Draper Manuscripts: Joseph Brant Miscellanies, 1779-1892

Contents List

Container Title
Draper Mss G
Series: 1 G (Volume 1)
Scope and Content Note: Pamphlets and periodical articles published between 1845 and 1879. Included are biographical accounts of Brant, Red Jacket, Barry St. Leger, and Philip Van Cortlandt; a chapter on Brant's campaigns from 1778 to 1780 from Life and Letters of Richard Cartwright (1876); narratives of the battles of Oriskany and Saratoga and of the siege of Fort Stanwix; a journal of Sullivan's campaign by Tjerck Beckman; histories of the Susquehanna Valley by Charles P. Avery and T.A. Richards; a genealogy of the Frey (Fry, Frye) family by Samuel C. Frey; a description of Brant's home in Burlington, Ontario, by William C. Bryant; and an undated prospectus for a proposed book on the Potawatomi Indians by J.N. Bourassa. Numerous scattered engravings depict Joseph Brant, Peter Gansevoort, Sir William Johnson, W.J. Simcoe Kerr, Barry St. Leger, and Marinus Willett, as well as scenes in the Mohawk and Susquehanna valleys.
Series: 2 G (Volume 2)
Scope and Content Note: Newspaper clippings and a few pamphlets and periodical articles, 1837-1886, pertaining mainly to Brant's career, to the battle and massacre at Wyoming (1778), and to the centennial commemoration of that event (1878). One article (2 G, 108) contains an abridged Joseph Brant family genealogy. Scattered through the volume are illustrations: portraits of Brant and of Steuben Jenkins; scenes in Brantford, Ontario, including the Brant memorial monument and the Mohawk church; a bird's-eye view of Oriskany battlefield; and a large woodcut fancifully depicting the massacre at Wyoming. Commemorating the centennial of this battle are numerous poems and several songs with musical scores.
Series: 3 G (Volume 3)
Scope and Content Note: Newspaper clippings, 1877-1892, on the Cherry Valley massacre (1778), General John Sullivan and his New York campaign of 1779, and the battle of Minisink (1779), accompanied by a pamphlet describing the Minisink centennial (1879). Among the clippings are articles; poems; a speech about William Butler; and extracts from journals written in 1779 by three of Sullivan's officers, James Campbell, Adam Hubley, and James Norris. Newspaper drawings and engravings depict Sullivan, Moses Van Campen, Conesus Lake, an Indian council house, and monuments commemorating the battle of Minisink.
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