrait of Brant based on the painting by E. Ames.

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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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 Adonwent...

Morris, Thomas, 1771-1849

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