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Comprehensive Table of Contents of Bulletins of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum Comprehensive Table of Contents of Bulletins of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum Volume I January, 1927 Number 1 CONTENTS PAGE Foreword by the Editor ………………….……………......................…...…………………………………………………………..... 1 Buttons of the British Regiments at Ticonderoga …………………………………………………………......................….. 4 The Montgomery Expedition, 1775 – A Journal Kept by Dr. Benjamin Trumbull July 18th to and Including September 10th, 1775. Part 1 ……………………………………………......................…...…………………….. 11 The Green Mountain Boys, by William Cullen Bryant …………………………………………………………............ 18 John Brown’s Attack – September 18th, 1777 …………………………………………………………......................… 19 Volume I July, 1927 Number 2 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….... 1 The Articles of Capitulation – Burgoyne and Gates ..............…...…………………………………………………………... 2 Burgoyne and Ticonderoga, By John Pell ………………….……………......................…...…………………………………… 8 Letter from General St. Clair to Congress .…….……………......................…...…………………………………. 18 A Letter from The Battlefield at Stillwater ……………….……………......................…...………………………………. 22 An Old Verse ………………………………….………………….……………......................…...……………………………………. 23 Colonel Wood to Robert Morris …………………………….……………......................…...…………………………………… 23 The Ellery Presentation Sword ………………….………………………......................…...…………………………………… 24 The Montgomery Expedition (Continued) – September 13th To October 1st 1775 ………………….…………… 26 Volume I January, 1928 Number 3 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...…………………………………………………………... 1 The Marquis de Vaudreuil to the Sieur de Lotbiniere—Instructions …………………………………………………….. 2 Chevalier de Montreuil to the Marquis de Vaudreuil …………………………………………………………………………… 3 Montcalm at Carillon—by John Pell ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 List of Casualties, French Army, July 8th, 1758 ………………………………………………………………………………….. 12 Le Drapeau de Carillon—a poem—by Octave Cremazie ……………………………………………………………………. 13 The Montgomery Expedition (Continued)—October 3rd to October 30th, 1775 ………………………………. 14 Volume I July, 1928 Number 4 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….... 1 Flag of the Royal Emigrants—Wm. L. Calver …………...………………….……………......................…...………………. 1 A Soldier's Letters—Isaac Burnet ………..……......................…...………………………………………………………………. 5 The Revenge—John Pell ………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….. 6 Le Jardin du Roi—a poem—Helen Ives Gilchrist …………...………………….……………......................…...………. 16 An Open Letter to Capt. Pringle—John Starke and others …………...………………….……………...................... 16 The Montgomery Expedition (Concluded)— October 30th, 1775 to November 2.9th, 1775 ……...………………….……………......................…...…………… 21 Volume I January, 1929 Number 5 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….... 1 A Narrative of the Saratoga Campaign—Major General Henry Dearborn, 1815 ………………………………… 2 Benjamin Warner's Knapsack ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12 St. Clair’s Retreat and Burgoyne's Defeat—-Reverend Wheeler Case. 1777 …………………………………….... 14 The Pavilion ….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20 A Visit to Ticonderoga in 1848—Benson J. Lossing …………………………………………………………………………….. 22 A Soldier's Letter—Elkanah Morgan ….……………………………………………………………………………………………… 31 A Bibliography of Ethan Allen—John Pell …………………………………………………………………………………………… 31 Volume I July, 1929 Number 6 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….... 1 The Burgoyne Expedition – April 1776 to October 13th, 1777 – Diary of Joshua Pell, Jr. ..………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….... 2 Colonel Peter Schuyler of the "Jersey Blues"—Montgomery Schuyler ………...………………….……………..... 14 A Letter from Carillon, August 4th, 1759—Eli Forbush ………...…………………...………………….……………......... 19 Treaty of Peace – The Delaware and Shawanese Indians and Sir William Johnson, Bart—July 13th, 1765 …………………………………………………...………………….……………..... 23 A Button Mould—William L. Calver …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 29 A Cheery Letter, 1757—Abigail Otis …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31 Volume II January, 1930 Number 1 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….... 1 Ethan Allen …..…………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….... 2 Ethan Allen’s Men – Robert O. Bascom .………......................…...…………………………………………………………... 9 The Sword of Ethan Allen – A Verse ………………...