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Obadiah Harris journal, 1758 May 22-October 23

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1758
Call number: mssHM 591
Creator: Harris, Obadiah (1736-1800)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from P. K. Foley, Boston, Massachusetts, at The American Art of Association sale "Selection of Historical Books, Tracts, Broadsides, Letters," January 31, 1921.
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Aaron Noble His Book, 1758, May 30 - Nov. 10

Manuscripts

Military operations at Lake George in June - November of 1758, including news of Massachusetts regiments under command of Col. Timothy Ruggles, Ebenezer Nichols, Jonathan Bagley, and others; operations of James Abercromby, Phinehas Lyman, Rogers' Rangers, Royal Americans, John Bradstreet; communications with the French at Fort Ticonderoga following Abercromby's botched attack; French deserters; camp life, fortification works, the mutiny in the light infantry provincial battalion commanded by Colonel Oliver Partridge on July 22; Indian assaults at Fort William Henry on July 6, 1758 and Halfway Brook in July-Sept. 1758; news of the battle at Fort Ticonderoga and capture of Louisburg.

mssHM 59428

Joseph Nichols diary, 1758-1766

Manuscripts

Journal kept by Joseph Nichols during May -- Nov. 1758. Long, detailed daily entries describe the formation of the company and regiment, the march from Farmingham, Mass. to Ticonderoga, military operations, including the battle of Carrillon; the commanding officers -- Jonathan Bagley, James Abercromby, Robert Rogers, Rufus Putnam, and others; regimental news and camp life, courts martial and punishments meted out for various transgressions, sickness, etc. Also included is a roster of Taplin's company. The rest of the manuscript contains miscellaneous daily entries, accounts, promissory notes, and a recipe "How to Make Ink;" this portion covers the period from Mar. 22, 1759 to May 1766. There is also the following title (crossed out): "Fortunatus Nichols Aboard the Cutter September 23. I Begun a journal." Also included are 9 receipts, promissory notes, etc. by Joseph and Fortunatus Nichols.

mssHM 89

Journal of an officer of the 47th Regiment of Foot, after 1783

Manuscripts

A fair copy of a journal kept by an unnamed officer of the 47th Regiment of Foot, probably of Major Acland's Grenadier Battalion, from April 19, 1775 through October of 1777. The journal covers the battles of Lexington and Concord (ff. 1-5), the siege of Boston (ff. 5- 23), and Burgoyne's invasion and the Saratoga Campaign,(ff. 23 -- 101), including the articles of surrender at Saratoga. The text comprises daily entries, copies of general orders, various returns and other regimental records, and routes from Saratoga to Cambrdige, Mass. and Charlottesville, Va. Also included are "Return of the Killed and wounded and Prisoners of the Army under the Command of His Excellency Lieutenant General Burgoyne in the course of the Campaign" (ff. 80 v. -- 87), "Return of the British Troops under the command of His Excellency Leiutenant General Burgoyne Camp at Saratoga. October 16, anno 1777," and the "Return of the Army of the United States of America Commanded by Major General Gates. Camp at Saratoga, Oct. 16, anno Domini 1777," (ff. 88-90), copies of various general orders of Burgoyne's command of issued from July 19 to June 1777, and an incomplete account of Lady Harriet Acland's ordeal, evidently taken from Burgoyne's memoirs (ff. 103-109 v.) The copy was probably created in the late 1780s or early 1790s.

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Obadiah Harris journal, 1758 May 22-October 23

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