Manuscripts
Enoch Poor His Book 1759 : A Journal From Newbury to Saint John's
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- Description
- Journal that Enoch Poor kept during his military service, including his accounts of three expeditions upstream in July and September 1759, the negotiations with the Acadians who had surrendered at the fort following the fall of Quebec, and soldiers' discontent over their pay.
- Production date
- 1759, April 6-1760, May 12.
- Call number
- mssHM 610
- Additional description
- The journal is followed by a list of the garrison of Fort Frederick ("Fort Frederick att Saint Johns Sept. ye 5 1759. The Names of all Men in the Garson.")
- Provenance
- Purchased from The Anderson's Galleries , ca. 1918. In May 1912, George D. Smith purchased the manuscript for $610.00 at the Anderson Auction Co. Sale of Library of the late Jordan J. Rollins of New York City, May 1, 1912, Lot 1078.
- Dimensions
- 15 cm :
- Associated people
- Ames, Nathaniel, (1708-1764.)
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