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The David Library of the American Revolution
Selected Readings on the French and Indian War
* General Histories
* Battles and Campaigns
- Jumonville Glen/ Fort Necessity 1754
- Braddock’s March/ Battle of the Monongahela 1755
- Crown Point Expedition/ Battle of Lake George 1755
- Fort Bull 1756
- Siege of Fort William Henry 1757
- Siege of Louisbourg 1758
- Battle of Ticonderoga (Carillon) 1758
- Forbes Expedition to Fort Duquesne 1758
- Battle of Quebec 1759
- Treaty of Paris 1763
* British, Provincial, and French Land and Naval Forces/ Native Americans
* People
- Amherst, Jeffrey
- Braddock, Edward
- Forbes, John
- Hendrick, Chief
- Johnson, William
- Loudoun, Lord
- Montcalm, Louis- Joseph
- Rogers, Robert
- Shirley, William
- Washington, George
- Wolfe, James
* Journals, Correspondence, Papers, etc
General Histories
5250
Anderson, Fred. Crucible of war: the Seven Years' War and the fate of empire in British North America (New York, NY, 2000).
6224
Anderson, Fred. The war that made America: a short history of the French and Indian War (New York, NY, 2005).
5513
Bearor, Bob. French and Indian War battle sites: a controversy (Bowie, MD, 2000).
7236
Bellico, Russel P. Empires in the mountains: French and Indian war campaigns and forts in the Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Hudson River corridor (New York, NY 2010)
7164
Berieth, Richard J. Bloody Mohawk: the French and Indian War and American Revolution on New York’s frontier (New York, NY 2010)
2246
Bird, Harrison. Battle for a continent (New York, NY, 1965).
6812
Borneman, Walter R. The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America (New York, 2006)
5840
Cave, Alfred A. The French and Indian War (Westport, CT, 2004).
5991
Drake, Samuel G. Five Years French and Indian War (Bowie, MD, 1995).
1127p
Fort Ligonier Association. War for Empire in Western Pennsylvania (Ligonier, 1993).
6519
Fowler, Jr., William M. Empires at war: the French & Indian War and the struggle for North America, 1754-1763 (New York, 2005).
5491
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War (London, 1973).
3417
Hamilton, Edward Pierce. The French and Indian Wars; the story of battles and forts in the wilderness (Garden City, NY, 1962).
4006
Johnson, Rossiter. The old French war (New York, NY, 1882).
3467
Kellen, Konrad. Battle in the wilderness (New York, NY, 1961).
5735
Leckie, Robert. A few acres of snow; the saga of the French and Indian Wars (New York, NY, 1999).
Ref 79
Lydon, James G. Struggle for empire: a bibliography of the French and Indian War (New York, NY, 1986).
4574
Marrin, Albert. Struggle for a continent: the French and Indian wars, 1690-1760 (New York, NY, 1987).
5498
Nester, William R. The first global war: Britain, France, and the fate of North America, 1756-1775 (Westport, CT, 2000).
2482
Parkman, Francis. Montcalm and Wolfe (New York, 1984).
7086
Parkman, Francis. Musket and Tomahawk: a military history of the French and Indian War, 1753-1760 (UK, 2007).
6608
Parkman, Francis. The Battle for North American (New York, 1948).
5611
Schwartz, Seymour I. The French and Indian War, 1754-1763: the imperial struggle for North America (Camden, NJ, 1994).
303
Sloane, William Milligan. The French war and the Revolution (Boston, MA, 1972).
1422p
Stephenson, R.S. Clash of empires : the British, French, and Indian War, 1754-1763 (Pittsburgh, PA, 2005).
6314
Todish, Timothy J. America's first world war: the French and Indian War, 1754-1763 (Fleischmanns, NY, 2002).
Battles and Campaigns
Jumonville Glen/ Fort Necessity 1754
499p
Alberts, Robert. A Charming Field for an Encounter: George Washington’s Fort Necessity (Washington, 1875).
6452
Chartrand, Rene. Monongahela 1754-55: Washington’s Defeat, Braddock’s Disaster (Oxford, 2004).
*Focuses on Jumonville Glen and Fort Necessity
2530
Hadden, James. Washington’s expeditions (1753-1754) and Braddock’s expedition (1755) with history of Tom Fausett, the slayer of General Edward Braddock. (Uniontown, PA, 1910).
*Covers both Jumonville Glen and Fort Necessity
6537
James, Alfred Procter. Drums in the forest (Pittsburgh, PA, 1958).
