ALS, 1757 December 28, Fort Johnson, to Major General Abercrombie.

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ALS, 1757 December 28, Fort Johnson, to Major General Abercrombie.

Discusses validity of intelligence of enemy attack. Wishes to retrieve "a parcell of Powder left in the Magazine at Albany, which is part of the present his Majesty sent the Indians ..."

2 p. ; 31.5 x 19.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6821423

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Abercromby, James, 1706-1781

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Army general, second in command of the British forces in America, 1756-1758, and commander of the Albany, N.Y., garrison. From the description of Letter : Albany, [N.Y.], to Sir Wm. Johnson, 1757 Dec. 27. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 35988285 British army officer. From the description of James Abercromby correspondence, 1758. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449865 In 1756 James Abercromby was appointed second in command to John Campbell, 4th ...

Johnson, William, 1715-1774

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