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Samuel Macclintock journal, 1760 May 26--Aug. 28

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Description: The Journal covers the expedition under the command of John Goffe, including the march to Crown Point, naval operations on the Lake Champlain, and siege and capture of fort Isle-aux-Noix. Camp life, mutinies, desertions, accidents, small pox, rumored attacks by Indians, sermons, communications to Goffe from Haviland, Rogers, and Amherst, and news of operations at Montreal.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1760 May 26-August 28.
Call number: mssHM 59435
Creator: MacClintock, Samuel (1732-1804)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Camp life, mutinies, desertions, accidents, small pox, rumored attacks by Indians, sermons, communications to Goffe from Haviland, Rogers, and Amherst, and news of operations at Montreal.

The course of the Creek taken by the order of His Excellency General Amherst. [cartographic material] / By Franc. Pfister, eng

Manuscripts

Manuscript map showing the course of the Canada Creek (N.Y.) where it joins with Wood Creek to Roberts Hill, where it has its source. Canada Creek joins Wood Creek about 2 miles downstream from the strategic "Oneida Carry". The map is in part a memorial of General Amherst's efforts to capture Ticonderoga, Crown Point and Montreal in the French Indian War. It was during the Crown Point campaign that this map was drawn, probably to determine if there was another waterway from Wood Creek to Lake George. Strategic high and low land areas are noted, as well as places of encampment.

mssHM 15475

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1863 May-1864

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Letters from Daniel Horn to his wife Geles posted in various places in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Also, letters of Horn's comrades and the regimental chaplain informing Geles Horn of the death of her husband. The letters discuss camp life, payments, Horn's concern over his family back in Ohio, war news, the Union commanders, including Ulysses S. Grant, and his fellow Confederate soldiers. He also writes about several military operations including Fort Donelson, the siege of Vicksburg, Morgan's Ohio raid, and operations near Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia.

mssHM 49539-49610

Luke Gridley diary, 1757 Mar. 29-1758 Aug. 23

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The diary covers the period from Mar. 29 through Nov. 10 and includes accounts of the camp life, rumored attacks by Indians, martial punishments, and reports on the surrender of Fort William Henry. Also included is a record of a trip in Aug. 13-23, 1758, records entitled "An a Count of the men of each government" and "Small Pox," and a description of the route and mileage from Hartford to Fort Edward.

mssHM 59425

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Samuel Marshall diary

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Diary that Samuel Marshall kept from January 1 to August 9 when he decided to "to close this book and forward it on by mail." The detailed entries contain descriptions of battles and other military operations in South Carolina and Virginia, accounts of camp life, the "boys," living conditions, encounters with local famers and freedmen, etc. Included are accounts of the executions of two deserters from the 6th Connecticut Regiment, three soldiers who died trying to pull a plug from an unexploded Confederate shell "to make finger rings," and an incident when of the regiment's officers was detained by local freedmen who had mistaken him for a Confederate spy. The last portion of the diary contains an essay entitled "The Private Soldier;" an account of the operations in Virginia in May of 1864, including the Battle of Drewry's Bluff (May 14-16) and the operations on Bermuda Hundred Line (May 17-30), with lists of casualties and notes on two privates of Co. E who "shamefully left their Co. in the face of the enemy;" some clothing and supplies requitions and other company records. Also included is a detailed list of battles and campaigns in which the regiment fought from the beginning of the war to 1864.

mssHM 68421

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Anonymous journal from New England to Cape Breton

Manuscripts

This journal contain accounts from New England to Cape Breton and also during the siege of Louisbourg in 1745.

mssHM 609

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Watrous, Valerie. 1 letter (1930, Aug. 26) to Samuel L. Kreider

Manuscripts

The Manuscripts series contains various poems, stories, and historical accounts written by Samuel L. Kreider. Many of these accounts relate to individuals like Charles Victor Hall and Mary Hall (original homesteaders of Los Angeles' West Adams area), structures like the Los Angeles High School, and other California histories. It also includes notes, reports, and other documents from the Friday Morning Club and its prominent members. Beyond the private papers, this series holds many documents relating to U.S. trade with Japan and the federal General Accounting Office branch in Los Angeles. There is also a Japanese poem. The series is arranged in alphabetical order and then chronologically. The Correspondence series is primarily related to Samuel L. Kreider. Most of the letters are work-related with a large percentage of them pertaining to U.S. trade with Japanese businesses. Moreover, there is also private correspondence. Mr. Kreider corresponded with many locally and nationally prominent people. The list includes, but is not limited to Fletcher Bowron, Herbert Hoover, and Lansing Hoskins Beach. He also has correspondence from C.C. Julian & Royalties Co. The series also contains letters Mr. Kreider wrote to various newspapers and magazines about publishing his historical accounts and stories. Lastly, there is correspondence pertaining to Mr. and Mrs. Kreider's philanthropic work within the Los Angeles High School Alumni Association and the Friday Morning Club. One letter is specifically from Caroline M. Severance. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by author and then by addressee.

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Samuel Macclintock journal, 1760 May 26--Aug. 28

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