*Background and tactical information on the military situation in the Ohio River Valley, 1754-55. Fort Necessity is covered in the first chapter.
3717
Leduc, Gilbert Francis. Washington and "the murder of Jumonville” (Boston, 1943).
Focuses on events leading up to the ambush of Ensign de Jumonville’s party by Washington’s detachment.
2102
Pennsylvania Society. Fort Necessity and historic shrines of the Redstone country (Uniontown, PA, 1932).
484p
Tilberg, Frederick. Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site, Pennsylvania (Washington, 1954).
Braddock’s March/ Battle of the Monongahela 1755
5121
Braddock Road chronicles, 1755 (Bowie, MD, 1999).
269p
Bricker, Calvin. Conflict on the Conococheague, 1755-1758 : terror in the backcountry of Pennsylvania and Maryland (Mercersburg, PA, 2008).
*Discusses Braddock’s march in the first chapter.
6452
Chartrand, Rene. Monongahela 1754-55: Washington’s Defeat, Braddock’s Disaster (Oxford, 2004).
*Information on the Monongahela campaign with maps and pictures
7091
Crocker, Thomas E. Braddock’s March: how the man sent to seize a continent changed American history (Yardley, PA, 2009).
*In-depth study on Braddock and the Monongahela Campaign.
2530
Hadden, James. Washington’s expeditions (1753-1754) and Braddock’s expedition (1755) with history of Tom Fausett, the slayer of General Edward Braddock. (Uniontown, PA, 1910).
2818
Koperman, Paul. Braddock at the Monongahela (Pittsburgh, 1977).
1034p
Netherton, Ross de Witt. Braddock’s campaign and the Potomac route to the west (Falls Church, VA,1989).
663p
Temple, Henry Willson, The battle of Braddock’s Field, July 9, 1775 (PA, 1930).
5138
Sargent, Winthrop. The history of an expedition against Fort Du Quesne in 1755 under Major-General Edward Braddock (Lewisburg, PA, 1997).
Crown Point Expedition/ Battle of Lake George 1755
1549p
Ferris, Morris Patterson. An account of the battle of Lake George September 8, 1755 (New York, 1903)
541p
Map and history of Lake George, N. Y. in the Adirondacks (1950).
778p
Pew, William A. The Drums of Ephraim Williams (Salem, 1925).
*Ephraim Williams was a colonel of Massachusetts Provincials in William Johnson’s expeditionary force. Leading a column of 1000 reinforcements to the aid of Fort Edward, Williams’ command was ambushed by a concealed French force. Attempting to rally his men, Williams was killed while standing a top a large boulder. This episode known as the “Bloody Morning Scout” was the first phase of the Battle of Lake George.
1424
Pomeroy, Seth. The journals and papers of Seth Pomeroy, sometime general in the colonial service (New York, 1926)
*Seth Pomeroy (b. 1706) was born in Hampshire Country, Massachusetts. Serving as a colonel of Massachusetts provincials in Johnson’s force, Pomeroy was a witness to the Battle of Lake George.
7193
Van de Water, Frederic. Lake Champlain and Lake George (New York, 1946).
*History of Lake George including a brief section on the Battle of Lake George.
Fort Bull 1756
2701
Hagerty, Gilbert W. Massacre at Fort Bull; the de Léry expedition against Oneida Carry, 1756 (Providence, Rhode Island, 1971).
Siege of Fort William Henry 1757
4714
Dodge, Edward J. Relief is greatly wanted: the battle of Fort William Henry (MD, 1998).
877p
Fitch, Jabez. The diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr. in the French and Indian War, 1757 (Glen Falls, New York, 1968).
*Jabez Fitch Jr. (1737-1812) enlisted as a sergeant in Adonijah Fitch’s Connecticut Company in 1757. He was stationed with Webb at Fort Edward when Montcalm besieged Fort William Henry. Fitch describes in his diary the sounds of battle heard each day in the distance and Webb’s actions during the week.
6057
Starbuck, David R. Massacre at Fort William Henry (Hanover, 2002).
*Starbuck presents a historical and archaeological study of the fort, 1757 siege, and the subsequent “massacre”.
3383
Steele, Ian K. Betrayals: Fort William Henry and the massacre (New York, 1990).
Siege of Louisbourg 1758
1395p
Chartand, Rene. French fortresses in North America, 1535-1763: Quebec, Montreal, Louisbourg, and New Orleans (Oxford, 2005).
7160
Chartrand, Rene. Louisbourg, 1758: Wolfe’s first siege (New York, NY 2010).
