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- GLC#
- GLC03107.02026-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1690/03/03
- Author/Creator
- Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724
- Title
- "Examination of three french Prisoners taken by the Maquase & brought . . .
- Place Written
- Schenectady, New York
- Pagination
- 6p. : docket : Height: 31.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- Native Americans
. . . to Shinnechtady, who were Examined by Pr. Schuyler May[or] of the Citty of Albany." The Canadian prisoners state that they were under orders to attack Schenechtady and kill as many as they could, and then give an account of how they advanced upon the town. They also divulge information regarding the building of fortifications in Canada, and the amount of ammunition and soldiers currently available to the Canadian Governor.
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