Manuscripts

List of artificers that were taken prisoners at Oswego

Description: The collection primarily contains letters and documents relating to Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun; his son, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; other Campbell family members; and various political and military associates. John Campbells military activities during the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and the Seven Years War in North America in 1756 and 1757 are especially documented. Materials in the collection include correspondence, memorials, and petitions; muster rolls, returns, orders, and other military records; appointments; estate records including accounts, bills, receipts, and inventories; and land and government documents.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1756 August 14
Call number: LO 2517
Provenance: Purchased from the Campbell family through the agency of Sotheby's and Sir Joseph Duveen, 1923.

Francis Halkett list of officers who were at Oswego when it was taken with a list of officers who were on command with leave

Manuscripts

The collection primarily contains letters and documents relating to Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun; his son, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; other Campbell family members; and various political and military associates. John Campbells military activities during the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and the Seven Years War in North America in 1756 and 1757 are especially documented. Materials in the collection include correspondence, memorials, and petitions; muster rolls, returns, orders, and other military records; appointments; estate records including accounts, bills, receipts, and inventories; and land and government documents.

LO 1482

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Sir Charles Hardy impress warrant for detaining the carpenters and artificers at Oswego

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LO 1319

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Petition to John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, of 12 tradesmen's wives whose husbands were taken at Oswego

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LO 3239

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John Barney et al representation and petition to John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, of persons taken prisoner by the French at Oswego

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LO 4934

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John Bradstreet return of troops and artificers at the several posts up the Mohawk River and Oswego

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LO 719

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William Mullet et al receipt for an allowance paid by Governor Thomas Pownall to the artificers taken at Oswego for subsistence during their journey to the Jersies and Pennsylvania, contemporary copy

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LO 3779

List of artificers that were taken prisoners at Oswego

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Francis Halkett list of officers who were at Oswego when it was taken with a list of officers who were on command with leave

Sir Charles Hardy impress warrant for detaining the carpenters and artificers at Oswego

Petition to John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, of 12 tradesmen's wives whose husbands were taken at Oswego

John Barney et al representation and petition to John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, of persons taken prisoner by the French at Oswego

John Bradstreet return of troops and artificers at the several posts up the Mohawk River and Oswego

William Mullet et al receipt for an allowance paid by Governor Thomas Pownall to the artificers taken at Oswego for subsistence during their journey to the Jersies and Pennsylvania, contemporary copy