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Expedition under Col Haviland against
Canada; Genl Amherst by Mohawk River

Major Salah Barnards orderly book

Camp Att Albaney May the 29th 1760

Paroale Yorkshire

The Companeys of montgumrys Regt
to march tomorrow att 5 o’clock they will Receive
their Waggons in Proportion to their Number to carry
Camp acquippage and Baggage to Sanacety by Applying
to Colll Broadstreet all the men on duty of that Regt
to be Relieved this Evening their cullers to be loged in
the fort in the same mannar as those of the Royals

Maj.r Campbell will Receive Orders from the General
the Orders given the 1st of May Last year att Albaney
Relating to the granadiers and light Infantry filling
of the battallions and Posting of Officers

The Serj.ts taking their firelocks and Leaving
their halberts and Only 1 Drummer being Allowed Per Compy
the Rest Put in their Rank- no woman being Permited to
go in the Reg.t Or to follow them the method in Marching

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Salah Barnard served in the army during the French and Indian wars and returned to Deerfield in 1765, with the rank of major. Major Barnard wrote this journal at Albany, New York, in May of 1760, and details events about an "expedition under Col. Haviland against Canada" and "General Amherst by Mohawk River." The spelling is not regular, to say the least, but is not odd for the time period. Upon his return to Deerfield, he fixed up an old house, kept a store and, like most of the men in town, farmed.

 

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Excerpts from Major Salah Barnard's Orderly Book

author   Salah Barnard (1725-1795)
date   May 29, 1760
location   Albany, New York
height   7.75"
width   6.25"
process/materials   manuscript, paper, ink
item type   Legal Documents/Government/Society Records
accession #   #L99.178


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Petition for Reimbursement by Major Salah Barnard

"History of Deerfield"

Division of Estate of Major Salah Barnard


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