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On his expedition against Fort Niagara

Lot 53
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Lot 53 | On his expedition against Fort Niagara
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On his expedition against Fort Niagara

Sir William Johnson, 2 April 1759

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR – JOHNSON, William (1715-1774). Autograph letter signed ("Wm. Johnson") as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, to Lt. Col. Jacob Glen in Schenectady, Fort Johnson, 2 April 1759.



One page, 308 x 169mm, with formerly integral transmittal leaf addressed in his hand (neat repairs to folds).



Preparing for his expedition against Fort Niagara. Johnson, about to leave for a council with the Indians of the Six Nations, leaves instructions with a deputy regarding the militia force he is raising, almost certainly for his expedition against Fort Niagara later in the summer: "As I am making ready to set off to Meet and hold a Congress with the Six Nations at the German Flatts, where there are above 400 of them Assembled, I shall not be able to do anything with regard to the Drafting the Men &c wherefore [I] leave it to you, & Major VanDerheyden to see done, and hope you will have it done regularly, and with all the Justice & Impartiality possible...I have given the Warrants as followeth..." He lists eight men to be named officers, who include Christopher P. Yates and members of the Herkimer family (owners of land on the Mohawk River near German Flats). Johnson commanded a mixed force of Native American allies, militia, and British regulars which journeyed westward, laid siege to Fort Niagara, and forced its surrender on 25 July, cementing British control of the northern frontier east of Detroit. Not published in The Papers of Sir William Johnson. Provenance: Christie's, New York, 15 May 2000, lot 38.

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