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Title

Journal of the most Material Occurrences proceeding [sic] the Siege of Fort Schuyler (formerly Fort Stanwix) with an Account of that Siege &c. : negative photostat, 1777 Apr. 17-Aug. 23.

Author

Colbrath, William.

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1 v.

Summary

Includes account of raids and scouting in the vicinity of the fort before the siege, events of the siege itself, including the first military raising of the American flag, and the arrival of Arnold.

Subjects

• United States
• United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Personal narratives
• Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
• 1775-1783
• Willett, Marinus, 1740-1830
• Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
• Diaries > New York (State)
• United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Flags
• Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.) > Siege, 1777
• St. Leger, Barry
• American Revolution (1775-1783)
• Siege of Fort Stanwix (Rome, New York : 1777)
• History
• New York (State) > Rome
• Gansevoort, Peter, 1749-1812

Genre/Form

• Diaries – New York (State)
• History.

Note

• Title transcribed from p. 1.

Indexed In (note)

• Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation. A selection from our shelves: books, manuscripts, and drawings from the Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation Museum (Philadelphia: The Foundation, 1973)

Additional Formats (note)

• Published as Days of siege: a journal of the siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777, ed. Larry Lowenthal (Eastern Acorn Press, c1983).

Reproduction (note)

• Negative photostats.

Original Location (note)

• Rosenbach Museum and Library

Biography (note)

• Continental Army troops rebuilt the former British Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River near the present Rome, N.Y. and renamed it Fort Schuyler. (It later became known again by its old name to avoid confusion with Old Fort Schuyler at Utica.) On 2 August 1777 the garrison under Col. Marinus Willett and Col. Peter Gansevoort was besieged by British troops under Col. Barry St. Leger on their way to join Gen. John Burgoyne at Albany. The siege was lifted 21 days later by the arrival of Continental troops under Gen. Benedict Arnold. The journal has been attributed to Lt. William Colbrath, who arrived at the fort on 19 July.

Provenance (note)

• Henry F. De Puy (sold Anderson, 18 Nov. 1919, no. 556).

Author

Colbrath, William.

Title

Journal of the most Material Occurrences proceeding [sic] the Siege of Fort Schuyler (formerly Fort Stanwix) with an Account of that Siege &c. : negative photostat, 1777 Apr. 17-Aug. 23.

Indexed In:

Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation. A selection from our shelves: books, manuscripts, and drawings from the Philip H. & A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation Museum (Philadelphia: The Foundation, 1973) 164

Additional Formats

Published as Days of siege: a journal of the siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777, ed. Larry Lowenthal (Eastern Acorn Press, c1983).

Reproduction

Negative photostats.

Original Location

Original manuscript Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Biography

Continental Army troops rebuilt the former British Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River near the present Rome, N.Y. and renamed it Fort Schuyler. (It later became known again by its old name to avoid confusion with Old Fort Schuyler at Utica.) On 2 August 1777 the garrison under Col. Marinus Willett and Col. Peter Gansevoort was besieged by British troops under Col. Barry St. Leger on their way to join Gen. John Burgoyne at Albany. The siege was lifted 21 days later by the arrival of Continental troops under Gen. Benedict Arnold. The journal has been attributed to Lt. William Colbrath, who arrived at the fort on 19 July.

Provenance

Henry F. De Puy (sold Anderson, 18 Nov. 1919, no. 556).

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Chronological Term

1775-1783