Obadiah Wetherell journal

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  Obadiah Harris journal, 1758 May 22-October 23

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  A regimental journal kept by Obadiah Harris. The journal covers James Abercromby’s 1758 campaign, including the Battle of Ticonderoga (July 6, 1758) and its aftermath. In addition, there is also information on Fort Edward and Fort George between 1758 May 22 and October 23.

  mssHM 591

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  Baker, Obadiah Ethelbert Papers

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  This collection consists of correspondence and individual manuscript volumes of Civil war soldier and teacher Obadiah E. Baker and his wife, Melissa Dalton Baker, of Iowa and Northern California, and their family between the late 1850s and early 1900s. Notably, the collection contains daily letters kept by Obadiah and Melissa Baker during the Civil War in the form of journals, which they exchanged with each other. Some of these volumes are fair copies of the letter books made by Obadiah Baker in the 1870s-1880s, while working on a memoir. Topics covered in the letters include military operations of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment on the Western front; camp life of a soldier: payments, foraging; drills and inspections, picket duty roads, recreations, hospitals, medical care; doctors and nurses, especially work of Catholic Sisters of Charity; and Confederate prisoners. In addition, there are poems (nearly 200 loose pieces), notebooks, and essays of Obadiah Baker, often reflecting on the Civil War experience and memory in the 1860s-1900s; family correspondence chiefly sent between the Bakers and their children, while the children attended the San Jose Normal School in the 1880s. The correspondence touches on family news, Baker's teaching experience, and, occasionally, business and financial affairs.

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  Asa Gray letter to Leander Wetherell

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  In this letter to Leander Wetherell, a journalist and teacher at the Rochester Institute of New York, Gray discusses two of his publications: Manual of the botany of the northern United States (1848) and Genera florae Americae boreali-orientalis illustrata : the genera of the plants of the United States illustrated by figures and analyses from nature (1848). The letter is written on a lettersheet advertising the Lawrence Scientific School. Along with a description of the school, its admission requirements and course information, the letter announces that "Professor Agassiz will deliver a course of lectures 'On the History of the Earliest Geological Ages.'"

  mssHM 71483

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  The Journal of Cadwallader Colden, Esq. 1776-1779

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  This journal kept by Cadwallader Colden II during the American Revolution. It includes the following periods: early 1776 to his arrest and confinement in Kingston jail; August 1776, paroled at his home; December 1776, appearance before the Continental Congress; March 1777, ordered to take the oath of allegiance to the State of New York, charged with committing overt acts of loyalism, sent to fleet prison; September 1777, paroled to Hurley, New York; July 1778, exiled to New York City. While he was living in New York City, he pleaded with state leaders, including Governor George Clinton, for his release, which did not come until 1784.

  mssHM 607

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  John André Journal and Maps

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  Journal that André kept while aide-de-camp to Charles Grey, from June 11, 1777 to November 15, 1778. There are no entries for the period from Dec. 30, 1777 to June 1778. The journal covers the Philadelphia campaign and its aftemath, including the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, White Marsh, and Monmouth; British raids in New Bedford (1778, Sept. 5-6) and Martha's Vineyard (1778, Sept. 10-15) and Baylor's massacre at Old Tappan, N.J. (1778, Sept. 27) Also included are returns of troops under the command of Sir William Howe and Henry Clinton. The journal contains 44 ink and color maps. The following inset maps have been taken out of the manuscript and are stored separately: 1) HM 3086. Progress of the British Army from the landing in Elk River to the taking possession of Philadelphia. 1777; 2) HM 3087. Battle of Brandewyne. 1777, Sept. 11; 3) HM 3088. Battle of German Town. 1777, Oct. 4; 4) HM 3099. Plan of Forts Clinton & Montgomery, stormed Oct. 6, 1777 by the troops under Sir Henry Clinton; 5) HM 3089. Mud Island, with the Operations for reducing it. 1777, Nov. 15; 6) HM 3090. Attack on an advanced Corps of the Rebels. 1777, Dec. 6; 7) HM 3091.Redouts near Philadelphia. 1777, Dec.; 8) HM 3093. Battle of Freehold. 1778, June 28. 9) HM 3097. Plan of the Island of New York from Horn's Hook to the Advanced Posts in Front of Kingsbridge. 1778, July; 10) HM 3094. Bedford & Fair Haven. 1778, Sept. 7; 11) HM 3095. Coast line from Long Island to Martha's Vineyard. 1778, Sept.; 12) HM 3096. District between the North (or Hudson) River and Saddle River, in the vicinity of Fort Lee. 1778, Oct. 13; 13) HM 3098. Strong posts which can be relieved by water in case an Attack [the coastline between the James River and Long Island]. 1778.

  mssHM 626

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  Journal of John André, 1777, June 11 - 1778, Nov. 15

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  Journal that André kept while aide-de-camp to Charles Grey, from June 11, 1777 to November 15, 1778. There are no entries for the period from Dec. 30, 1777 to June 1778. The journal covers the Philadelphia campaign and its aftemarth, including the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, White Marsh, and Monmouth; British raids in New Bedford (1778, Sept. 5-6) and Martha's Vineyard (1778, Sept. 10-15) and Baylor's massacre at Old Tappan, N.J. (1778, Sept. 27) Also included are returns of troops under the command of Sir William Howe and Henry Clinton.

  mssHM 626