5876
Downey, Fairfax Davis. Louisbourg: key to a continent (New Jersey, 1965).
5709
Johnston, A. J. B. Control and order in French colonial Louisbourg, 1713-1758 (East Lansing, 2001).
7159
Johnston, A. J. B. Endgame 1758: the promise, the story, and the despair of Louisbourg’s last decade. (Lincoln, NE 2007).
5875
McLennan, John. Louisbourg from its foundation to its fall, 1713-1758 (Sydney, 1969).
Battle of Ticonderoga (Carillon) 1758
6026
Chartrand, Rene. Ticonderoga 1758: Montcalm’s victory against all odds (Oxford, 2000)
633p
Gilchrist, Helen I. Fort Ticonderoga in History (Fort Ticonderoga Museum, New York).
3578
Hamilton, Edward Pierce. Fort Ticonderoga, key to a continent (Boston, 1964).
1709
Lonergan, Carroll Vincent. Ticonderoga: historic portage (Ticonderoga, New York, 1959).
7280
Nester, William R. The epic battles for Ticonderoga, 1758 (Albany, 2008).
195p
Pell, Stephen H. P. Fort Ticonderoga: a short history (Fort Ticonderoga Museum, New York, 1935).
500p
Ray, Frederic. Fort Ticonderoga: a concise history of the old fort told in pictures (1950).
4157
Rea, Caleb. The journal of Dr. Caleb Rea. Written during the expedition against Ticonderoga in 1758 (Salem, 1881).
*Dr. Caleb Rea (1727-1760) was born in Danvers, Massachusetts. Rea was a doctor traveling with Abercromby’s force on campaign to capture Fort Ticonderoga. In his journal, Rea describes the campaign and battle of Bernetz Brook and Carillon.
1109p
Richards, Frederick B. The Black Watch at Ticonderoga and Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe (Fort Ticonderoga Museum, New York)
*The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment at the Battle of Carillon and the story and legend surrounding the death of Major Duncan Campbell
Forbes Expedition to Fort Duquesne 1758
269p
Bricker, Calvin. Conflict on the Conococheague, 1755-1758 : terror in the backcountry of Pennsylvania and Maryland (Mercersburg, PA, 2008).
*Discusses the 1758 Forbes Campaign in the Conococheague region
7166
Cubbinson, Douglas. The British defeat of the French in Pennsylvania, 1758: a military history of the Forbes campaign against Fort Duquesne (Jefferson, NC 2010).
3938
Darlington, Mary C. Fort Pitt and letters from the frontier (New York, 1971).
402p
Dixon, David. Fort Pitt museum: Pennsylvania trail of history guide (Mechanicsburg, 2004).
2770
O’Meara, Walter. Guns at the forks (Englewoods Cliffs, New Jersey, 1965).
Battle of Quebec 1759
1395p
Chartand, Rene. French fortresses in North America, 1535-1763: Quebec, Montreal, Louisbourg, and New Orleans (Oxford, 2005).
5956
Chartrand, Rene. Quebec 1759: the Heights of Abraham, 1759; the armies of Wolfe and Montcalm (Oxford, 1999).
2403
Connell, Brian. The Plains of Abraham (London, 1959).
3340
Donaldson, Gordon. Battle for a continent, Quebec 1759 (Toronto, 1973).
1426
Hibbert, Christopher. Wolfe at Quebec (Cleveland, 1959).
6848
LaPierre, Laurier L. 1759: the battle for Canada (Toronto, 1990).
3454
Lloyd, Christopher. The capture of Quebec (New York, 1959)
7080
Manning, Stephen. Quebec the story of three sieges (Montreal, 2009).
6849
McLynn, Frank. 1759: the year Britain became master of the world (New York, 2004).
2264
Stacey, C. P. Quebec, 1759: the siege and the battle (Toronto, 1959).
Treaty of Paris 1763
6661
Calloway, Collin G. The Scratch of Pen: 1763 and the transformation of North America (Oxford,2006)
British, Provincial, and French Land and Naval Forces/ Native Americans
6685
Baker-Crothers, Hayes. Virginia and the French & Indian War (Bowie, MD, 1998).
6078
Brumwell, Stephen. Redcoats: the British soldier and war in the Americas, 1755-1763 (New York, NY, 2002).
6863
Casterline, Greg. Colonial tribulations: the survival story of William Casterline and his comrades of the New Jersey Blues Regiment, French and Indian War, 1755-1757 (2007).
