Autograph letter signed : Mount [Fort?] Johnson [N.Y.], to General Hand, endorsed [1778 Nov. 15].

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Autograph letter signed : Mount [Fort?] Johnson [N.Y.], to General Hand, endorsed [1778 Nov. 15].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270574148

Announcing that his regiment will march to Canajoharie as soon as the day light appears.

1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Hand, Edward, 1744-1802

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Van Schaick, Goose, 1736-1789

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American soldier. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount [Fort?] Johnson [N.Y.], to General Hand, endorsed [1778 Nov. 15]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574148 Soldier and commander of the 1st New York Regiment, 1776-1783, best known for his April, 1779, expedition against the Onondaga. With 558 men, Van Schaick left Fort Schuyler (formerly Fort Stanwix) and marched to the Onondaga country. Suffering no casualties, his forces kil...