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Building Fort Stanwix...
Building Fort Stanwix...
Item # 694048
March 01, 1759
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 1, 1759 Page 6 has an: "Extract of a Letter from an Officer in Col. Frazer's Regiment, dated at the Camp by Fort Stanwix".
The report notes in part: "After the reduction of Louisbourg, five of the regiments... came under the command of General Amherst to Boston...met with orders from General Abercrombie to march for Albany...Our regiment is returned to Schenectady...place was formerly called the Oneida Station, or Greater Carrying place, but Brig.-General Stanwix...has been employed these two months...building a fort, now called by his name, Fort Stanwix...".
Eight pages, 8 by 10 3/4 inches, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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