Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Calendar of the Manuscripts of Sir William Johnson in the Library of the Society: Prepared From the Originals Under Direction of the Library Committee
In publishing this calendar of the Sir William Johnson manuscripts in the Library of this Society, little needs to be said by way of preface. The strength of the Society's manu script collections is in the Colonial and Revolutionary period of American history and this group centering about the personality of Johnson is typical of the material here available. This calendar includes eighty-four manuscripts. Of this number about fifty are drafts of the Baronet's correspondence retained by him, the latest bearing date Feb. 17, 1774, but a short time before his death on July 11 of that year. With these drafts are letters to Johnson and others, relating to the struggle between Colonist and Indian for the possession of America, the whole collection being an important aid in any estimate of the noteworthy part played by this strong character during the Indian wars and negotiations preceding the American Revolution. The correspondence with General Thomas Gage and the Earl of Shelburne is one notable group in the collection supplementing other letters between Johnson and these English leaders already published. A second group of import ance is formed by the letters relating to the settlements beyond the Ohio. These letters are printed in full in the appendix to this calendar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
