Richardson, John Untitled
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09239 Author/Creator: Richardson, John Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 December 1759 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy
Richardson, a medical officer, to Thomas Adams in Albany, a lengthy and detailed description of the Indians and the English armies as he travels up the Hudson through New York. "I accidentally met with Brigadier General Gage…who was traveling the same way to take upon him the command of the army that were at Niagara… joined with his party at Albany, as the passage from thence to Oswego was reckoned hazardous, upon acct. of several Scalping Parties…French Indians attacking us who still pursue that damnable custom of scalping." Mentions Dutch in New York, gives great description of Mohawk Indians.
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