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- Creator
- Stanwix, John, 1690?-1766
- Call number
- MssCol 2861
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Fort Stanwix orderly book, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Orderly book of a brigade of British regular and Provincial troops commanded by Brigadier General John Stanwix at Oneida Station, New York, during the construction of Fort Stanwix on the present site of Rome, New York, from August 12 to October 14, 1758. The book was kept by Sargent Amariah Preston of Captain David White's company of Colonel Joseph Williams's regiment and contains routine orders of the day, the details for working and covering parties that were at work on the fort. 55 folios
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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328