3362
Chapin, Howard M. Rhode Island in the colonial wars: a list of Rhode Island soldiers & sailors in King George's War, 1740-1748 and a list of Rhode Island soldiers & sailors in the old French & Indian War, 1755-1762 (Baltimore, MD,1994).
1395p
Chartand, Rene. French fortresses in North America, 1535-1763: Quebec, Montreal, Louisbourg, and New Orleans (Oxford, 2005).
2532
Downes, Randolph C. Council Fires on the Upper Ohio : a narrative of Indian Affairs in the Upper Ohio Valley until 1795 (Pittsburgh, 1940).
*Focuses on Native American relations with the French and British
357
Elting, John R. Military uniforms in America: from the series produced by the Company of Military Historians (San Rafael, 1974).
*Pictures and descriptions of British, French, and Provincial uniforms.
5572
Ford, Worthington Chauncey. British officers serving in America. 1754-1774. Comp. from the "army lists” (Boston, 1894)
848p
Grant, George. The new Highland military discipline, or a short manual exercise explained, with the words of command; in which is laid down the duty of the officer and soldier through the several branches of that concise service. Most humbly dedicated to the honourable Francis Grant, Lieutenant Colonel of Lord John Murry's Highlanders. Illustrated with twelve copper-plates representing some of the motions. London, sold in May's Buildings, Covent-Garden, by George Bickham, engraver, 1757 (Ottawa, 1967).
2597
Jennings, Francis. Empire of fortune: crowns, colonies, and tribes in the Seven Years' War in America (New York, NY, 1988).
*Focuses on the peoples occupying North America during the French and Indian War and the politics behind the struggle.
4693
Kemmer, Brenton C. Redcoats, Yankees and allies : a history of the uniforms, clothing and gear of the British army in the Lake George - Lake Champlain corridor, 1755-1760 (Bowie, Maryland, 1998).
6354
Loescher, Burt Garfield. Genesis : Rogers Rangers : the first Green Berets : the corps & the revivals, April 6, 1758-December 24, 1783 (Bowie, 2000).
6354
Loescher, Burt Garfield. The history of Rogers' Rangers (Bowie, 2001).
1246p
May, Robin. Wolfe’s Army (Oxford, 1974).
*Focuses on James Wolfe’s army from Louisbourg (1758) to Quebec (1759).
6712
McCulloch, Ian M. Sons of the mountains: the Highland Regiments in the French and Indian War, 1756-1767 (Ticonderoga, New York, 2006).
*This two-volume set focuses on the Highlander units of the British Army during the French and Indian War- most famously the 42nd, 77th and 78th Regiments. Also included are muster rolls and land petitions of the individual soldiers.
6686
Peden, Henry C. Marylanders and Delawareans in the French and Indian War, 1756-1763 (Lewes, DE, 2004).
1074
Rogers, Alan. Empire and liberty: American resistance to British authority, 1755-1763 (Berkeley, CA, 1974).
6107
Starbuck, David R. Rangers and Redcoats on the Hudson: exploring the past on Rogers Island, the birthplace of the U.S. Army Rangers (Hanover, 2004).
6835
Silver, Peter Rhoads. Our savage neighbors: how Indian war transformed early America (New York, 2008).
1792
Winfield, Rif. British warships in the age of sail, 1714 - 1792: design, construction, careers and fates (St. Paul, 2008).
People
Amherst, Jeffrey
Succeeded Loudoun as commander-in-chief of His Majesty’s forces in North America. Accepted the surrender of the French in Canada.
3194
Des Cognets, Louis. Amherst and Canada (Princeton, 1962).
Film 310
Beattie, Daniel John. General Jeffery Amherst and the conquest of Canada, 1758-1760
Film 421
Amherst, Sir Jeffrey. The papers of Sir Jeffrey Amherst. Originals are in the National Archives (Britain).
5029
Amherst papers, 1756-1763 : the southern sector : dispatches from South Carolina, Virginia, and His Majesty's Superintendent of Indian Affairs (Bowie, 1999).
474
Long, J. C. Lord Jeffery Amherst, a soldier of the king (New York, 1933).
Braddock, Edward
Came to North America as commander-in-chief of His Majesty’s forces in 1755. Led a force to the outskirts of Fort Duquesne where his command was attacked by the French and their native allies. During the fighting he was mortally wounded and died during the retreat to Fort Cumberland.
1019p
Braddock, Edward. Major General Braddock's orderly books: from February 26 to June 17, 1755 (Cumberland, MD, 1878).
