A narrative of the captivity of Luke Swetland in 1778 and 1779 among the Seneca Indians : To which is added extracts from the journals of officers in Sullivan's army relating to his rescue, and Kendaia or Appletown, the place of his captivity / Written by himself, manuscript, [copied in ]1890.

Sullivan, John, 1740-1795

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John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was a Founding Father of the United States and an American General in the Revolutionary War winning several key battles most notably the Delaware crossing. He was a delegate in the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, the third governor of New Hampshire, and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Born in Somersworth in the Province of New Hampshire,...

Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962

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Elmer Adler worked in his family's clothing firm in Rochester, N.Y. while developing an avocation as a book and print collector. In 1922 he came to New York City and established the Pynson Printers; he began to makea reputation as a book designer. Adler served as a typographic consultant to several magazines and to The New York Times. From 1930 to 1940 he published The colophon : a book collector's quarterly. In 1940 he was invited to establish a Department of Graphic Arts at Princeton Universit...

Vail, Glenroie.

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Samson, William H. (William Holland), 1860-1917.

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William Holland Samson (1860-1917), editor and historian of Western New York and the Seneca Indians. From the description of Papers of William Holland Samson, 1755-1915 (bulk 1880-1910). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122560092 ...

Swetland, Luke, 1729-1823

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The Sullivan Expedition was a campaign led by Major General John Sullivan against Loyalists or Tories and the four nations of the Iroquois who had sided with the British in the American Revolutionary War. It occurred during the summer of 1779 and only had one major battle, in which the Tories and Iroquois were decisively defeated. When the American Revolutionary War began, British officials as well as the colonial Continental Congress sought the allegiance of the influential Iroquois Confederacy...

Blanchard, Joseph

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Vail, R.W.G. (Robert William Glenroie), 1890-1966

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Director of the New-York Historical Society, 1944-1960. From the description of Knickerbocker birthday : a sesqui-centennial history of the New York Historical Society 1954. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773027 ...