………………….……………......................…...……………………. 13 The Taking of Ticonderoga, 1777 – Thomas Anburey …..…………...………………….……………......................… 15 John Brown and the Dash for Ticonderoga – Robert T. Pell …………………...………………….……………............ 23 A Soldier’s Letters, 1776 …………...………………….……………......................…...……………………………………………… 40 Volume II July, 1930 Number 2 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….. 43 Lord Howe …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….. 44 The Montcalm Cross – Rt. Rev. Mons. Garand …………...………………….……………......................…...……….. 54 Extract From An Orderly Book ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 56 Montcalm’s Orders Of Battle ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 67 Battle of Carillon ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 69 A List of Casualties ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 76 A Petition – Ruth Farmer ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 79 A Letter – Lord Howe ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 81 Volume II January, 1931 Number 3 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….. 87 The Building Of The Fort ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 88 The Purple Heart ……...………………….……………......................…...…………………………………………………………… 97 A Declaration Of Principles ………….……………......................…...……………………………………………………………. 99 A Ticonderoga Pioneer …………...………………….……………......................…...…………………………………………… 100 A Letter – Alexander Scammell …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………. 106 A Marriage Contract ………...………………….……………......................…...…………………………………………………. 108 A Broadside – Sir John Burgoyne …………...………………….……………......................…...……………………………. 110 Volume II July, 1931 Number 4 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………… 117 Report of the Field Representative ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 118 Diary of Robert Webster ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 120 Volume II January, 1932 Number 5 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………… 159 Report Of The Field Representative …..…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 160 The Battle of Valcour Island .………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………… 163 The Arnold Monument ………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………… 168 British Provincial Troops Raised in America ........................…...………………………………………………………… 170 List of Loyalist Officers as of 1782 .………………......................…...………………………………………………………… 173 Volume II July, 1932 Number 6 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………… 207 George Washington …………...…….……………......................…...………………………………………………………… 208 Jane McCrea …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………… 209 Jane M’Crea – A Verse …………...………………….…………...........…...………………………………………………………… 216 The Amherst Expedition – General Orders, 1759 …………...………………….……………......................…………… 219 Extract from Lemuel Wood’s Diary, 1759 …………...………………….……………......................…...……… 252 Volume III January, 1933 Number 1 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….... 1 John Trumbull …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….... 2 John Trumbull at Ticonderoga from his Autobiography ......…...………………………………………………………….... 3 Anacreon in Heaven ….…………...………………….……………......................…...……………………………………………… 13 The Montreal Medal by Arthur Woodward …….…………...………………….……………......................…...……….. 15 A New Song by John Frost, 1776 ………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………… 29 John Trumbull’s Orderly Book, Ticonderoga, July and August 1776 ………..…………...………………….………… 30 Volume III July, 1933 Number 2 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………….. 61 Major General Henry Knox ….……...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………… 62 Colonel Knox to General Schuyler, a Letter …......................…...………………………………………………………….. 68 Return of Seconded Officers of the Provincial Forces, 1782 …..………………………………………………………….. 69 Monuments at Fort Ticonderoga ………..…………...………………….……………......................…...……………………. 74 Address to General St. Clair's Brigade, 1776 ......................…...………………………………………………………….. 82 John Trumbull's Orderly Book—Ticonderoga, September and October, 1776….………………………………….. 84 Volume III January, 1934 Number 3 CONTENTS PAGE Museum Notes …………...………………….……………......................…...………………………………………………………… 125 God Save the King ..…...………………….……………......................…...…………………………………………………………
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