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BLOOMFIELD, Joseph (1753-1823), Brigadier-General, Continental Army. Letter signed ("J Bloomfield Capt. 3rd New Jersey Regmt."), Ticonderoga, 19 November 1776. 1 pages, large folio, integral blank endorsed on verso "Bloomfield, a brave officer of the...

Auction 10.12.1999
10.12.1999
Schätzpreis
2.000 $ - 3.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
1.840 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 7

BLOOMFIELD, Joseph (1753-1823), Brigadier-General, Continental Army. Letter signed ("J Bloomfield Capt. 3rd New Jersey Regmt."), Ticonderoga, 19 November 1776. 1 pages, large folio, integral blank endorsed on verso "Bloomfield, a brave officer of the...

Auction 10.12.1999
10.12.1999
Schätzpreis
2.000 $ - 3.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
1.840 $
Beschreibung:

BLOOMFIELD, Joseph (1753-1823), Brigadier-General, Continental Army. Letter signed ("J Bloomfield Capt. 3rd New Jersey Regmt."), Ticonderoga, 19 November 1776. 1 pages, large folio, integral blank endorsed on verso "Bloomfield, a brave officer of the Revolution," small fold tears not affecting text. BLOOMFIELD'S ACCOUNT OF THE LOOTING OF JOHNSON HALL. A rare war-date letter of Bloomfield, a captain in Colonel Dayton's New Jersey regiment in the Fort Ticonderoga garrison, giving his account of the plundering of Sir William Johnson's manor: "In justification to Colonel Dayton's character I think it my duty to certify that after Johnson Hall was plundered Col. Dayton gave...orders for every officer & Soldiers to return every article taken from the Hall...no goods were taken...by Col. Daytons permission" except a few military stores and some lace and medals which "were delivered by the Revd Mr. Caldwell by direction of Col. Dayton to Major Genl. Schuyler at the late Grand treaty held with the five Nations at the German Flatts." He concludes that Col. White "preserving of his Character...has endeavored to injure Col. Dayton's Character in his defense before the Genl. Court Martials." Sir William Johnson (1715-1774), British Superintendant of Indian Affairs, had built a large manor house and trading post on the Mohawk River. Extensively furnished with Indian artifacts from his long intercourse with the Six Nations, it had passed at Johnson's death to his son Sir John Johnson (1742-1830), a loyalist who organized local Tories and Indian allies to raid settlements in the Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys. In retribution for his highly destructive raids, Johnson Hall was seized and looted by American troops. Bloomfield had joined Dayton's regiment in 1775 and taken part in the Quebec expedition, fought at Brandywine (where he was wounded) and Monmouth. After the Revolution he served as New Jersey Attorney General, and Governor; during his term he signed an act providing for the gradual emancipation of slaves in New Jersey.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 7
Auktion:
Datum:
10.12.1999
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

BLOOMFIELD, Joseph (1753-1823), Brigadier-General, Continental Army. Letter signed ("J Bloomfield Capt. 3rd New Jersey Regmt."), Ticonderoga, 19 November 1776. 1 pages, large folio, integral blank endorsed on verso "Bloomfield, a brave officer of the Revolution," small fold tears not affecting text. BLOOMFIELD'S ACCOUNT OF THE LOOTING OF JOHNSON HALL. A rare war-date letter of Bloomfield, a captain in Colonel Dayton's New Jersey regiment in the Fort Ticonderoga garrison, giving his account of the plundering of Sir William Johnson's manor: "In justification to Colonel Dayton's character I think it my duty to certify that after Johnson Hall was plundered Col. Dayton gave...orders for every officer & Soldiers to return every article taken from the Hall...no goods were taken...by Col. Daytons permission" except a few military stores and some lace and medals which "were delivered by the Revd Mr. Caldwell by direction of Col. Dayton to Major Genl. Schuyler at the late Grand treaty held with the five Nations at the German Flatts." He concludes that Col. White "preserving of his Character...has endeavored to injure Col. Dayton's Character in his defense before the Genl. Court Martials." Sir William Johnson (1715-1774), British Superintendant of Indian Affairs, had built a large manor house and trading post on the Mohawk River. Extensively furnished with Indian artifacts from his long intercourse with the Six Nations, it had passed at Johnson's death to his son Sir John Johnson (1742-1830), a loyalist who organized local Tories and Indian allies to raid settlements in the Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys. In retribution for his highly destructive raids, Johnson Hall was seized and looted by American troops. Bloomfield had joined Dayton's regiment in 1775 and taken part in the Quebec expedition, fought at Brandywine (where he was wounded) and Monmouth. After the Revolution he served as New Jersey Attorney General, and Governor; during his term he signed an act providing for the gradual emancipation of slaves in New Jersey.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 7
Auktion:
Datum:
10.12.1999
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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