Journal collection, 1758-1780.

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Journal collection, 1758-1780.

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Private journals and diaries kept by soldiers and chaplains during military marches and campaigns, including Epaphras Bull on Ethan Allen's capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775; Robert Webster on marches, encounters, food supplies, punishments and executions during Amherst Campaign, 1759; Col. Elisha Porter on travel difficulties, military encounters, courts martial, and prisoners during march to Quebec and retreat to Ticonderoga, 1776; Rev. John Cleaveland on accidents, interlude in Schenectady, courts martial, sermons and worship services, health conditions, and his opinions on military judgments during the Abercrombie Campaign, 1758; Chaplain Benjamin Trumbull on Montgomery's expedition from Ticonderoga to Quebec, 1775; and others by Jesse Roberts, 1777-1778, Abraham Wright, 1779-1780, and Jabez Gould, 1776.

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Fort Ticonderoga Museum (N.Y.)

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Collecting area: Manuscripts pertaining to the military history of the Champlain Valley, 1609-1783. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155467911 ...

Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

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Ethan Allen (1738-1789), Revolutionary War officer and Vermont leader, achieved a place in history by capturing Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. He championed Vermont's drive for statehood. Ethan Allen was a distinct type of frontier soldier. His influence on the settlers of Vermont was comparable to that of John Sevier on the inhabitants of Watauga, East Tennessee, and of Thomas Sumter on the up-country men of South Carolina. Frontier people possessed clan-like loyalties, and they looked to strong men...

Gould, Jabez.

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Wright, Abraham, 1611-1690

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Porter, Elisha, 1742-1796

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Abercrombie, James, 1706-1781.

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Trumbull, Benjamin, 1735-1780.

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Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775

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Brigadier General Montgomery was killed five months later during the siege of Quebec. From the description of ALS, 1775 July 21 : Philadelphia, to James Duane. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13785649 Army officer. From the description of Papers of Richard Montgomery, 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070613 From the description of Orderly book of Richard Montgomery, 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070906 From...

Webster, Robert K.

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United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

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British army officer. From the description of Papers of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, 1759-1762. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062467 English field-marshal. From the description of Document signed : Office of Ordnance [London], 1773 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132562 Army officer and governor general of British North America. From the description of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, papers, 1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Roberts, Jesse N.

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Bull, Epaphras W. (Epaphras Wadsworth), 1779-1812

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Customs collector appointed to the District of Sandusky in 1811 by James Madison. From the description of Letter of appointment 1811. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 55849983 ...

Cleaveland, John, 1722-1799

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John Cleaveland was born on April 11, 1722, in Canterbury, Connecticut. He entered Yale College in 1741 and quickly became involved in the revivalist atmosphere in New Haven. In 1744, he was accused of attended Separatist meetings and was eventually expelled as a result. He would not receive a Yale diploma until 1763. After leaving Yale, he studied theology with the Rev. Philemon Robbins and in September 1745, became pastor of a New Light church in Boston, Massachusetts. He later became the past...