Colonel John Simcoe collection, 1774-1932.

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Colonel John Simcoe collection, 1774-1932.

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Photostat copy of "The Plan of Oyster Bay as fortified by Simcoe's Queens Raiders," 1776; accounts with Samuel Townsend, 1774-1781; clippings about Simcoe, 1873-1932; essay on the travels of the Marquis de Chastellux in 1787; and Simcoe's Military Journals (Bartlett and Welford, 1844).

0.1 cubic ft.

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Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806

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John Graves Simcoe was born at Cotterstock, England in 1752, the third of four sons of John and Katherine Simcoe. He spent one year at Merton College, Oxford, before entering the army as an Ensign in the 35th Foot in 1770. He was posted to Boston in 1775, and in 1777 was given command of the Queen's Rangers, a mixed (predominantly light infantry) corps made up of loyalists. He took part in several operations in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia before being invalided home as a Lieutenant-Colon...

Townsend, Samuel, active 1782

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Resident of Smithville, Chenango County, N.Y. From the description of Samuel Townsend letter, Apr. 16, 1844. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778767 Samuel Townsend operated a general store and forge at River Head, Long Island, N.Y. From the description of Ledger, 1804-1811. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122555816 ...

Chastellux, marquis de.

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