*Orderly book spans the beginning of Braddock’s March.
2811
McCardell, Lee. Ill-starred General: Braddock of the Coldstream Guards (Pittsburgh, 1956).
Forbes, John
Adjutant-General of the British Army in North America under Lord Loudon in 1756-1757. Led the only successful campaign against the French at Fort Duquesne in 1758.
Film 434
Forbes, John. Papers of John Forbes, 1707-1759 (Charlottesville, VA).
Film Guide 434
A calendar of the headquarters papers of Brigadier-General John Forbes: relating to the expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758 in the Tracy W. McGregor Library (Charlottesville, VA, 1988).
2034
Forbes, John. Writings of John Forbes relating to his service in North America (Menasha, WI, 1938).
Hendrick, Chief
Chief of Mohawks and a very close friend of Sir William Johnson. Allying many natives with the British, Hendrick was killed during the Battle of Lake George while leading a column of reinforcements, along with Ephraim Williams, to the aid of Fort Edward.
7135
Hinderaker, Eric. The two Hendricks: unraveling a Mohawk mystery (Cambridge, 2010)
Johnson, William
Superintendent for Indian Relations in the Northern Department. Johnson was responsible for persuading most of the Native Americans to fight on the side of the British. Commanding the expeditionary force to Crown Point in 1755, he defeated Jean-Armand, Baron de Dieskau’s force at the Battle of Lake George.
4829
Buell, Augustus. Sir William Johnson (New York, 1903).
2748
Flexner, James Thomas. Lord of the Mohawks: A Biography of Sir William Johnson (Boston, 1979).
2795
Flexner, James Thomas. Mohawk Baronet: Sir William Johnson of New York (New York, 1959).
3573
Johnson, William. The papers of Sir William Johnson (Albany, NY, 1921-1965).
Film 350
Mullin, Michael Joseph. Sir William Johnson, Indian relations, and British policy, 1744 to 1774 (1989).
2980
Pound, Arthur. Johnson of the Mohawks: a biography of Sir William Johnson, Irish immigrant, Mohawk War Chief, American soldier, empire builder (New York, 1930).
Loudoun, Lord
Preceded Jeffery Amherst as commander-in-chief of His Majesty’s forces in North America, 1756-1757.
2744
Pargellis, Stanley M. Lord Loudoun in North America (Hamden, 1933).
Montcalm, Louis- Joseph
Commanded the main body of French military forces in North America. Known for his great victories at Fort Oswego, William Henry, and Ticonderoga (Carillon). He was mortally wounded while leading his command against James Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham in 1759.
3128
Lewis, Meriwether Liston. Montcalm, the marvelous marquis (New York, 1961).
Rogers, Robert
Raised a unit of colonials and trained them to fight in the wilderness. Rogers' Rangers is credited as having been the first Special Forces unit in American History. His tactics are still taught to this day.
5601
Bearor, Bob. The battle on snowshoes (Bowie, MD, 1997).
2729
Cuneo, John R. Robert Rogers of the Rangers (New York, 1987).
6354
Loescher, Burt Garfield. Genesis : Rogers Rangers : the first Green Berets : the corps & the revivals, April 6, 1758-December 24, 1783 (Bowie, 2000).
6354
Loescher, Burt Garfield. The history of Rogers' Rangers (Bowie, 2001).
2458
Rogers, Robert. Reminiscences of the French War: with Robert Rogers journal and a memoir of General Stark (Freedom, 1988).
6353
Rogers, Robert. The annotated and illustrated journals of Major Robert Rogers (New York, 2002).
7089
Ross, John F. War on the Run: the epic story of Robert Rogers and the conquest of America’s first frontier (New York, 2009)
Shirley, William
Royal Governor of Massachusetts and successor of Edward Braddock as commander-in-chief of His Majesty’s forces in North America.
3895
Shirley, William. Correspondence of William Shirley, governor of Massachusetts and military commander in America, 1731-1760, ed. under the auspices of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (New York, 1912).
5099
Schutz, John A. William Shirley, Kings Governor of Massachusetts (Williamsburg, 1961)
Washington, George
Young Virginia provincial officer that ordered his men to open fire on a party of French soldiers at Jumonville Glen in 1754, spilling the first blood of the war. Commanding an expedition against the French in the Ohio River Valley, Washington was defeated at Great Meadows (Fort Necessity). Serving under Edward Braddock on his ill-fated march to Fort Duquesne, he was the only officer on the General’s staff that was not killed during the engagement along the Monongahela River in July 1755. Seeking a commission in the British Army, but never receiving one, he retired from military service during the war.
