Johnson, William, 1715-1774
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1715 - 1774
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Van Schaack papers
Collection
Identifier: VAULT oversize-Ayer-MS-3193
Abstract
American loyalist.,Colonial Kinderhook and Albany, N.Y., resident. Mainly correspondence, with a few receipts, appointments, petitions, and other documents, dating primarily from 1756-1809, regarding Henry Van Schaack's Indian trade operations, Seven Years' War service, colonial political activities and opinions, Revolutionary War banishment, concern with post-war loyalist emigration, connection with Shay's Rebellion, advocacy of the U.S. Constitution, anti-church tax campaign, and party...
Dates:
1734-1896; Majority of material found within 1756 - 1809
Sir William Johnson letters
Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-456
Abstract
Miscellaneous collection of twelve letters written by Sir William Johnson, military commander during the French and Indian War and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, who played a significant role in the colonial history of New York. Correspondence relates to the French and Indian War, Indian treaties and conferences, the Conestoga Massacre (1763), land patents, and the appointment of Johnson's successor.
Dates:
1755-1773
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- Albany (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- American loyalists -- History -- Sources 1
- Church and state -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763 -- History -- Sources 1
- Constitutional conventions -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Correspondence -- New York (State) -- 1751-1800 1
- Correspondence -- Northeastern States -- 1751-1800 1
- Fort Edward (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Indian land transfers -- New York (State) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Indian traders -- Northeastern States -- Correspondence 1
- Indian traders -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Indians of North America -- Government relations -- To 1789 -- Sources 1
- Indians of North America -- Northeastern States -- Treaties -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Land companies -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Manuscripts, American -- New York (State) 1
- Manuscripts, American -- Northeastern States 1
- Massachusetts -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Sources 1
- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Merchants -- New York (State) -- Albany -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- New York (State) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- New York (State) -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Sources 1
- New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Political parties -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
- Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787 -- Sources 1
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