Diary and accounts, 1755-1783.

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Diary and accounts, 1755-1783.

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Diary, account and memorandum book, 1755-1783. Spaulding records daily experiences and events during his military service in the Lake George area of New York, August 5, 1755 - November 26, 1755, including scouting missions, marches, encounters with the enemy, activities of Captain Robert Rogers, accidents, sickness, arrivals of provisions, rumors, etc. The same volume was used as an orderly book at Saratoga and Fort Edward, May 23, 1757 - July 29, 1757, when Spaulding was serving in Colonel Joseph Frye's Massachusetts regiment, and includes orders issued at both those places. It was used as a diary during September 21, 1777 - October 7, 1777, when Spaulding served under General Horatio Gates in the Saratoga area, and wrote about the taking of prisoners, rounding up of cattle, enemy deserters, etc. The volume also contains personal accounts, some dated Putney, and including an account of his expenses attending the Dorset Convention, September 25, 1776. There is a note of which items of his mother's property went to his brother, Samuel Saunders. Accompanied by a typed copy.

1 v. (ca. 180 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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Spaulding, Leonard.

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Soldier; resident of Vermont and New Hampshire. From the description of Diary and accounts, 1755-1783. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58776258 ...

Spalding family.

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Spaulding, Samuel.

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Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795

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Robert Rogers was a soldier and frontiersman. From the description of An estimate of the fur and peltry trade in the district of Michilimackinac, according to the bounds and limits, assign'd to it by the French, when under their government; together with an account of the situation and names of the several out-posts, 1767. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122632774 Major Robert Rogers (1731-1795), colonial ranger, Indian trader, frontiersman, and...