Orderly Book of Sir John Johnson During the Oriskany Campaign : 1776 - 1777.
Call Number: | HIL-MICL FC LMR .J6J6O7 |
Category: | Military |
Creator: | Johnson, John, Sir, 1742-1730. |
Description: | 1 microfilm textual records () ; 35 mm |
Background: | Sir John Johnson was born on 5 November 1741 at Mount Johnson near Amsterdam, New York, the only son of Sir William Johnson and Catherine Weissenberg. His childhood was spent at Fort Johnson on the Mohawk River where he received most of his formal education at home. During the French and Indian Wars, he served under his father on several occasions and led an Indian expedition into the Ohio territory in 1764. He was present at most of Sir William Johnson's conferences with the Indians, something that would give him invaluable experience in years to come. From 1765 until 1767, he lived in Britain and was knighted by King George III before returning to New York. In 1773, Sir John Johnson married Mary Watts, and in 1774 on the death of Sir William Johnson, he inherited his father's vast estates along with the responsibility for his many tenants. Johnson Hall in Johnstown, the beautiful manor house build by Sir William now became his residence. |
Contents: | Sir John Johnson's Orderly Book During the Oriskany Campaign begins on 4 November 1776 at La Prairie, Quebec, and the last entry is 31 July 1777 at Oswego Falls, New York, six days before the battle of Oriskany. It is a detailed record of the expedition led by Colonel Barry St. Leger from Montreal, along the St. Lawrence River, across Lake Ontario and through the Mohawk Valley, where the advance was halted by Fort Stanwix and the Battle of Oriskany before the army could reach Albany. This expedition was made up of British troops, the Kings Royal Regiment of New York under Sir John Johnson, Canadians, German troops, Butler's Rangers, Indian Department officers, and Indian Allies. |
Originals: | The original Orderly Book is now held by the Huntington Library, San Marino,California. |
Archival Ref. No.: | Huntington Library. HM 616. |
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A statement at the beginning of the reel indicates that the microfilm contains annotations
by William L. Stone. They have not been included in the film. The Orderly Book of Sir John Johnson during the Oriskany Campaign, 1776-1777, with annotations by William L. Stone and with an Historical Introduction and Illustrations by J. Watts de Peyster, was published in Albany, New York, by Joel Munsell in 1882.
The Orderly Book was also published in the March and April issues of the American Magazine of History in 1881. |
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