1449
Amber, Charles Henry. George Washington and the west (New York, 1971).
*Washington’s experience during the French and Indian War
7278
Clary, David A. George Washington’s first war: his early military adventures (New York, 2011)
1449p
Goodhart, Philip. Colonel George Washington: soldier of the king (England, 1993).
*Brief telling of Washington in the early years of the French and Indian War
144q
Washington, George. George Washington remembers: reflections on the French and Indian War (Lanham, Maryland, 2004).
Wolfe, James
In 1758, under Amherst’s command, Wolfe helped lead successful landings at Louisbourg and rose to the rank of Major General. In charge of capturing Quebec in 1759, Wolfe was mortally wounded while leading troops against Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham. The subject of famous artwork and literature, he has become known as the “man that won Canada”.
6927
Brumwell, Stephen. Paths of Glory: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe (Montreal, 2006).
1426
Hibbert, Christopher. Wolfe at Quebec (Cleveland, 1959).
3118
McNairn, Allan. Behold a Hero: General Wolfe and the arts in the eighteenth century (Montreal, 1997).
1348
Reilly, Robin. The Rest to Fortune: the life of Major-General James Wolfe (London, 1960).
4359
Waugh, W. T. James Wolfe: a man and soldier (Montreal, 1928).
1276p
West, Benjamin. The Death of Wolfe (Ann Arbor, 1928).
2236
Whitton, Frederick E. Wolfe and North America (Boston, 1929).
3959
Wilson, Beckles. The life and letters of James Wolfe (London, 1909).
1837
Wolfe, James. General Wolfe's instructions to young officers; also his orders for a battalion and an army, together with the orders and signals used in embarking and debarking an army by flat-bottom'd boats, &c; and a placart to the Canadians, to which is prefixed the resolution of the House of Commons for his monument; and his character, and the dates of all his commissions; also the duty of an adjutant and quarter master, &c. (Ottawa, 1967).
Journals, Correspondence, Papers, etc…
4712
American Antiquarian Society. Manuscript records of the French and Indian was in the library of the Society, prepared from the originals under direction of the library committee (Worcester, MA, 1909).
2225
Bougainville, Louis Antoine. Adventures in the wilderness: the American journals of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, 1756-1760 (Norman, OK, c1964).
*Bougainville was Montcalm’s aide-de-camp and served in North America from 1756 till the end of the war
2554
Bouquet, Henry. Papers of Henry Bouquet (Harrisburg, PA, 1951).
Film 42
Early American orderly books. Originals are in the New York Historical Society.
877p
Fitch, Jabez. The diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr. in the French and Indian War, 1757 (Glen Falls, New York, 1968).
*Jabez Fitch Jr. (1737-1812) enlisted as a sergeant in Adonijah Fitch’s Connecticut Company in 1757. He was stationed with Webb at Fort Edward when Montcalm besieged Fort William Henry. Fitch describes in his diary the sounds of battle heard each day off in the distance and Webb’s actions during the week.
5136
French and Indian War notices abstracted from colonial newspapers (MD, 2000).
*Articles from major newspapers of the time period covering all actions, people, etc… during the French and Indian War
Film 560
French and Indian War orderly books. Originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society.
4398
Hamilton, Charles. Braddock's defeat; the journal of Captain Robert Cholmley's batman, the journal of a British officer [and] Halkett's orderly book (Norman, Oklahoma, 1959).
1424
Pomeroy, Seth. The journals and papers of Seth Pomeroy, sometime general in the colonial service (New York, 1926)
*Seth Pomeroy (b. 1706) was born in Hampshire Country, Massachusetts. Serving as a colonel of Massachusetts provincials in Johnson’s force, Pomeroy was a witness to the Battle of Lake George.
4157
Rea, Caleb. The journal of Dr. Caleb Rea. Written during the expedition against Ticonderoga in 1758 (Salem, 1881).
*Dr. Caleb Rea (1727-1760) was born in Danvers, Massachusetts. Rea was a doctor traveling with Abercromby’s force on campaign to capture Fort Ticonderoga in 1758. His journal describes the campaign and the Battle of Bernetz Brook and Carillon.
2458
Rogers, Robert. Reminiscences of the French War: with Robert Rogers’ journal and a memoir of General Stark (Freedom, 1988).
6353
Rogers, Robert. The annotated and illustrated journals of Major Robert Rogers (New York, 2002).
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